Al Rogers made it a point this week to write the four previous wins his eighth-ranked Silverdale Seahawks had collected this season on the blackboard. Heading into the Sweetwater game Friday night, Rogers wanted to make sure his bunch understood the magnitude of the task ahead.
“I just told them we needed to beat somebody to be somebody,” Rogers said. “I showed them the other teams we had beaten and they understood they were teams that hadn’t fared too well against anyone so far. Tonight was a huge opportunity for them.”
Consider it an opportunity seized. The Seahawks remained unbeaten with a hard-fought 24-21 victory over the visiting Wildcats.
SBA’s “fearsome foursome” of Lincoln Phillips, Colton Rogers, Josh Rogers and Jordan Delashmitt contributed big play after big play on defense in holding the Wildcats (3-2) to 33 rushing yards on 30 carries. Phillips had four sacks, including one with 53 seconds left that forced a fourth-and-16. And when Sweetwater quarterback Andrew Barr was forced to tuck it and run on the fourth-down play, Josh Rogers stopped him a half-yard short to clinch the nail biter.
“I told them all week we would be in for s street fight. Sweetwater brought it. That was a game played like it is supposed to be,” Coach Rogers said.