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the lake forest leader | September 20, 2018 | 29
Football
Scouts upset Bears in Week 4 win
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
There is often not just
one defining game or moment
in a team’s season.
And most don’t always
recognize one when it is
happening.
Sometimes it might be
a team’s play in a given
game or against a specific
opponent.
Other times it’s the
team’s ability to overcome
injuries and adversity
or how it responds to
a losing streak.
Last year, Lake Forest
battled back from a four
game losing streak to win
three in a row including a
crucial win at Zion-Benton
and made the playoffs.
One of those losses was at
home to Lake Zurich 27-
0.
If Lake Forest makes
the playoffs this year for
the ninth straight season,
it may point to its win Friday,
Sept. 14 at Lake Zurich
as one of those games
that defined its season.
Although the Scouts (2-
2, 2-0) had their struggles
on both sides of the ball,
they came up huge offensively
and defensively
when they needed to.
Lake Forest went into a
difficult road test and upset
the Bears, a preseason
top 10 team, 24-7.
“We had some hardships
and injuries in this
game,” Lake Forest coach
Chuck Spagnoli said.
“Will Freeman was out.
Will Wisniewski got hurt
first play of the game.
(Quarterback) James
(Swartout) got hurt. But
the kids played well and
with great emotion. I’m
very happy for them. The
seniors should enjoy this
Lake Forest vs Lake zurich
1 2 3 4 F
Lake forest 0 3 14 7 24
Lake zurich 7 0 0 0 7
Top Performers
1. Rylie Mills, DE — seven tackles, fumble recovery
Mills had seven tackles and his fumble recovery set up
the Scouts’ final touchdown sealing the game.
2. Ryan Cekay, WR — 1 touchdown reception, 1 touchdown
throw
Cekay had a 23-yard touchdown catch to put the
Scouts in front for the first time in the game, and a
72-yard touchdown pass to Breck Nowik after receiving
a handoff.
3. Tommy Hanson, QB — 5-for-7, 56 yards passing, six
tackles
Hanson filled in as quarterback in the second half
going 5 for 7 for 56 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown
pass to Cekay that gave the Scouts its first lead.
because this is the only
time they’ll be seniors.
We showed what we were
capable of.”
Lake Forest junior defensive
end Rylie Mills
was ecstatic about the
win.
“This is a huge win for
us,” Mills (7 tackles) said.
“I still can’t believe it. My
head is all over the place
right now knowing what
we just accomplished.”
Lake Zurich had its
only score early on with
Jack Dwyer’s (136 yards)
2-yard touchdown run
with 2 minutes, 15 seconds
left in the first quarter.
The Scouts gave up almost
400 yards of offense.
But, they forced five turnovers
and had four stops
on fourth down, stepping
up and making big plays
when it counted.
“We had a rough start
to the season, but I think
things are clicking right
now on defense,” Mills
said. “We have a lot of
depth and guys are stepping
up and making big
plays. The pieces are starting
to come together.”
“In the end, yardage
doesn’t matter as much,”
Spagnoli said. “The scoreboard
is what counts. And
we were able to force a lot
of turnovers in the process
and made things tough on
their offense when we
needed to.”
In the second quarter,
Luke Nolan intercepted
quarterback Matt Mc-
Graw setting up a 27-yard
field goal by Carter Hiam
with 6:45 left in the half.
Then things changed
as Tommy Hanson had
to come in for Swartout
on the final series of the
first half. But, in the second
half under Hanson,
the Scouts started to get
in a rhythm. They took the
lead on Hanson’s 2-yard
touchdown pass to Ryan
Cekay with just under
seven minutes left in the
third quarter going up 10-
7.
“We just asked Tommy
to be Tommy,” Spagnoli
said. “We know what
he can do well, and we
didn’t ask him to do anything
that he wasn’t already
capable of. He was
able to take advantage
and filled in that role nicely.”
But it wasn’t all Hanson
as Cekay received a handoff,
then threw a 72-yard
bomb to Breck Nowik for
the touchdown and a 17-7
lead with just over two
minutes left in the third.
“We’ve worked on that
play with Cekay in practice,”
Spagnoli said. “It’s
not actually a trick play.
Ryan made a great read
and had a very good throw.
That helped us continue to
keep momentum.”
The Bears moved the
ball, but couldn’t score.
And the Scouts forced two
more turnovers in the final
four minutes of the game
with Eddie Scheidler’s
interception stopping a
drive at the Scouts’ 19.
Then the ball was stripped
from McGraw and recovered
by Mills at the Bears
five. Three plays later,
Mac Uihlein ran it in from
two yards out increasing
the lead to 24-7 with just
over a minute left in the
game.
“I was going to the
quarterback trying to get
a safety,” Mills said. “We
hit the quarterback and
the ball came out and I
dove in there for it. The
play worked out perfectly,
kind of like in a movie.”
Connor Morrison also
had an interception earlier
in the game while Clayton
Burton tipped what turned
out to be a backward pass
allowing Ben Marwede to
recover.
2018 Football Standings
Central Suburban League South Division
Evanston 4-0 overall 0-0 conference
Maine South 3-1 0-0
New Trier 3-1 0-0
Niles North 1-3 0-0
Glenbrook South 0-4 0-0
Niles West 0-4 0-0
CSL North Division
Maine West 3-1 0-0
Glenbrook North 3-1 0-0
Vernon Hills 2-2 0-0
Highland Park 2-2 0-0
Deerfield 1-3 0-0
Maine East 0-4 0-0
Catholic League Blue Division
Providence 4-0 1-0
Catholic
Brother Rice 4-0 1-0
Montini Catholic 4-0 0-0
Loyola Academy 2-2 0-1
St. Rita 1-3 0-1
North Suburban Conference
Stevenson 4-0 2-0
Lake Forest 2-2 2-0
Lake Zurich 2-2 1-1
Warren 2-2 1-1
Mundelein 2-2 1-1
Zion-Benton 1-3 0-2
Libertyville 0-4 0-2
Waukegan 0-4 0-2
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