Show CEU Friday October 17 1986 u X for boldness and energy This Is a time for stouthearted men who can turn dreams Into reality -- Paraphrased from "Words to Remember" by John F Kennedy by Brenda Boyd In of the Eagle Staff 13-1- record so far this With a 9 eason and a tie with sixth ranked Ricks last Saturday the Eagles football squad is taking advantage of every opportunity and coming on strong in They are surprising even the most -1 19-1- mid-seas- 2 quarter CEU went ahead With 14 seconds left in the game Ricks full back Todd Richardson with a touchdown run appeared to wrap up the win tor Ricks However CEU still had enough time to perform a miracle and did Cole Hyson located Edgar Cash downfield for the tying six points with a "hail Mu pass CEU was denied the victory when the Vikings blocked the extra point after a bad on pessimistic gridiron fans Despite three early loses the team pulled its act together with a 6 victory over the Weber State junior snap 45-2- varsity team Freshman quarterback Cole Hyson proved his skill and leadership abilities under tough pressure from the Wildcat defeiue The CEU defense also showed promise as it held the Wildcats to 26 points Another boost to the team's spirit was the recent 3 victory over Glendale in which CEU repeatedly showed its desire to After being down 9 at score halftime and 6 early in the third quarter the Eagles poured it on against the Gauchos outscoring 25 to 14 points in the second half come-from-behin- d 25-2- 0-- 0-1- The highlight of the Mason for the Eagles came Saturday as the team met Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho By halftime Ricks had already drawn first blood with a 9 score At the beginning of the fourth' 0-- Flodin said "We have a ' great offense It is one of the best since I have been here The offenM has a super running game and we control the football very well" The offensive team is coached by KirkHiedelberg Zane Zminiaki Kenny Huddleston and Larry Severeid The coaches for the defensive team are Mike O'Shea and James SpainL Flodin added that the deferne team is strong and they have been playing very well James Phillips led the way for the Eagles with 33 carries for 155 yards rushing and two receptions both for touchdowns Both the offense and defensive teams contributed to the downfall of the Vikings - The Eagles consist of 75 players however their physical sixe compared to other colleges is much smaller pm the Eagles will plav Snow Collece in Snow was the NJAA Ephraim national champions last year and are 3 and 3 for the Mason Also the Eagles are in the toughest conference for junior Dixie Ricks Phoenix colleges Snow and Scottsdale are examples of the tough nationally ranked teams The Eagles will play Dixie College at home October 25 at 1:30 pm Dixie College is the number 1 ranked national junior college team this Flodin said that the Eagles are working at a big disadvantage because other schools have higher enrollment and more money to put On October 18 at 1:30 yev Bill Flodin head coach of the Eagles agreed that the Eagles have improved throughout the season In the last three weeks the Eagles increased their character by wanting towin and nottobe quitters With this philosophy the Eagles have dominated in the last three games into their athletic programs He believes that the Eagles can beat both Snow and Dixie in the next two weeks "Snow has an excellent team but for CEU to win we must shut down their passing attack and the offenM must put points on the board This same strategy worked against the Vikings last week" 11 |