The ambience of a Friday night football game was back in Brussels for the Southern Door season opener of the 2021 season against Oostburg. The Southern Door Eagles won 25-17. The scoring was started by the Flying Dutchmen with a 32 yard field goal in the 1st quarter by Joey Bruggink. Southern Door got on the board with a touchdown pass from just outside the red zone on a fade ball from Jack Peterson to Drew Daoust. After failing the two-point conversion, the Eagles led 6-3. The Eagles appeared to be going into the half with a two-score lead after a touchdown run by Peterson who had four touchdowns total. On the play Peterson reversed field and put Southern Door up 12-3. However, a late first half interception by Oostburg and a quick 60-yard touchdown run by the Dutchmen’s Jay Deblaey with 13 seconds left made the score 12-10 heading into the break. 

 

In the second half the Eagles regained their 9-point lead with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Peterson to Alec Guilette. Oostburg’s Deblaey answered right back going the majority of the field and breaking multiple would-be tacklers on the way to a score that would put the Dutchmen down just 19-17. Peterson got his second touchdown on the ground near the end of the third quarter on a QB draw on fourth and goal from the 4-yard line. The missed PAT would keep Oostburg in the game, and down just 25-17. That would stay the final score however. In the final chance for Oostburg to get a tying touchdown, pressure caused quarterback Donavan DePagter to fumble and hopping on the recovery was Lane Aleson. DePagter was under duress all night as the Eagles caused four turnovers by the signal caller, including three interceptions. 

 

Southern Door is now 1-0 and faces Ozaukee on the road on Friday, August 27th. 

 

You can hear from Coach Ryan Zuehlke after the game:

You can listen to all the big plays from Friday's game here.