BEA takes down BG
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Brandon Maynard | November 4, 2023
Wingate- Bald Eagle Area used 3 rushing touchdowns from Cameron Dubbs to take down defending District 6 Champions Bishop Guilfoyle, 36-14.
The Eagles got the ball to start after BG deferred on the coin toss, they immediately drove down the field. They got 66 yards and 4 first downs including a 30-yard pass from Carson Nagle to Gavin Burns. On 3rd and 6 from the Eagles 7-yard line, Nagle made an athletic play after a bad snap to get rid of the ball for an incomplete pass. BEA settled for 23-yard Field Goal by Kaden Burns to put them up 3-0 with 5:21 left in the 1st quarter.
The Marauders couldn’t get anything going on their first drive. Nicholas Wible had a big pass deflection on 3 down to force BG to punt the ball after only keeping it for a minute. Starting on their own 9-yard line after a good punt by Nicholas McCloskey, Bald Eagle got a little breathing room after Dubbs took the first play 11 yards out to the 20. On 3rd and 7 Nagle found Kahale Burns for a 13-yard first down, Burns also received a late hit out of bounds to get an additional 15 yards. On the very next play Nagle kept it going finding Camron Watkins for 17 yards and another 1st down. After a couple more passes by Nagle got the Eagles to the 3-yard line, Dubbs ended the Quarter getting the ball to the 1.
On the first play of the 2nd quarter, Dubbs rushed for his 1st TD of the night. Burns added the PAT making the score 10-0. Kaden Wyandt’s 18-yard rush got Bishop Guilfoyle their first First down of the game. Hamilton Gates followed that by getting a first down of himself on a 10-yard rush. The Eagles defense got their first sack of the night from defensive linemen Eric Clark and Alex Lefebvre making it 3rd and 17. Chase Kissell found Jacob Kissell for a 16-yard gain setting up a 4th and 1, where Wyandt found another 1st down. Unfortunately, on their next forth down they couldn’t convert.
Bald Eagle got the ball back with 6:26 left in the half, which didn’t start out very good. Wyandt ended up strip sacking Nagle for a 13-yard loss that they got back. Dubbs got 13 of those yards back on the next play. After BG called a timeout, Nagle found Watkins for 16 yards and a first down. Dubbs picked up another 1st down on the next play with an 11-yard run. Beau Taylor then caught 2 consecutive 11 yard passes from Nagle to get to the 26. The Junior, Nagle then rushed for a first down of his own getting the ball to the 4-yard line. Dubbs took the ball in for his 2nd Touchdown of the night. Another PAT by Burns made the score 17-0 with 1:56 left in the half.
Kissell found Braden Reilly for a 14-yard gain and a 1st down. The Eagles almost got the ball back on the next play with a strip sack by Austin Moyle but BG recovered the fumble. 2 plays later BEA got the ball back after Dubbs picked up the fumble on a strip sack by Lefebvre. With just 14 seconds left, Nagle took a sack to end the half. “Hats off to Bald Eagle, I think they are going to make a nice run” said Bishiop Guilfoyle’s Head Coach Justin Wheeler, “But I’m proud of our guys, they battled them the whole season and never quit”.
Bishop Guilfoyle opening drive of the half ended with a punt. BEA got great field position on their own 49-yard line after an 11-yard punt. It took them 2:11 seconds on 6 plays to get into the endzone. Dubbs capped off the drive with his 3rd rushing Touchdown of the game. Burns extra point made it 24-0 in the Eagles favor. The next 2 drives ended in punts for both teams. The Marauders thought they found paydirt when Kissell found Reilly for what seemed to be a touchdown, only to be called back for offensive pass interference. However, Kissell did find Gates for a 30 yard pick up on 3rd and 20 for a first down. BEA made a few adjustments on a timeout, getting back-to-back sacks by Dubbs and Lefebvre respectably making it 3rd and goal from the 36-yard line. BG turned it over on down after Kissell’s pass on 4th down fell to the turf. The Bald Eagles got the ball back with 7 seconds in the quarter. Dubbs finished the quarter with a 19-yard rush to midfield.
The first play of the 4th had Nagle finding Watkins for 14 yards and a first down. 2 plays later Nagle shuffled another pass to Watkins where he scampered for 24 more yards. Watkins finished with 80 receiving yards on 5 catches. The next play Wible rushed for an 11-yard touchdown. The PAT was no good making the score 30-0. 2 plays into the Marauders next drive, Wyandt put the ball on the ground where Wible found it for a fumble recovery, giving the Eagles the ball on their own 43 yard-line. It took hen 4 plays to find the Endzone, with Nagle shuffle passing the ball Kahale Burns for a 6-yard TD. The PAT was blocked leaving the score at 36-0. That scoring drive put the mercy rule into effect, and Bald Eagle put decided it was time to take their starters out with 7:14 left in the game. Wyandt rushed 3 times for 61 yards including a 47-yard rush on the first play on the following drive. Capping it off with a 4-yard touchdown, taking only 1:22 off of the clock. The PAT by Michael Cacciotti was good, making the score 36-7.
The onside kick attempt failed, leaving the ball at midfield. On the very next play, Eagle QB Kaleb Irion fumbled the handoff giving the ball back to BG. Kissell found Reilly on a 41-yard touchdown strike, not giving up. Cacciotti added the extra point making it 36-14. BG last effort onside kick was unsuccessful as Sophomore Grady Fisher recovered the ball. The Eagles then gave the ball to Nick McCully 3 times for 41 yards to finish the game. Final score 36-14, ending the Marauders run of 4 consecutive District 6 titles (3 in 1A and 1 2A). “We played all aspects of the game tonight”, said Bald Eagle Area’s Head Coach Jesse Nagle. “I thought we absolutely did what we felt what we were going to do tonight”. Top performers: BEA- C. Nagle 18/23 228 Yard 1 TD, C. Dubbs 18 car 119 yards 3 TD FR Sack and A. Lefebvre 2.5 sacks. BG- C. Kissell 7/14 115 yards 1 TD, K. Wyandt 15 car 124 yards 1 TD and B. Reilly 4 cat 66 yards 1 TD.
Bald Eagle Area will take on Forest Hills at Alumni Stadium in the District 6 2A semifinals next Friday(11/10).
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