HELENA, Mont. – With Fall camp report day under two months away and anticipation building, Head Coach Troy Purcell has officially announced the start times for the home portion of the 2025 Carroll College Football schedule.

Following an abnormal year in which Nelson Stadium played host to an unprecedented six regular season home games, the Fighting Saints will return to a balanced five-home, five-road schedule in a new-look Frontier Conference. 

The 2024 renovation to Nelson Stadium saw the storied venue receive a shiny new addition, with a state-of-the-art lighting system erected to allow for greater access for team practices, and competition. This year, the Saints are making good use of the new investment. The ’25 home slate for the Fighting Saints features three Saturday afternoon games, as well as a pair of games to be played under the lights.

The first two games of the Saints’ ’25 home schedule will be played at night, as both the home-opener against Montana Tech on September 7, and the September 27 Homecoming game against Rocky Mountain College will kick-off at 6 p.m. 

Only one home game falls in the month of October – a mid-month showdown with Simpson (Calif.) at 1 p.m. on October 18. The Red Hawks are an associate-member of the Frontier, and are in their second season in program history. 

Carroll will end the regular season with back-to-back home games, as the College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon come to the Capital City on November 8 and 15, with both games kicking-off at 12 p.m., both sure to carry postseason implications

2025 marks a significant change for the Frontier Conference and its landscape, as the Montana-based league sees a large expansion. Beginning in July, the Frontier will welcome full-time members Dickinson State (N.D.), Dakota Sate (S.D.), Mayville State (N.D.), Valley City State (N.D.). Those four teams, along with traditional Frontier-members MSU-Northern, Rocky Mountain College, and Montana Tech will comprise the East Division of the Frontier Conference.

The Saints will compete in the West Division of the new Frontier, joined by Montana Western, the College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon, Southern Oregon, Arizona Christian, and new associate-member Simpson (Calif.).

The expansion of the league and the creation of two divisions will give the league a pair of automatic qualifiers for the NAIA Football Championship Series – a division champion from the West, and a division champion from the East.

As part of their ten-game schedule, the Saints will begin the season with four non-conference games before a run of six-consecutive conference games to end the season. 

Carroll begins the year on the Hi-Line, heading to Havre on August 30 for the season-opener at MSU-Northern.

The Saints play three games in September, three in October, and three in November.

The 134th clash between Carroll and Montana Tech under the lights on September 7 is a marquee home-opener, sure to provide excitement as always, and will lead into an early bye-week. The Saints will then have two weeks to prepare for a road-trip to Dickinson State on September 20, their first trip to the Blue Hawks since 2013.

Homecoming weekend, and all associated festivities, is slated for September 27. The first on-campus homecoming night game in school history will take place between the Fighting Saints and the Battlin’ Bears at 6 p.m., putting a bow on one of the busiest weekends all year.

The Saints will spend the early portion October on the road, beginning conference play with a road trip to Arizona Christian for just the second time in program history, followed by a trip to Dillon for a showdown with the two-time defending Frontier Champions, Montana Western, the following week.

After hosting Simpson at home on October 18, the Saints will head to Ashland, Ore. for a late-season matchup with Southern Oregon on November 1, then cap the regular season with home games against CI and EOU.

Season Ticket renewals will open on Monday, June 9, and all prior-year season ticket-holders will be emailed with renewal instructions later this week. Starting July 1, all remaining tickets will be made available for new season ticket holders, and single-game tickets will become available in August.

Be sure to visit www.carrollathletics.com to continue to stay up to date with everything going on in Carroll Athletics.
 

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Over the next four weeks, 704 teams from ECNL Regional Leagues across the country will compete at four different ECNL Regional League Playoff events, geographically set to manage travel for qualifying teams out of surrounding ECNL Regional Leagues.

Qualifying teams from the U13-U17 age groups will compete to earn their spot in the ECNL Regional League Finals in Virginia this July, while qualifying teams from the U18/19 age group will compete for a final ECNL Regional League Championship.

(+Players That Impressed: ECNL Girls 2025 North Carolina National Event)

Each ECNL Regional League Playoff event will include top performing teams from leagues in the region, creating high-visibility recruitment opportunities for local and regional college programs. The four ECNL Regional League Playoff events, dates and locations are listed below:

• ECNL Regional League Central Playoffs at Slyman Bros SLYSA Complex in St. Charles, Missouri, Missouri Rush in O’Fallon, Missouri, & Worldwide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri (June 6-10)

• ECNL Regional League South Playoffs at Rolling Hills Soccer Complex in Fort Worth, Texas (June 13-17)

• ECNL Regional League West Playoffs at Silverlakes Sports Park in Norco, California (June 13-17)

• ECNL Regional League East Playoffs at Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Browns Summit, North Carolina (June 27-July 1)

At each age group the 16 qualifying teams in each event are divided into four groups of four in the group stage. Every team will play three group stage games to determine the four group winners at each age group. The winners of each group will advance to a final match. From there, the U13-U17 winners (two teams at each age group from each event) will advance to the ECNL Regional League Finals in Virginia in July.

At the U18/19 age group, eight boys teams and eight girls teams will compete at each playoff. Teams will be divided into two groups of four and play three group stage games to determine the two group winners. The two group winners will then play one final game to determine the U18/19 ECNL Regional League Champion at each event.

The ECNL Regional League Finals for U13-U17 will take place in Richmond, Virginia, at West Creek Complex (Henrico, VA) and VACU Fields at Striker Park (Glen Allen, VA). The ECNL Boys Regional League Finals will be played July 11-14, while the ECNL Girls Regional League Finals will be played July 12-15. Teams will compete in an eight team knockout bracket to decide the ECNL Regional League National Champions at each age group.

Schedule: Check out the ECNL app for the complete schedule, or view each schedule of games below.

• Central Playoffs Schedule – Click here

• South Playoffs Schedule – Coming Soon

• West Playoffs Schedule – Coming Soon

• East Playoffs Schedule – Coming Soon

Brackets: Links to all the groups and brackets can be viewed below and will be updated once teams are announced at each playoff site.

• ECNL Regional League Central Playoffs: Boys Brackets | Girls Brackets

• ECNL Regional League South Playoffs: Brackets Coming Soon

• ECNL Regional League West Playoffs: Brackets Coming Soon

• ECNL Regional League East Playoffs: Brackets Coming Soon

More Information: To view the addresses for complexes, parking, and more ECNL Regional League Playoff information, follow each of the links below.

DURHAM, N.C. — Don’t miss out on your chance to participate in Duke women’s soccer indoor camps, which will take place July 21-25 on campus in Durham for grades 1-8.  Limited spots remain so sign up today to secure your spot and learn from members of the soccer team. 
 
The Little Devils Indoor Camp for grades 1-5 will take place July 21-25, while the Junior Devils Indoor Camp for grades 6-8 will also be held July 21-25. 
 
Blue Devil head coach Kieran Hall, who became the head coach at Duke in January of 2025, is coming off helping lead the Blue Devils to the ACC regular season title and an appearance in the NCAA College Cup in 2024.  Associate head coach Carla Overbeck, assistant coach Hanna Gardner and assistant coach Evan Gaffney along with members of the Duke women’s soccer team will also help run the camps. 
 
For more information on the Duke Soccer Academy click here. 
 
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women’s soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeWSOC”.
 
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By Bob Sutton

Special to The Alamance News

Southern Alamance alum Evan Sykes became Greensboro College’s career home run leader during his junior season.

The shortstop homered nine times to move his three-season total to 21, setting a record for the Division III program. He homered in three consecutive games this year.

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Sykes was named to the All-USA South Conference second team. He batted .357 and drove in 48 runs in 43 games.

Greensboro reached the USA South Tournament’s championship series for the first time since 2019. Sykes was named to the USA South Tournament all-tournament team after notching 10 hits and driving in six runs across five games.

The Pride defeated Pfeiffer once and Brevard twice in the early portion of the tournament in Asheboro. Top-seeded Methodist then was the host against Greensboro in the championship series, winning both games.

Greensboro finished with a 28-16-1 overall record with a 15-5-1 regular-season league mark.

George helps Guilford College

Ethan George, a shortstop out of Williams, batted .298 with three home runs in 30 games for Guilford College.

Former Western Alamance player Aidan McCandless appeared in nine games, homering once. Former Southern Alamance player Jacob Ray pitched in 10 games for the Quakers, going 0-4.

Western Alamance alum Zach Booker, who also played collegiately at Elon, is Guilford’s head coach. The Quakers (22-16, 8-14 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) didn’t advance to the conference tournament.