For four years, the trophy case in the Wehr Center had been missing a familiar treasure.

Since 2010, the trophy that depicts a cheese football had been in the Concordia Falcons’ trophy case, collecting dust. This past Saturday, it returned to Lakeland College.

Lakeland football players entered the game having won five straight games.

Both teams battled for the first quarter, but eventually the Muskies started to dominate the game.

The defense in particular stopped the Falcons in their tracks, and soon the offense picked up and the score started to widen to the final 27-10.

The players celebrated before the time ran out, knowing the outcome of the game before it ended.

Kevin Doherty, Lakeland’s head coach of football, had water dumped on his head, which is a common celebration in football of winning a very important game.

The win marked the 40th career victory for Doherty. He is now tied for second on the team’s all-time wins list for football coaches.

Before the game even started, 14 seniors were honored, including Dylan Busch, Andy Crivellone, Yaphay Harvey, Angelo Hernandez, Matt Hill, Mike Looby, Kurt Schneider, Aaron Sherry, Jacob Simonson, Trevor Tanck, Andrew Wagner, Daniel Zea, Patrick Johnson and Kendrick Burks.

When the game ended, the Muskies gathered on the field in celebration. Vice President for Athletics and Wellness Nate Dehne presented them with their prize— the Cheese Bowl trophy.

Our Muskies hoisted the trophy up in the air, screaming and cheering because they had finally brought it back home.