Knox junior Jaran Rutledge, who played defensive line for the Prairie Fire football team during the fall, became the school's first All-American wrestler by placing third at the NCAA Division III Championships on March 3 in the heavyweight division.

After losing his opening-round match, Rutledge persevered and won four consecutive matches, including two straight over seeded opponents. Rutledge led Knox to a 25th-place national finish as a team.

Former Knox standout Jim Davis (right) has signed a contract with the Bloomington (IL) Extreme of United Indoor Football (UIF).  Davis was a four-year starter and two-year team captain at Knox. He started a school-record 40 consecutive games on the offensive line for the Prairie Fire and the 2005 All-Conference selection was also honored as a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) All-American in March 2006.

The 6-2, 273-pounder will enter the Extreme’s March training camp vying for a spot at center, fullback or defensive end. He chose to sign with Bloomington over offers from the Rock River Raptors and River City Rage, both of the UIF.

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Former Monmouth quarterback Mitch Tanney (right) is on the 35-man roster of the Birmingham Steeldogs, an arena football team that plays in the AF2 league.

Tanney, who led the Scots to a 10-0 regular season in 2005 and the Scots’ first-ever appearance in the NCAA playoffs, followed a record-setting senior season that included MWC Offensive Player of the Year honors by playing professional football in Sweden last year for the Limhamn Griffins.

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Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right), who rushed for 1,557 yards and 16 touchdowns en route to MWC Offensive Player of the Year honors during the 2006 season, was named to the All-American Second Team by the Football Gazette. Monmouth senior offensive linemen Joe Freitag, Illinois College senior kick returner Jon Howard, St. Norbert junior defensive back Steve Kraft and Ripon sophomore defensive back Josh Kraemer were all named Honorable Mention. Daniels was also Honorable Mention as an all-purpose player.

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Ed DeGeorge (right), the long-time Head Football Coach at Beloit who retired following the 2005 season, will be one of 20 inductees into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the Induction Ceremony on Saturday, March 24, at the Marriott West in Madison, Wis. The Hall of Fame Banquet is part of the annual WFCA Convention.

The winningest coach in Beloit College Football history, DeGeorge amassed 135 victories and won six Midwest Conference North Division Championships during his 29-season tenure.  DeGeorge’s Buccaneer clubs especially excelled during the 1990s, going 58-38 overall and 40-18 in MWC play while winning five North Division titles, including three straight from 1990-92.

The WFCA Hall of Fame Banquet is open to the public. A limited number of tickets are available through the Beloit Athletic Department. 

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Seventeen Midwest Conference football players were selected to the 2006 Don Hansen Football Gazette NCAA Division III All-West Region Team. Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right), the 2006 MWC Offensive Player of the year and league rushing champ, was the league’s lone first-team selection. Junior wide receiver Judd O’Connell, junior defensive back Steve Kraft and senior linebacker Brendan O’Malley, the MWC Defensive Player of the Year, represented MWC champion St. Norbert on the second team, which also featured Ripon sophomore defensive back Josh Kraemer, Illinois College senior kick returner Jon Howard and Daniels as an all-purpose player.

The MWC also placed three student-athletes on the third team and occupied ten slots on the honorable mention squad, as Daniels, St. Norbert senior kicker/punter Bob Forstrom and Monmouth senior wide receiver/kick returner Evan Haffner all were honored twice for various special teams positions.

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St. Norbert kicker Bob Forstrom was 4-for-4 on extra points and three of his five kickoffs resulted in touchbacks as Team USA defeated Mexico 28-7 in front of 16,000 people in the 2006 Aztec Bowl at Estadio Victoria in Aguascalientes, Mexico on December 16. The All-American senior, who was the fifth St. Norbert player to participate in the Aztec Bowl, attempted a 47-yard field goal in the first quarter, but the kick was blocked.

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St. Norbert senior placekicker Bob Forstrom (right) was named an NCAA Division III All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Forstrom was fourth in the Midwest Conference in scoring (74 points) this season after hitting 6-8 field goals and 56-58 extra points. He had a long field goal of 43 yards and was 3-3 from 40 yards or more, while also booting a league-best 27 touchbacks on kickoffs. Forstrom will represent the MWC as the kicker on the American All-Star Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl on December 16. Forstrom earned first-team All-MWC honors as a kicker and punter (37.5 ypp) this season.

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Seven Midwest Conference football players were selected to the 2006 D3Football.com All-West Region Team. Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right) and St. Norbert senior kicker Bob Forstrom (left) were both selected to the All-West Region Second Team. Lawrence senior punter Ken Alvord, Carroll sophomore guard Corey Drake, Monmouth senior tackle Joe Freitag, Lake Forest senior cornerback Keith Hanson and St. Norbert junior wide receiver Judd O’Connell were all third-team picks.

An Academic All-American and the 2006 MWC Offensive Player of the Year, Daniels led the MWC in rushing yards (1,557), attempts (271), rushing touchdowns (16), all-purpose yardage (1,689) and scoring (96 points) during the 2006 season. The 5-9, 185-pound back rushed for 200 yards or more in five games this season en route to setting school rushing records for a season and a single-game (247 yards).

Forstrom was fourth in the league in scoring (74 points) this season after hitting 6-8 field goals and 56-58 extra points. He had a long field goal of 43 yards and was 3-3 from 40 yards or more, while also booting a league-best 27 touchbacks on kickoffs. Forstrom will represent the MWC as the kicker on the American All-Star Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl on December 16.

Alvord (right) finished second in NCAA Division III in punt average this season after averaging 42.4 yards per kick. The senior punter pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line seven times and boomed a long kick of 71 yards.

Freitag (left) helped open holes for Daniels during his record-setting season, as the 6-4, 270-pound tackle helped pave the way for 1,848 yards and 18 touchdowns on the ground. The Scots also allowed a league-low nine sacks during the 2006 season.

Drake (right) anchored a unit that blocked for a pair of All-MWC running backs. Drake and company only allowed 14 sacks, tied for fourth-best in the league, despite having five different quarterbacks take snaps for the Pioneers during the season.

Hanson (left) made 25 tackles, one tackle for loss, defended five passes and intercepted four balls during the 2006 season. The senior defensive back also returned 14 punts for 94 yards.

O’Connell (right) recorded 201 receiving yards in the season opener and went over 100 yards receiving yards in three other games en route to ranking in the top three in the conference in receiving yards (942), receptions (49) and receiving touchdowns (10).

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Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right) and Illinois College junior defensive back Jake Weller were selected to the first team of the 2006 COSIDA/ ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Team.

A physical education major, Daniels led the MWC in rushing yards (1,557), attempts (271), rushing touchdowns (16), all-purpose yardage (1,689) and scoring (96 points) during the 2006 season en route to MWC Offensive Player of the Year honors.

Weller (left), who holds a double-major in Biology and Chemistry, led the Blueboys in tackles during the 2006 season with 76 stops. He also registered 3.5 tackles for losses, one sack and one interception while defending three passes.

St. Norbert senior kicker/punter Bob Forstrom has been selected as the placekicker on the American Football Coaches Association’s Division III all-star team that will represent the United States against the Mexican National Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl on December 16 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Forstrom (right), who converted six of eight field goals and 56 of 58 extra points this season en route to All-MWC first team honors as a kicker and punter, is one of 48 NCAA Division III seniors from around the country who will make up this year’s team. Former Widener, Delaware Valley and LaSalle Head Coach Bill Manlove will coach this year’s team.

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In 2005, St. Norbert failed to win at least a share of the Midwest Conference Football Championship for the first time since 1998. Behind the 2006 MWC Defensive Player of the Year and MWC Coach of the Year, the Green Knights reclaimed the title in 2006 and captured a league-best 10 spots on the 2006 MWC Football All-Conference first team. St. Norbert senior linebacker Brendan O’Malley (right) and head coach Jim Purtill were named the MWC Defensive Player of the Year and MWC Coach of the Year, respectively. Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels was honored as the MWC Offensive Player of the Year.

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St. Norbert will travel to Whitewater, Wis., to face UW-Whitewater in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Division III Football Playoffs on Saturday, November 18. The Green Knights and Warhawks last met in the 2005 season-opener, when UW-Whitewater earned a 45-7 victory that propelled the team to an undefeated regular-season and a runner-up finish in the 2005 National Championship game. The WIAC champion Warhawks enter the contest unbeaten (10-0) and are ranked second in the country in the D3football.com and AFCA Top 25 polls.

St. Norbert will be making an MWC-best seventh NCAA playoff appearance after winning its 11 MWC Championship overall and seventh since 1999.

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The NCAA Division III football playoff selection show returns to ESPNews this month for the fourth consecutive season.

St. Norbert, the Midwest Conference’s champion and automatic qualifier, will find out its fate when the playoff bracket is unveiled on Sunday, November 12 at 1 p.m. in the central time zone.

The Green Knights will be making their MWC-best seventh NCAA playoff appearance this season.

Playoff brackets will available at NCAAsports.com and D3football.com immediately following the broadcast.

Five Midwest Conference football players have been honored for their athletic and academic excellence by being named to the ESPN The Magazine/COSIDA Academic All-District V College Division team. Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right) and Illinois College junior defensive back Jake Weller were both first-team selections, while St. Norbert junior defensive back Steve Kraft, Illinois College senior linebacker Brandon Rhea and Illinois College senior defensive linemen Robert Woodward were second-team honorees.

Daniels and Weller name will now be placed on the national ballot for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American.

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Grinnell senior quarterback Sean Pfalzer (right) was named a National Offensive Player of the Week by the Football Gazette following his performance against Beloit in the Pioneers season-ending 39-22 victory over the Bucs.

Pfalzer accounted for 490 yards of total offense and five touchdowns in the game. He ran for 129 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries, while also throwing for 490 yards and four scores (67, 1, 25, 4) on 26-44 passing.

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Carroll sophomore linebacker Jeremy Winter (right) was recognized by the Football Gazette for his performance in the Pioneers 37-6 victory over Lawrence. Winter was named a National Defensive Player of the Week after recording a game-high 15 tackles, two tackles for losses and one sack to help the Carroll defensive unit limit Lawrence to 36 yards rushing on 35 carries. Winter’s sack came in the endzone, giving the Pioneers a 2-0 advantage on the safety.

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St. Norbert recaptured its spot atop Midwest Conference football on Saturday (Oct. 28), as the Green Knights won the 11th MWC Football Championship in school history with a 37-7 road victory over Beloit. Jim Purtill’s (right) squad has either won the MWC crown outright or shared the league title in seven of the last eight seasons.

The Green Knights receive the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Playoffs, where St. Norbert will make its MWC-best seventh appearance on November 18.

Lawrence sophomore defensive linemen Jeremy Reider (right) was selected to the D3football.com National Team of the Week following a strong performance in the Vikings 13-7 win over Beloit. Playing the nose guard position, Reider helped limit the Bucs to 58 yards rushing on 37 carries, a 1.6-yard per carry average. He also made seven tackles and recovered a fumble that led to the Vikings go-ahead score.

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Illinois College senior linebacker Brandon Rhea was named as a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation’s (NFF) Draddy Award, which recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership.

Rhea is one of 148 student-athletes from across the nation chosen as semi-finalist and one of just 33 semi-finalists from NCAA Division III colleges and universities. Draddy Award candidates must be seniors with an academic grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, demonstrate outstanding ability on the gridiron as a first-team player and possess strong leadership and citizenship abilities. Up to 15 finalists will be named later this fall, with the winner announced in December at the 49th NFF Awards Dinner in New York City.

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Daniels carried 36 times for 247 yards and two touchdowns as Monmouth handed Ripon its first league loss of the season. Daniels' 65-yard TD run in the fourth quarter pushed the Scots lead to 24-7 en route to a 24-14 win. It was his fourth 200-yard rushing game of the season.

Frelich made a huge play in Lawrence's 8-6 win against Knox. After Knox went up 6-0 in the game, Frelich blocked the extra point, which was returned by teammate Derek Micke for two points. Frelich finished the day with 11 tackles (eight solo), two tackles for a loss, one sack and one forced fumble.

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Monmouth senior running back Dante Daniels (right) enters Week Eight action as the leading rusher in NCAA Division III. Daniels propelled himself from third in the nation to first with a 36-carry, 247-yard performance against Ripon on October 14.

Daniels enters the weekend with 1,187 rushing yards in seven games this season, an average of 169.6 yards per game.

Springfield quarterback Chris Sharpe (949 yards, 158.2 ypg) and Union running back Tom Arcidiacono (943, 157.2) currently trail Daniels in the NCAA rushing title race. Sharpe has four regular-season contests remaining this season, while Arcidiacono and Union have three.

Daniels and the Scots close the season against Lake Forest, Illinois College and Knox. The Foresters and Prairie Fire rank third and fourth, respectively, in the MWC in rush defense, while the Blueboys currently rank seventh. Daniels has gone over 100 yards in six contests this season and over 200 yards in three games, while his lowest rushing output of the year thus far was a 90-yard effort against St. Norbert.

Daniels could become the eighth NCAA rushing champion to come from the MWC and first since 1995 (complete list below). He will need to reach 1,455 yards to join the conference’s top ten list for rushing yards in a season, the yardage currently held by Lake Forest’s Corey Honore (1996).

St. Norbert (7-0, 6-0 MWC) entered the national rankings in this week’s (Oct. 17) American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) NCAA Division III Top 25 poll. The Green Knights are ranked 25th in the poll after defeating defending Midwest Conference champion Monmouth 48-0 on October 7 and Carroll 41-0 last Saturday. St. Norbert, who won at least a share of the conference title from 1999-2004, is currently “receiving votes” in the D3football.com Top 25 Poll and is ranked 30th in the Football Gazette Top 40.

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Illinois College senior wide receiver Jon Howard (right) became the Blueboys all-time leading receiver with his 136 th career reception in a 21-16 victory over Carroll on October 7. Fellow senior receiver Joe Reed, who currently has 1,677 career receiving yards, became the Blueboys career leader in that category in the same contest.

The pair could still threaten one another’s records before the season is through, as Howard ranks third in career receiving yards (1,561), while Reed has made 123 receptions in his career.

Reed currently holds the school mark for career touchdown receptions with 16, one more than Howard.

St. Norbert senior defensive back Nick Breisch (right) was selected to the D3football.com National Team of the Week after a career afternoon against Monmouth. During the Green Knights 48-0 victory over the defending conference champs Breisch recorded seven tackles, two tackles for a loss, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one sack, one pass breakup and one interception.

In addition, Breisch was honored as a Defensive Player of the Week by the Football Gazette for his performance. Grinnell’s Sean Pfalzer (left) also recognized by the Football Gazette, as the senior quarterback received National Offensive Player of the Week accolades. Plalzer threw for 200 yards and ran for 154 yards, combining for four touchdowns, to lead Grinnell to its victory of the season. Pfalzer’s four-yard touchdown run with 1:07 remaining was the difference in the 35-34 victory over Knox.

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Saturday’s Midwest Conference contest between MWC unbeatens Monmouth (4-1, 4-0) and St. Norbert (5-0, 4-0) at Minahan Stadium in De Pere, Wis., is expected to have title implications for the second year in a row. Monmouth, who travels to St. Norbert for the second straight season due to the beginning of a new schedule cycle, defeated St. Norbert 28-20 on the road last year. The victory ended the Green Knights 19-game MWC winning streak and propelled the Fighting Scots to a 10-0 regular season and the school’s first MWC title since 1976.

Monmouth enters the 2006 contest with 20 consecutive league victories, the conference’s longest current streak, while St. Norbert has won 12 consecutive games overall, tied with Mount Union ( Ohio) for the longest active winning streak in NCAA Division III.

The radio broadcast of Saturday's 1:30 p.m. contest will be streamed live on the internet and is available here

Lawrence sophomore defensive back Derek Micke (right) was named a National Special Teams Player of the Week by the Football Gazette for his performance in the Vikings 45-18 victory over Grinnell. Micke had a pair of big punt returns that sparked Lawrence to a 35-point first quarter, including a 70-yard touchdown return. Micke added a 45-yard punt return to the Grinnell 42-yard line in his only other return of the day, which set up the Vikings final touchdown of the first quarter.

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Record-setting Monmouth passer Mitch Tanney (right), who recently suited up for the Limhamn Griffins in Sweden, got a taste of the National Football League earlier this week when he participated in a workout for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Currently back in Monmouth and serving as a volunteer quarterback coach with the Scots, Tanney arrived in Philadelphia in the late afternoon on Monday (Sept. 18), then reported to the Eagles’ training facility at 7:30 Tuesday morning. Tanney signed a waiver form and then went through a measurement session, before throwing routes for about an hour.

The 2005 Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year set national game and season records for accuracy last fall, going 21-of-23 for 405 yards against Knox and finishing the season 215-of-292 for 2,587 yards. His season completion percentage of 73.6 broke a 12-year-old Division III record, and he threw just three interceptions as a senior.

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Illinois College’s Justin Menke (right) was named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week after the junior wide receiver helped the Blueboys steal a 14-11 road victory at Lake Forest. Trailing 11-0 in the fourth quarter, Menke got the Blueboys on the scoreboard when he caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Pete Jennings with 10:16 remaining in the game. A little over five minutes later, Menke was on the receiving end of a game-winning 59-yard touchdown pass. Menke finished the game with four receptions for 122 yards (30.5).

Ripon sophomore punt returner/defensive back Josh Kraemer was named a National Special Teams Player of the Week by the Don Hansen Football Gazette. Kraemer, who also had an interception and a sack, returned three punts for 102 yards (34.0) in the Red Hawks 35-14 win over Knox. Kraemer returned one punt 56 yards to the Knox nine-yard line to set up an offensive touchdown two plays later.

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Carroll junior kicker Brian Jachimek (right) has entered the Pioneers football record books as the program’s all-time leader in point after touchdown kicks (PATs).

Jachimek entered Saturday’s game against Grinnell with 75 career PATs, just four behind Joe Casico’s 79 PATs kicked from 1995-1998. Jachimek was a perfect 7-of-7 in PATs during the Pioneers 49-14 victory, giving him 82 for his career and the school record.

Jachimek set the single-season school mark for successful PATs a year ago with 38.

Jachimek kicked a 46 yard field goal in the season opener against Carthage this season and could challenge Pat Belson’s 49-yard field goal (1989) for the longest in school history before his career is over.

Illinois College senior quarterback Pete Jennings and St. Norbert senior kicker/punter Bob Forstrom were named the Don Hansen Football Gazette National Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively. Jennings (left) opened a 34-13 win over Knox with a 13-yard TD run, before throwing four touchdown passes in the game. Jennings finished the contest 25-30 for 200 yards passing.

Forstrom (right) was 9-for-9 on extra points and punted three times for a 32.7 yard average during the Green Knights 63-13 win over Grinnell. He also pinned one punt inside the 20-yard line and four of his ten kickoffs resulted in touchbacks.

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The 2006 collegiate football season kicks off on Saturday, September 2 with all ten Midwest Conference teams in non-conference action. Radio broadcasts for nine of the ten contests in week one will be available on the internet. Click the “2006 MWC Radio Broadcast Schedule” link to the left for a complete list of stations, streaming websites and available games for the 2006 season.

Even if your favorite MWC squad is not streaming contests this season, keep in mind that Beloit, Grinnell, Ripon and St. Norbert will provide internet broadcasts for all home and away contests this year.

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Beloit senior running back Lee Rankinen (257 car, 1,434 yards, 17 TD), Monmouth sophomore defensive end Anthony Goranson (57 tackles, 11 sacks) and St. Norbert senior linebacker Brandan O’Malley (86 tackles, 1 int) were named to the team’s honorable mention list.

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Monmouth, the defending Midwest Conference football champions, enter 2006 ranked 22nd in a preseason Top 25 poll featured in Street & Smith’s 2006 Preseason College Football issue.

Head coach Steve Bell’s (right) team finished the 2005 regular-season with a perfect 10-0 record, including a 9-0 mark in conference play, earning Monmouth its first conference title since 1976 and the first NCAA Playoff berth in school history. As many as 16 starters return from the Fighting Scots title team last year, but Monmouth will be forced to replace the 2005 MWC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year in quarterback Mitch Tanney and linebacker Justin Zigler, respectively.

The Scots open the 2006 season with a non-conference contest at Wartburg on Saturday, September 2.

Krzykowski joins the Carroll staff after a successful stint at Elmhurst College, where he was an assistant football coach (2001-2005) and head track and field coach (2005-2006).  In addition to football duties, he will also be an assistant coach with the track and field team under head coach Shawn Thielitz.

Hiemenz also added Michael Haar and Brent Thoen to the staff.  Haar will coach the defensive line while Thoen will lead the linebackers.

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Pole earned a bachelor of arts degree from Concordia College in Minnesota in 1999 and received a master of science degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato in 2001.

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Mitch Tanney (right), who earned 2005 Midwest Conference Offensive Player of Year honors while leading Monmouth to an unbeaten regular-season and NCAA Playoff berth, is now quarterbacking the Limhamn Griffins in Sweden. Tanney set NCAA Division III national game and season records for passing accuracy as a senior in 2005, going 21-of-23 for 405 yards against Knox and finishing the 2005 season 215-of-292 for 2,587 yards. His season completion percentage of 73.6 percent broke a 12-year-old DIII record, and he threw just three interceptions as a senior and six total in his two years with the Scots.

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Lawrence’s Chris Braier (right) worked out as a tight end for Green Bay Packers months after leading Lawrence to a historic season on the hardwood. Braier was the Midwest Conference men’s basketball Player of the Year after winning his fourth consecutive rebounding crown and leading the Vikings in scoring, assists and double-doubles as a senior during the 2005-06 season. The top-ranked Vikings recorded a perfect regular-season and improved to 25-0 before falling in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

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The 2006 Midwest Conference composite football schedule has been posted and is available under composite schedule (top left side of above browser). All ten conference schools will play their lone non-conference contest on the season’s opening Saturday (September 2) in 2006. A few non-conference highlights include: Illinois College and Carroll hosting CCIW schools Millikin and Carthage, respectively; NCAC school Kenyon College making the 640-mile trip from Gambier, Ohio to Grinnell; Washington University (Mo.), the UAA champs from 2001-04, traveling to Lake Forest; Ripon making the short trip to take on perennial WIAC power UW-Oshkosh; St. Norbert heading to the home of the Chicago Bears training camp to face two-time defending NAIA Victory Bowl champs Olivet Nazarene and Monmouth opening under the lights in Waverly, Iowa against seven-time NCAA playoff qualifier Wartburg.

The final week of the MWC regular-eason (November 4) will be rivalry week in the league, as Knox and Ripon travel to Monmouth and Lawrence, respectively. The meetings will be the 106th for the Red Hawks and Vikings, while the Scots and Prairie Fire clash for the 118th time. Other MWC highlights include Beloit head coach Chris Brann and Carroll head man Henny Hiemenz opening league play head-to-head on September 9 in a battle of first-year MWC head coaches. Monmouth travels to St. Norbert for the second straight season on October 7. The Scots ended the Green Knights 19-game conference winning streak last year en route to an undefeated season and Monmouth’s first league title in 29 years.