Eureka Notches 38-13 Homecoming Triumph Over Cougars
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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Concordia Chicago (2-2) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
Eureka (1-3) | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Concordia Chicago
Game Statistics | Concordia Chicago | Eureka |
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Passing Yards | 143 | 318 |
Rushing Yards | 114 | 60 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of Poss. | 31:14 | 28:46 |
EUREKA – For the eighth time in the past 10 years, the Eureka football team are Homecoming victors.
The Red Devils took down Concordia Chicago, 38-13, on a wild, rainy day at McKinzie Field in the 42nd known Homecoming battle in Eureka history. Eureka is now 2-3 on the season and 2-1 in the North Athletics Collegaite Conference.
Sophomore quarterback Lukas Tinkham (Abingdon, Ill./Abingdon-Avon) threw for a career-high 308 passing yards with five touchdowns in his second career start in maroon and gold. Freshman wide receiver Sebastian Hill (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) hauled in three catches for 149 yards and scored all three times.
Fellow freshman wideout Cedric Hopkins (Longview, Texas/Longview) tallied three receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown.
The Red Devils conceded the first touchdown of the game and trailed 6-0 after the first quarter, but the team turned it around with a 17-point second quarter.
Hill put Eureka on the board with an electrifying 93-yard touchdown reception from Tinkham midway through the second frame.
Then, Hill scored on a 32-yard touchdown pass with 2:28 remaining until halftime.
Sam Bartels' (Jerseyville, Ill./Jersey Community) 20-yard field goal before halftime made it 17-6.
The Cougars struck first in the second quarter, but Tinkham connected with Hopkins on a 74-yard catch-and-run for a score with less than five minutes in the third and Hill scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Tinkham with 10 seconds remaining.
The Red Devils' last score came on a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ben Bernabei (Peru, Ill./St. Bede Academy) early in the fourth.