The name "Junkyard Dogs" originates from the defensive unit of the 1977 West Bend West Spartans Football Team, which was led by defensive coach Lance Hittman. It was the 'Junkyard Dog Defense' that originated what eventually became the adopted team name West Bend West Junkyard Dogs. In 1977, with little backing and expectations from the community, the West Bend Junkyard Dogs surprised the Wisconsin Little 10 conference with victories over conference favorites, including the perennial powerhouse Hartford Orioles, on a rainy night at Bruhy Field. They went on to share the Little Ten Conference Championship.
How the semi pro team was built:
On November 12th 2004, Jeremy Lambie, Lance Zodrow, Dave Lemke and Scott Hall met at The Charcoal Grill in West Bend, Wisconsin to discuss the possibility of starting a semi-professional football club to compete in the Wisconsin State Football League. Before concluding this meeting, it was decided to enter the 2005 WSFL season with the newly created West Bend Mustangs. The nucleus of the West Bend semi-pro football team would come from the Sarios Flag Football Club which had won numerous championships (a link to the Sarios Flag Football club is included under the links tab of this website). During the next few months the organizers and coaching staff decided to change the team nickname to the Junkyard Dogs, a name linked to the past football heritage of West Bend West. The organizers also decided that if they could put athletes together from both West Bend East and West they would then have an excellent chance to succeed in semi-pro football.
2005
In the Junkyard Dogs’ first season (2005), its founders were proven correct. After a 3-3 start the team won its final seven games by a whopping 271-74 margin. In the championship game against the two-time defending WSFL Champion Oostburg Rebels, the Dog's were down 12-6 with a little over a minute left in the game and were 45 yards away in a driving rain storm. The team proceeded to drive the distance to tie the score on a Mark Hauer TD catch from Scott Hall with eight seconds remaining. Pat Klug followed up with a 2 point conversion run to seal the Championship in the Dog's first season of competition – exactly one year to the day they were formed.
2006
West Bend finished 9-1 in the 2006 regular season to capture the North Division regular season championship with the WSFL’s best regular season record. After two weeks off, the Junkyard Dogs then dropped the WSFL’s North Division playoff game to the Oostburg Rebels 20-0.
2007
The Junkyard Dogs went 8-2 during the regular season in 2007. They defeated the Racine Horsemen and the Stateline Hawks to get to the championship game. In the WSFL Championship game, the Junkyard Dogs fell behind 18-0 before scrapping back to take a 19-18 lead going into the 4th quarter. However, the Junkyard Dogs finally succumbed to the Fox Valley Force midway through the 4th quarter to fall 32-19.
2008
After a slow start to the season the West Bend Junk Yard Dogs finished the 2008 WSFL regular season 6-4, before dropping their playoff game to the Fox Valley Force. After the 2008 season, Jerry "JT" Thull purchased the team from Scott Hall.
2009 - WSFL
The Junkyard Dogs finished the regular season 9-1, with the only loss against the Oostburg Rebels. The Dogs then went on to beat the River City Rattlers in the playoff game to win the South Division crown. Coming off the playoff win, the Dogs were pumped to play the M&M Timberjacks for the WSFL Championship. The Dogs went on to win the WSFL Championship 28-14, finishing the season with an 11-1 record.
2010
In 2010 the Junkyard Dogs joined the Ironman FootbaL League
