BDS    14  14  8  16  |  52
FCSH  12  8   6   0  |  26

BRUNING, NE — It was a close one through most of the first half, but the BDS Eagles pulled away from the Falls City Sacred Heart Irish to win a highly-anticipated matchup Friday night. 

The Eagles defeated the Irish 52-26 to move to 5-0 on the season. With the victory, BDS Co-Head Coach Mark Rotter earned his 250th career win. 

Both offenses were hot to start, each scoring on their first three drives of the game, leading to a tie contest at 20-20 halfway through the second quarter. 

Toward the end of the first half, the Eagles defense finally got a stop, turning the Irish over on downs. Then with 1:35 left on the clock in the second quarter, BDS punched it in the end zone and got a two-point conversion to take a 28-20 lead into halftime. 

That was big as BDS received the second half kickoff. The Eagles took that drive down the field and scored and made it 36-20. Falls City Sacred Heart responded with a scoring drive, but missed the two-point conversion leading to a 36-26 score after three quarters. 

BDS scored early in the fourth quarter to take a 44-26 advantage and then got the games only turnover on the Irish's next possession. That led to one more score for the Eagles, who got into the end zone on each of its drives except the last two (punt, end of game), to win 52-26. 

Easton Weber led BDS with 222 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns on 20 carries. Jaron Norder completed 6 of 8 passes for 56 yards and 2 touchdown passes. He also rushed for 54 yards on 10 carries. Eli Weber and Zach Hoins each caught a touchdown pass. Seth Stengel had an interception. 

For Falls City Sacred Heart, Sam Dunn threw for 207 yards on 18-31 passing for 3 touchdowns and an interception. He also rushed for 15 yards.

Jack Stice caught 6 passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns. Joe Simon hauled in 6 passes for 93 and a touchdown. Evan Keithley caught 5 passes for 66 yards. 

BDS (5-0) visits Johnson-Brock next week. Falls City Sacred Heart will travel to take on Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer.