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Eagles prepare for final regular season game

Jordyn Hulinsky

The Eagle’s football team will finish its regular season game this Saturday at noon in Golden, Colo., against Colorado School of Mines.

Chadron is ranked eighth in the Super Region Four rankings following their 34-10 win against Fort Lewis, Durango, Colo. The top six teams in the Super Region Four rankings move on to playoffs.

Chadron’s record is now 8-2 overall and 7-1 in conference. They remain ranked second in the RMAC standings, behind Colorado State-Pueblo. Third on the list is Colorado Mines. CSM’s overall record is 7-3 and 6-2 conference.

Defensive back, Ryan Wood, redshirt freshman of Stockton, Calif., and cornerback, Lane Haller, junior of Gordon, jump in front of a Fort Lewis player in the endzone for an interception completed by Wood during the game Saturday at Elliott Field. —Photo by Teri Robinson
Defensive back, Ryan Wood, redshirt freshman of Stockton, Calif., and cornerback, Lane Haller, junior of Gordon, jump in front of a Fort Lewis player in the endzone for an interception completed by Wood during the game Saturday at Elliott Field. —Photo by Teri Robinson

After this weekend, the teams will know if they made it to playoffs or not.

Tailback, Glen Clinton, senior of Cody, Wyo., talked about the plan for this weekend’s game and the upcoming playoffs.

“Our goal is to win. In order to make playoffs, we have to win,” he said. “All of the other factors are, unfortunately, out of our control, so that means that we have to just go out and beat Mines. We have been and will continue to approach every game like a playoff game.”

Clinton rushed for 61 yards Saturday. He’s posted 1424 yards on the season. This is his third season reaching over 1000 yards in a season. He’s also caught 100 passes for 889 yards in his career.

Quarterback, Jonn McLain, junior of Chadron, agreed with fellow team captain Clinton.

“My goal for this game is to win. Simple as that,” he said. “I hope we play as well as we possibly can and end up on top. We just need to win Saturday, and then see what happens. Everything else is out of our hands.”

McLain received the honor of being named the Nebraska Division II Offensive Player of the Week following the win against Fort Lewis. McLain threw 20 completions for 292 yards, including two TDs, Saturday. He also ran in a 30-yard touchdown.

Defensive end, Kyle McCarthy, sophomore of Aurora, obtained the title of Nebraska Division II Defensive Player of the Week and the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week. He tallied 10 tackles against Fort Lewis bringing his season total to 31. McCarthy also led on 2.5 sacks.

Trelan Taylor, senior of Spring Valley, Calif., led the team with 11 tackles and an interception.

Inside linebacker, Shea Koch, senior of Custer, S.D., posted nine tackles Saturday, making his season total 113. Koch also spoke about the game against CSM and the playoffs.

“Well, my goal is to end the season with a W,” he said. “We all know that some things are out of our control as far as playoffs, but we can control our play and getting a win against Mines is what we aim to do!”