The football team ended its 2012 season on a winning note Saturday afternoon with a 36-24 defeat over Occidental at Ortmayer Stadium.

As cloudy skies turned to sunshine Saturday so did the Leopards’ playoff chances as they beat Pomona-Pitzer, 34-24, handing the winless Sagehens their fourth loss.

Despite showing major improvements, the Leopards suffered their first conference loss Saturday night, falling to Redlands, 40-21.

In August, the Florida Tarpons, a professional indoor football team, announced their signing of ULV senior Allen Daniels as a wide receiver and defensive back.

After nine months of anticipation the refurbishment of Ortmayer Stadium is finally complete.

The $4 million project of refurbishing Ortmayer Stadium has been long awaited. For onlookers now it looks like a huge dirt field – but soon that dirt field will become home to all of La Verne’s field sports.

The sophomore has won first place in an Olympic weightlifting competition March 17 at the 2012 U.S. Weightlifting Sanction Event Competition at Cal State Fullerton.

The football team ended the 2011 season on Saturday on a high note by beating Whittier in a closely contested game, 24-20. With the win over the Poets, the Leopards finished the season with its best record since 2005.

Ortmayer Stadium, including the football field and track, are scheduled to undergo a major facelift sometime in November, most likely sometime after the football season.

Chris Krich has returned to his native California to start a new era with the Leopard football program after spending 18 years away from home playing and coaching football.