Behind the 90-person Pomona-Pitzer football team, which practices daily and competes weekly, are the student athletic training staff who work behind the scenes to ensure the season runs smoothly for the players. The full-time football athletic trainer (AT), Lane Fishburn, currently employs three student ATs to help her with operations.
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Gyms with Jun: Episode One
Which Claremont College has the best gym? Jun Kwon PO ‘28 is starting a weekly series where he gives conclusive reviews about the gyms around campus. He cites size, amenities, machinery, study spaces and more in order to give a final rating out of 10.
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
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.
The weight of the weigh-in: How women ended a misogynistic Pomona tradition, 50 years ago
Around 50 years ago, the women of Pomona College banded together to end a long-standing misogynistic first-year hazing ritual known as the “Weigh-In” that the men’s football team had kept alive by touting it as Pomona “tradition.”
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.
Ben’s sportscast: 67 years in, Sagehens’ football could be en route to two football titles
What do the Sagehens need to do in order to end their 67-year drought? Catch up with sports editor Ben Lauren PZ ’25 in his first sportscast.
Pomona-Pitzer football shocks Redlands 21-20 in dramatic comeback win
Could this be the start of something special for the Sagehens? Pomona-Pitzer extends their winning streak with a stunning comeback in their home-opener game, defeating Redlands University 21-20 on Saturday.
Campus events canceled after six Pomona students test positive for COVID-19
Pomona College is forced to cancel campus events after 6 students test positive for COVID-19, following weeks of having a COVID-free campus.