Last Trip Of The Regular Season
By David Craghead
October 19, 2007
Once again the Abilene High Eagles (6-0, 1-0) head back to Grande Stadium to take on the Midland Lee Rebels (2-4, 0-1). As most of you know, the Rebels lost to Permian last week 31-7.
For the District 3-5A opener, the Warbirds played a really great game on both sides of the ball. My blog for last week stated that the Eagle D would have interceptions, fumble recoveries, 3 and Outs, and many more. I was checking off the list one by one with a smile on my face. I look forward to seeing that continue tonight. Midland Lee has had some trouble in the past couple of weeks. Offensively, Lee has moved some linemen around a few times to find out who would fit best in each spot. There have been injuries and inconsistency up front. That is going to help out our D in a very big way. Coach Quis might be relying on the run to control the tempo of the game, but without a steady O Line, that process will fall apart in a hurry. I don’t know much about their offense other than the fact that they will be in for a long night against the Black Shirts.
The Eagle O will once again tear the field up at Grande. The Rebel defense missed a bunch of tackles last week against Permian and unless Lee found several new players, that will most likely be happening again. I will be looking forward to seeing the 2nd and 3rd guys get a bunch of playing time tonight, much like they did last week. As long as our offense that we have seen the past two ballgames shows up, we should have no problem handing the Rebels their 2nd loss in district play.
Penalties could haunt the Rebels in a big way tonight. So far this season, Lee has seen the yellow hankie 50 times for 358 yards. I am positive that the Eagles will be focused tonight and walk away with win number 7, putting Coach Warren at the top of the list for wins at Abilene High. I expect a really big crowd out in Midland cheering our boys on as we roll on to victory. Let’s go out there, fly high, and knock some heads around. GO EAGLES!!!
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