X

Sports | The Independent News Organization | Fort Lewis College

Sports
Falling for Gravity Lab

Falling for Gravity Lab

By: Mia McCormick
4/17/2023

Learn how the new climbing gym in Durango is impacting the community.

Number of views (3633)
Powder to the people

Powder to the people

By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
3/30/2022

Running Purgatory means all work and snow play. 

Number of views (8742)
FLC places second at Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals

FLC places second at Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals

By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
11/2/2021

The Fort Lewis College mountain bike team had the home field advantage at the Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals, or so they thought, until all of sudden, Durango got hit with a snowstorm.

Number of views (8320)
A Durango Skate of Mind

A Durango Skate of Mind

By Mia McCormick Indy Staff Writer
10/26/2021

How Pain, Progress, and Passion Create a Community on Four Wheels. 

Number of views (10704)
Student athletes at The Fort reflect on their COVID seasons

Student athletes at The Fort reflect on their COVID seasons

By Bailey Duplessis Indy Staff Writer
9/22/2021

According to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, “COVID-19 has created new strains on athletes, thus potentially increasing their vulnerability to mental health symptoms.” And student athletes at Fort Lewis College can agree.

Number of views (8440)

Confessions of a Student Athlete: Reflecting back on 18 years of athletics before entering the real world

by Mandy Lorenson Indy Staff Writer
4/7/2021

Throughout my life, I have always introduced myself as a softball player. It has been my identity, the thing I fell back on when, on the first day of class, the teachers ask to tell them and your fellow classmates something about yourself. But come the middle of May, I will no longer be able to call myself a softball player because I am graduating with my degree in journalism and multimedia studies with two minors in psychology and marketing. 

Number of views (11435)

Fans at the Fort: Softball is the First Sport to Allow Fans Since the 2020 Season

By Jack Boggs Indy Staff Writer
4/5/2021

Based on the decision made by The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, sporting events that are held outside at Fort Lewis College are now allowed to have fans in attendance while following local health guidelines, Brandon Leimbach, FLC athletic director, said. 

 

Number of views (9087)
Beware the Backcountry: Why the West’s avalanche season was so deadly

Beware the Backcountry: Why the West’s avalanche season was so deadly

By Jacob Monkarsh Indy Staff Writer
4/1/2021

Backcountry skiers, snowboarders, and all types of winter outdoor recreationists are aware of the strange and fatal winter that the western U.S. has been having. 

Number of views (9473)

Men’s Basketball confronts Covid-19

By Jack Boggs Indy Staff Writer
3/4/2021

The Fort Lewis College men’s basketball team experienced a 21-day pause to their season due to contracting the virus when they returned to campus after going home for winter break.

Number of views (8995)

All Off -Season: FLC protocols force a precautionary pause on student athletics aft er a large house party

By Will Charles Indy Staff Writer
11/24/2020

An off-campus party that included student athletes on Oct. 2 resulted with a pause being implemented on all off-season sports.An off-campus party that included student athletes on Oct. 2 resulted with a pause being implemented on all off-season sports.

Number of views (11062)
RSS

The Independent | Fort Lewis College | 1000 Rim Drive | Durango, CO 81301 | 970-247-7405 |  independent@fortlewis.edu