Big Win - the first time FRC has ever beat Delta College!

What a great game at Delta College!  I have been telling everyone that is rained the entire second half except for the last 2 minutes of the game...and it absolutely poured the first half.  Yup...Dad is a whimp and needed some rain gear!

I had the pleasure of sitting next to the amazing Mrs. Wesley Christensen for the game as we got soaked to the core - but it was great to be there and see Wes and the Golden Eagles in action.  He had a great game with 7 more tackles and a fumble recovery.  Here is a much better recap on the game...

http://athletics.frc.edu/news/2013/9/22/fb_0922133440.aspx

Wes' stats so far look pretty good...he is averaging 7.3 tackles a game...not bad for the safety.  The defense looked really good last week...they made some key plays and really kept the team in the game.  Looking forward a great game tomorrow.

Tomorrow's game is against Merced College and is definately a possible win.  Following is the preview of the game.  Sorry...couldn't seem to get the link on my iPad, so I did the cut and paste thing...

Pearson, Newsom and Golden Eagles prepare for Merced

Sep. 23, 2013 Football

QUINCY – Last year at this point in the season, Dexter Scott wasn't even on the Feather River football roster, and Ryan Hoyos was a defensive back converting over to the offensive side of the ball just 3 days prior to the Merced game, both hoping to right the ship as the Golden Eagle quarterback.  In short, the Golden Eagles' quarterback situation was a shamble as their starter broke his hand, and his backup was ruled ineligible.  After throwing 6 interceptions, compiling 574 total yards of offense and only scoring 26 points the Golden Eagles are looking to rebound. 

Fast forwarding 365 days and some things are still the same.  The Golden Eagles are coming off a win at Delta in which their back up QB Timothy Herman navigated them to an impressive 29-20 victory over the Delta Mustangs and they're hoping for the return of starting QB Ja'Quay Garmon, who two weeks ago hurt his shoulder in a record setting day, throwing for 402 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Garmon sat out last weeks game for precautionary reasons.   The Golden Eagles offense is paced by Lavon Pearson (28  REC/G, 422 Y/G, 3 TD), Miguel Cerriteno  (17  REC/G, 199 Y/G, 1 TD) and their rushing leader Farrell Victor  (70  RUSH, 282 Y/G, 4 TD).  The Golden Eagles offense has flourished this year avergaing 354 yards a game while averaging nearly 29 ppg.

The Golden Eagles defense appears to have hit its stride allowing just 185 total yards from scrimmage last week against Delta.  Paced by defensive leader Kyle Newsom, (12.6 TKL/G, 3 SK, 6 TFL), Will Johnson (7.7 TKL/G, 1 SK, 4 TFL) and  Wes Christensen (7.3 TKL/G, 1 TFL, 1 FR) look to attack a Merced offense who through 3 games this season already has 10 turnovers.  The Golden Eagles defense has been adept at creating turnovers thus far, with 8 takeaways through 3 games, which included 4 fumble recoveries last week.

Game time is 1PM on Saturday.