PEMBROKE — Trailing by six points at the half to Douglas Byrd, Purnell Swett needed to make some halftime adjustments if the Rams wanted to avoid a sixth straight loss Friday.
The Rams came out in their “heavy” package on offense, more effectively stopped the Eagles’ counter run game, and shut down the opposition in the second half, upending Douglas Byrd for a 28-12 win.
“It’s rewarding to see how we came out in the second half,” said Purnell Swett coach Josh Deese, who celebrated his birthday Friday with the victory. “We struggled in the first half; they came out firing, and I told them, expect this. But all we’ve been through, and for our boys to show up in the second half like this, it means the world, just the way they hustle every day. It’s easy to give up on them, but we haven’t, they haven’t given up on themselves, and it showed the second half tonight.”