Author: Joe Paisley

May 10, 2017; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Timbers 2 vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Providence Park. Photo: Sam Ortega-Portland Timbers 2 Sam Ortega May 10, 2017; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Timbers 2 vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Providence Park. Photo: Sam Ortega-Portland Timbers 2 Sam Ortega

There will be a Wilkie brothers reunion at Colorado College in about a year. The National Collegiate Hockey Conference program announced that North Dakota sophomore and NHL draft pick Chris Wilkie is transferring to CC so he may play with his younger brother Coltan in 2018 or 2019. “I am looking forward to this fresh…

The Colorado at Colorado Springs baseball team wants more after garnering a berth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoffs, which may have surprised everyone but themselves. “It’s awesome,” said sophomore pitcher Colin Cicere (7-2), a Lewis-Palmer graduate. “I bet most teams are surprised, but we aren’t, because we know what we can do. There is…

Colorado Springs midfielder Masta Kacher was named to the United Soccer League team of the week after scoring two goals in last Friday’s 3-0 home win over Tulsa. Kacher is the first Switchbacks player to receive the honor this season. He leads his team, which plays at Portland Timbers 2 at noon Wednesday, with four goals.…

The Colorado Springs Switchbacks host the Tulsa Roughnecks at 7 p.m. Friday at Weidner Field. Here are five things to know: New face: Colorado Rapids midfielder Ricardo Perez was officially loaned to the sixth-place Switchbacks (2-2-3) earlier this week. The Fort Collins native scored a goal in his first USL appearance on Saturday. In and…

The Colorado Springs Switchbacks buried the memory of their embarrassing season-opening loss to Tulsa with a convincing 3-0 win over the same Roughnecks Friday night. On March 25, Tulsa whipped the Switchbacks easily by a 4-1 margin – the Roughnecks would later have to forfeit the game due to an ineligible player – but the…