Cardinal, White play to 15-15 tie

The Eagles’ football team hosted its Spring Game, between the Cardinal and White teams, both teams playing with a mixture of starters and backups Saturday, at Elliott Field.

The game resulted in a 15-15 tie, seeing only two touchdowns scored in 40 minutes, but the offenses did not commit any turnovers. Both touchdowns came on passing plays of over 35 yards.

“No turnovers in a game is always a positive and it was fun to see both older and younger guys going out and making plays” Quarterback Tyler Hyland, sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado, said. “With the teams being mixed and guys having to play with people they don’t usually play with both teams looked like they started to click more as the game went on”

CSC’s White team scored the game’s first points when Hyland launched a 39 yard touchdown pass to Tevon Wright, senior of Miami, who hauled in the pass with one hand. The touchdown drive was set up by a pair of runs from the quarterback escaping pressure and finding extra yards down field. 

CSC’s Cardinal team saw Brady Fullmer, freshman of Yoder, Wyoming, play a majority of the second half in place of Dalton Holst, junior of Gillette, Wyoming. Fullmer launched an 85 yard touchdown pass to Wright, but officials nullified the play when a defender contacted Fullmer for a “Sack”.

Trailing with one minute left and the ball spotted at the Cardinal 10 yard line, Fullmer threw a pass to Riley Schliep, freshman of Grand Island, who faked out defenders for a dazzling 90 yard touchdown to tie the game.

Various skills drills took place as players competed to give their teams a chance to score extra points. Linebacker Chase Thurness, sophomore of Rapid City, South Dakota competed against Long snapper Myles Mendell, sophomore of Gothenburg, in a “Punt and Kick” competition. Thurness out-punted Mendell, but Mendell returned the favor by kicking his field goal through the uprights to even the score 1-1.

Wide receivers competed in a “pass rusher” drill at halftime. Chad Mikelson, sophomore off Julesburg, Colorado, and Mckade Smith, freshman of Hershey, faced off in the drill’s first round. Both players split 1-1. Thornburg, sophomore of Bassett, faced off against Aaron Howard, freshman of Los Angeles.