Wildcats earn stripes in spring game

Edgewood running back Josh Crawford cuts upfield against Monroe Academy Friday. Photo by Cory Diaz

When opportunity knocked, the Edgewood Academy football team answered in its hosted three-team spring jamboree at Charles P. Storrs Field Friday.

The Wildcats jumped out early and went on to defeat the AISA Class AAA state champion Monroe Academy 20-8. EA eked out its second contest against Class AAA runner-up Bessemer Academy 30-26, barring a flare for the dramatic with six college football coaches on-hand.