Calhoun Community College adds 3 new teams to its athletic roster this fall

Calhoun Community College added three new sports to its campus, which will each start this fall. In fact, two of those sports have already kicked off their inaugural seasons.

Men’s and women’s soccer and women’s flag football are now scholarship sports at the college.

Soccer + flag football at Calhoun Community College

Calhoun Community College expanded its athletics program with the addition of men’s and women’s soccer and women’s flag football, beginning this month.

The Alabama Community College Conference’s decision to add women’s flag football to its lineup made history as the largest National Junior College Athletic Association member conference to offer the sport.

The soccer program offers up to 24 scholarships per team, with additional opportunities for walk-on players.

Women’s flag football, which has exploded in popularity in recent years, offers up to 15 scholarships and provides a pathway for female athletes to continue competing after high school.

“Soccer and women’s flag football are not just about competition, but they’re about teamwork, discipline, and providing access to life-changing opportunities. Offering these programs at no cost to the community underscores our commitment to inclusion and engagement.”

Kassie Mathis, Calhoun CC Vice President of Student Services

When and where these teams will play

The games will be played primarily at Decatur’s Jack Allen Park through a partnership with Decatur Parks and Recreation.

The flag football schedule is as follows (home games in bold):

• September 14 vs. Northwest-Shoals Community College, 2PM, 4PM
• September 21 vs. Shelton State Community College ,2:30PM
• September 21 vs. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, 4PM
• September 28 vs. Wallace State Community College, 3:30PM, 5PM
• October 2 vs. Snead State Community College, TBA
• October 5 vs. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, 2:30PM
• October 5 at Bishop State Community College, 4PM
• October 12 vs. Northwest-Shoals Community College, 3:30, 5PM
• October 19 vs. Shelton State Community College, 1PM
• October 19 vs. Bishop State Community College, 4PM
• October 26 vs. Wallace State Community College, 3PM, 5PM
• November 2 vs. Snead State Community College, 3:30PM, 5PM

The men’s soccer team has already played three games, losing to Copiah-Lincoln Southwest Mississippi Community College and UT Southern.

Here’s the rest of the schedule (home games in bold):

• September 13 vs. Wallace State Community College-Hanceville, 3:30PM
• September 18 vs. Enterprise State Community College, 6PM
• September 21 vs. Southern Cresent, 3:30PM
• September 27 vs Northeast Alabama Community College, 7PM
• October 1 vs Southern Union State Community College, 5PM
• October 4 vs Wallace State Community College-Hanceville, 7PM
• October 7 vs. Northeast Alabama Community College, 7PM
• October 11 vs. Enterprise State Community College, 7PM
• October 17 vs. Copiah-Lincoln Community College, 3PM
• October 19 vs.  Southern Union State Community College, 4PM

The women’s team dropped its first three games to Motlow State, Eastern Florida State College and Southern Union. Here’s the rest of the schedule (home games in bold):

• September 11 vs. University of Tennessee Southern, 6PM
• September 21 vs. Oakwood University, 32PM
• September 28 vs. University of Tennessee Southern, 1PM
• October 2 vs. Andrew College, 2PM
• October 3 vs. Gordon State College, 2PM
• October 14 vs Andrew College, 2PM
• October 17 vs. Itawamba Community College, 3PM
• October 21 vs. Pellissippi State Community College, 5PM
• October 22 vs. Roane State Community College, 3PM

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