In a rainy, muddy game of football that capped off the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Stags’ season on Saturday, Nov. 15, they found success through the run game to defeat the La Verne Leopards 5-0. The Stag running back Cooper Nixon HM ’27 ran for 196 yards, a stark contrast from the two passing yards combined between both teams’ quarterbacks.
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Sagehens surge through storm to claim Sixth Street trophy
On Sept. 27, Sixth Street was painted blue and orange as the Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) football team defeated the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Stags 25-17. In this year’s edition of the Sixth Street Rivalry, the Sagehens ended their two-season losing streak against the Stags. For Kalani Pickett PO ’26, who caught both a touchdown and a two-point conversion, Saturday’s rivalry game was extra special.
CMS football: Can the underdogs claim the crown?
September marks the start of hunting season for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) football. But did the Stags lose their antlers? With 21 seniors graduating and a two-year streak of eight wins per season, the 2025 CMS football team has little time and big hoof prints to fill. For defensive captain and linebacker Gabe Gangi-Saroukhanioff CM ’26, this is a challenge he is ready to take on.
Recovering from a loss, CMS football posts dominant win against La Verne
On Saturday, Oct. 19, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) football took down La Verne in a 57-14 rout. Coming off of a 41-13 loss to Chapman, the Stags rebounded with a 43-point score differential against the Leopards, improving their record to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in SCAIC.
Stags buck late P-P comeback attempt to defend Sixth Street Title
Under the bright lights of Merritt Field on Saturday, Oct. 5, Stags and Sagehens football battled it out in a closely contested matchup for the Sixth Street title, with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) ultimately prevailing in a 20-14 win.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer: Claremont heads into ‘Rivalry Weekend’
Some might say that the best part of the Claremont consortium is making friends across the five schools. Wrong. It’s saying goodbye to these friends once a semester and showing up to the biggest athletic event of the year: Rivalry Weekend. This Saturday, Oct. 5 Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) women’s soccer, men’s soccer and football will compete against each other for the famed Sixth Street title.
CMS football weathers Sagehen storm to secure Sixth Street title
The Stags faced off against the Sagehens last weekend in a sixth street rivalry contest with major SCIAC championship implications. After jumping out to an early 14-0 lead, the Stags staved off a Hen’s comeback to secure the victory.
Down to six football teams, the SCIAC is forced to change format
Could Sixth Street go back to back? After the Sagehens and the Stags split the SCIAC title in 2022, the implementation of a conference championship game in 2023 has both teams ready for an undisputed Claremont champion. Next year, CMS and P-P will compete in the new format for SCIAC football. They will be in different pods composed of three SCIAC teams each and both CMS and P-P are hopeful of finishing on top of their respective groups to face each other in the championship game for the chance, once again, to compete with their sixth-street rivals for a bid to the NCAA DIII playoffs.
From Teal Dot to Title IX, CMS athletes are getting educated on sexual safety
More than 50 years after President Nixon signed Title IX into law, athletes in Claremont are learning from and about it. This past month, some of our Stags and Athenas have undergone training designed to equip them with the skills to prevent sexual assault and to support survivors.
Claremont: Consortium of Champions
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer won a combined six SCIAC Championships across five sports this fall, the most ever in a single season. Pomona-Pitzer Football Without a doubt, the most compelling narrative of the SCIAC’s fall season was the historic Cinderella story of Pomona-Pitzer football. Ranked fifth in the beginning of the