Above Eagles tight end Colton Bourland scores a crucial touchdown before halftime while the
clock winds down
Photo credit to the Avila Eagles Football Facebook page
Saturday, September 29th
the Avila Eagles traveled to Lindsborg, Ks to take on the Bethany University
Swedes. The Eagles were very confident going in to this game hoping to get a
win. To start the game the Eagles drove right down the field and scored with
ease. Shortly after that the defense got solid stop giving the ball back to the
offense. It started out looking good for the Eagles but play got sloppy.
As the offensive drive started with
a 20 yard completion it was looking good till the wide receiver fumbled the
ball giving it back to the Swedes. Turnovers were the biggest story of the game
for the Eagles. As they had five total turnovers which kept the Swedes too
close in the game. Going into halftime the Eagles were trailing 19-14 despite
dominating in every aspect of the game. As the team came out in the second half
they were a different team and shut out the Swedes both quarters, having a
second half score of 21-0 and winning the game 35-19.
I asked the offensive line coach
Matt Jones what he thought of the game and also getting that crucial first win
of the season, “We played a very good and formidable opponent in Bethany but
came out and scored easily to start the game. However, we played very sloppy
and beneath our potential giving up many turnover that kept them in the game.
Despite the turnovers though our defense played awesome and stopped them from
scoring, keeping us in the game. We went into halftime trailing but had a very
positive halftime and came out and won the game. The win was needed and it felt
good to get it. Last year we didn’t even score a touchdown till week three and
didn’t win a game till week seven, so were much more progressed this year. I
preach that success and confidence goes hand in hand and after having a little
bit of success in getting that W, we are
now getting more confident and are ready to get many more wins this season.”
I also asked a couple of offensive
lineman their thoughts on the game and getting a W in the stat column. The
first person I asked was left guard Jesse Ruiz, “We’ve played a lot of close
games so it was to finally get over the hump and come out with a much needed
win.”
Clay Driskill, freshman
guard/center was next, “We needed the win to get our season started. It was
good to get a win vs. a quality opponent like Bethany, it have us the boost of
confidence we needed.”
Avila played Baker on Saturday and
had a little hiccup but they play Culver-Stockton this Saturday for homecoming
and hope to get a big win. Hope to see everyone out there to support the team.
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