Adams State News

Grand Junction, Colo. — The Adams State Grizzlies qualified three individual swimmers and two relay teams for Thursday's finals at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships.

GUNNISON, Colorado — With an all-around great team performance, the Grizzlies outlast Western Colorado in a back-and-forth game that finished 81-77 in favor of Adams State. The win gives the Grizzlies their sixth straight win and moves them to a record of 16-7(10-5 RMAC). The Thursday night win also moves the Grizzlies into a tie for fourth place with CSU Pueblo in conference play with just 5 games remaining in the conference regular season. The Grizzlies will look to continue this outstanding play, as they eye a top 4 finish in conference going into the conference tournament at the end of the regular season.

GUNNISON, Colorado — In a Thursday afternoon game against Western Colorado, the Grizzlies fall by a final score of 70-60. Tonight's loss ends the Grizzlies eight game winning streak, and drops them to a record of 19-6(13-2 RMAC).

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado — After Day 2 of the 2026 RMAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the Grizzlies sit in ninth place with 49 points on the Women's side, and on the Men's side they sit in sixth place with 58 points. During the two days, the Grizzlies have received points in six of the events they have placed in, with both the women and men receiving points in three races. Along with receiving points in multiple races, the Grizzlies Men have broken two records with the relay team of Quintin Cummings, Dillon Brown, Devin Walters, and Kenny Rupp breaking the school record in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay with a final time of 6:57.33. On top of this, Devin Walters broke his own school record with the fastest 50 Yard Backstroke time during the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 24.19.

Alamosa, Colo. – The Adams State wrestling team turned in a dominant performance Wednesday night, defeating New Mexico Highlands 36-7 in their final home dual of the 2025-26 season.

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma — In the final game of a four game series against Southwestern Oklahoma State University, the Grizzlies fall on a walk-off home run losing 6-5. The loss gave SWOSU the sweep against the Grizzlies, and drops Adams State to a record of 1-7 after the first two weekends of the year.

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Adams State softball dropped its final game of the Southern Colorado Crossover on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-1 to Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Grizzlies collected six hits in the contest but were able to convert just one into a run.

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Adams State split day two of the Southern Colorado Crossover on Saturday, falling to Pittsburg State before earning its first win of the season with a 6-3 extra-inning victory over Minnesota Crookston.

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma — In a Saturday doubleheader, the Grizzlies dropped both games to Southwestern Oklahoma State University to fall to 0-3 on the weekend series. The Grizzlies dropped game one by a final score of 9-6, and game two by a final score of 12-3. By dropping both games Saturday, the Grizzlies fall to 1-6 on the young season.

Alamosa, Colo. – The Grizzlies continued their indoor campaign at home with the ASU Grizzly Invitational on Saturday afternoon. A good number of hometown fans came out to cheer on the Adams State athletes. Sam Dirkes highlighted the meet with an NCAA DII leading mark of 19.10m in the shot put. Six other Adams State athletes put up provisional national qualifying marks, all in the mile run. The Grizzlies saw six event champions on the men's side and five on the women's side.