Wheaton outscores North Park 42-34 in offensive battle (Boxscore)

Wheaton,

Ill. (11/4) - The Wheaton College football team (7-2/5-1 CCIW)

was a 42-34 victor over North Park University (3-6/1-5) today on the football

field. The teams put on an offensive show as the teams combined for 927 yards

of total offense as North Park accounted for 547 yards and Wheaton tallied 380

yards of offense. North Park ran for 341 yards and had the ball for 37:16 of

the game, while Wheaton held onto the ball just 22:44.

Wheaton

senior running back Brian Pastermack (Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island) ran

for 120 yards on 18 carries. It marked the fourth consecutive game that Pastermack

(PICTURED RIGHT) has run for 100 yards or more. Sophomore quarterback Josh Anderson

(Claremont, Calif./Claremont) passed for 182 yards on 13-23 passing with three

touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Jeremy Amos (Austin, Texas/ Westlake) caught

eight of those passes for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore Jonathan Wills

(Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) had two touchdown catches with 52 receiving

yards.

Senior linebacker

Brett Wyss (Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer) tallied 11 total tackles (five solo)

and a fumble recovery. Reigning CCIW "Defensive Player of the Week" JD Leman

(Champaign, Ill./Central) made 10 total tackles (4 solo). Senior Jamie Busch

(Batavia, Ill./Batavia) had eight total tackles with three quarterback sacks

(-28 yards). Senior linebacker Greg McMillin (Nampa, Idaho/Nampa Senior) had

six total tackles with three sacks (-16 yards).

North Park's

senior running back Darnell Rios (Zion, Ill./Zion-Benton) ran for a school-record

232 yards on 28 carries with three touchdowns. Junior running back Mike Rice

(Chicago, Ill./Mather) ran for 132 yards on 13 carries with one touchdown. Viking

quarterback Dana Anderson (Wallace, Mich./Stephenson) passed for 180 yards with

one touchdown on 16-27 passing.

Wheaton

started the scoring barrage when Amos (PICTURED LEFT) caught a 48-yard pass

from Josh Anderson with 9:43 left in the first quarter. The touchdown toss capped

an eight-play drive of 87 yards. Rios got North Park on the scoreboard with

a 73-yard touchdown run with 8:35 left in the first quarter. The Vikings took

a 12-6 advantage when Rice scored on an 81-yard touchdown run with 6:10 left

in the first quarter. With 9:46 left in the first half North Park attempted

a 35-yard field goal that was blocked by Pastermack and recovered by junior

defensive back Bryan Ittersagen (Wheaton, Ill./North) who returned it 82-yards

for a touchdown. Pastermack's fourth blocked kick of the season gave Wheaton

a 13-12 lead. Wills made it 20-12 in favor of Wheaton when he caught a 25-yard

touchdown pass from Anderson with 7:23 left in the first half. Wills' touchdown

was setup when Wheaton stopped a Viking fake punt attempt on the North Park

24-yard line. Rios tied the game at 20-20 with an 11-yard run. The Vikings owned

a 28-20 advantage at halftime as Michael Fields (Providence, RI/Hope) caught

a 13-yard touchdown pass from Dana Anderson.

Wheaton tied

the game at 28-28 with a four-yard touchdown run with 7:35 left in the third

quarter by Josh Anderson that capped a 14-play drive of 91 yards. North Park

again took the lead at 34-28 when Rios reached the end zone in a 23-yard touchdown

run. Wheaton took the lead for good at 35-34 when Amos caught a six-yard touchdown

pass from Josh Anderson that capped a 10-paly drive of 55-yards. Jon Wills gave

Wheaton a 42-34 cushion with a nine-yard touchdown catch that capped a seven-play

drive of 56 yards.