PORTLAND, Ore. – Due to the nations ongoing economic crisis the Lewis & Clark football team has lost two games off of its 2009 schedule as both Principia and Colorado College have dropped their football programs. The Pioneers now face the challenge of replacing both their opening day game, as well as their Homecoming Day game that was scheduled for October 24, which now leaves the Pios with just eight games. Head Coach Chris Sulages and the Pioneer coaching staff are expected to add two more games before the start of the season.


PRINCIPIA
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was informed by Principia College President, Dr. Jonathan Palmer, in late January that the institution would be suspending operation of its football program for the 2009 season with intentions of resuming as soon as the 2010 season.

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COLORADO COLLEGE
In an effort to reorganize its athletics department and weather the ongoing economic crisis, Colorado College will discontinue three NCAA Division III sports – football, softball and water polo – effective at the end of the current academic year.

The decision, announced by President Richard F. Celeste and Director of Athletics Ken Ralph on Tuesday, comes in response to a mandate from CC’s Board of Trustees to reduce spending by $8 million to $12 million during the next fiscal year.

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