Bye Week Service & Senior Feast

Ever since Head Coach Randy Trivers took over the reins of the Gonzaga Football program five years ago, the team has used its bye week to perform service. During the week of October 28, Scholar Baller squads made visits to Children’s Hospital, Unique Residential Care, Washington Jesuit Academy, the Father McKenna Center, and St. John Baptist Church. “Our objective was to extend our hearts and hands to others who could benefit from our service,” says Coach Trivers. “We hope that the experiences have inspired our young men to continue to keep service at the forefront of their personal journeys as growing Men for Others.”

On Friday November 1, the Class of 2020 Eagles partook in valuable experiences. The senior football players and coaching staff gathered for the Senior Feast which is an annual gathering of the seniors and coaching staff at the Trivers family home. The event includes various opportunities for members of the program to reflect, share, understand and appreciate Gonzaga Football legacy and traditions (pictured above).

To culminate the bye week, players and coaches participated in the “Run, Walk -n- Roll to Cure Sickle Cell Anemia” on November 2 in support of the Bobbi Engram Foundation.

Gonzaga - 28 St. John’s - 32

November 9

With the close loss to St. John’s in Game 10, Gonzaga still holds a slight edge over the Cadets in the oldest Catholic high school football rivarly in the nation with a record of 47-46 and five ties. The 98th Game was played on Saturday, November 9 at Catholic University in front a capacity crowd.

The Eagles led 28-17 late in the third quarter, but the Cadets would score the final two touchdowns to get the win. Heading into the contest, both teams were locked into their respective seeds for the WCAC playoffs with St. John’s drawing the #1 seed and Gonzaga drawing the #3 seed.

Gonzaga - 14 Good Counsel - 44

November 15

In the WCAC Semifinal at Good Counsel, Gonzaga had a tough night to conclude the season. The win for the Falcons would propel them to a dramatic win in the WCAC Championship over St. John’s (who defeated DeMatha in the other semifinal) a week later.

QB Caleb Williams ’21 scored on 14 yard scramble in the second quarter to tie the game 7-7, but Good Counsel’s seniors had a strong night on both defense and offense to take control from that point forward. Two additional highlights for the Eagles were a recovered kickoff by DB Jalen McMurray ‘21 to open the second half and a 44 yard TD catch by WR Hayden Fisher ‘21 in the third quarter.