Winning took on a few added dimensions Saturday night for Eastern Washington. Because defense and special teams helped the seventh-ranked Eagles to an easy 55-17 Big Sky Conference football win over North Dakota, the whole season could take a new dimension, beginning next week.
Vernon Adams threw for four touchdowns and Demitrius Bronson rushed for 118 yards and a score as Eastern Washington defeated North Dakota 55-17 on Saturday night.
Even before the season began, today’s home game against North Dakota had “trap” written all over it, a tricky matchup against a Big Sky Conference newcomer sandwiched between emotional games against Montana and Montana State. Little has changed since then.
Even before the season began, Saturday’s home game against North Dakota had “trap” written all over it, a tricky matchup against a Big Sky Conference newcomer sandwiched between emotional games against Montana and Montana State.
Earlier this week, Vernon Adams was focusing on his next opponent: geography class. “All those maps, longitudes and latitudes,” said Adams, shaking his head. “It’s all happening so fast, but I’ve got to step it up.”
North Dakota, you’re not in the Big West Conference anymore. UND, one of five newcomers to the Big Sky Conference, goes on the road this week to face seventh-ranked Eastern Washington. After that, it’s Northern Arizona, Montana and Montana State.
Kevin Houston and the Mead girls soccer team are “starting to put the pieces together,” and it showed Wednesday afternoon. The Panthers scored early in both halves to notch a 4-0 Greater Spokane League girls soccer win at Shadle Park and improve their chances of reaching the District 8 4A playoffs.
Unofficially, summer in Cheney ended late Tuesday afternoon. Just as Eastern Washington football practice began, a chilly wind swept away the last warm feelings from last weekend’s win over Montana. The cold reality is that a good North Dakota team will come to Roos Field on Saturday.
Eyes on the prize, Vernon Adams told himself all week. For Eastern Washington’s redshirt freshman quarterback, that meant keeping his eyes downfield, even when he was half a step from being torn in half.
Today’s Eastern Washington-Montana football game has been so thoroughly hyped, the only danger may be hyperventilation. “The issue is making sure our guys can breathe,” Eastern coach Beau Baldwin said, only half-jokingly.