what a night so far from Zach Wetzel getting involved earlier here great that's a guy that is as quiet as can be you can not get him to say 30 words but just always in the right place at the right time I can remember when I was uh still around this neck of the woods Zach Wetzel has always been one of the hardest most quiet and humble workers that we had in our program and definitely paying off here in a big week 10 game it's good to see him have a lot of success out there look at some other 4A scores up at Chicago prep Bronzeville Co-op they're leading Chicago Sullivan 14-nothing Rochelle is leading Dixon 14-6 and nobody else has put up any scores nine games going tonight seven going on Saturday in the 4A bracket I know I'm gonna be standing by the end of this one Alex I was just about to say Jared loves these close Fun get after it playoff games I'll tell you what I came into this uh trying to find a chair to sit down but I'm not sure I'm gonna be finding one anymore I think I'll be standing for the rest of the game too so vaguely he's going to do the kicking duties as well oh we're kicking from the hash now look at that yeah we do a pooch every time we go from the hashes didn't work for us last time as Murfreesboro was able to get a pretty good return out of it so hopefully this time a little bit different as vaguely low kick that's gonna Skip and it bounces to the 10 where it's going to be picked up by number 24.
he's got a wall of blockers in front of him makes one man miss vagley's got to make the tackle at the 48. and that's not what you want for that Eagles defense there we see again Murfreesboro starting out with a great field position uh our cover coverage team needs to do a little bit better job of breaking down and making a tackle there and give them the ball back towards more like the 20 or 25 yard line they have all three timeouts correct Murphy's bro yeah I think so and I think well on kickoff this year I bet Dom has half the tackles on kickoff yeah because he just made that tackle there saving a touchdown so um anytime your kickers making tackles uh it's not very good but great field position here for Murfreesboro gonna try to punch one in with two minutes left eagles need to stop really bad right now yes Red Devils will get the football out of half and not what you want if you are the Red Devils they have to burn a time out little aggravation there you see out of the coach this is one of the programs that I look at and I would expect to have a lot of coaches because you know every other team we face has 10 15 coaches we have six these guys doing it all out here with six guys as well yeah and I'm I'm just in in all by I mean I know it's a playoff game week 10 but these these fans are fired up um I know all year I know it's regular season that for home at Columbia but um I know next year going into next year our fans need to be a lot better at home hopefully week 11.
yeah hopefully week 11 but um even looking ahead the next year I mean um every game this year like whenever we get a stop on a big fourth down or like even tonight um having a lot of emphasis over on that on the fan section so that's a big thing going into next year and hopefully next week so the Eagles 159 on the game clock before the Century 21 halftime show needing to stop four down linemen for the Eagles it looks like they're going to send them Blitzer and they do they're going to run away from it though good run by a number 24 he gets himself 10 yards and a first down number 24 Devon Clemens a career Rush of 3 200 yards he's been very impressive tonight so far every time uh getting the ball handed off to him exploding through that hole uh pretty very explosive player very fast so I gotta gonna have to keep our eye on him the rest of the night Devon Clemens a senior 23 rushing touchdowns this year I don't have how many yards I'll get that for you here hopefully on the next play same formation motion man number four Abernathy to the left side they're going to roll to the left side they're looking deep they're going to check down to Abernathy who's gonna make the catch and get out of Bounds at the 35 gain of seven Devon Clemens the running back number 23 with 1600 yards 1200 no 1262 sorry 1262 yards on the season that's some Don vaguely type numbers right there Dom vaguely rushing on the year 1248.
U.S first that we're going to have it up here we just got to find it doubles to the right side running back right motion man to the right side they're gonna roll out to their right they're gonna throw to that motion man who's number 11. he's getting chased from behind by Brennan wike and he's forced out of Bounds at the 14 112 on the clock started from behind and could never catch up and what's that two plays and they got about 40 yards there maybe 50. so uh Columbia defense here really got to step up that d-line has to try to get in the backfield cause a sack cause a fumble um and not let them in the end zone here First and Ten from the 15 112 Murfreesboro with two timeouts remaining Columbia with two timeouts remaining tied ball game 14-14 in the second quarter doubles to the left side ball in the right hash running back left they're gonna fake it they're going to throw it to the left with Abernathy catching it he's to the five and brought down by Mason vagley and Peyton Andrews and time out on the field Red Devils you're going to be sending some blitzers here if you're Coach G Jared yeah I mean second and one you know they're probably gonna run the ball here uh they got one time out so if they don't get a touchdown uh that clock's gonna tick and offense is gonna have to get a play um on the field so I think you get if you get a stop here on second down uh they'll probably burn their last time out um but a minute left here there's still a lot of time in the second half our first half yeah I would not be surprised to see them maybe go back to that rollout package that they've been running tonight um if even if they get stopped here on second down on a third and short where you know maybe the defense is looking to stuff the middle and not not let that run get that extra yard they might come out and and sling it like they've been trying so we'll see defense has got to come up big so would you bring your animals on a blitz to keep them contained or no uh I think it depends if they send some sort of motion I think we got to keep an eye on that and just make sure that they don't get outside of our guys or we can force it back in and rally and make a tackle we'll see what Coach G has in store he was the only coach in the Huddle that time looks like Hicks is going to come off Logan Hicks that is gonna go a little bit more size Brandon Jackson kenningstein Kish and Schnabel all your four down linemen for the Eagles motion man number four Abernathy they're gonna fake the nope they already turn it off up the middle and a great job there bye Schnabel making the tackle I was I was fooled I went for the play action and they burned their last time out there so uh they can still get a first down third and inches they did not give it to him no so you got third inches here first thing is watch the ball of course but I mean if yeah that's what I was just thinking if you're Murfreesboro you have to run it I know you have no timeouts but say you don't get it it's Fourth Down uh still got a 58 seconds to get your 40 seconds on the play class yeah you got time to get out there yeah so I think on if you don't get this here and it's Fourth Down um I think you just keep your offense out there and run run another play try to get in the end zone uh before that clock Runs Out 58 seconds left well it all starts here third and inches 58 seconds to go in the second quarter on a fun game so far wouldn't be surprised uh especially here now on third down to see Coach G bring some pressure and get some guys in the backfield to try to make a stop now I think the officials are deciding to come out and measure oh why didn't you do that during the timeout it's got a postcard out let's get the postcard out it's got to be close did you see that video last night Alex of that that wonderful the one ref kicking the ball I shared that on Facebook it is short by inches you have the official grab the chain and moved it a little bit closer and moved the ball and then set first down I did see that so it is third inches officially now 58 seconds they are still going to spread it out wide to the right side is doubles number 11's been a motion man for him tonight Ethan Finke is going to be your sniffer back to the left running back to the right side ball on the left hash they're gonna hand it off to the running back who Gets behind his blockers and gets the first down clock stops 52 seconds once the box is set now the clock should start there it goes and it does 51 seconds and Counting first and goal from the four oh pass play this time in great defense by The Eagles yeah great job Dominic vaguely using that inside hand and forcing an incompletion that's textbook coverage right there uh getting that arm around making a play on the ball great job there by Don Bailey different ba announcer calls it generous coverage wow second and goal 42 seconds the incomplete pass stops the clock I think I'd run you've been getting three four yards yeah and you can get on the ball in order to get in a pass play off and then they're loading the left side and they're gonna run it with a wildcat and it's going to be stopped by the Eagles come on pushed back by the Eagles defensive line on a huge stop yep under 30 seconds a lot of movement here for the Murfreesboro offense they're trying to get set I'm under 20 seconds now in the game Run the same formation to the right side they're gonna do that pitch up the middle and it's going to be a good hard run and a touchdown for the Red Devils [Music] they just did the shuffle pass right underneath of us and get into the end zone with 13 seconds on the clock yeah just a quick little handoff there of that up back coming straight towards the the middle of the of the line Columbia defense was probably thinking it was going to be that same play but they decided to do a little counter action p-a-t good snap good hold kick is up and it is good so just before halftime Murfreesboro gets into the end zone and takes that Mandy McGuire group scoreboard Murfreesboro 21 Columbia 14.
and the Eagles will be receiving the kick before halftime and they will be kicking off to start the third quarter that's a heartbreaker there yeah if you can go in tied 14-14 or like you said even 17-14 yeah and you're only down one you're you can still move the ball we've shown that tonight so and we've I mean we've kind of stopped we they haven't had too many big plays it's just giving them field position great field position and then them just getting to third down and then picking up first down so um in the second half I think you just need to really get them into some some tough situations not very good uh field position and you got to take advantage of that um and try to get some stops on third and fourth down so Murphy will be kicking deep 13 seconds to go they're kicking from the left hash a little bit of a pooch kick and gonna be caught I think that's rainwater he makes the catch gets to the right side gets to the 26 yard line where he is slung out of bounds with seven seconds are you gonna try to do Virginia or are you just gonna need it I think you gotta need out here especially with the athletes that they have I know we saw earlier in that first possession uh their number four almost take that that interception back so I don't I think I would imagine coach Horner and Coach Jermaine want to avoid all uh returns here they might just take a knee and go into half and only being down to score I mean walking in you're probably already down to score with this fan section uh makes it a lot harder to hear the play calls and um vaguely is going to run it himself to the left side he's got a bunch of blockers in front of him he's got a first down he's got one second on the play clock and that's where it's gonna run out so it's a gain of 14.
but the clock expires and we go into the Century 21 halftime show with the Eagles trailing this one 21-14 we are going to run to a break and when we come back to the Century 21 halftime show we'll give you scores of the ihsa playoffs that we can find and we'll give you our thoughts from up here in the booth we will be back right after this thank you welcome into the Century 21 halftime show where the Eagles Trail this one 21-14 and Sam we could have got a stop on there I still think I like where we are in this after that first half but stop there would have been huge yeah it would have it would have sent us tied into half especially for the Murphy Murphy's bro coming out here getting the ball out of halftime um a score for them could could go up two scores could really shift the momentum but I think coach Jermaine's gonna really uh talk to that defense here at halftime and make some adjustments to get a stop and the offensive side of the football I thought we did pretty well we were moving the ball we took a couple chances which we haven't done too much this year um so just got to keep going with those chances as well yeah I think we do I think it's got to keep getting Dom uh looks on the outside I think we succeed when when he's running the outside uses his vision um I also think that up front we're doing a pretty good job um we could be doing better I think but I think we're we're doing a pretty good job of making some blocks so I think if we can just get a little bit better in that department we'll uh we'll see some success here in the second half well you look at our score 21-14 at halftime some other 4A scores Chicago Urban Brownsville prep Co-op 14 nothing over Chicago Sullivan and Rochelle and Dixon are now in the halftime 22-20 in the 4A bracket we'll see if we can find some more 5A I think we got a couple of schools from around us um it helps if you hit the right button though if you're wanting to look up scores Highland on top at halftime 43-0 over Dunlap that's a 5A score and we'll go down to 3A Byron 42-nothing over Lyle some blowouts 42-nothing Elmhurst IC Catholic 42-nothing over Chicago King and that is with 11 minutes to go in the second quarter so uh goodness at least we're in a good game here yeah Eagles now we have our uh first couple guys the kickers and the long Snappers coming out on the field led by coach amsden making his way out first um walk down by the locker room doesn't really seem like there was too much going on in there I could hear coach owner making a couple adjustments and uh one adjustment I think I would like to see is the attacking of the bubbles and those little Slants in what we would call a snag route I don't know what they're called anymore when in our terms it was a snag seems to be a little bit of an opening there with those outside backers and our receivers yeah and the only time the quarterbacks ever really threw the ball down field is when he's rolling out I think on two or three of those times these rolled out he's found his receivers deep um everything else when he stays in the pocket he's just getting that thing away quick and just throwing those simple bubble routes and um those screen routes um but I mean tonight you've seen our corners and safeties come up and make make some tackles uh which is huge you saw wet saw well you didn't see what you heard us talking about it um but you had a Wetzel uh with a big big hit and then Peyton Andrews had a big hit as well so uh like Sam said earlier Coach G had this defense ready for tonight uh but down seven but can't give up now biggest Drive of the game I think I mean we we said it was going to be a really big drive going into halftime we know he needed that stop nearly got it um I like what we're doing now your new biggest Drive is going to be this first two drives it's gonna be you have to get a stop and you have to put a drive together I'm not saying you got to get in the end zone but you at least got to get yourself a little bit of confidence a three and out say we would get to stop here and then go three and out that's not doing too good for the confidence nope I think we definitely got to come out here and set the tone into the second half and uh get some energy going on that sideline so our guys can feed off of it and make some plays I know a couple times in the first half when we we scored it really sucked the life out of this crowd here at Murfreesboro so I think if we can execute some plays and get in the end zone one more time we might see some momentum shift back to us again just under two minutes now in the Century 21 halftime show before they add three more minutes on for the warm-up I don't understand why they just don't say 18 right I know I don't understand it either yeah hi HSA they have their their way of doing things looks to be like the rest of the Eagles are making their way out onto the field and Jared if you've got one player that you want to see something happen who do you think you're going to be looking at in the second half um can I say two of them you can say as many as you want um I think on the defensive side of the ball uh we need to see Logan Hicks make a couple more big plays and I know he's a sophomore playing in a really big game um and he's leading the team in tackles this year so um we need him to come up and light somebody up maybe forced to fumble and on the offensive side of the ball I want to see cam janick or or Bryant whatever running backs back there um the old lines just got got to give him some some more room to work give him some more Lanes so I want to see both of those running backs try to run really hard and free up some space for Dom too so Sam after the Century 21 halftime show who are you going to be looking for I'm going to kind of go similar route here with Jared except I'm gonna go with the other Hicks brother Carter I think uh if Carter can establish his ground on the line there and I mean he's a big kid very strong I think that if you he can set the tone up front and make some tackles in the backfield and help this defense shift the momentum that the Eagles will be sitting in a pretty good spot and I'm going to look at the defense Jared has said it a couple times this year he's asked for a scooping score of pick six man I'll just take a pick I mean just a fumble recovery something to get a little momentum on your side um and if you can get a pick six take it to the house I mean I'm not gonna I'm not gonna fault you for doing that so just like to see something happen to uh get get some excitement like I said Columbia traveled very well tonight on that sideline over there we got a good amount of people in the bleachers and like Columbia fashion we got everybody along the fence as well but uh you look at this Murfreesboro sideline obviously it's a home game they've got this place packed up too so coming into this one um at halftime being 21 14 pretty good half for the Eagles and for some coaches around here that have games tomorrow I bet there's a couple I mean because it's only a two-hour radius of uh almost the St Louis area so I bet there's a lot of teams a lot of coaches here to tonight watching this one knowing that it's one of the only games in the area being played tonight so um eagles need to come out here um and try to get a stop on this uh second half to start the second half off and see what we can do from there we're looking at the map right now of the travel and really nobody's got that far of a drive on uh that we can see right now other than yeah Co in Carterville that's a big drive there but you look at you know Waterloo going to only that's going across the state do you think they have anything kind of I mean no school it's a Saturday it's a playoff game but um do you think that is going to be a factor in anything well I think a long bus ride um always has a little bit of an impact I mean I remember my sophomore year we traveled all the way up to hersher which was like about a four hour drive I mean it didn't help it was like again five degrees but um and even last year when we went or not last year my senior year when we went to up to Fairbury um in that two and a half hour bus ride I know those bus rides can kind of just suck some energy out of you so it's important to to make sure that you're coming coming out with that momentum and that drive to you know keep the energy flowing 151 in the Century 21 halftime show and you look we didn't have school today we've talked about that before if we have a half day if we don't have any school that has affected us and tonight I don't think it's affected us as much as it lasts now like Sam just said uh I mean coming out like with those with those bus rides it can be hard to get things going and I mean in that first quarter I think we looked we looked pretty darn good so um we know that Murfreesboro in the second half they're going to be loud again their fans are going to get into it um because I mean they got a couple seniors on their roster as well that could be playing their last game as well so um you want to look to the seniors and on that Columbia side and hopefully a couple more of them can step up and we can escape out of here with a W talk to Howie napped the statistician for the Eagles for many many years asking him I said has coach Warner ever had an upset in the first round he goes I don't think he's ever had an upset he's been upset but never had one himself and tonight could be an upset 11 seeded Eagles succeeded Murfreesboro so that's something to look forward to yeah definitely different uh outlook for these coaches being on that flip side as the underdog I know they've had a lot of success here at Columbia hosting a lot of playoff games so I'm sure they're ready for the second half to get started so so as we get ready to get underway under 30 seconds now once again like to thank our sponsors for all you've done if you would like to become a sponsor contact the High School contact coach Warner and he can get you the correct information that you need we would like to thank Emos tonight for supplying the boys with a sandwich it was pretty nice pick your sandwich up get your pregame meal on the bus right here and didn't really have a full team meal but before the game I had a quick walk through on the parking lot seems like that always happens in a playoff game and uh got their meal right beforehand so once again thank you Emos for the pregame meal tonight and getting these boys fueled up for the first round of the ihsa playoffs as we are trailing the Red Devils of Murfreesboro that'll do it for the Century 21 halftime show Dominic vagley will be sending it deep for the Eagles and it's going to be an onside kick and it goes through the legs and it stays in play and it's going to be recovered by Murfreesboro Mason vaguely was right there caught at the 38.
gutsy play calling it nearly paid off it did caught Murfreesboro off guard I know it caught me off guard I definitely was not expecting that out of the half coach Kendall uh pulling something out of his back pocket there but yeah Murfreesboro take over on down or take over the ball here around the 35 yard line look like there's like a lineman yeah it was straight through his legs yeah yeah I don't think he was expecting that ball it's always enjoyable watching these offensive alignments when the ball comes through oh yeah and then they kick it at you even worse didn't really get that big bounce that you want on a uh onside kick but it stayed down low to the ground yeah I thought it was gonna go straight through his legs out of bounds unfortunately we do see Murphy's bro starting here with some good field position though to start the second half so we'll see how that goes doubles the left side motion man number four Abernathy they're gonna run it to the left side right up the Middle with number 24 we've said his name a lot tonight and Devon Clemens gain of four and like you said Sam huge field of possession right now for the Red Devils yeah defenses uh got to come up here and make a stop like we've been talking all day on the second down um to hopefully give their defense a chance on third down to get a stop and and get the ball back here 11 31 Eagles are trying to improve their playoff record they're currently sitting at 21 and 24.
this is the 25th time that the Eagles have made the playoffs 12th in a row Murfreesboro also has a losing record in the playoffs they're trying to get better at that gonna be a reverse again this time to the right side Eagles sniff it out and it's going to be brought back great job by the Eagles defense picking the runner up gonna be a gain of three brings up a third and two maybe one and they gave him some forward progress there he got tackled about two yards short of where they marked it but um he got to the line another test here for the Eagles defense a third and short uh let's see if we can get a stop and get the ball back and ship some some momentum here this would be a punting situation if it is fourth down you would have to watch football they could go for it you never know but the eagles need to get a stop on Third and one four down lineman motion man's number 11.
it's gonna be a reverse again it's gonna be sniffed out by the Eagles draft back loss on the play Hicks on the tackle not a fan of that play call either I think you just get it to uh your guys been getting your first downs online Clemens Schnabel gets credit with the tackle they gave him the original line of scrimmage fourth and one ball on the Murfreesboro 47-yard line tough call here for Murfreesboro coming out of half I would not be surprised to see them go back to that counter they've been running on the third and short and fourth and short all game they've had a little bit of success with that tonight they've been getting good forward momentum all night tonight your front seven for the Eagles have got to do their job right now they're gonna hand the ball off right up the middle of Devon Clemens and he's going to get five in a first down now into Eagles territory they've been doing it all night he's he's very impressive when he he gets a ball in his hands just really explodes through that hole um rip pretty fast and you know the acceleration is huge to have in a running back so uh Clemens yeah picking up the first down there first and 10 9 30 on the clock ball at the Eagles 49-yard line doubles to the right side ball pretty much in the middle of the field it's almost like one of the linebackers are making the reads he's already hitting that hole sent the motion man Abernathy all the way to the left side now it's going to be split out each side Eagles looking like they're going to be bringing Blitz and they do to the right side gonna force it back inside Hicks is going to nearly make the tackle Clemens has got an open field in front of him he's to the 20 to the 10.
touchdown Murfreesboro welcome [Music] [Applause] to their PA announcer before the game he said if Clemens gets in the open field good luck catching them and we had rainwater our fastest guy and wasn't able to catch up yeah I hit that hole pretty quick and uh made one pretty nice move over there to the right side a little little hesitation there um and like Alex just said open field not a lot of people are going to catch him um and he showed us that good hold kick is up and it sneaks through that right upright so that sends it in this week 10 matchup first round of the playoffs Murfreesboro 28 Columbia 14. 8 55 remaining in the third quarter we are going to head to a break and when we come back we will bring you the Eagles offense on the field trying to get back on that scoreboard welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the third quarter 8 55 remaining on the Mandy McGuire group scoreboard Eagles Trail at 28-14 Deep kick gonna be caught at the 17 by wike he's going to try to make somebody Miss and he's not able to as he gets to the 20 and no farther after that yeah looking back on that last drive me and Jared were just uh talking a little bit and that field position once again uh playing a factor in murfreesboro's offense so giving them the ability to convert those third short and fourth and short and you know maybe if if that ball was back a little bit in their own end that they wouldn't have gone for that fourth and short so you know once again we see that field position kind of playing a factor and that's a an onside kick if it works for the Eagles it's a great call it didn't so now you kind of talk about it a little bit but nonetheless tight end right sniffer back right gonna be a handoff to the left it's gonna be Yannick he's going to get good momentum he's gonna get four yards and a good play there for the Eagles offense just try to get some positive momentum going for him and you don't want to come out um and start slinging that thing around right now you just got to get a nice flow on your offense uh Michelle a lot of time left all it takes is one little turn over here or uh turnover on Downs um in any big play that we can get so um gonna be a big drive here though for the Eagles Eagles are going to need to get some points on the board motion man as Yannick we're gonna run it up the middle though with vaguely he's got a lead block he's got a first down he's to the 35 and brought out of Bounds at the 38.
and what a block uh there by Kish picking up that guy coming across the end putting him on his butt giving Dom a hole to ex you know explode and get to the outside and for a first down First and Ten for the Eagles from the 36 I'd like to see the Eagles go a little tempo right now but they're going over getting the call from coach owner balls on the left half 755 on the play clock Hicks is moving over he's going to be tight end right wike is going to be your sniffer back left Cameron Yannick will be on the right side of vaguely five yards in the backfield Murfreesboro looks like they're going to send pressure off the edge now we're gonna put Yannick in the backfield and it's a box botch play vaguely's gonna have to try to get back to the line of scrimmage and he doesn't loss of four on the play and Yannick back there looked like he was a little confused on the play call coaching talking to coach Horner now um looks like Dom didn't really know what what he was supposed to do on that play um definitely a botched play there not something you want to have on on first down [Music] second and 13 now Nick Janik and Bryant come on Carter Hicks and Cameron janick go off gonna have trips to the right side ball on the left we'll call it the left hash Rite Bunch under five seconds on the play clock vague was gonna have to get the snap off and he does roll out to the right side he's looking deep he's got white down the middle of the field and it's going to be caught by like great adjustment on the play going up high court in the football first down for the Eagles from the Murfreesboro 32.
wow what a play right there from Brendan white I mean we talked earlier about that number four from Murfreesboro going up in High Point in the football that's textbook right there from White going up and and making a play on the ball and Eagles got a big first down here and uh moving the chains and now you got Murfreesboro on their heels get up to the line of scrimmage and go and Coach Warner skip a double sideline in double coverage too Alex let's go doubles this time running back to the left gonna be motion man is Bryant they faked the handoff it's going to be wiped to the left side he's wide open at the 20. to the 10 he's gonna roll over touchdown Eagles it's cold great play call there too two great play calls back to back I didn't think Dom was gonna throw that first one he was in double coverage but he let a great ball out to wike and then next play wow two great plays there by the Eagles huge momentum shifter there too great Drive coming out at halftime you look at that play Bryant was the motion man coming from left to right everyone followed him and Mike just kind of snuck out to the left side yep some great window dressing as coach hunter likes to call it on for the pat El to hold good snap good hold kick is up and it is through the upright so that Mandy McGuire group scoreboard now reads Murfreesboro 28 Columbia 21 609 in the third quarter Jared's calming himself down now we're gonna head to a break and when we come back we will bring you the Eagles defense needing to stop here now in this third quarter welcome back ladies and gentlemen into the first round of the ihsa playoffs where the Eagles Trail the Red Devils 28-21 609 remaining in the third quarter vaguely sends it deep this time bounces at the 19.
gonna be returned by number 24 Clemens he's going to go up the middle bend it back to the outside keeps his feet moving Eagles almost give up on the play now we got to make a tackle and I lost the football and it's gonna be brought down look over it coach Kendall throwing his hands up in the air what do we know 44 yard line is where Murfreesboro is going to take over yeah and they've had the ball past the 40 almost near Midfield I think on every single drive that they've started on I'm going back to when Dom had the punt uh wasn't a very good punt they got the ball at our 45 so um definitely uh not not pretty but um your defense has to make a stop on this drive here Murfreesboro I mean they're just getting good field position and they're not they're not losing anything out of it they're getting taking advantage is what I'm trying to say couldn't figure out those words they're taking advantage of it empty backfield trips to the left side ball on the right hash motion man is number 27 they're gonna hand it off to him he's gonna try to get to the outside Eagles force it back inside gonna be a gang tackle once again led by number 42 Jackson and 48 Cameron Yannick and Logan Hicks there he could have made a play somewhat near the backfield he had someone coming up to block him but he just tried to run right through him instead of forcing it back inside forced that receiver to kind of cut it up and gain an extra four or five yards before Hicks was able to catch up to him but second and three gain a second or seven second and three doubles to the right side ball now in the left hash High snap gonna be a pass they're going to try to look deep rolling out to the right they sling it down rainwater's in on defensive pass interference they do call it okay oh my goodness touchdown on the play but yeah penalty on the play major push off hope that's not a spot file I think the official is uh struggling to get the flag out of his yeah from the previous spot yeah so the previous spot was the Eagles 48 yards called that up here this is obvious one it was an obvious one yeah it was it took them to work off just think of think of what coach Warner would have been saying if they didn't throw that flag oh he would have been asking them for their address so he could mail him a copy of the the film yeah he doesn't have to do that anymore now he just needs email he'll send it to him he'll send it two copies in case one's messed up so it's going to be a 15-yard penalty rainwater was there we could have made the play but the push off yeah and he was ready for that one too he got his head turned around um I think he was going to try to jump up and make a play on the ball wide receiver pushed him and that's going to be a loss of 15.
yeah that's what that's literally what you capitalize good wording there Sam 450 on the play clock no I'm on the game clock five seconds on the play clock doubles to the right side play action They're Gonna Roll Out to the right side number seven is going to come across the field number 13 Andrews is there it's gonna be caught by Clemens and it brought down gain of about 25. eight and Andrews was right there he was there a very similar play call we saw there to the to what the Eagles scored on on their offensive drive too just that running back sneaking out of the backfield like that uh you know offenses will allow you to sleep with the run and the run of the run and then they'll sneak that player out on the other side so good play call there by Murfreesboro so that's going to be a huge swing right there now it's a First and Ten at the Eagles 42.
still got plenty of time make a stop 415 on the clock oh you need to play there for Murfreesboro doubles to the right side all in the left hash here's a reverse to the right side number three he's gonna have it this time nowhere to go gain of two stop by a bunch of eagles man that would have been nice to get a stop there on second down and bring up a third and even longer man now that you can milk the clock a little longer and um keep this drive alive keep getting positive yards and that was I think that was one of their only plays of the night whether you're uh playing with like second and 15 or longer they've had version 10 almost all night long so um we'll see what we can do here on second and eight gonna be a tight end this time Abernathy the motion man he's gonna be a decoy they're going up the middle and it's a great job look like Joe Kish on the tackle and it was Joe gain a two third and six 3-10 on the game clock now you got to think here this is probably four down territory again for the the Red Devils so he goes in here for two crucial stops to try to get this ball back and shift this momentum third and seven from the Eagles 38-yard line doubles to the right side ball in the left hash running back to the right side watch the counter again motion man number 11 gonna be a roll out to the right side Abernathy's deep that's who they're going for rainwater's there and it's going to go in complete great coverage great defense Again by rainwater look at that he he's getting his head flipped around on these passes to being able to make a play great play there by Rainwater stick with it they love that matchup with Abernathy and they keep going to it and rainwater's been there taking on the challenge that's about the the probably fourth or fifth time they've ran that play tonight in that same little roll out to the Deep Corner yeah the quarterback he still keep rolling to his right a little bit if he would set his feet maybe step into it yeah they could they could connect on that a few more times probably but I think Eagles defense is doing a pretty good job out of halftime making adjustment to Fourth and six Red Devils need the 32 they got the ball at the 38.
They're Gonna Roll to the right side again coming back across the field it's going to be a screen line of blockers there it's going to be Hicks to make the tackle at the 20-yard line he was the only one that caught on to the screen good play call there by the Red Devils yeah because just like Sam was saying you got everybody rolling there to the right and you got running back staying on this side for a little screen pass whenever all those white hats start flowing to the right that was a pretty easy pick up there for uh Murfreesboro keep that clock moving and pick up another first down First and Ten from the 19 yard line two 15 on the clock doubles to the right side running back right that's Devon Clemons quarterback's going to step back to hold on the play White's getting held but no call is going to be made quarterback's going to keep it he's going to scramble get back to the line of scrimmage and I don't know how they didn't see that hold on wike the right tackle had a jersey full of them yeah two plays ago when I said that too I was like again getting held but no call on the play questions no good job by white fighting through it though and trying to get there and all the coaching staff was running down trying to get the hold 130 Now Murfreesboro slowing down a little bit now and that's helping us a little bit I think our guys are a little gassed right now so we'll take the uh the slow play right now second and ten ball in the right hash split out third and long here gonna be a hand off to the left side Clemens got the football he's got to the 12 and it's gonna be a third and four for the Eagles defense yeah no really no white hats on this side of the field um oh that running back Clemens had to do is just put his foot in the ground and get up field gain an easy seven there didn't get touched till five yards past the line of scrimmage come on Coach G get something in the in the book here come on 30 and 3 40 seconds in the third quarter remaining and as closely contested 28-21 Murfreesboro lead this could be the last play this quarter too running back to the right side they're gonna play action they got a middle of the field and it's going to be caught by number 32 on the reception touchdown Murfreesboro pretty Ball by that quarterback there saw two guys closing in on that receiver just Loft it right right over the top of both of their heads perfect ball placement um great to get one foot in bounds in the back of the end zone uh for a Murphysboro touchdown yeah good play action fake there by the quarterback to sell that run I think the entire defense thought that that ball was going uh to number 24 right up the middle um but yeah good play by the Red Devils on for the pat good snap good hold kick is up and right down the middle so that takes it now on the Manny McGuire group scoreboard Eagles 21.
Red Devil is 35 in the third quarter with 25 seconds to go in that third quarter so now you were in a muscular drive on the last time you're in it again I would venture to say every drive from here on out is probably going to be must score are you going to go Tempo that must stop you are you gonna go Tempo here still because you're gonna have to I think you're gonna have to go for an onside kick again I would think that yeah coach Warner's probably gonna have this offense uh Tempo up and and getting on the ball quick lining up to try to get that ball in the end zone quick and get the ball back with some time to work so yeah so you're gonna have to go for that onset kick nearly converted on the uh opening kickoff of the second half so I think on this kickoff here first try to make something happen we haven't had too much happen we haven't had a kickoff go for a touchdown yet this year I don't believe so no and we're starting everything at our 20 25.
so a tale of uh two different scripts I guess you'd say Murfreesboro taking advantage of their great field position Columbia is having to work hard all night yeah that's really what's hurting us all night long them just getting the ball at the 40 or the 50 and only having to go 50 yards downfield to score Wetzel is going to catch it at the 13 he's going to try to get behind some blockers and wike got absolutely left up on that play and from the 12 to the 22 . all right 12. nope I'm sorry the 27. [Music] so you're gonna run one play here unless it's an incomplete pass 19 seconds on the third quarter the Eagles got to claw their way back we've seen a lot of deep connections that we really haven't seen a lot this year Wetzel on a deep ball earlier on that go route and then Wetzel as well on uh on the little slant route in white catching a couple big passes so uh don Begley definitely feeling it with his arm tonight just gonna be a quick out route to rain water who's gonna catch it get up to the 32 gain of five keeps the clock moving and there it's gonna do it for the third quarter rainwater gets five second and five and that's where the Eagles are going to start the fourth quarter so we're gonna run to a break and when we get back we'll bring you the fourth quarter of the first round of the ihsa playoffs class 4A from Murfreesboro right after this [Music] welcome back to the fourth quarter where the Eagles Trail it 35-21 on the Mandy McGuire group scoreboard a lot of work ahead of them they currently have 68 yards needed for a touchdown trips to the left side four vaguely running back to the left they send a man on a blitz they're gonna throw it over the top caught by what white rather he gets a first town lowers the shoulder good for about 15 yards first down Eagles Man part of me wishes we had video tonight so you guys can see the type of throws that Don Begley are making like that that was pretty impressive rolling out to his left and making that little sidearm throw I can tell that he's a baseball kid too and knows how to throw a other football they send a motion or a Blitzer rather we had trips to the left side they brought pressure from that side and it was almost like they knew we were going to roll out over there and it forced a quick throw from Vega Eagles taking their time getting to play call in trips to the right side now ball at their own 48-yard line ball on the left hash trips right running back right is Bryant they send a Blitzer again gonna be a high throw this time wike unable to catch it I think that was one of the adjustments coach Kendall was saying they were going to make tonight at halftime whenever they have trips they send a Blitzer pretty much every time so look out for that bubble that's two plays in a row we threw the bubble and Dom's pretty good at Wrecking recognizing whenever uh Blitz is coming um he's been starting to see as a sophomore so he's been able to pick that up over his career um and use his feet if he feels any pressure and he has a great arm and he can throw him all the way down field to bail him out sometimes too tight end now for the Eagles sniffer back to the right side it's a play action bootleg he's got like he throws it to him he's got himself five yards stiff arms one man gets another couple and it's gonna be a third and three good job after the catch four wike and that's all you want there on second down you don't you don't have to pick up the first down there you just want to get it to a manageable third down um you have a lot more plays on Third and three than you do uh third and ten so um this this is a big play here for Colombia I'd venture to say that we're probably sitting uh four down territory here for the Eagles uh even if they don't convert this third down so we'll see what coach Warner has drawn up for him I would expect a blitz out of Murfreesboro three down lineman they got one linebacker creeping up a little bit tight end left stiffer back left vaguely runs it to the right I think Yannick was expecting a pass I'm not really sure what he was doing looking back at the field but nonetheless vaguely is close to a first down yeah usually there's that running back servant has a lead blocker for Don vaguely but he went out to uh the flat and kind of just turned back around towards Dom maybe Dom saw something on third down there oh they're going to give us the first down clock kept moving and now it's there was a tough one there like they never stopped the clock so I think the officials I don't think really knew what was going on so Eagles now get the first down a couple questionable calls tonight but gotta be looking towards the end zone here soon if you're coach Horner so First and Ten good run by vaguely to get those three yards Eagles finally coming out of their talk with Coach Horner it looks like we're gonna have ball in the right hash quads here here's where he gets in his bag here trips left never mind trips left Bunch for the Eagles Bryant goes back with vaguely gonna be a roll out to the left side they're looking down the right side of the field and it's going to be caught by Wetzel first and 10 Eagles good job let's will find in an open space yeah Alex you've been talking all night about you know when Dom rolls out like that setting his feet and making a throwback across the field and that's exactly what we saw right there for the Eagles to pick up at first down and a kid that can throw the baseball 93 miles an hour he's got a strong enough arm with football too he can throw across the field typically you see a quarterback do that and you think oh no what are you doing but with the strength of his arm a little bit more confidence you still might think what are you doing but you have a little bit more confidence in it and rolling out to his left there he's got to turn his shoulders all the way back around force that ball down field um to Wetzel there so great great pick up there for another first down tight end left sniffer back right faking the handoff gonna be vaguely keeping it himself botched play though I think and it goes out of bounds I'm not really sure what happened on that and it's gonna go incomplete I don't know what happened there it almost on that wide receiver over there yeah because Dom looked like he wanted the pass there but there was no receivers that really went out for a pass nope so 10 11 now in the fourth quarter Eagles Trail it 35-21 come on empty backfield this time vaguely is just going to run to the right side by himself he gets a great block he's got a first down and he's inside the 20-yard line good job Brennan wike move those chains again he gets slung to the ground but he gave vaguely just enough of a hole to get a first down keep those chains moving for the Eagles oh offensive line playing a lot better on this drive giving him just enough time to get to that hole or make make those throws yeah I think the Eagles offense didn't just keep up this Tempo a little bit they got murphysboro's defense scrambling and talking and kind of confused on who's Garden who and what their assignments are same formation no blocking by the offensive line vaguely just has to fall down when he gets a snap loss of four there was Zero blocking out of the front five there and I think they were running the same play there oh no on offense I think Dom was just gonna go to the right side again so now you're stuck with a second and almost 15 now uh not a lot of plays that you have on that but uh now you have to get it to a manageable third down again get it to a good third and seven third and eight um just enough that you're in uh four down territory where you can go for it on board trips left Bunch running back goes out for a pass it's Bryant he catches it only gains three third down and 12.
especially fast for week number 21 Hudson Bryant injured Red Devil on the play so with that we will run to a break and we will be back with the fourth quarter 904 Eagles moving the football now have the ball at the 23. they're trailing this one 35-21 welcome back as the Red Devil was able to walk off under his own power Eagles now with a long third and 13 ahead of them clock does start as the tackle is made inbound so third and 13 four down territory for the eagles they need to get into the end zone trips to the right side ball on the right hash vaguely rolls to the right side he's looking across the middle he's got ringing water pretty soon or fast contact but incomplete fourth and 13 and this might be your ball game on this play yeah a little bit of contact there out of that uh Defender from Murfreesboro a little bit early on on getting to that pass um definitely I think could have thrown a flag there a little bit but uh needless to say Eagles are backed up here on uh fourth and 13th this is where you need number two Carter Hicks to make a big play here coming in on offense gonna be the tight end to the left side if you can get the ball up to him you need a big play here on fourth down tight end left sniffer back right running back right is Cameron Janik Murphy bringing the blitz play action gonna be caught it's just in Miami it's caught and brought down right away no excitement on that play whatsoever turnover on Downs [Music] so 8 34 now in the game Eagles defense need a turnover not sure what that play called there um I think that had to have been a I don't know yeah that was it from up here it didn't look like anything was going on [Music] so First and Ten for the Red Devils they've got 8 34 on the clock with the two touchdown lead 35 21 ball on their own 22-yard line they're gonna hand it off to number 11.
he's running downhill gets six hard yards keeps the clock moving yeah now this is uh not the side you want to be on clock is definitely not on your side right now if you're Colombia so um you're looking to try to strip that ball away uh force a big turnover um you got to get in get one in the end zone here to give yourself a chance um on the defensive side of the ball try to get a big stop yeah because probably they're most definitely probably gonna run the ball on first and second down depending on uh what their yard to gain is motion man again number 11. they fake the same play they go up the middle though Clemens he's got nobody in front of him he's at the 50. 40 30 rainwater trying to chase him from behind won't get there touchdown Murfreesboro Red Devils [Music] Devon Clemens is having himself a night I think that might be touchdown number four for him called his name a lot we knew he was the guy to watch and he is showed why and I think there there was just too much action for uh those linebackers in a defensive line up front you had uh motion man coming across and then just a simple handoff to Clemens who um like Alex said has been having probably one of the best nights uh of his career but um now you're down three scores here it's 7 45 left in this one good snap good hold kick is up and it is no good so with that the Mandy McGuire group scoreboard reads with seven 45 remaining Columbia 21 Murfreesboro Red Devils 41.