EAGLES WASTE NO TIME IN LAKEVIEW

CORTLAND, Ohio –
Prior to and at the conclusion of tonight’s game, there were plenty of hugs and conversations between the Hubbard coaching staff and newly appointed Lakeview head coach, Sam Bellino. Bellino spent over ten years with the Hubbard program between his playing days and his time as an assistant coach.

Although Bellino knew his opponent as well as one could, the Hubbard Eagles (7-0) needed little time to impose their will on their NE8 counterpart Lakeview Bulldogs (0-7). Just over a minute and a half into the night, TC Caffey broke yet another long touchdown run, this one from fifty-six yards out.

Lakeview showed early success, converting on third down on their very first drive before getting into fourth and short at their own thirty-nine. The offense would stay on the field to try and draw the Eagles offsides before quarterback, Nate Fox, would drop back for a quick punt. Unfortunately for Fox, the snap was 6 feet too tall, sailing over his head and allowing Hubbard to takeover at the Bulldog seventeen. Two plays later and it was Ben Wilcox on a seventeen-yard jet sweep to put the Eagles up 14-0 after Kyle Walker’s extra point.

Wilcox would score once more in the first quarter from twenty-six yards out, then Caffey would provide three more scores from the Eagles before the half was over. After half, the dogs were called off for the birds. Lakeview would score once thanks to Nate Fox, and Hubbard’s second unit saw their first score of the season, on a Xander Owens eighty plus yard touchdown run.

BIG PERFORMERS
HUBBARD:
TC Caffey: 19 carries, 294 rushing yards, 4 TDs
Ben Wilcox: 2 carries, 42 rushing yards, 2 TDs
LAKEVIEW:
Nate Fox: 9 carries, 32 rushing yards, 1 TD
UP NEXT
Hubbard: While Hoffman hasn’t surpassed Bayuk just yet, he will get the chance to do so at home this coming week, as his Eagles host the rival Girard Indians (4-3). The two schools have split their last four matches evenly at two wins a piece.
Lakeview: Still searching for their first win of the season, the road doesn’t get much easier for the Bulldogs next week, as they will take on their former helm of the program in Coach Pavlansky and his new Poland (4-3) squad.

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson