Football will play a five-game fall schedule, while volleyball and soccer will play a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule this spring.

Capacity this year for football is2,409 fans, which includes 1,550 on the ramps, which is six people per ramp spot. There will be 861 in the grandstands and additional bleachers. Fans will need to follow social distancing guidelines and Lueken said it is highly suggestive that everyone wear a mask.

There will also be no re-entry to Mines football games and no access for fans on the field or sidelines.

Basketball will start in November and play a RMAC schedule of 22 games.

There will be a fall football season

Flohr said since Lueken informed the Hardrocker football team that they would be playing this fall, they have been progressing forward in practice.

A week ago Monday was their first official practice and through this Monday they finished their seventh practice.

“The team is really excited,” Flohr said. “Every since the school broke the news to them, it really got them re-focused and is getting them ready for the season. Obviously the season will look a little different with only five games. But just to go back, I cannot thank our school, our president, Dr. (James) Rankin and his staff, our administrative team, Joel Lueken and his staff, and everybody involved. They put put in countless hours to make this a possibility.”