Etowah dominates young Centennial squad

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The saying "don't make it pretty make it work" was never as profound as it was Friday night in Roswell as the Etowah Eagles defeated the Centennial Knights 34-0 to give head coach Dave Svehla his first win at the school.
The Eagles of Region 5-AAAAAA managed to score 34 points despite being hit with 12 penalties for 145 yards while  a number of miscues plagued the Knights of Region 6-AAAAAA from interceptions to blocked field goals to being denied scoring chances.
Svelah, who is in his first season at Etowah after head coaching stints in the Midwest, was pleased with the win no matter how it looked.
"I was excited for our kids to win the game," he told reporters after the game. "The kids played well. We were sloppy at times but we stayed with the task at hand. We were able to vary our offense and our defense did some good things tonight."
Etowah (1-1) recorded their first score of the evening when Stanlee Logue powered into the endzone behind the left side of his offensive line on a 13-yard run with 5:02 remaining in the first quarter.
The Eagles took a 14-0 lead with 2:05 remaining as Maveric Rechsteiner intercepted a Chase Rosenburg pass and returned the ball 76 yards for a touchdown.
Rechsteiner, whose father was a professional wrestler, also had a sack on defense.
Etowah went to the air for their third touchdown of the evening as Reeves Johnson connected with Bryce Coroi on a 21-yard touchdown pass with 3:56 remaining in the first and the score was 21-0 after the extra point by Ryan Hopper.
The Eagles took a 24-0 lead to the locker room as Hopper connected on a 48-yard field goal at the halftime buzzer.
Hopper added a field goal from 26 yards with 2:18 remaining in the third quarter and Rashaid Devezin ran to his right and hit paydirt on a seven-yard run with 7:25 remaining in the game.
Brandon Engle led the Eagles on offense with 102 yards on 15 carries while the Knights' Rosenburg was 10-for-32 passing for 155 yards.