Eagles football three games in under new coach

Garth Meyer, Gazette Reporter | Sep 20, 20180

The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles are 0-3 under new coach Richard Hallenius.

With 19 players on the roster, the young team has two seniors in Conr Hergert, a running back/tight end and Grant Harrison, on the offensive and defensive line.

The team opened the season with a shutout by Pomeroy followed by a 64-6 loss to Colton and 82-8 loss to Garfield/Palouse.

Sophomore Kameron Greenhalgh has rushed for a total of five yards on the season and scored both of the team's touchdowns.

“Playing the Refrigerator Perry position,” said Coach Richard Hallenius, a 23-year math and computer teacher in Endicott, who has also coached middle school football. Greenhalgh is listed at 6'6” 295 pounds.

“He's huge,” said Hallenius.

This week the Eagles board the bus for Sunnyside Christian.

“Three big games in a row,” Hallenius said. “We're young, it's kind of like a growing year. We're gonna be working to get where we need to be, to try to get us to a W as soon as we possibly can.”

He is assisted by Mike Blakley.

“If a third coach is out there, we're still looking for one,” said Hallenius.

[The following was inadvertently dropped in last week's Gazette]

Colton 64, St. John/Endicott /LaCrosse 6

The Wildcats went to St. John Sept. 7 and quarterback Parker Druffel brought more than 500 yards of offense to help take out the Eagles.

Druffel threw 13-for-15 for 355 yards and five touchdowns. He rushed 10 times for 194 yards and three more touchdowns.

Colton (1-1) got on the board first with Luke Vining, another senior, scored on a 65-yard interception return to begin a 42-point first quarter for the Wildcats.

Vining also caught nine passes on offense for 202 yards while Reece Chadwick had two catches for 90 yards. Chris Wolf added two receptions for 63 yards.