University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Golden Eagle Football In Germany
4/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Golden Eagle Football In Germany
The team is called the Mainz Golden Eagles, and it plays with the same black and gold colors the Southern Miss football team sports on its uniforms.
Three of the team?s members, Torsten Enig, Marco Dilg and Ralf Sternbech have been observing the team?s practice for the past two weeks, to pick up on coaching tips and drills to take back to
?We play with the NCAA rules,? Dilg said, who coaches the team. ?It?s the same as you would see here in the
It all started with former Golden Eagle tight end Larry Harrington being stationed in
The Mainz Golden Eagles is comprised of three teams, a flag team, from ages 10-15, a tackle youth team from ages 15-19 is the tackle youth team and from 19-up is the senior contact team. It plays in a league called the Upper League 2005, with five teams in a division.
Dilg said 50 men are on the senior team, 50 on the youth team and 30 on the flag team. Each team also has a cheerleading squad.
?We love football and we?re trying to take some of the emphasis off soccer,? Dilg said. ?It?s growing, but there?s a long way to go. We?d like to keep growing football in
The three men will be in attendance Saturday at the Black and Gold game, before traveling back to
