At Robert Kalsu Stadium in Del City, the temperatures dipped into the low-40s and drizzle covered the field as the Del City Eagles were set to face divisional opponent, Capitol Hill. Still winless in their division—coming in at 1-and-5 overall—the Redskins had a hard time stopping the Eagles’ running attack.
Last week, in a winning effort against the Altus Bulldogs, sophomore quarterback Colin Watford, got his first start and win. He kept that momentum rolling as he led the way in a lopsided victory against Capitol Hill.
Coming in at 3-3, Del City wanted to make a statement in their Homecoming game against the bottom ranked Capitol Hill Redskins. Last year, the Eagles shut out Capitol Hill while scoring 61-points in the Redskins’ stadium. It did not take much time for a similar game to begin, but this time in Del City.
The Redskins received the opening kickoff and returned it to their 28-yard line. That was one of few positive plays that Capitol Hill saw on their first drive as they went three-and-out.
On the Eagles’ first drive, senior back Anthony Mason fumbled on an option play, but he then recovered it and the play resulted in a 9-yard gain. After several positive runs, Del City punched it in and followed with a 2-points conversion making the score 8-0.
This trend continued with Capitol Hill going three-and-out throughout the first quarter. The Eagles maintained a running attack against the undersized Capitol Hill defense. After the first 12-minutes, the Eagles led, 23-0.
The second quarter started with two runs for a loss by the Redskins and on third down, senior safety Deonte Reid, intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 8-yards for a touchdown. The extra point was good and put the Eagles on top 36-0 with 9:40 remaining in the first-half.
Later in the second quarter, Eagles’ senior safety Brandon McFadden returned a second pic-six for Del City, moving the score to 49-0. The extra point was no good.
The Redskins ended the first-half by getting the ball to midfield on fourth down as the clock hit 0:00.
With another 24 minutes to play, the Eagles lined-up to get the ball to start the second half. Much of the same was to be witnessed as they continued to soar over Capitol Hill on both sides of the ball. Two minutes into the third quarter, Del City was back to a familiar score against the Redskins: 61-0
Capitol Hill failed to get the ball into Eagles’ territory, doing so only on one occasion prior the last play of the game. When the clock hit zero, Del City won: 68-0. The Redskins fell to 1-6 overall and the Eagles moved to 4-3 as they will begin to prepare for their next game against Chickasha.
Capitol Hill continues to face another difficult season. They have now found themselves on the wrong side of six blowouts and they have won only one game since the beginning of last year.
