Eagles Soar Past Carver

 

            Oak Mountain obtained their fourth straight win easily over the Carver Rams on Senior night, 34-0.  It did not take long for Oak Mountain to put away the 0-5 Rams, scoring two touchdowns within 40 seconds of each other early on in the first quarter.  The Eagles were able to go deep into their depth chart early into the game, allowing hard working players that may not see the field as much get the playing time they have earned.  Backup quarterback Jordan Spivey came in for Drew McKnight late in the first quarter and ended the game with 110 rushing yards and a pair of TD’s on the ground as well.  The defense, as usual, forced several three and outs and picked up their second shutout of the season.

 

            The Eagles defense set the tone early giving the offense good field position, which was the story most of the game, and the Eagles offense was able to score on only three plays to open the scoring.  After 50 combined yards on the first two runs, Drew McKnight hit favorite wide out Michael Connell for a 14 yard TD reception to open up a 7-0 lead.  On the very next play for Carver, Kent Fullington jumped a route giving him an interception return for a touchdown blowing the game open early.  It was one more scoring drive for McKnight and the rest of the first-team offense before they took a seat for the remainder of the game.  The final touchdown was set up by other senior receiver Michael Nordyke’s 40 yard catch and run, and punched in by McKnight on a 9 yard scamper.

 

            Early in the second quarter, backup QB Jordan Spivey got his first rushing touchdown on a 5 yard run, the short 39 yard drive was set up by Eric McKelvy’s punt return off of a 30 yard Carver punt.  On the next Ram possession the Eagles got their second interception of the game, this one by Thomas Holloway.  However, this time the offense could not convert off the turnover and the remainder of the half ended in 50 yards between both teams as the Eagles took a 28-0 halftime lead.

 

            The second half was very basic for the Eagles both offensively and defensively, with nearly every player seeing a piece of the action off the bench.  This was great for some senior reserves to get some well deserved playing time late in the season.  Oak Mountain scored its lone touchdown of the half on a 7 yard Jordan Spivey touchdown run with 3:45 left in the third quarter.  Oak Mountain’s defense held onto the shutout in the fourth quarter by coming up with two fourth down stops from inside the red zone.  The second stop came on their last possession on a stop from the five yard line.  From there the Eagles ran the ball on seven consecutive plays to end the game with a five touchdown advantage.

 

            With the win Oak Mountain pushed its record to 5-1 and 3-1 in region 6.  Next week the Eagles face possibly their biggest game of the season in the Spain Park Jaguars.  A win could possibly put the Eagles into the playoffs already, still with region games against Mountain Brook and Hoover remaining.  Oak Mountain will try to set a school record with their fifth straight win at Spain Park.