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Coach Shultze: 'We Found a Way to Be Destined'
The Osbourn High School football team spent the weekend practicing after an eligibility violation against Gar-Field High School last week put the Eagles back in the playoffs.
The Osbourn High School football spent the weekend practicing after
“We found a way to be destined,” said Eagles Head Coach Steve Schultze after the news broke that Gar-Field was out and Osbourn was back in.
“My first thought was that it was cheesy, but then I thought we are 7-3 and a good team and someone else messed up so we will make the most of it," Shultze added.
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The winner of Monday night's playoff game between OHS and Hylton will go on to play Battlefield. Hylton runs a single wing and spread offense like Osbourn does, and are pretty balanced with a good running back.
“We’re excited. We realize they are a good team, but this is an opportunity to get the bad taste out of our mouth from the Gar-Field game where we didn’t play as well as we would have liked," Shultze said.
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“We’ve got to hold onto the ball this time, that was our problem against Gar-Field," he added.
The team practiced Saturday and were given permission to practice Sunday as well. The Eagles will play at Hylton Monday night at 7:30.
