JV Football v. Rumsey Hall School

On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon, the JV Football squad took the field for the first game of the season. Having successfully traveled to Cardigan the previous weekend to play a controlled scrimmage, the boys in blue were excited to test themselves against the Blue Dogs. Rumsey opened the first half with the ball, and Eaglebrook's defense quickly set the tone of the game. Three successive tackles for loss pinned the Blue Dogs deep in the own territory, forcing a punt. The defensive line applied a lot of pressure up front, and Mika Toikka ’14 sliced through and blocked the punt, giving Eaglebrook the ball with excellent field position. Rumsey's defense rose to the challenge, eventually forcing a turn over on downs inside their 10-yard line. The tone of the afternoon, bend but don't break, had clearly been set by both teams' defenses, and the clock wound down of the first half with the teams tied 0-0.

Eaglebrook opened up the second half with the ball, and the team took advantage of the opportunity. After a few solid runs, the Eagles finally hit pay dirt on a 52-yard touchdown run by Ollie Pink '16. Ollie broke a number of tackles early in the run, and benefited from some outstanding down field blocking by Gordon Cummings ’15. Gordon then took the two-point conversion into the end zone, giving the Brook and 8-0 lead. At this point the defense, led by Thomas Rule ’16, Jack Nagy ’17, Fort Hall ’15, and Eamon Garrity-Rokus ’16, really turned up the intensity, fending of drive after drive by the Blue dogs. With one final play on the clock Rumsey attempted a swing pass to the wide side of the field, and the receiver was fittingly brought down by a convocation of Eagles.