The Eagle Grove Eagles returned to the friendly confines of Hinrichsen Field on Friday night, to host the Titans of South Central Calhoun. Eagle Grove entered with a record of 1-3 and 0-1 in district play, while South Central Calhoun entered at 2-2 and 1-0 in district play.
The first quarter was a defensive slugfest, the game knotted at 0-0 after the first stanza. It would then be Eagle Grove who would be first on the board, with Trenton Sorenson punching in a 16-yard touchdown run to put the Eagles up 8-0. Following a Titans punt, the Eagles would march inside the South Central Calhoun 20-yard line, before a Trenton Sorenson fumble was scooped up and scored by Brock Natress, to bring the score to 8-6 Eagle Grove, which would be the halftime score.
Eagle Grove would try a fake punt deep in their own territory to begin the 2nd half, but the gadget backfired, which allowed South Central Calhoun to punch in a short touchdown run to put them ahead 14-8, and the onslaught began. Eagles miscues and Titan execution lead the score to ballooning up to 36-8, before Eagle Grove finally got back in the endzone on a 68-yard touchdown run by Orlando Hernandez to make the score 36-14. South Central Calhoun would punch in a pair of touchdowns in the 4th quarter to make the final 49-14.
Eagle Grove dropped to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in district play with the loss, while South Central Calhoun moved to 3-2 and 2-0 in the district. Eagle Grove hosts Manson-Northwest Webster on Thursday night for homecoming, while South Central Calhoun travels to Jewell to face South Hamilton.