College sports – The Durango Herald

Poor shooting and rebounding dooms Fort Lewis against MSU Denver

Skyhawks women scored a season-low 55 points

DATE: Feb 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fort Lewis uses dominant first 25 minutes to beat Colorado School of Mines

Skyhawks snap Orediggers’ 14-game winning streak in massive RMAC win

DATE: Feb 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Skyhawks women’s basketball runs out of gas in fourth quarter against Orediggers

Fort Lewis experiences worst loss since Dec. 5

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

PHOTOS: Fort Lewis takes on Colorado School of Mines in basketball doubleheader

Men win 73-63 Friday night to remain No. 1 in RMAC standings; women lose 81-62

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fort Lewis women’s basketball team is turning over cancer

Skyhawks will donate $2 for every turnover forced in February

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Here’s how the RMAC basketball tournament standings are shaping up

Fort Lewis and Colorado Mines are atop men’s standings entering Friday’s showdown at Whalen Gymnasium; Fort Lewis women battling for spot in RMAC tournament

DATE: Jan 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sorenson’s double-double leads Skyhawks past Westminster 71-50

Fort Lewis finished with a season-high in field goal percentage

DATE: Jan 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

FLC basketball: Men win massive road game against Colorado Mesa; women lose

Skyhawks men are now tied for second place in RMAC with Mavericks

DATE: Jan 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Clash of the RMAC titans: Skyhawks to visit Colorado Mesa in game with seismic impact

A win could change RMAC tournament seeding

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Billy’s 28 powers Fort Lewis past Chadron State despite woeful first quarter

Skyhawks equal last season’s win total

DATE: Jan 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Malik Whitaker’s free throws help Fort Lewis top Regis, 81-80

Women lose at Regis with limited depth

DATE: Jan 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Both Fort Lewis basketball squads lose at UCCS Friday night

Men’s 12-game win streak ends, while women drop second straight game

DATE: Jan 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

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Photos: Parade launches 2024 Connie Mack World Series in FarmingtonFans line street as players march on Main Damp, overcast weather cooled off the crowd lining Main Street on Friday morning for the 2024 Connie Mack World Series Parade. The hourlong parade began shortly after 10 a.m. in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Fans line street as players march on Main

Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Durango Police Department Deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Poor shooting and rebounding dooms Fort Lewis against MSU Denver

Fort Lewis uses dominant first 25 minutes to beat Colorado School of Mines

Skyhawks women’s basketball runs out of gas in fourth quarter against Orediggers

PHOTOS: Fort Lewis takes on Colorado School of Mines in basketball doubleheader

Fort Lewis women’s basketball team is turning over cancer

Here’s how the RMAC basketball tournament standings are shaping up

Sorenson’s double-double leads Skyhawks past Westminster 71-50

FLC basketball: Men win massive road game against Colorado Mesa; women lose

Clash of the RMAC titans: Skyhawks to visit Colorado Mesa in game with seismic impact

Billy’s 28 powers Fort Lewis past Chadron State despite woeful first quarter

Malik Whitaker’s free throws help Fort Lewis top Regis, 81-80

Both Fort Lewis basketball squads lose at UCCS Friday night

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