Going into Friday’s game at Florence, Eureka’s Tristan Butts has 40 career catches for 804 yards and 12 touchdowns. (Will Ebert photo/Tobacco Valley News, used with permission)
October 5, 2023
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Tristan Butts has become a big-play receiver for unbeaten Eureka
Trevor Utter was a sophomore in high school when Jeff Casazza set Eureka’s single-game record for receiving yards: 193, in 1991. “It was a weird thing,” Utter, in his 12th season as the Lions’ head coach, remembered. “Jeff was fast, and we were at Conrad, and it was three passes. They were stacking the box, and Jeff just ran deep. Eighty-yard bomb, 80-yard bomb…”