The Keystone College football team was picked to finish sixth out of seven teams in the Landmark Conference when the preseason coaches’ poll was announced at Media Day, Aug. 1 at Susquehanna University.
The Giants went 1-5 in the Landmark last season and 2-8 overall.
Susquehanna University won the title in 2023 when the Landmark made its football debut. It is a unanimous choice as the favorite to repeat.
Lycoming College is picked second, followed by Moravian University, Wilkes University, Catholic University, Keystone and Juniata College.
Keystone opens the season Sept. 7 at Misericordia at noon.
The home opener is set for Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. against Hartwick College.
The Giants are at St. John Fisher University Sept. 21 and home against Hobart College Sept. 28 before moving into conference play.
Moravian visits Keystone in the Landmark opener Oct. 5 at 1 p.m.
The rest of Keystone’s Landmark schedule is: Oct. 12, at Susquehanna; Oct. 19, WILKES; Oct. 26, at Lycoming; Nov. 2, at Catholic; Nov. 9, JUNIATA.
Women’s soccer
Keystone director of athletics Kacy Manning has named Hayden Richner as the interim women’s soccer coach.
Richner was a coach for Keystone Summer Camps, joining other Keystone staff to teach fundamentals of soccer and organize games and drills for more than 50 children.
The 2020 Keystone graduate earned multiple honors while playing 61 games for the Giants 2016-19. She scored 28 goals and assisted on 22.
Richner was a second-team Colonial States Athletic Conference all-star as a freshman, received honorable mention the next season, then earned first-team honors the last two years.
“Hayden brings tremendous energy and soccer knowledge to the women’s team,” Manning said, according to a story on the school’s website. “We are grateful to have someone with a passion for the Keystone women’s soccer team to lead us through this season.”
