Eagles win 4-quarter football game at Logan View, 18-15

Kirk, Smith score on long pass plays

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Arlington football coach Colter Mattson knew his squad would be in for a four-quarter game Friday at Logan View/Scribner Snyder.
“We knew we had to be physical and know our assignments,” he said. “That is exactly what the game came to.”
In the end, the Eagles earned an 18-15 win over the Raiders to start district play 1-0. AHS is 3-2 overall.
Arlington started out behind after Logan View's Jacob Purdy scored on a 14-yard run during the first quarter. The Eagles answered, though, when quarterback Logan Kaup completed a short throw out into the flat to Dustin Kirk, who ran 52 yards past the Raiders for a touchdown.
Kaup's two-point conversion run gave AHS the lead, 8-7. That advantage later grew to four during the second quarter when freshman Colton Willmott hit a 31-yard field goal after an Eagles touchdown was called back by penalty.
“We are grateful to have Colton and a guy who takes so much pride in his skill, especially in a game like this,” Mattson said.
Though the AHS kicker split the uprights with just 2:12 left before halftime, the Eagles offense got the ball back again with 48 seconds to go. They didn't waste the opportunity.
After a Frankie Rosenbalm third-down conversion run, a 6-yard Nick Smith reception and a false start penalty, Kaup took one more snap with just 4 seconds left of the first-half clock.
Smith started the play lined up wide left, running toward his QB at the snap along the line of scrimmage. Kaup completed the quick throw to his wideout, who got a block from Kaden Pittman, cut back to the outside and raced to the end zone with Logan View defenders stumbling after him.
The last-second touchdown gave Arlington an 18-7 halftime lead.
“I mean, it was a great pass,” Kaup said, cracking-up at the assersion the morning after at a AHS volleyball match. “Great snap. Great blocking. But, at the end, it was just kind of them making a play and just getting it done.”
From there, the Raiders outscored the Eagles 8-0, but eight points wasn't enough. AHS' defensive effort earned a three-point win.
“There were many different times that we could have broke,” Mattson said. “Our defense had a great fourth quarter and got the stops we needed.”
The district win followed back-to-back, lopsided losses to Class C1 powers Ashland-Greenwood and Pierce.
“They never lost sight of what we can do this season,” Mattson said of his Eagles. “This program has had much slower starts to the season than what we have had this year. Our senior leadership, work ethic and attention to detail from those guys pushed us in the right direction.”
Arlington next hosts Omaha Concordia on Friday night for its homecoming game.

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