Post by Raven on Sept 27, 2018 14:34:10 GMT -6
Tomorrow night's game will be only the second meeting between the 2 schools in football. The first was last year when the Bears took a 54-34 win over the Eagles in Plaquemine. We could not tackle anyone in that game. I think even their 8th graders broke off a few long runs in the 2nd half. Bronte Griffing was a beast and their little freshman quarterback was about the fastest high school football player I've seen. At least he looked like it that night as he scrambled for almost as many yards rushing as he had passing.
There were a couple of bright spots for the Eagles though:
Justin Rivet earned a spot in the top 20 longest running plays for an Eagle when he broke off an 80 yard TD run against the Bears.
The Eagle offense gained a total of 448 yards rushing, which was good enough for 12th most all time for an Eagle team.
For Highland Baptist:
They made it into the top 20 for most rushing yards by an Eagle opponent with 363 yards.
They moved into the #17 spot for most passing yards against an Eagle defense with 229.
They tied for the #11 spot with 4 others for most points scored against the Eagles with 54.
The others they tied with were Central Catholic of Morgan City and White Castle who both did it on 2 separate occasions. CCMC scored 54 points against the Eagles during the 1970 and 2015 seasons, while WC scored 54 against us in both 2012 and 2016.
It's not too terribly long a drive to New Iberia from Plaquemine, but it will be well worth it to get a little payback.
If only we could score 80 on Lab next week... Hey, I can dream, right?
There were a couple of bright spots for the Eagles though:
Justin Rivet earned a spot in the top 20 longest running plays for an Eagle when he broke off an 80 yard TD run against the Bears.
The Eagle offense gained a total of 448 yards rushing, which was good enough for 12th most all time for an Eagle team.
For Highland Baptist:
They made it into the top 20 for most rushing yards by an Eagle opponent with 363 yards.
They moved into the #17 spot for most passing yards against an Eagle defense with 229.
They tied for the #11 spot with 4 others for most points scored against the Eagles with 54.
The others they tied with were Central Catholic of Morgan City and White Castle who both did it on 2 separate occasions. CCMC scored 54 points against the Eagles during the 1970 and 2015 seasons, while WC scored 54 against us in both 2012 and 2016.
It's not too terribly long a drive to New Iberia from Plaquemine, but it will be well worth it to get a little payback.
If only we could score 80 on Lab next week... Hey, I can dream, right?