A day that should have been about winning Watterson’s second consecutive football state championship became anything but for Pete Eglitis. Two days after signing with Iowa State and minutes before taking the field for the Division III final Dec. 5, the 6-foot-7, 290-pound offensive tackle’s phone lit up with notifications and texts that Cyclones coach Matt Campbell was leaving for Penn State. “I just tried to play through that,” Eglitis said, “but it was in the back of my mind the entire game.” A 30-0 win over Toledo Central Catholic was the final act of Eglitis’ three years as Watterson’s starting left tackle, a run...
