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Sept. 8, 2022 | The Eagle | csceagle.com Sports
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As of Sept. 7, 2022 1. Black Hills State 2. Colorado Mesa 3. CSU Pueblo 4. South Dakota Mines 5. Adams State 6. Chadron State 7. Colorado School of Mines 8. Fort Lewis 9. New Mexico Highlands 10. Western Colorado
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1. South Dakota Mines 2. Fort Lewis 3. CSU Pueblo 4. MSU Denver 5. Colorado Mesa 6. Colorado School of Mines 7. Colorado Christian 8. UCCS 9. Regis 10. Adams State 11. Chadron State 12. Westminster 13. Western Colorado 14. New Mexico Highlands 15. Black Hills State
Archive Photo Cole Thurness, senior of Rapid City, South Dakota, falls toward the field during a carry while Yellow Jacket Lathen Stevens, senior of Edgemont, South Dakota, holds onto Thurness’ ankle for a tackle during the last football game of the season at Lyle Hare Stadium in Spearfish, South Dakota, Nov. 13, 2021.
Eagles suffer at season opener
u By Eben Rosentrater
Reporter
After a rough game against the Angelo State Rams on Thursday in San Angelo, Texas, the CSC football team is looking to bounce back as they head into this week’s game against Utah Tech.
“It’s really just about getting better in all segments of the game. One section doesn’t win us the game, and we need growth this week,” Long said, “We are excited to get back on that bus and go back down to St. George. It’s going to be a really great opportunity for our guys.”
As for Thursday’s contest against the Rams, there was a lot to be said about the Eagles’ performance throughout the game.
“They’re a top team,” CSC Football Head Coach Jay Long said, “We competed well, but we still have things to workon.”
Three strong drives from the Rams’ offense in the first half led the Eagles to be down 21 points by the end of the first half. While the Eagle defense held the Rams to no points in the third quarter, two interceptions in the fourth led to two more touchdowns for Angelo State.
While Eagle quarterback Heath Beemiller, junior of Chandler, Arizona, may have thrown the team’s two interceptions, he also led the team in total yards with 60 passing yards on 6 completions and 90 rushing yards combining for a 150 out of team’s 224 total yards.
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Heath Beemiller
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Class: Junior Sport: Football
Beemiller led the Eagles in passing and rushing yards during their first game against the Angelo State Rams. He earned 60 passing yards, the only passing yards for the team. He also held 90 of the teams 164 rushing yards. Please see, Football, page 15
Bella Adams
Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado Class: Freshman Sport: Volleyball
Adams held the most points against Minot State with 17.5 with 13 kills. Her total hitting precentage during the game was 0.478. During this game she had five blocks. She had seven kills agaisnt Souix Falls
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Photo by Kamryn Kozisek A group of CSC students yell from the sidelines during last years homecoming football game, Oct. 9, 2021.
From Sports Information:
CSC fans are invited to the first Chadron State Athletics Fan Day Thursday, September 15th at the Don Beebe Stadium.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Come out and meet players and coaches from all sports teams and get to know why they love CSC.
Fans can pick up schedule posters and head to the field to join Eagle student-athletes and coaches for autographs and photos.
Photo by Kamryn Kozisek Kiley West, freshman of Colorado Springs, Colorado passes a ball during a match against Sioux Falls, Sept. 3 in the Chicoine Center.
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Photo by Kamryn Kozisek Bella Adams (22), freshman of Pueblo, Colorado prepares for a hit, set by Breshawna Kelly (18), senior of Casper, Wyoming during the home match against Montana State Univeristy-Billings, Sept. 3 in the Chicoine Center.
CSC finishes Labor Day weekend with 2-6 record
u By Kamryn Kozisek
Staff Editor
CSC volleyball finished the weekend playing nationally ranked team Wayne State College, Monday night.
The Wildcats remain undefeated after playing their 8th match against the Eagles.
Wayne beat the Eagles 3-0 for a total of three losses for the team this weekend.
The Eagles struggled to get ahead of the Wildcats and never pulled a lead during the match.
Wayne earned 17 kills in the first set to finish the Eagles 25-11.
Madyson Fago, sophomore of Evans, Colorado, started the second set with three kills, allowing the Eagles to trail the Wildcats.
However Wayne pulled ahead with a six point spree ending the second set 25-13.
The Eagles struggled with errors in the last allowing Wayne 13 points. Wayne finished the match 25-10.
Fago held the team defensively with the most serve receives during the match with 33.
Wayne outplayed the Eagles with a majority of kills coming from middle hitters, where the Eagles struggled to cover.
The Eagles struggled with offensive showing a 0.039 hitting percentage to the Wildcats 0.343. The Wildcats also doubled CSC’s kills 44-20 with less than half the errors 7-16.
CSC remains 2-6 in non-conference play, ranking them 11 in RMAC.
They will play their first conference match against Adams state, Friday at 6 p.m. in the Chicoine center.
The team will also play New Mexico Highlands, Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Kam’s Captures
Photo by Kamryn Kozisek Montana State Univerity- Billings doing a line-kick on the sidelines, Sept. 2 in Chicoine Center.
Its all in the ‘hype’
u By Kamryn Kozisek
Staff Editor
Coaches and teammates can make the best hypeman depending on how you handle it.
With nine siblings I have attended a lot of sporting events of all kinds.
There are a lot of reason a team can lose but in my opinion one of the biggest is that they don’t keep a good attitude.
I thought of the article while watching the Montana State University- Billings play Sioux Falls.
If you didn’t see the game they lost in five sets and tensions throughout the game were high.
You wouldn’t be able to tell from watching the sidelines.
Those players on the bench danced to every song that played and cheered for every single move.
Even when things were bad they cheered the whole time.
Your attitude does matter, it matters even if its in sports or in school or any other activities.
It still effects how things go, like right now when we are half an hour away from our deadline.
The way you keep yourself hyped up will make you feel better even when things are really bad. Things can be hard and its easy to get down, especially in sports but the way you react can really effect the outcome.
We can’t always change the outcome but we can change our attitude.
We spend a lot of time thinking and acting on how we feel.
Maybe it is time to change our feelings and make better decisions in the long run.
So weather we are on the sidelines or playing or our coaches, the way we behave.
Football, from page 12
Eagle running backs Dorian Collier and Jalen Starks also combined for another 56 total yards. However, issues with the passing game plagued the Eagle offense, leaving many to wonder if Beemiller will remain as the starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. Coach Long has assured that he is confident in
Beemiller’s abilities.
“I think that on Thursday, Heath did a really good job. He had great leadership and was very competitive,” Long said,
“When you look at his passing stats, you realize that we as a team had five drops. We make those catches, those stats change.”
Long further stated that the focus in terms of offense is creating better pass protection for Beemiller to make plays.
“We gave up zero sacks, but there was a lot of pressures on him,” Long said, “When a quarterback is throwing on the run, that makes everything harder.”
Penalties were another big issue for the Eagles on Thursday, especially in the first quarter, with four penalties committed by the defense on the Ram’s first scoring drive as well as a handful of personal fouls later in the game. In
total, penalties cost the Eagles 92 total yards.
“I was disappointed when I talked after the game in regard to penalties,” Long said, “It was a definite factor, especially in the first half. If you look at the stats, Angelo State actually out penalized us, but our penalties occurred at a more crucial time in the game.”
Despite all these troubles, the Eagle defense had a strong showing in the second half. Eagle defensive back Dax
Yeradi, redshirt freshman of Wright, Wyoming, led the team with eight tackles. Defenders Tayven Bray and Bobby
Peele also combined for 13 tackles and one tackle for loss.
“As we progressed, we settled in more. In that second half, I think our defense did a really good job,” Long said,
“However, Angelo’s a top team, and when you make mistakes like we did in that first half, they take advantage of it.”
As for this week, Long is looking to improve in all parts of the game; hoping to give his team the best chance against an FCS team in Utah Tech on Saturday.
The Eagles will be taking on the Trailblazers on Saturday in St. George, Utah at Greater Zion Stadium.
