Oct 24, 2025

🏈 KWU FB welcomes Sterling to Gene Bissell Field for Homecoming tilt on Saturday

Posted Oct 24, 2025 9:29 PM

The Coyotes play Gene Bissell Division opponent Sterling in their Homecoming game.GAME INFORMATION

  1. Kickoff: 5 p.m.
  2. Day: Saturday
  3. Location: Gene Bissell Field at JRI Hospitality Stadium and the Graves Family Sport Complex
  4. Records: Kansas Wesleyan 5-2 (1-0 Bissell Division); Sterling 1-6 (0-1)

LIVE COVERAGE

  1. LIVE COVERAGE
  2. The video stream of the game will be available online through the Coyote Sports Network on the Urban Edge Network (https://urbanedgenetwork.net/watch/2871). The game will also be available on the KCAC Network at www.kcacnetwork.com/kansaswesleyan.
  3. Live Stats will be available at https://kwucoyotes.com/sidearmstats/football/summary
  4. Radio coverage will be on KINA starting at 4 p.m. with Tyler Henry and Brooks Garretson. The online radio stream is available at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/ce/kina2.

THE SERIESThe Coyotes have won the last four games against Sterling and have had a 13-11 advantage since 2003. They defeated the Warriors 23-3 a year ago in Sterling.KANSAS WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE

  1. The Coyotes routed Saint Mary 42-21 last Saturday in Leavenworth. Their victory in the Bissell Division opener halted a two-game skid. KWU trailed 14-7 after one quarter but took a 28-14 into the locker room at halftime and led 42-14 in the fourth quarter before the Spires scored a late touchdown.
  2. Henry Austad returned after missing one game with an injury and threw for 303 yards and a touchdown and had a rushing touchdown. D'Heaven Domena rushed for 90 yards and three touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass. Rhadarious Lomax-Spivey had eight receptions for 153 yards and a touchdown.
  3. Defensively KWU intercepted four passes, two by Taylor Collins. Jamison Price had 10 tackles, two for loss, and an interception while Brennan Allen had eight stops and an interception.
  4. Domena has 609 yards rushing and averages 5.5 per carry. He has scored seven touchdowns on the ground along with Austad. Austad has 1,303 yards passing on a 66.2 percentage with seven touchdowns and one interception. Lomax-Spivey has 35 receptions for 418 yards and three TDs.
  5. Luke Armstrong had 174 yards rushing and two touchdowns and the defense limited Sterling to 51 yards rushing on 49 attempts a year ago. The Coyotes led 7-0 at halftime and 23-0 after three quarters.

STERLING AT A GLANCE

  1. The Warriors lost to Southwestern 74-28 last Saturday in Sterling. It was their second consecutive loss following a 29-17 victory over Avila on Sept. 27 in Sterling. They lost to Bethel 34-26 on Oct. 4 in North Newton.
  2. Offensively, Sterling relies on its passing attack. The Warriors average 304.6 total yards that includes 259 passing but only 45 rushing. They score 21.7 points per game.
  3. Senior Rocklin Baptista has completed 49 percent of his passes for 937 yards passing, nine touchdowns and five interceptions while freshman Jayden Briscoe has completed 57 percent for 805 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. Briscoe also has a team-best 117 yards rushing. Four wide receivers have 23, 23, 22 and 21 catches on the season.
  4. Sterling's opponents average 42 points and 462 total yards - 245 passing and 217 rushing. Southwestern had 510 total yards (309 passing) last week.
  5. Reggie Langford Jr. is in his second season as head coach after serving as offensive coordinator for one year. He is a 2015 Sterling graduate and played quarterback for the Warriors for three seasons.

KWU HEAD COACH MATT MIDDLETON

"We've been hit with an injury bug throughout the year, but we've had some guys step up, make plays. I think the biggest thing for me (vs. Saint Mary) was a full 60-minute game where I felt like we played from whistle to whistle and put a complete game together. We got some turnovers; we finally forced some guys into some scenarios to throw some picks.

"We haven't had explosives, and in this offense it's something that I'm accustomed to having. So, we were going to do our very best to try to create some matchups and create some of those and we finally did that. The biggest thing is (Domena) has become a system guy and knows what we want and how to attack certain things. He's become the feature back and I think it comes with confidence and having the opportunity to go do that.

"(Austad) is a tough dude for him to go through the knee injury he has sustained. This being his senior year and wanting to compete, bracing up, standing in there on one leg and being able to do some of the stuff he's done says a lot about who he is and says a lot about how he was raised.

"(Sterling is) going to be sound; they're going to be really good at what they do. We've got to create explosive (plays). The key for us is getting after the quarterback, pressure the heck out of him and try to make him make some errant throws."

LINEBACKER JAMISON PRICE

"Obviously, we have mess ups, but throughout the week our coaches do a good job of getting us prepared for what's coming to us. We game plan accordingly but one big thing is just how we play defense. We understand our responsibilities depending on whatever the offense is heating up for us. We trust each other to be there. Everybody's trying to get to the ball every single play, everybody's filling your gap and trusting that everybody's going to do a job and it's going to work out for us.

"I play linebacker and is probably one of the hardest positions to play. I have to be in the run game, and I have to be in the pass game too. As the (middle linebacker) I'm calling plays and getting play calls in and making checks. There's a lot of responsibility that goes into it and you've got to make a lot of high-speed decisions really fast. It's a tough position to play.

"Sterling is definitely not somebody to sleep on. They do some good stuff over there and they can definitely move the ball."

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