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After all, Billy Mathis watched the Eagles’ junior signal-caller have a great spring season of track. Which carried over into a strong summer that included 7-on-7 and never missing a workout.
But Mathis admits there was still a little bit of uneasiness until the action in August heats up.
“Once you start the season with a new quarterback, you just never know until you get in a game situation how the guys are going to respond,” he said. “We put him into the fire pretty quickly in scrimmages with Springtown and Stephenville.