2008 Varsity Football
Head Coach: Paul Guse'
Assistant Coach: Tim Haller
Record: 4-5
Conference Record: 2-4

Lutheran Westland Vs Annapolis 6-43

The Warriors kicked off their 2008 season with a 43-6 loss to Annapolis. The Warriors trailed 30-0 at halftime, but played better in the second half. Ethan Haller and Stephen Kemp each had 17 carries for 87 and 75 each. Sam Alhersmeyer Led the defense with tackles.

Lutheran Westland Vs Harper Woods 6-27

Warriors fell to 0-2 with a tough loss to Harper Woods 27-6. An 80 Yard Harper Woods touchdown run and an 80 yard kickoff return did in the Warriors.Ehan Haller Led the warriors with 130 yards on 21 carries, Stephen Kemp scored the only touchdown for the Warriors. Sam Alhersmeyer once again led the defense with 11 tackles.

Lutheran Westland Vs Hamtramck 12-8

The Warriors improved to 1-2 with a thrilling come from behind victory vs Hamtramck. Trailing 8-6 the Warrior defense forced a three and out deep in Hamtramck territory and got the ball back with 5 minutes to go in the game. The warriors then marched the ball down the field with a 15 play 52 yard drive. Fullback Stephen Kemp scored his second touchdown of the game with 4.4 seconds left in the game for the warrior victory.

Lutheran Westland Vs Lutheran North 14-27

Warriors fell to 1-2 with a 27-14 loss to Lutheran North. Stephen Kemp recovered the opening kickoff and then scored on a 8 yard run to give the Warriors a 6-0 lead. Lutheran North then scored the next 27 points. The Warriors closed the scoring with a 10 yard pass from Sean Rowe to Stephen Kemp, Rowe then added the 2 point conversion with a three yard run.10 penalties hurt the Warriors.

Lutheran Westland Vs Cranbrook 22-14

The Warroirs improved to 2-3 with a hard fought 22-14 victory over Cranbrook. After recovering the opening kickoff. The Warrors marched 48 yards on 14 plays ending with a 2 yard Stephen Kemp Touchdown run. The Warriors trailded 14-6 at halftime. In the Third Quarter the Warriors tied the game on a 3 yard Ethan Haller run, he also added the 2pt conversion. THen the defense took over holding Cranbrook to 5 total yards in the 2nd half. The Warriors intercepted 3 passes, 2 by David Moldenhaur and 1 by Sean Rowe. The Warriors took the lead in the 4th quarer on a 7 yard Ethan Haller Touchdown run. he also added the 2pt play.

Lutheran Westland Vs Clarencville L-W

Lutheran Westland Vs NorthWest L-W

Lutheran Westland Vs Detroit University Prep 34-18

Warriors improved to 3-5 defeating University Prep 34-18. After a slow start the Warriors put up 22 second quarter points to blow the game open, then the defense finished the game holding Prep to 37 second half yards. Ethan Haller led the way with 160 yards rusing and 112 passing. Stephen Kemp led the defendse with 11 tackles and 3 sacks. Sam Alhersmeyer had 10 tackles and a fumble recovery.

Lutheran Westland Vs Detroit Urban 7-6

The Warriors finished thier season with a hard fought 7- 6 victory over Detroit Urban Lutheran. Trailing 6-0 in the third quarter, junior Ethan Haller intercepted a pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown. Eric Shoats added the extra opint for the one point margin of victory. Defense was the story of the day for the Warriors as they held Urban to a season low 85 yards.

2007 Varsity Football

Head Coach: Paul Guse'
Assistant Coach: Tim Haller

ROSTER

Schedule/Results

Lutheran Westland Vs Harper Woords 0-41

Lutheran Westland Vs Clarenceville 20-14 (OT)
Varsity football evened its record at 1-1 with a 20-14 overtime win at Clarenceville. Eric Shoats returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and Billy Meier added the 2pt conversion. In the third quarter the warrior defense made 3 goalline stands. The warriors mounted a 22-play 80 yard drive that ended with a touchdown.

Lutheran Westland Vs Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 8-29
Warriors fell to 1-2 with a 29-8 defeat to Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard. Eric Shoats opened the scoring with a 49 yard touchdown run, and Billy Meier hit Nate Bachert for the 2 point play as the Warriors led 8-0. Sam Alhersmyer led the warriors with 10 tackles.

Lutheran Westland Vs Riverview Gabriel Richard 26-0
Warriors improved to 2-2 with a 26-0 win at Riverview Gabriel Richard. Billy Meier led the warriors with 11 carries for 85 yards at 2 touchdowns including a dazzeling 45 yard touchdown run. Ryan Richter added 65 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown. Ethen Haller added 47 yards on 11 carries plus a touchdown. Eric Shoats had a key 45 yard punt return. But the defense was the story of the game. Sam Alhersmyer led the defense with 10 tackles. Ryan Richter added 7, Mike Greening had 5, along with Kevin Moody who had the only sack of the game.

Lutheran Westland Vs Hamtramck 37-0
The Warriors won a homecoming, the first one in many years. Warriors improved on the season to 3-2.

Lutheran Westland Vs Clawson 22-31
The Warriors fell to 3-3 on the season. They came out giving up two touchdowns. They came back and and were wining 22 - 21 in the begining of 4th quarter.

Lutheran Westland Vs Lutheran North 15-49
The warriors came out ready for this game, winning the first half 15-14. Eric Shoats had a long touchdown run. Billy Meier added the extra point. Ryan Richter had a great game.

Lutheran Westland Vs Cranbrook 28-12
Warrior football improved to 4-4. They beat Cranbrook on their homecoming.

Lutheran Westland Vs Lutheran Northwest 16-14
The warriors finished out there season 5-4 with a win over the crusaders. It was an emotional game as both teams played hard. The warriors came out on top to win Rusty back.

2005 Varsity Football

All Conference First Team:  James Refenes, Mike Schatz

All Conference Second Team: Jon Gartha, Josh Haller, Alex Edwards

  All-State Honorable Mention: Mike Schatz

2004 Varsity Football

2003 Varsity Football

Head Coach: Paul Gusé

Assistant Coaches: Gary Kamin & Tim Haller

VARSITY FOOTBALL 2002

Head Coach:  Paul Guse
Assistant Coaches:  Gary Kamin and Tim Haller

Thursday, August 29, 2002
Lutheran Westland  48      Hamtramck  22
The warrior opened their season with 3 touchdowns each from Joel Wolfram and Ian McLaughlin.
Wolfram had 21 rushes for 131 yards.
McLaughlin returned 2 interceptions for TD's and caught 1 TD pass from Ryan Walker.
Neal Kemp and Dan Haller had 7 tackles each.

Friday, September 6, 2002
Lutheran Westland  21      East Catholic  0
Joel Wolfram scored 3 touchdowns on runs of 3,4, and 5 yards.
Jr. QB Andy Hess was 4-9 for 70 yards.
Jr. Ian McLaughlin had 3 catches for 62 yards.
Neal Kemp led the defense with 2 sacks, 4 tackles, and 1 fumble recovery.

Saturday, September 14, 2002
Lutheran Westland  18      Liggett  20
The Warriors fell to 2 and 1,
suffering a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Knights of University Liggett 20-18.
Senior running back Joel Wolfram led the Warriors with 187 yards on 32 carries
and scored his 7th touchdown of the season.
Dan Jones scored on a 15 yard touchdown scamper, he had 26 yards on 6 carries.
Doug Haller completed a 4 yard touchdown pass to Andy Hess on 4th down in the overtime.
But the Warriors failed to make the conversion.  Dan Haller led the defense with 9 tackles including 1 sack.

Saturday, September 21, 2002
Lutheran Westland  20      Cranbrook  14
The Warriors celebrated homecoming with a thrilling 20-14 overtime win vs undefeated Cranbrook!
Senior running back Joel Wolfram was the story of the game for the Warriors
with 42 carries for 247 yards and scored all 3 touchdowns.
He also led the Warriors with 10 tackles.  In overtime, Ian McLaughlin's 3rd interception of the year
helped seal the victory for the Warriors.  The Warrior defense was led by Wolfram with 10 tackles,
Simon Reinke, Andy Hess added 5 tackles each, Rob Sinclair, 
Dan Haller, Dan Jones, and Mark Yepp added 4 tackles each. 
The Warriors defense held the high powered Cranbrook offense to 142 total yards, compared to 316 for the Warriors.

Saturday, September 28, 2002
Lutheran Westland  10      Lutheran East  19
The Warriors fell to 3-2 with a hard fought lost to Lutheran East 19-10.
The Warriors were led by Joel Wolfram's 126 yards on 33 carries.  Dan Jones had 66 yards on 6 carries.
The defense played very well, but 4 Warrior turnovers proved to be too much to overcome.
The defense was led by Dan Haller with 9 tackles, Dan Baseley and Rob Sinclair each had 7, 
and Simon Reinke and Neal Kemp with 6 tackles each.

Saturday, October 5, 2002
Lutheran Westland  0      Clarenceville  13
The Warriors fell to 3-3 with a hard fought lost to Clarenceville 13-0.
The Trojans of Clarenceville had 194 yards of offense in the first half compared to the Warriors 11 yards.
The Warriors were held to a season low of 102 yards of total offense.
Dan Haller led the defense with a season high 19 tackles.  Simon Reinke had two fumble recoveries and
Ian McLaughlin notched his 4th interception of the year.

Friday, October 11, 2002
Lutheran Westland  12      Lutheran North  31
The Lutheran Westland Football Warriors fell to 3-4 with a 31-12 defeat at the hands of the Mustangs of Lutheran North.
The Mustangs held the Warriors to 35 first half yards, while jumping to a 25-0 halftime lead.
Doug Haller and Joel Wolfram scored on touchdown runs of 5 and 6 yards.
Mark Yapp led the defense with 9 tackles, Simon Reinke added 7, and Dan Haller had 6 for the Warriors.

Saturday, October 19, 2002
Lutheran Westland  6      Harper Woods  7
The Warriors fell to 3-5 with a disappointing loss at Harper Woods Saturday 7 to 6.
Dan Jones got the Warriors going with a 57 yard touchdown run on the 2nd play of the game.
But in the 2nd quarter Harper Woods scored on a 7 yard touchdown run to go ahead 7 to 6,
and that proved enough to earn the victory.  The rest of the game was evenly played.
The Warriors finished with 154 total yards, while the Pioneers from Harper Woods had 145.
Dan Jones led the offense with 108 yards on 16 carries.
The defense was led by Simon Reinke, Dan Baseley, and Doug Haller:  Each had 9 tackles.
Ian McLaughlin had 2 interceptions (giving him 7 on the year and breaking the single season record held by Kevin Wade),
and Doug Haller got his first interception of the year.
The Warriors close out their season here, Saturday against the Crusaders form Lutheran Northwest in the "Rusty Bowl."

Saturday, October 26, 2002
Lutheran Westland  12      Lutheran Northwest  6
The Warriors closed out their season with a come form behind 12-6 victory over Lutheran Northwest!
Joel Wolfram scored with 3 minutes to go to seal the victory and assure Rusty of another year of Warrior Bliss!
Andy Hess threw a 15 yard TD pass to Doug Haller for the other Warrior score.

Varsity Football 2001

Coach:  Gary Kamin
Assistant Coach:  Tom Tuomi

Scoreboard

Saturday, October 20, 2001
Lutheran Westland  27       Lutheran Northwest  26
Our Warrior football team finished their season with an impressive come-from-behind mud-bowl victory.
Down 26 to 6 in the fourth quarter, the final score was 27 to 26, Westland.
Three touchdowns were passes from Doug Haller to Joel Wolfram, Dan Baseley, and Rob Sinclair.
The fourth was a pass interception by Mike Clark that he returned for the score.
Congratulations to our five seniors who played a great final game:
Steve Jankowiak, Milt Ervin, Andrew Mackenzie, Mike Clark, and Glen Brewer.
Rusty is back!

Saturday, October 13, 2001
Lutheran Westland  16       Harper Woods  23

Saturday, October 6, 2001
Lutheran Westland  13       Lutheran North  14

Friday, September 21, 2001
Homecoming
Lutheran Westland  15       Lutheran East  0

Saturday, September 8, 2001
Lutheran Westland  18       University Liggett  20
in second overtime

Thursday, August 30, 2001
Lutheran Westland  24       East Catholic  0

Friday, August 24, 2001
Lutheran Westland  30       Hamtramck  6
The Warriors jumped to a 30 to 0 lead and never looked back.
Mike Clark had 66 yds and 1 TD.
Andrew MacKenzie rushed for 126 yds and had 2 TDs
Joel Wolfram had 109 yds rushing and 1 TD
Danny Haller had 13 tackles.
Dan Baseley had 10 tackles.

Roster

Varsity Football 2000 

Coach:  Gary Kamin
Assistant Coach: Tom Tuomi

Varsity Football 1999 
Coach:  Gary Kamin