Werremeyer brothers write their own UJ chapter

JAMESTOWN — Gus and Malachi Werremeyer had shared football fields before. They played together as kids, went through Fargo Davies practices and spent years following their older brother, Truman, a former fullback at North Dakota State University. But their first college game together felt different. In the University of Jamestown s season opener at Upper Iowa University on Aug. 29, the brothers ended up at the bottom of the same pile after combining on a tackle. We kind of looked up and realized we were both two of the people on the tackle right next to each other, Gus said. We were like, Huh. That s kind of cool. The two brothers now share a field playing Division II football together. When I m down on the line, the linebackers are making checks, I hear Malachi, Gus said. It s a voice that I ve heard for 18 years. Their father, Wayne, was in the stands recording the moment. I was like a tourist up there, Wayne said. My phone was out