Sterling Warriors

Sterling Warriors
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UniversitySterling College
NicknameWarriors
NAIARegion IV
ConferenceKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Athletic directorJustin Morris
LocationSterling, Kansas
Varsity teams23
Football stadiumSmisor Stadium
Basketball arenaGleason Center
Aquatics centerGleason Center
Tennis venueSC Tennis Courts
Volleyball arenaGleason Center
ColorsNavy, cardinal, and silver[1]
     
Websitewww.scwarriors.com

The Sterling Warriors are the athletic teams that represent Sterling College, located in Sterling, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) since the 1958–59 academic year; which they were a member on a previous stint from 1902–03 to December 1928 (of the 1928–29 school year).

Varsity sports

Sterling competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports:

Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross country
Cross countryGolf
FootballSoftball
SoccerSwimming
SwimmingTennis
TennisTrack and field1
Track and field1Volleyball
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor

Football

Reggie Langford is the program's current head coach. Notable former athletes include actor Clarence Gilyard.[2]

During the 1905 season, the Coleman Company set up temporary gas-powered lighting for a night game against Fairmount College (now called Wichita State University). It was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River.[3] Fairmount won the game 24–0.[4]

In 2013 the Warriors, led by Andy Lambert, went 8–1 in Conference play, winning their first ever Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football title. That season also marks the first time qualifying for the NAIA football playoffs. The Warriors lost to Baker University, 10-7[5]. The Warriors also fell to Baker in their second trip to the NAIA football playoffs, a 44-21 loss in 2016[6].

Sterling Football Playoff History
Year Opponent Result
2013 Baker L, 10-7[5]
2016 Baker L, 44-21[6]
2017 Morningside L, 63-7[7]


Facilities

Venue Sport(s) Ref.
Smisor StadiumFootball[8]
Gleason CenterBasketball
Volleyball
Swimming		[9]
SC BaseballBaseball[10]
SC SoccerSoccer[11]
SC CourtsTennis[12]

References

  1. ↑ Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Style Guide (PDF). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Clarence Gilyard Biography – Yahoo! Movies
  3. ↑ "First Light (1900–1929)". Coleman Company. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Wichita State Yearly Results (1905)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Last Second Field Goal Dooms Warriors". 2013-11-23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. 1 2 "Football Comes Up Short At Baker In The NAIA-FCS, 44-21". 2016-11-20. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "Football Falls To Morningside In The NAIA-FCS First Round, 63-7". 2017-11-19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ↑ Smisor Stadium
  9. ↑ Gleason Center
  10. ↑ SC Baseball
  11. ↑ SC Soccer
  12. ↑ SC Tennis Facility
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