The Southern Door Eagles put on a show for their Senior night crowd, beating the Sturgeon Bay Clippers 54-0 on U102.1 in Brussels on Friday night.  

 

The Eagle offense exploded in the first quarter.  After opting to receive rather than defer, the Eagles marched down the field and capped off a 5-play drive with a 7-yard Raymond Paye Touchdown.  The second drive had similar results, this time with Cruz Anschutz scoring on a 6-yard rush.  After another 3-0, the Clippers would punt, but after a slight mishandle, Lauden Berg would return the ball nearly 60 yards, setting up Paye to score from 5 yards out. 

Twice more, the Eagles would score in the first quarter.  Each of these scores would come on single-play drives. First, Caleb Delwiche would find Lauden Berg for a 67-yard passing touchdown, followed by Raymond Paye's third rushing touchdown, this time a 34-yard rush, which set the game to a 34-0 score at the end of the first quarter.

 

Southern Door would send the game into a running clock early in the second quarter on a 29-yard Damontrae Meeks touchdown rush, followed by an 8-yard Gavin Geisel run and a 48-0 halftime score.

After halftime performances by both the Southern Door marching band and the Shakers cheer squad, the only score of the running clock second half came in the third quarter when the sixth different Eagle crossed the goal line.  This was another single-play drive, when William Price scampered in on a 47-yard counter touchdown run.

 

The Clippers would find offensive production with their second-string team on the last drive of the game.  After taking over deep in Eagle territory after an Eagle fumble, they would run out of time and be stopped at the 1-yard line as time expired.

 

As the teams enter the final week of the season, the Clippers head into their Homecoming week matchup against the Bonduel Bears, and the Southern Door Eagles hit the road to take on the Mishicot Indians.