Austin Reed, #7, and the Sebastian Eagles defeat the defending champs Murray Bulldogs

On Thursday afternoon, September 5th, Austin Reed, quarterback #7, lead his Sebastian Middle School (St. Augustine) Eagles football team to a stunning first time victory over the two time defending St. Johns Middle School Athletic Association (SJMSAA) champions, the Murray Middle School Bulldogs football team 16 – 0.  The Bulldogs came into the game heavily favored as the two time SJMSAA defending champions and not having lost a game since the 2010 season.  The game was a well played game by both the offense and the defense of the Eagles as they dominated both the defensive and offensive line of scrimmage, out-gained the Bulldogs in rushing and passing, and did not turn the ball over one time to Murray’s two turnovers.

Austin Reed, #7, playing quarterback scored the first points of the game by connecting on a 28 yard touchdown pass to Kareem Brown towards the end of the first half (see video below).  During the scoring drive, Austin complete three straight passes for 46 yards and finished the game going 5 – 7 passing, 1 TD and 113 yards passing (153 QB rating) for his third consecutive game passing over 100 yards.

With the win over the Murray Bulldogs, the Eagles improve to 1 – 1 on the season.  Next up for the Sebastian Middle School Eagles football team are the Gamble Rodgers Middle School Stingrays, another cross town rival who are looking for their first win against the Eagles.  The game will be played at the Pedro Menendez High School football stadium on Thursday, September 12th @ 5:00 p.m.