Competitive college football is right around the corner with three CCIW teams playing their home games in the suburbs.
Elmhurst College 2013 home schedule • Stadium: Langhorst Field, S. Prospect Ave. & Alexander Blvd., Elmhurst • Sept. 5 Loras College, 7 p.m. • Oct. 5 North Central, 2 p.m. • Oct. 26 Millkin, 1 p.m. • Nov. 9 Carthage, 1 p.m.
North Central College 2013 home schedule • Stadium: Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, 455 S. Brainard St.,
Naperville • Sept. 21 Wisconsin-Stout, 1 p.m. • Sept. 28 Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1 p.m. • Oct. 12 Millikin, 6 p.m. • Oct. 26 Carthage, 2 p.m. • Nov. 16 Augustana, 1 p.m.
Wheaton College 2013 home schedule • Stadium: McCully Stadium, 501 College Ave., Wheaton • Sept. 14 Albion College, 7 p.m. • Sept. 21 Luther College, 3 p.m. • Oct. 5 Augustana, 1 p.m. • Oct. 19 Elmhurst, 1 p.m. • Nov. 9 North Central, 1 p.m.
New head coach Adam cherishes opportunity By DAN SANTAROMITA dsantaromita@shawmedia.com ELMHURST – Last season Elmhurst College football made the playoffs for the first time in school history. The Bluejays won a share of the CCIW title for the first time since 1980 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. After the season coach Tim Lester moved on to Syracuse to be the quarterbacks coach and Joe Adam, who was the defensive coordinator, replaced him. Among the challenges facing Adam in his first season is replacing running back Scottie Williams, who won the Gagliardi Award for best player in Division III last season.
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Five year record Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Overall 10-2 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-3
CCIW 6-1 4-3 3-4 1-6 4-3
it mean to you to take over as head coach? JOE ADAM: Dream come true. It really has been. It’s been such a blessing and it’s been fun putting it together for me and the coaching staff trying to raise the bar for what we did last year. SL: How do you follow up such a successful year like last year? JA: I think you start by understanding that that’s how the
culture is here now and will continue to be. When we set up to put this thing together it was with this very point in mind that we would have a team that would be able to contend on a consistent basis, not just a onehit wonder. It took a bit longer than we would like, but we are to the point where we expect to win. SL: How has the transition from assistant to head coach been? JA: I think for me it was an easy transition because I’ve been the recruiting coordinator for almost five seasons now. I was very in tune to what we were looking for, the characteristics and traits we were looking for. We scour the country for not just anybody, but the right people that fit what we’re going to do here.
More local CCIW talent SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA The football teams in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin draw athletes from across Chicago’s suburbs. Here are more local players suiting up in the CCIW.
• Landon Brunt, Wheaton North, so. OL • Will Caspers, Glenbard West, jr. TE • Mark Evangelista, Wheaton North, sr. CB • Danny McHale, Glenbard North, so. DL • Ryan Weier, West Chicago, fr. CB
Augustana • Ryan Coleman, Wheaton North, sr. LB • Kevin Farley, Wheaton North, sr. TE • Ryan McCarthy, Wheaton Warrenville South, fr. OL • Tyler Padera, Glenbard South, so. QB/DB • Ryan Plunkett, Benet (Wheaton), sr. LB • Kyle Snow, Wheaton Warrenville South, sr. WR
Carthage • Sean Cleveland, Wheaton North, so. LB • Steve Flaherty, St. Francis (Winfield), so. DL • Boyd Mackenzie, Wheaton North, so. QB
Elmhurst
Illinois Wesleyan • Brian Duffey, Wheaton Warrenville South, fr. LB • Henry Haeffner, Glenbard West, fr. QB • Mike Heaton, Wheaton Warrenville South, sr. LB • Tim Hollowed, Glenbard West, sr. LB/K • Joe Krob, Wheaton Warrenville South, sr. DB
Millikin • Brendan Bauers, Bartlett (Carol Stream), sr. RB
North Central • Nick Boesso, Glenbard South, so. LB • John Cannova, Benet (Wheaton), jr. OL • Shane Dierking, Whea-
ton Warrenville South, sr. DB • Connor Douglas, Glenbard South, sr. DB • Nick Slezak, Glenbard South, sr. DB
North Park • Matthew Davis, Wheaton North, so. OL • John Morales, Glenbard West, jr. DL
Wheaton • Tyler Benware, Glenbard South, jr. CB • Adam Bruere, Glenbard West, sr. TE • Reece Butler, Wheaton North, jr. QB • Sam Cote, Wheaton Academy (Wheaton), jr. P/K • Gibson Danekas, Wheaton Warrenville South, so. S • Adam Dansdill, Wheaton Warrenville South, so. LB • Lucas Devick, Wheaton Warrenville South, jr. WR • Mark Hiben, Glenbard West, jr. WR • Christian Hollinger, Wheaton North, so. OL • Kai Libby, Wheaton
Photo provided by Michael Hudson/Wheaton College Athletics
Wheaton College wide receiver Mark Hiben (No. 4) was a 2012 D3football.com second-team All-America selection and is a USA College Football preseason Division III All-America honoree. Academy (West Chicago), jr. CB • Alex Mendez, Glenbard North, so. CB • Jack Nussbaum, Wheaton North, so. DL • Johnny Peltz, Wheaton North, fr. QB • Micah Penn, Wheaton North, so. WR • Michael Robinson, St. Francis (Wheaton), fr. WR • Mark Schmitt, St. Fran-
cis (Wheaton), jr. S • Jared Strom, Wheaton North, fr. CB • Justin Swider, Wheaton North, sr. TB • Mike Swider, Wheaton North, so. LB • Hunter Thorson, Wheaton North, sr. TE • Luke Thorson, Wheaton Academy (Wheaton), jr. WR • Sam Weatherred, Wheaton North, sr. DT
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