After a great opening weekend for home competition in Chadron, football captain Shea Koch led his teammates to a win with 23 total tackles. The Eagles upended the Mesa Mavericks, 30-24.
On the women's side of competition, the volleyball opened up home competition with a 4-set loss to Metro State and a tough 3-set loss to No. 23 Regis University. Junior college transfer Nikki Schmidt led the Eagles with nine kills and four blocks against Metro State.
 
Shea Koch
Q: What is going to be the hardest test for the Eagles the rest of the season?
A: I think the hardest test is not beating ourselves and taking it one game at a time and doing our job every down and playing Eagle football
 
Q: Which of your coaches is the most active and vocal?
A: It's kind of a toss up between Coach Larson and Coach Jersild.
 
Q: What is the funniest thing that has happened to you or a player this season?
A: In our senior skit, it was funny to see T-Mac outside with his shirt off.
 
Q: Who is a player you idolize?
A: I always looked up to Brian Urlacher. He was always vocal and played sideline to sideline every game.
 
Q: What is your favorite football movie?
A: Rudy, definitely. It's the true underdog story.
 
 
Nikki Schmidt
Q: Many teams have a true setter, but you set and hit from the outside. How hard is it to be a dual threat player?
A: I've actually been doing it since I was a freshman in high school, so I am used to it and prefer it. It comes easy to me to play dual positions.
 
Q: As a transfer student, what have you found is the greatest thing about being a Chadron Eagle?
A: My team. I love my team. There are plenty of awesome girls I am playing with this year and that made the transfer easy and fun.
 
Q: If you had to choose to be an Olympic beach volleyball player or indoor, which would you choose?
A:  Indoor for sure. I have played some sand volleyball in my time and it is definitely much easier to move on the court compared to the sand.
 
Q: What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you or a teammate in practice this year?
 
A: During preseason we did a music video that I thought was fun but some people may find embarrassing. It was fun dancing throughout campus
 
Q: Your team came out fired up [against Black Hills State] and won a great first set. What was the difference between that and last weekend's matches?
A: I feel like the girls had fire behind them to play Black Hills because we play them often. There is a rivalry that I am not accustomed to, but it fired us up.
 
Q: Can you explain some of your celebrations?
A: We just go crazy on the court. Each person on the court has her own individual celebration and her personality definitely comes out.