"They have very good chemistry," head coach Pete Stanton said. "They're both very similar that they're very good leaders and both have the same goals. They both have a great understanding of the game, and I think that chemistry is what's really helped in the first couple games."

Gibson has proven to be the worthy choice of starting quarterback for the Hawks. He threw four touchdown passes in the 43-28 win over Rocky Mountain College on Aug. 24, and three more in Saturday's 30-21 win over Valley City State University. Those three scores were all to Ewoniuk.

Ewoniuk easily stands out on the field. The Belfield native checks in at 5-foot-7, 160 pounds and sports brown hair that hangs to his shoulders. But those aren't the only traits that makes him so easy to spot.

"Seth is very quick and very smart, and one of the things that he does when we put him in the slot with some of the routes we've been running, he gets matched up with linebackers and we like that matchup," Stanton said. "He's got a really good knack for getting open. He's very elusive and very quick and experienced."

Over two games, Ewoniuk has scored four touchdowns and caught nine footballs for 149 yards. That accounts for nearly a third of the Blue Hawks' 455 passing yards.

"We were just taking what they gave us," Ewoniuk said. "We had good play calls and we got the run going to set up play-action. Hayden threw me good balls and they were the three easiest touchdowns I've ever scored in my life."

At 6-foot-3 Gibson is one of the taller players on the team and is able to see over the field to spot open receivers.

"He's done a good job," Stanton said of the young quarterback. "His completion percentage has been very high. He's made good decisions as far as what we want to do offensively. He's gotten the ball out well. He's just been very efficient. His arm is strong too. When it's third-and-8, third-and-9, we know he has the ability to make that throw and make the right read."

Over two games, Gibson has completed 30 of 42 pass attempts, good for a 71.6 completion percentage.

"His job is to read the play and give the ball to the guy that's open," Ewoniuk said of Gibson. "I happened to be the read last week but next week it could be a different guy scoring three touchdowns."

While it's the two of them lighting up the scoreboard so far, Gibson said it's not just him and Ewoniuk who can take the credit for offensive success.

"I think the whole group on offense played well," Gibson said. "The big guys up front had a good game. You know, it's not just the guy that catches the ball, it's all the other wideouts that run their routes really hard and take the defense from guys like Seth."

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