Sterling Warriors
Athletic teams representing Sterling College
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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).
| Sterling Warriors | |
|---|---|
| |
| University | Sterling College |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| NAIA | Region IV |
| Conference | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Athletic director | Justin Morris |
| Location | Sterling, Kansas |
| Varsity teams | 23 |
| Football stadium | Smisor Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Gleason Center |
| Aquatics center | Gleason Center |
| Tennis venue | SC Tennis Courts |
| Volleyball arena | Gleason Center |
| Colors | Navy, cardinal, and silver[1] |
| Website | www |
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Varsity sports
Sterling competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports:
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Cross country | Golf |
| Football | Softball |
| Soccer | Swimming |
| Swimming | Tennis |
| Tennis | Track and field1 |
| Track and field1 | Volleyball |
| 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] |
