By  Benjamin E. Lykens (Whetstone Staff Writer)

The newly opened Met–Life Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., may be home to the New York Giants and Jets but the Wesley football team was the best team from the east coast in the building, at least for one night.

The Wolverines won the Lambert Meadowlands ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) award for being the best Division III team on the east coast.

Head coach Mike Drass said that although he expects his team to be the best every year, it’s still an honor to win the award.

“Being named the No. 1 team on the east coast is our goal every year,” Drass said. “But it’s a humbling experience when you’re sitting there with all the other teams that won awards.”

The Wolverines have become an eastern Division III powerhouse but have yet to win a national championship. The Wolverines enjoy their role as “beast of the east” but they really want to be the best in the nation.

Jeremiah Howe, a sophomore receiver, said that winning the award was nice but he wants his team to make it to the next level.

“That is what coach Drass expects from us but we want to get to the national championship and win,” Howe said.

Sosthene Kapepula, a freshman linebacker, who was also named the ECAC defensive rookie of the year, said that his team was really good last year but believes that the Wolverines can do better.

“Beside the hype, we were a really good team last year,” Kapepula said. “But we can do better and win a national championship as a team.”