Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina football returned to the sun-soaked turf at E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field on Saturday morning for its third practice session of its 2022 spring drills. The team worked out for just over two hours, donning shoulder pads along with helmets for the first time this spring amidst the best weather conditions to date.
 
Saturday's 24-period practice, which individual position, unit, and team sessions, was very spirited as both competition and contact continued to ramp up for the Catamounts. The special teams portion of the practice centered around punt coverage and punt return, rotating several skill players back to field punts as WCU looks to replace punt return specialist Daquan Patten who exhausted his collegiate eligibility last fall.
 
The Catamount football team breaks until returning to the practice field on Tuesday, March 22, for its fourth session of the spring. Three weekday practices lead up to the squad's first scrimmage of the spring next Saturday, March 26. WCU will also scrimmage on April 2 ahead of the Spring Football Showcase, presented by UltraStar Multi-tainement Center at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort that's scheduled for Saturday, April 9.
 
 
SEASON TICKETS & PARKING
Season tickets and game day parking for the 2022 Catamount football home schedule are on sale now through the WCU Athletics Ticket Office, located on the first floor of the Ramsey Center, by phone at (828) 227-2401, and online at CatamountSports.com. Fans can purchase tickets and parking for each of WCU's five home dates through the 2022 regular season. The deadline for current season ticket holders to renew is June 1, 2022.
 
A reminder that there are several changes taking place this season including the Catamount football team switching home sidelines, moving from the West side to the East side – or press box side of E.J. Whitmire Stadium. WCU is also moving to a paid parking model for most on-campus parking options nearest the stadium. Read more about the stadium changes for the 2022 season here.
 
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2022 Catamount Football Spring Practice Schedule:
Practice #4 – Tues., March 22 – Full pads – 4 p.m.
Practice #5 – Wed., March 23 – Uppers – 4 p.m.
Practice #6 – Thurs., March 24 – Full pads – 4 p.m.
Practice #7 – Sat., March 26 – Scrimmage #1 (Full pads) – 10 a.m.
Practice #8 – Tues. March 29 – Full pads – 4 p.m.
Practice #9 – Wed., March 30 – Uppers – 4 p.m.
Practice #10 – Thurs., March 31 – Full pads – 4 p.m.
Practice #11 – Sat., April 2 – Scrimmage #2 (Full pads) – 10 a.m.
Practice #12 – Tues., April 5 – Uppers – 4 p.m.
Practice #13 – Thurs., April 7 – Uppers – 4 p.m.
Practice #14 – Fri., April 8 – Helmets only – 4 p.m.
Practice #15 – Spring Football Showcase, presented by UltraStar Multi-tainment Center – Sat., April 9 – Noon–2 p.m.
(Practice schedule subject to time/date changes)