The Southern Door Eagles' offense pulled away towards the end of the game to win the iconic Eagle-Clipper rivalry game 28-14 on U-102.1. 

 

The game was moved up from its original Friday date to make sure the game would be played, and no playoff seedings would be affected. Southern Door’s offense came out early looking to avenge a rough outcome against Kewaunee as Drew Daoust ran in the first touchdown of the game from one yard out. 

 

Sturgeon Bay kept the score close, however, as they answered the Daoust touchdown with a 20-yard passing touchdown from senior quarterback Danny Lodl to Patrick Haese, giving the Clippers the 7-6 advantage. Lodl and Haese would find each other for another touchdown in the first quarter, this time from 33 yards out, to put Sturgeon Bay up a full score 14-6. 

 

Southern Door’s Zack Lynch entered the night just 136 yards shy of 1,000 on the season and he provided a spark for the Eagles, scoring his first touchdown of the game with 11:51 left in the second quarter from 27 yards out to cut the Clippers lead to two. That would be the score entering the half, as the Eagles and Clippers' offenses would threaten to score, but ultimately the defenses stood up to the tests. 

 

Lynch gave Southern Door more offensive fireworks after the Eagles defense forced a three-and-out. He scored another rushing touchdown and the two-point conversion from Drew Daoust gave Southern Door their first lead since 2:37 in the first quarter at 20-14. 

 

Mason Motquin shined on the Eagles' defense with two interceptions, and after a third-down pass to Will Jandrin, Lynch rushed in for touchdown number three with a direct snap. 

 

The Eagles and Clippers will learn their seed for the WIAA Playoffs on Saturday at 10 a.m.