The South Eugene Axe, having not won a game in two years, fought crosstown rival North Eugene with everything it had for more than half the game Friday night, Sept 12, at South’s Morrow Field.
But the Highlanders (1-0, 2-1) proved too much to handle in the second half after South (0-1, 0-2) lost 10 of its 28 players to injuries and went on to win the contest, 58-18, on a picturesque late-summer night in the first Midwestern League game for both squads.
“I was really happy with the guys,” North’s head coach Rick Raish said. “We played really hard together, especially in the second half. South put up a really good fight. They’re down in numbers, but they didn’t quit.”…