Football

Halloween Football Game Recap

By Lauren D’Ambra Halloween weekend is a fun time for everybody, people dress up, eat a bunch of candy, and take a little break from their normal day to day routine. This year’s Halloween weekend was exciting for another reason too: Mines had another home football game! The Orediggers took the lead early in the…

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2019’s Harlon Hill snub: Blaster the Burro

Last month, Slippery Rock University quarterback Roland Rivers III won the Harlon Hill award. The honor is the highest that can be received by an NCAA Division II football player, and is considered the “Heisman Trophy of DII.” Rivers posted an astonishing 4,460 passing yards for 52 touchdowns on the season. But the nation’s true…

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Mines alum follows his dream in the CFL

Last year’s Oredigger football team was led by an extremely talented group of athletes. Among these players was quarterback Isaac Harker, a transfer from Indiana State. According to Mines Athletics, Isaac was a major contributor to the prolific Orediggers offense last year that led Division II with 556.8 yards of offense per game and was…

Athlete Spotlight: Cameron Mayberry

While Mines football as a program has been just as successful as previous years, there is a new star on the field: Junior Cameron Mayberry. In Mayberry’s first career start on September 9th, he scored an impressive four touchdowns and rushed for 189 yards, helping the Orediggers in their 70-0 win against New Mexico Highlands…

Athlete Spotlight: Justin Dvorak

Year: Senior (Fall ’16 grad) Major: B.S. Petroleum Engineering Hometown: Tomball, TX Honors and awards: Dvorak has had a multitude of accolades during his time at Mines, with some notable awards including RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (x4), Harlon Hill Trophy nominee, and First-Team All-RMAC (x2). Why Mines: While Dvorak wanted to continue playing…

Junior Sam Seeton sprints towards the endzone after catching a pass from Junior Justin Dvorak in the first quarter against South Dakota School of Mines. This was just one of eight touchdown passes thrown by Dvorak in the game.
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CSM Dominates in Stadium Opener

South Dakota School of Mines 63-28 in their home opener, highlighted by an impressive performance by Junior Justin Dvorak, throwing for 555 yards and eight touchdown passes. “We’ve had a lot of success in past years against South Dakota Mines and with the personnel we had back I feel like we would continue that success,”…

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