Junior Eagles Helps To Prepare Young Football Players

Football has always been one of Brennan Czeschin’s favorite things and he wants to take it to the next level. Czeschin plays for the Junior Eagles football team, which is a feeder team for the LHS football program. 

“I think it’s something my dad unknowingly passed onto me,” Czeschin said, who plays quarterback. “As long as I remember, me and him have spent every Sunday watching it, talking about the days when he too played. Football has turned me into a leader, the brotherhood is indescribable. I love being able to be apart of that. Football is my future.”

The Junior Eagles goal is to prepare athletes for high school football by shaping young athletes physically and mentally. They do this through EAGLES that stands for: Effort, Attitude, Good Citizenship, Leadership, Elite Mindsets and Sportsmanship. These values help them to have a fun and safe time while playing football but also preparing them for the future.

“It’s been three years since I joined the team. When I joined it wasn’t really a serious thing to me but it soon became my life. Coach Vito always refers to us as a family and honestly, we are. The people I’m closest to I’ve met through football, and it’s awesome that we all get to share that. Being a part of this team has taught me so much about the game of football but also about the sportsmanship involved,” an anonymous player said.

This program originally started off as the Jr. Wolves, a team for Wentzville kids in middle and elementary to play football and learn the basics and prepare themselves for high school football. By 2014 the Jr. GAC split the Jr. Wolves creating the LHS Junior Football Team, naming Doug Aubuchon as program coordinator. By 2015 the Junior Eagles were started, working as a non-profit volunteer organization.

According to the team website, the “Jr Wolves, Indians, and Eagles all began under Wentzville Junior Athletics, President Kelvin Henderson. All three Wentzville feeder teams worked as an umbrella, depending on each for support and guidance in many ways.”

To register go to https://www.wentzvillejreaglesfootball.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1504456

JUNIOR EAGLES roster 

Head Coach
Vito Galati

Coach
Jake Czeschin

Coach
Tim Whelan

Coach
Branden Clay

Slot
Caiden Galati
#6

D-End
Mike Garaygay
#8

Wide Receiver 
Tru Scheulen
#11

Outside Linebacker
Sully Thornton
#12

Middle Linebacker
Ben Landrum
#13

Slot
Jake Pinz
#14

Quarterback
Brennan Czeschin
#16

Cornerback
Ethan Bray
#17

Wide receiver
Camden Cooper
#20

Slot
Carson Struttman
#22

Running back
Jaylen Mack
#23

Safety
Mason Meyer
#27

Safety
Caleb Clay
#28

O-Line
Van Kozlowski
#29

Wide receiver
Logan Shuster
#32

D-Tackle
Nathaniel Summers
#45

Running back
James Alexander
#47

D-Tackle
Ben Barfield
#52

Center
Brayden Adams
#53

D-Tackle
Blake Janssen
#55

O-Line
Brayden Ferring
#71

D-Tackle
Carson Brassel
#84

O-Line
Drew VankyGrifka
#87

O-Line
Mason Hagner
#88

Center
Liam Whelan
#99