As his South Putnam football team enters the final third of the regular season, Chuck Sorrell continues to push his football team for greatness.

At 5-1 heading into Friday's road clash against Brown County (1-5), Sorrell wants to continue to see competitions in practice, as well as a balance on offense and a stingy defense when his team hits the field. 

He got all three last week as the Eagles soared past West Vigo, 63-0. 

"Assignment football Monday through last night defensively. We ran the right assignments," Sorrell said of the win. 

In the contest, South Putnam quarterback Wyatt Mullin was 10-of-13 for 302 yards and four touchdowns in a half. 

Bransyn Hanley had two catches for over 100 yards and two touchdowns. Ty Benton had over 100 yards and a touchdown. 

Kicker Wyatt Kendall was 9-of-9 on point after attempts and broke the all-time record for extra points in a season. Keenan Mowery-Shields and Aiden Beadles had 27 totals and 11 tackles for a loss to help hold West Vigo to less than 10 yards rushing in the contest. 

Sorrell said it is imperative that other players step up as the Eagles are without the likes of Wyatt Switzer, Drew Hill and offensive lineman Preston Pelfrey for a few weeks. 

"We have had guys step up. The last two weeks, teams have prepared for Drew and Wyatt, and when you can put Bransyn back deep, it helps. It is nice to have depth and a nice freshman class that's going to win a lot of football games for us the next four years," Sorrell said. 

In Brown County, South Putnam takes on a team that lost 84-0 to Greencastle last week, and allowed over 500 yards passing and 10 passing touchdowns to the Tiger Cubs. 

Sorrell's job is to make sure his team stays focused despite Brown County's record or recent outcomes. 

"We have been saying for a few of these weeks that Tuesday and Wednesday practice should feel harder than Friday games. But the harder the go, the easier it will be to get playing time if we get to running clocks. We have to have a good week of practice and we will have some competitions," Sorrell said. 

Sorrell and the Eagles will square off with Brown County at 7:30 p.m. Friday night, and he said it will be an "old school football week."

"We won't get a bus until 4:30. It's an hour and a half there. This is an old school football week. We will wear pants on the bus. They don't have 20 minutes to put pants on. It's all about taking care of business and we will be more balanced this week and continue to run the football. We will try to run the football a little bit more. It's a fun trip for the fans," Sorrell said. 

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