Ahead of their final regular season game against Jesuit High School on Friday night, Georgia Tech commit Tre Swilling senses emotions will run high for Brother Martin High School’s senior night.
“(I’m thinking about) how far we’ve come, me and my brother and us as a team and the other seniors have come as young men and players as well,” Swilling said. “(Emotions) will be high and heavy.”
But Brother Martin’s season is far from over.
Swilling and his teammates, including brother, Brother Martin running back and Tech commit Bruce Jordan-Swilling, know what’s at stake for Friday night’s game against Jesuit High School (5-5, 2-3) — the Crusaders’ archrival.
“They have a really disciplined team, won a state championship I think two years ago,” Swilling said. “They have a great program. Our head coach actually played for their head coach at Jesuit so it’s kind of one of those family ties and everyone knows everyone over there.”
Before the Crusaders (6-3, 3-2) thank their seniors and head into the playoff picture, Brother Martin shut out Catholic League rival Shaw High School 41-0 last Friday in their last away game of regular season.
“We kept telling ourselves that we have to play great,” Swilling said of the Crusaders’ Oct. 28 win. “We just wanted to go out there and show what we can do every time we were on the field and be able to throw and make big (plays).”
Swilling, a 6-foot, 180 pound cornerback, had two pass deflections in Brother Martin’s fourth-straight win. After scoring six first-half touchdowns against Shaw, Swilling said he and Jordan-Swilling were taken out of the game to rest up for their final regular season game and playoffs.
Jordan-Swilling ran for 96 yards on 15 carries against Shaw, according to the New Orleans Advocate. Jordan-Swilling, a 6-foot, 215 pound senior running back for the Crusaders and future linebacker for the Yellow Jackets in 2017, rushed for two of Brother Martin’s first three touchdowns in Friday’s win.
The Crusaders recorded 259 rushing yards against Shaw with 228 yards coming from the first half, according to the New Orleans Advocate.
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