Defensive standouts – Eastview vs. Park
Neither defense was stellar on Thursday night when Eastview visited Park. With a total of 68 points scored – many of those points on big, long-distance touchdowns. Even with the teams lighting up the scoreboard, there were still some sold…
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Continue ReadingNeither defense was stellar on Thursday night when Eastview visited Park. With a total of 68 points scored – many of those points on big, long-distance touchdowns. Even with the teams lighting up the scoreboard, there were still some sold plays on the defensive side of the ball. Here are some of the athletes who made plays that stood out.
Cooper DeSutter Eastview LB
DeSutter made an early tackle, and then his penetration slowed the running back down for a short gain. He put pressure on the quarterback to force a punt. On the game’s final drive, he made an open-field tackle for a short gain and kept the running in bounds to keep the clock moving.
Chris Kujawa Park DB
Kujawa wasn’t all that busy covering the pass, but he was great coming up supporting the run. He made two open-field tackles in the first quarter that prevented long gains. Later in the game, he did it again, showing great tackling ability in space.
Jacob Nickle Park LB
Nickle stuffed an inside run and then made another solid tackle against the run. Later, he put immediate pressure on the quarterback on a third and long and finished it with a sack.
Sam Weinhaus Eastview DB
Weinhaus came up supporting the run and shot an outside gap to stop a sweep. Later, he made a nice tackle on an outside run.
Quick hits
Frederik Ihwe Eastview DB – good man to man coverage on a fade pattern
DJ Brown Park LB – stuffed an inside run for a short gain
David Laturnus Park DL – tackle for loss from the outside
Branden Lee Park S – playing a deep safety, came over to intercept a deep ball on the sidelines
Logan Lucas Park LB – open-field tackle on a screen pass
Alex Baccoli Alex Baccoli 6'0" | 240 lbs | OL Eastview | 2023 State MN Eastview DL – scrapped down the line of scrimmage for a tackle for a short gain
Marcus Johnson Eastview DB – open-field tackle on the outside
Rory Lane Park DL – tackle on the inside for a short gain