A.C. Flora QB Stephen Cagle On Thursday September 3, the A.C. Flora Falcons defeated the Eau Claire Shamrocks 35- 0 at Memorial Stadium. Leading 21- 0 at halftime, the Falcons tacked on two more touchdowns to put the game away.

After three unsuccessful initial possessions, the Falcons put together a scoring drive late in the first. Following an Eau Claire punt that gave A.C. Flora the ball at the Eau Claire 39- yard line, the Falcons went to work. Two big plays, first a ten- yard pass from Stephen Cagle to Jalen Ayers and then an 11- yard run by Cedric Cornelius gave A.C. Flora the ball in the Eau Claire red zone. Four plays later, Cagle hit Hykeem Bogues for a seven- yard touchdown. The extra point made the score 7- 0.

The Falcons put together another scoring drive early into the second quarter. After another Eau Claire punt, A.C. Flora had the ball at the Shamrock 40. The drive was dominated by the running game. Cornelius had a 13- yard run and Ricky Williams had runs of 13 and six yards to get A.C. Flora inside the Eau Claire ten- yard line. The Falcons reached the end zone on a six- yard run by Ayers on a third- and- goal play. The extra point extended the lead to 14- 0.

It appeared that A.C. Flora would head into halftime with a 14 point lead until the Shamrocks decided to punt with under ten seconds left. The Falcons blocked the punt and recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown with no time remaining. With the extra point, the halftime score was 21- 0.

The Shamrocks were driving midway through the third quarter, until the A.C. Flora defense stiffened, causing the Shamrocks to punt. A bad snap, in addition to great pursuit by the Falcon defenders, allowed A.C. Flora to tackle the punter in Eau Claire territory. The Falcons took over at the Eau Claire 42- yard line. The Falcons drove the ball down the field aided by an 18- yard pass from Cagle to Bogues. The drive was cashed in when Cornelius ran in his second touchdown of the evening from five yards out. With the extra point through, the score was 28- 0.

In the fourth quarter, the Falcons scored an insurance touchdown. Beginning with the ball at their own 27- yard line, the Falcons started off the drive with a lot of the running game. However, it was through the air that they received the biggest help. A 39- yard pass from Cagle to Bogues put A.C. Flora in the red zone. Then another pass from Cagle to Bogues finished the drive off, with a 16- yard touchdown pass. The extra point gave the final score of 35- 0 in favor of A.C. Flora.