Tag: Air Force Sports
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Casualty of ICE crackdown built quiet life in U.S.
Reuters CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY • When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry’s Gyros, a diner on Chicago’s northwest side, his manager knew something was wrong. The short order cook always let someone know if he was running late, even by just 5 minutes. Earlier that morning, Villegas Gonzalez,…
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Navy throws its way past Air Force in a rare pass-happy service academy shootout
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Six if by air, for a change. In an oddly pass-happy service academy shootout Navy senior Blake Horvath set a program record for total yards and passed for more yards than any Midshipmen quarterback in 31 years as his squad won 34-31, outdueling an Air Force squad that was led by another…
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Navy 34, Air Force 31 | More from a shootout in Annapolis
Facts and figures from Navy’s win in front of a sellout crowd of 37,517 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Air Force Player of the Game – Liam Szarka, so., quarterback Szarka has done everything a quarterback can do, except win. His teammates know that is coming soon. “He’s a gamer,” tight end Bruin Fleishmann said.…
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Policy shift creates immediate path to pros for service academy graduates
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – An immediate future in professional sports is again a possibility for the football players taking the field Saturday for Air Force and Navy, along with their service academy brethren at Army and in other sports. Tucked deep within Section 557 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 is a…
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Navy’s Blake Horvath, Air Force’s Liam Szarka make for intriguing quarterback matchup
The names that crept their way into conversations during media interviews this week pointed toward a theme for Saturday’s matchup between Air Force and Navy. Dee Dowis. Ricky Dobbs. Tim Jefferson. Keenan Reynolds. Kale Pearson. Malcom Perry. They were all mentioned (as were others). They were all difference-making quarterbacks. This matchup features a pair in…
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Prolific production lands Air Force slot receiver Cade Harris on Biletnikoff Award watch list
Cade Harris has grown accustomed to going unnoticed. Air Force was his only offer as a recruit. And even as he’s developed into a dependable contributor for the Falcons, the 5-foot-8, 185-pound senior flows so anonymously around the academy and Colorado Springs that it has drawn laughs among the slot receivers. “Coach (Jake) Campbell in…
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Navy heavily favored vs. Air Force, but service academy history shows how little that means
Recent service academy football history shows the unpredictable nature of these games, particularly when they seem their most predictable. It was only 23 months ago that Air Force was 8-0 and favored by 18 points against Army in Denver, only to be turned away in a 23-3 defeat in front of more than 50,000 fans.…
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Air Force athletic events, including football at Navy, would continue through government shutdown
Air Force’s football game at Navy on Saturday will take place with or without a funded and operating government, The Gazette was told Tuesday. All other Falcons athletic events, home and away, will also go on as scheduled. Air Force officials could not comment on the record, but multiple conversations with representatives at Air Force…
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Third-down issues plague Air Force defense against Hawaii
Hawaii needed four yards on its first third-down attempt on Saturday. It came up with five. The Rainbow Warriors needed 10 to extend a drive later in the first quarter. They hit a pass for 11. When they needed six in the second they got seven. Needed 12, they got 14. Situation called for 10,…
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Air Force’s pattern of shootout losses continues in 44-35 setback vs. Hawaii
The same shrill tune is stuck on repeat for Air Force football. This time it was Hawaii that came to Falcon Stadium and won 44-35, putting up 535 yards of offense to negate an attack for the Falcons that saw sophomore quarterback Liam Szarka set a school record for total offense in a game with…