• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Sports / Wartburg hits the road to open the football season

Wartburg hits the road to open the football season

September 5, 2013 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Wartburg College is set to start the 2013 football season this weekend when they travel to MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Last year’s Knights team finished 6-4, in a five-way tie for second place in the Iowa Conference.

Wartburg head coach Rick Willis says they are deep at quarterback and each player can do a lot of different things for them. Thirteen starters and 27 letterwinners are back from last year’s team, including the conference’s top-ranked defense. Headlining that group are a pair of seniors, linebacker Ryan Billings and lineman Ben Bentil.

Junior lineman Chris Brinkmeier will lead the Knights’ front five on offense, but Willis says that position group will need some time to continue developing and improving. He says they took a heavy hit on the offensive line to graduation and they will rely on some second year players this year and it will take some “growth and growing” by them to become good.

Wartburg’s Iowa Conference slate starts in three weeks against Simpson.

(Reporting by Austin Draude, KLMJ, Hampton)

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Football

Featured Stories

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

Paintings by Clinton woman gain a following in Europe

Iowa deadline for individual income taxpayers moved to June 1

Dialing rules changing for two area codes in Iowa

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

New title sponsor for Des Moines Marathon

Iowa State adds Minnesota transfer

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

Iowa’s Garza sweeps national awards

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC