Nearly half of Noah Burnham’s rushing yards came on a single drive in the third quarter. But when it came time to hand the football off to someone else, the 5-foot-9, 170-pound junior running back had no qualms letting a teammate take the spotlight. Burnham accounted for 110 of Eagle’s 195 total yards of offense in a 7-5 victory over Owyhee on Friday at Eagle High School.
He racked up 41 of his 91 rushing yards on an eight-play, 60-yard scoring drive late in the third that was polished off by senior Roman Walker’s 1-yard touchdown run. Burnham also caught three passes for 19 yards. “I don’t mind being the workhorse at all,” Burnham said.
“I can go down, drive 99 yards and let someone else score. I don’t care. As long as our team wins, I’m perfectly fine with that.
I don’t really care about the stats. I just want to win, and I’m having fun with my brothers.” It was the fourth straight win for the Mustangs, who share the lead in the 6A Southern Idaho Conference’s River Division with Borah at 3-0 and 5-1 overall.
“It was definitely a good game,” Eagle coach James Cluphf said. “I know that it’s a rivalry that’s brewing and it’s only going to get better over the years and as they get older. Those guys are going to bring it every year, and we want to play in environments like that.
That’s what we signed up for. We love close games in Thunder Stadium. Maybe not that close, but it really gave us a playoff feel, and we needed that.
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