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Get your kicks at Dirks Field
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Get your kicks at Dirks Field

August 26, 2014

While the countdown to the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks’ home- and regular-season opener is just nine days away, the women’s soccer program will wait it out at home. FLC, the…

FLC faces its adversity for a 4th-place guess
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FLC faces its adversity for a 4th-place guess

August 19, 2014

Caitlyn Espinosa and the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks will charge into the 2014 season ranked fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference behind Colorado Mines, Metro State and Regis.Steve Lewis/Durango…

Skyhawks blanked in preseason opener
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Skyhawks blanked in preseason opener

August 17, 2014

Fort Lewis College men’s soccer coach Oige Kennedy watched as his team fell 3-0 to the University of New Mexico Lobos in an exhibition game Monday night in Albuquerque. The…

Winston and a bunch of Heisman Hopefuls
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Winston and a bunch of Heisman Hopefuls

August 13, 2014

After bypassing a shot at the NFL, Marcus Mariota, the Oregon Ducks’ junior quarterback, returns to lead an offense that piles up points and yards like a video game. If…

Winston not worried about Griffin effect
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Winston not worried about Griffin effect

August 13, 2014

Twenty-three underclassmen have won the award, but Ohio State running back Archie Griffin was the only one to pull off that feat twice. Griffin is shocked that he remains the…

It’s called the College Football Playoff
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It’s called the College Football Playoff

August 9, 2014

Jameis Winston, the Florida State Seminoles and the rest of the NCAA kissed the old BCS system goodbye after last season’s national championship game. Now, the College Football Playoff is…

What does this NCAA reform mean?
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What does this NCAA reform mean?

August 7, 2014

The Southeastern Conference just got richer. The NCAA Board of Directors voted 16-2 on Thursday to give the five wealthiest football conferences the ability to make some of their own…

There’s a new power in the NCAA
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There’s a new power in the NCAA

August 7, 2014

“It does provide degrees of autonomy for the five high-resource conferences,” said Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch, the board chairman and a key architect of the plan. “This is not…

Depth added to FLC sideline
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Depth added to FLC sideline

August 1, 2014

Fort Lewis College head football coach John L. Smith has been busy at work recruiting new players and coaches to the team. In his second year at the helm, Smith…

A pair of former hoops stars hall-worthy
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A pair of former hoops stars hall-worthy

July 29, 2014

Hatch graduated in 2003 and ranks 15th all-time at FLC with 1,148 points. Hatch’s point-total is the second most in a three-year Skyhawk career. He made 215 3-pointers, which ranks…