Maybe now the O’Donnell Eagles will start getting a little more respect.
After reaching the sixman playoffs last season for the first time in a decade, the Eagles were only ranked 42nd in this week’s six-man Division I state football poll.
Going into Friday’s opener against Gordon, ranked No. 8 in Division II, the Eagles were 45-point underdogs.
Following Friday’s convincing 60-36 victory over the Longhorn, the Eagles likely will be getting some more attention.
“You could tell that we both only had one scrimmage coming into this week. We both looked pretty sloppy out there at times,” O’Donnell Coach Fernando Baeza said.
“But we ...