On Saturday, Oct. 25, Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) football was outmatched by La Verne in an unexpected 8-26 upset loss. For head coach John Walsh, the game was a reminder of the always formidable competition that exists within the SCIAC.
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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.
P-P football: Can the returning SCIAC champs recreate the magic?
They say that the early bird gets the worm, but for the Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) football team, the early Sagehen gets the Bearcat. With a dominant 41-17 victory over the Willamette Bearcats in the first game of the season, the defending SCIAC champions are off to a successful start in their hunt for a repeat title. With multiple key players graduating, the team is working hard to bulk up its young Hens.
Surmounting a 28-7 deficit, Sagehens steal SCIAC title in closing moments
On Nov. 16 at Merritt Field, the Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) football team fought back from a 28-7 halftime deficit against the Chapman University Panthers to secure the program’s second-ever SCIAC championship with a 37-34 comeback victory. The Sagehens won the coin toss and elected to defer, with Chapman immediately pouncing on
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.
Sagehen Football flips the script, stomping the Carleton College Knights
On Saturday, Sept. 7, Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) exacted their revenge against Carleton College in a 28-12 season-opening victory at Merritt Field. Quarterback Grady Russo PZ ’27 led the Sagehens to victory with three passing touchdowns, as linebacker Eamon Glascott PO ‘25 helped seal the deal with a pick-six.
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.
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
Pomona-Pitzer football punts CMS for its first SCIAC Championship in joint team history
Cecil shed a tear from his rocking chair Saturday as after 67 years of waiting. The Sagehens defeated the Stags 28-14 to earn their first SCIAC championship since 1955. While both P-P and CMS will be named co-champions, the Sagehens’ victory has earned them their first ever trip to Nationals.