The Miners’ football off-season activities in preparation for the 2016 fall season has started with the first week of spring football practices coming to a close. The week featured new faces, experimental schemes and hard hits. Spring practices will run for five weeks leading up to the spring game, which will be held on April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Sun Bowl.
Results on Defense:
The Miners’ defense made a statement on Friday, March 18 when facing any of the team’s quarterbacks. The defense was able to create turnovers and linebacker Johnny Jones stole a pick-six off a Kavika Johnson pass.