Midweek Wire-Carthel’s Contract Extended, Lion Post Season Football Accolades, Former QB Davis AFL Rookie Of Year.

Per Lionathletics.com, Colby Carthel’s contract has been extended through the year 2021.  Great news and needed to be done. Dr. Ray Keck’s thoughts on signing Carthel to another year: “Colby Carthel’s leadership of our football program has transformed our institution in ways we have never experienced,” Keck noted.  “To celebrate a national championship has our proud…

Lion Hoops: 5 Thoughts Heading into 2018.

A Roaring Start-The Lions have started the season 11-1 and have started in this fashion for the past 3 seasons. With a ranking at # 18 in the country, strong showings in the Heartland/LSC Challenge and in the Angelo State Invitational, they have built a strong out of conference resume. Their lone loss was a…

Lady Lions Basketball-5 Thoughts So Far

Overall, the Ladies are 6-5. Now, looking at the out of conference record, it is 3-4. Here is something to be optimistic about; those 3 of those 4 losses were lost by an average of 4 points. These games were not blowout losses. They were close losses, and the fact that this team is close…

Lion Soccer: 5 Post Season Thoughts

Next, onto a group that contends year in and year out, The TAMUC Lions Soccer team. When excellence is your standard, it can be kind of hard to accept a 12-4-1 record when you fall short of your goals, which is to get into the National Tournament each year and compete for a LSC title.…

2017 Lion Volleyball Post-Mortem: 5 Thoughts

This is Part 1 in a 4 part series wrapping up the Fall Sports season. We also want to say to those who participated in Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country, and Golf, we apologize for not covering you all as much as we should have and would have liked. The Lion Wire is adding a final…

Texas A&M-Commerce Lions VS. West Florida Argonauts-NCAA Division II National Championship Game-Storylines, Starters, and Stuff You Need To Know.

Versus When: Saturday, December 15, 5 PM Where: Children’s Mercy Park Stadium, Kansas City, Kansas Weather: 60 Degrees and Sunny at Kickoff TV: ESPN2 Radio: Lions Sports Network via 88.9 KETR (Commerce) or KETR.org Live Stats: http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/d2/2017/12/16/west-fla-tex-am-commerce Starters QB-Luis Perez, 6’3 220 LBS, SR, San Diego, CA RB-Carandal Hale, 5’11 190 LBS, R-FR, Greenville, TX WR-D’Arthur…

Previewing West Florida: 5 Thoughts

It’s Here. The week many of us thought we might never see. The week where Texas A&M-Commerce plays for the National Championship. Whenever there is uncharted territory for a team, the best thing a team can do in my opinion, is to keep the schedule the same and not let anything be distracting or take…