It’s Homecoming week at William Penn University.  The Statesmen football team hosts Missouri Valley Saturday afternoon (9/25) looking to boost their 1-3 record.  Statesmen Coach Todd Hafner wants his team to play a complete game on Saturday.

“Each of the last two weeks, we’ve had a quarter in the game where we just didn’t play very well.  In order to win in this conference and win games consistently, you have to play games for four quarters.  So we’re working on that.  We’re working on our kids.  This week, the mentality has come out right when we start practice, whether we’re stretching or in individual or whatever we’re doing, we’re competing and hopefully we can carry that over to Saturday and play a four quarter game.”

Missouri Valley comes in with a 2-2 record.  Kickoff time Saturday is 2:30 at Statesmen Community Stadium.  Tickets for that game must be purchased in advance online at StatesmenAthletics.com/ticketing.

Also at Saturday’s Homecoming game, three new members will be inducted into the William Penn University Athletics Hall of Fame.  Kris Miller is the second all-time leading scorer in Statesmen men’s basketball history and also ranks in the school’s top ten as a sprinter in track.  Clint Peery was a linebacker from 2005-07.  And the late Garey Smith coached the Statesmen women’s basketball team to 238 victories over 18 seasons, including three conference championships, two NCAA Division III regional titles and five NCAA Division III national tournament appearances.