On an exciting March Saturday in Division III football, UMHB held on to win the ASC title, Randolph-Macon defeated its archrival for the seventh time in a row, while CUW led for the best 50 seconds of the game and Hanover won on a last-minute field goal.
Concordia (Wis.) is hoping it has righted the ship after a 1-2 start. And if the Benedictine game does prove to be a turning point for Concordia, they will look at the Falcons final drive.
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Northern Athletics Conference have announced they will launch a "Challenge Series" in football that will pit member schools from the two conferences against each other, beginning with the 2012 season.
The online publication of Inside Wisconsin Sports has announced its Division III Preseason All-State Football Team, and four players from the Northern Athletics Conference were named to the team.
When Greg Etter arrived in the suburban Milwaukee town of Mequon to take over the Concordia (Wis.) two years ago, the Falcons already had a strong football reputation as one of the top teams in the Illini-Badger Football Conference.
Concordia (Wis.) coach Jeff Gabrielsen readily admits he was a little worried after his Falcons dropped their first two regular season games against Simpson and North Central.
Call it Groundhog Day for Concordia (Wis.) and North Central, but the two conference champions will be playing the same game over again when they take the field Saturday in the first round of the playoffs at Wisconsin Lutheran’s Raabe Stadium in Milwaukee.
Concordia’s 30-18 victory over Lakeland last Saturday was a huge win for the Falcons, but coach Jeff Gabrielsen cautioned to not print playoff tickets and make hotel reservations just yet.
Concordia (Wis.) coach Jeff "Gabe" Gabrielsen probably had one of his toughest coaching jobs in last weekend. Beating nationally ranked North Central on the road in double overtime on Sept. 9? No problem. The real challenge for Gabrielsen was to keep his team from not having a monumental letdown last Saturday against winless Wisconsin Lutheran after coming off a game that was called one of the Falcons' all-time football classics.