For Wheaton, 1991 was the year they proved the football program was now strong enough that they could simply “reload” instead of “rebuild.” Record-setting running back Jon Behrens was lost to graduation, but his brother Mark was joined in the backfield by Wade Gronwold, Chad Zimmel and Dave Ebel to still accumulate nearly 2200 yards rushing. But this team was all about the defense, as…
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1990 Football
The 1990 Warriors had a lot of new starters after losing a lot of good seniors from the prior season’s state tournament team. But these Warriors went one game farther, playing in the Metrodome for the first time in the state semifinals. Jon Behrens rushed for 1798 yards and scored a total of 32 touchdowns. After an early-season QB switch, Tony Weick moved to end…
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In 1989, Wheaton switched from Class A to 9-man football and immediately had success. The team went 8-0, smashing nearly every Wheaton football record and winning the Pheasant Conference in the first year of participation. The team moved onto the state quarterfinals before losing a heartbreaker in overtime to Hills-Beaver Creek 20-14. Here, we have every game from that season on tape.
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