Week One completed!

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September 4, 2005

The Abilene High Eagles continued their winning ways Saturday night in San Angelo with a 48-7 victory over the San Angelo Central Bobcats. This was the second game of the season for the Eagles and the first game for the Bobcats and it was very apparent. The turnover bug bit San Angelo often and the Eagles capitalized on the mistakes made by San Angelo.

Let’s get right to this week’s game balls. On offense, the game ball goes to the entire Offensive line. This group of young men are quickly becoming an outstanding unit. These guys are eager to do whatever it takes to get the job done but the main reason for their success goes to Coach Randy Smith. Coach, makes the boys share this game ball with you. Coach Smith has many years coaching experience and his highly regarded by those in the know as being one of the best in the business. A San Angelo Central fan said Abilene High’s quarterback could have had two minutes if he needed it to find a receiver because of the outstanding work done by the line. Congratulations to all.

Taylor Potts, the senior QB verbally committed to Texas Tech, had a very good night throwing the ball 29 times and completing 22 of those attempts for 305 yards and three touchdowns. He did throw one interception at the end of the first half. Abilene High’s reserve QB was 2 of 2 for 14 yards and one touchdown. The Eagles also continued to have a strong running game with Casey Bell running the ball 17 times for 101 yards anda touchdown. Xavier Beaver gained 70 yards on 10 carries. Sophomore RB Dmidrick Harrell had 4 carries for 34 yards and two touchdowns. The passing game played a huge part of the Eagles offensive production. Lyle Leong caught 10 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns including one for 70 yards. Luke Kittley caught 5 passes for 41 yards and Jason Boone caught 2 passes for 27 yards and a touchdown. Bryson Walker also caught 1 pass for 11 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles converted 6 out of 7 PAT’s.


Defensively the game ball goes to the Defensive line. That isn’t a cop out. They well deserve the honor. We have already discussed the willingness of the Eagle D to plant the headgear on the opponent. This week was no different and as a result the Eagles got 5 more turnovers. In keeping with the Total Team Effort concept, the Defense gave the ball to the Offense and the Offense in turn put points on the board. Folks it doesn’t get any better than that. It is truly nice to have three or four “star” players on your team but when you have 11 guys that are playing as a team then good things happen. Lots of good things have happened to this squad in two games this season.


Next Friday night, September 9th at 7:30 PM the Eagles will take on the Brownwood Lions at Shotwell stadium. The Lions are 0-2 losing their last game played to the Abilene Cooper Cougars by a score of 21-14 in Brownwood. Be sure and come out and support the Eagles at home.

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