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11/06/2025

couple of images from the first of six games in the ASC mens and women's soccer tournament at UMHB. Hardin Simmons vs Howard Payne 11.6.25

08/31/2025

Nothing like a little rain delay to get the season started. 4pm game didn't kick until after 6 and now my 6pm game is at 8:45.

Just a Little Hardin Simmons University vs Schreiner University for a quick warmup to the season.

08/18/2025

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11/19/2024

BELTON, Texas – University of Mary-Hardin Baylor Football named three athletes to D3football.com's Team of the Week for the games of November 15-16th, released Tuesday. Edwin Lopez and Matthew Jackson were awarded special teams titles while Mason Cavness received the award on defense.

11/16/2024

Not a bad day at Crusader Stadium for the Mary Hardin Baylor season finale. Waiting on basketball tipoff for UMHB vs TLU.

09/15/2024

Just a few snaps from first half. 71-6 Cru up

09/11/2023

H O M E T O W N H E R O E S !

We're celebrating YOU on Friday in our annual Hometown Heroes game!

🚒Pregame Showcase beginning at 10:30 AM with police cars, fire trucks, displays and more.

🎫Free admission for ALL First Responders + Families at any ticket gate.

🚔On-field recognition of all our first responders in attendance during halftime.

See ya Saturday! WEAR GOLD!

08/14/2023

03/04/2023

A few keepers from the first round games of the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament at UMHB in Belton. More to come tonight.

11/25/2022

A National Champion. A Team Captain. An All-Time Passing Touchdowns Leader. An Offensive Player of the Year. A Manning Academy Counselor.

A third-string quarterback. A punter by default. A transfer. An unwanted prospect.

A freshman told he'd never be good enough. A sophomore playing with the junior varsity. A junior battling for the starting spot. A senior breaking program records en route to a national championship. A fifth-year senior working for more.

All Kyle King wanted was a chance. A chance to throw a pass. A chance to see the field. A chance to contribute. A chance to be great.

His freshman year at Howard Payne wasn't that. King saw the field as an all-conference punter but his presence on the Yellow Jacket offense was minimal. So minimal that King didn't throw a single pass.

Then came the transfer. In the shadow of his older brother, the basketball star, King came to UMHB in 2019. And spent the year on the junior varsity. Learning. Growing. Working. His varsity chance? It never came. But he kept the course. He put in the work.

Then, Covid. A cancelled season. A collegiate career in question. UMHB played an abbreviated five-game schedule that season. King started in two of them. The quarterback controversy, they said. Unknown who would get the first-team snaps. A battle with his friend. But the work, it showed. The hours, they paid off. The conference, they won it.

Then came 2021. A campaign just months later. King- the starter. Until he wasn't. Until injury sidelined him and again, he watched his team from the bench. Again, his uniform was clean. Untouched. But fight. That's what he did. And win, that's also what he did. A conference championship. A shot at a national title. A match against the defending champions. The national championship - well, they won that too.

UMHB went undefeated that season. King started in 12 wins. Then he tied the single-season record for touchdown passes. Broke the record for passing yards in a game in the championship. Celebrated a national championship with his teammates just three seasons after hearing he'd never be good enough. Never see the field. Never be more than a backup.

King went on to lead his team to another conference championship this season, his third. He holds multiple program records and is on track to add a few more. He's been elected a team captain- twice. The punter from HPU became the Gagliardi Trophy Semifinalist, representing the defending national champs. The underdogs. The kids who got passed up time and time again but refused to give up. The ones who just kept going. Who keep going.

The Crusaders take the field again on Saturday. On the road. In San Antonio. And King will lead the Crusader offense out, possibly for the last time. The kid from Milano who refused to take no for an answer.

If you'd like to vote for that kid- the one who didn't give up. Who put in the work. Who defied the odds. Who rode the bench. He's up for the Gagliardi, the most prestigious award in Division III football. You can vote for him today. And every day after that.

www.cruathletics.com/voteforkyle

11/20/2022

We're moving on! Cru football defeats Huntingdon College to advance to the second round of the NCAA Divison III Playoffs!

Stay tuned to UMHB Athletics for info on the next game!

11/20/2022

BELTON, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football team cruised to a 54-0 win over Huntingdon College on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Crusader Stadium in Belton. The win marked the first of the 2022 NCAA Division III Playoffs for the Cru and 17th consecutive first-round win.