The Eagle Times

          Last Thursday evening, the St. John Eagle football team came away with the win in a very tight match up. After raining all day in Plaquemine, playing the game was questionable. Though the game would be hard to play under the rainy weather conditions, the decision was to play the game at the scheduled time. The relentless rain, as well as a relentless U-High football club would give the fans a great game to checkout. One big play from a key playmaker on offense and a violent Eagle defense proved to be enough to hold off the U-High Cubs.

St. John senior RB/DB/LB Rodarrick Jones who hasn’t seen a whole lot of offensive playing time during the beginning of this season, made the difference in the game against the Cubs. Jones got the call on offense, made a move, and jetted down the sidelines for a 64 yard touchdown run. Jones’ score would be the one and only score of the game.

The Eagle defense stepped up to the Cub’s challenge and played an excellent football game for four quarters. The Cubs were able to move the ball occasionally on the Eagle defense, but wet grounds and turnovers seemed to be too much for the opposing Cubs. U-High’s first scoring threat came in the first half, but was ended when senior Trent Willis intercepted a pass in the end zone to give the Eagles the ball.     Another big play on defense came from sophomore Ryan Suarez in the second half when he intercepted a pass and killed another drive for the Cubs. The Cubs threatened to win the game one last time with an attempted pass into the end zone with the clock winding down under three minutes left in the game. The pass was tipped and fell incomplete in the end zone to give St. John the ball back and their second victory of the year by a score of 6-0.