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30 | September 27, 2018 | The lake forest leader SPORTS
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Late Scout rally not enough for homecoming win
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
When a team faces a
quality opponent, it can
often come down to one
or two key plays which decides
who ends up on top.
Sometimes those plays
happen early in a game and
a team has to fight back to
have a chance to win.
Other times they come
late and are backbreakers.
Unfortunately for Lake
Forest, during its homecoming
game against Warren,
the Scouts gave up big
plays early and late that
ultimately ended up being
the difference on the scoreboard.
Unfortunately for Lake
Forest during its homecoming
game against Warren,
the Scouts gave up big
plays early and late that
ultimately ended up being
the difference on the scoreboard.
The Scouts (2-3, 2-1)
fell to Warren 24-10 Friday,
Sept. 21 and one of the
big plays they gave up put
them in a big early hole.
Warren scored on its
opening possession on a
13-play drive that took almost
seven minutes off the
clock because all 13 plays
were runs. It was capped
off by Malachi McNeal’s
five-yard touchdown run
and gave Warren the lead
with 3:30 left in the first
quarter.
But the first big play the
Scouts let up made things
very difficult the rest of the
way. Warren called timeout
with just four seconds left
in the quarter and ended
up capitalizing. Quarterback
Phil Hird connected
with Juan Dela Cruz for a
65-yard touchdown pass to
end the quarter extending
Warren’s lead to 14-0.
“We gave up two very
big plays and that ended up
being the difference in the
game,” Lake Forest coach
Chuck Spagnoli said. “It’s
really not more complex
than that. The first drive we
let up that one’s on me. But
you can’t make mistakes
like that against a good
team. They make you pay
for it. Credit to them for
doing so.”
The Scouts’ defense
played much better after
the first quarter holding
Warren in check most of
the rest of the way and forcing
two turnovers as well.
“The two big plays we
gave up were big chunk
plays,” Lake Forest’s Eddie
Scheidler said. “After
the first quarter, though,
we cleaned things up. We
got them off the field on
third down and had a better
showing most of the game.”
Lake Forest responded
quickly. On a trick play,
Ryan Cekay took a pitch
on a reverse from Jacob
Thomas and for the second
straight game, threw a
touchdown of more than 70
yards, this one a 71-yarder
to quarterback Tommy
Hanson cutting the deficit
to 14-7 less than two minutes
into the second quarter.
Warren increased the advantage
on a 23-yard field
goal by Adam Saul after
Warren vs. Lake Forest
1 2 3 4 F
Warren 14 3 0 7 24
Lake Forest 0 7 3 0 10
Top Performers:
1. Ryan Cekay, WR – 71-yard TD pass
Cekay threw his second touchdown pass of the
season, his second over 70 yards this season on a
trick play.
2. Tommy Hanson, QB – 13-of-26 for 122 yards
Hanson caught the Warren defense off guard going 71
yards for a touchdown on Cekay’s pass.
3. Luke Nolan, DB – Interception
Nolan’s pick gave the Scouts the ball with under five
minutes remaining and gave them
the chance to try and tie the game.
recovering a fumble at the
Scouts’ 27.
In the third quarter,
Carter Hiam kicked a 22-
yard field goal set up on a
muffed punt that was recovered
by J.D. O’Keane at
the Blue Devils’ 17.
The Scouts kept within
striking distance but it
wasn’t easy as Hanson
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Lake Forest junior linebacker Rylie Mills sprints into action during the homecoming
game against Warren Friday, Sept. 21, in Lake Forest. Neil Ament/22nd Century Media