Photo by Keith Stewart
SOV quarterback Ty Molzen tries to stay upright while carrying the ball past two Newton defenders Saturday night. Molzen would lead the Redskins in rushing with 62 yards on 14 carries, while completing 13 of 23 passes for 88 yards and two interceptions.

•November 4, 2015•

by Keith Stewart
For the NewsProgress

When you think of Newton, you might as well think of a pair of brutal running backs who are almost impossible to stop, particularly junior Mitch Bierman.

Such was the case Saturday when the Eagles defeated SOV 46-21 with a 400-plus rushing attack, including Bierman’s own 295 yards on 22 carries for three touchdowns.

“They’re a darn good football team, and that’s a good back,” said SOV head coach Gerald Temples. “We worked our tail off on run fits and stuff for the cutback, and they’re good enough, and he’s good enough if you don’t do it just right, he finds the seam. And he did. We made a few mistakes. Believe it or not, and people probably won’t, but first half, there are just a couple execution things that we were so close on, but teams that lose tend to say that.”

Monstrous rushing yardage aside, SOV was able to make stops throughout the evening, most notably at the start of the third quarter when they forced the only Newton three-and-out.

The series began with Bierman rushing for just three yards as Max Todd quickly made the tackle. A false start was then called on the Eagles, dropping them back for a loss of five. On 2-and-12, a pass attempt was nearly picked off by Pierce Bradford. Bringing on the punt unit would then be Alex Martin after he tackled Bierman for a 2-yard loss.

And so it would seem that the halftime talk Temples gave his team worked, at least to begin.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.