Lock Haven looks to close season on high note
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Lock Haven's Ezequiel Johnson runs during a game this year. The Bald Eagles face Lackawanna in the regular-season finale today.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Lock Haven's offensive line prepares to play during a game this year. The Bald Eagles face Lackawanna today in Lock Haven's regular-season finale.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Lock Haven's Ezequiel Johnson runs during a game this year. The Bald Eagles face Lackawanna in the regular-season finale today.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Lock Haven's offensive line prepares to play during a game this year. The Bald Eagles face Lackawanna today in Lock Haven's regular-season finale.
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Lock Haven shook off a tough three-game losing skid last week by winning on the road in Greensburg against Seton Hill in a close, exciting contest, 28-23, to move to .500 (5-5) with one regular-season game remaining.
Now, the Bald Eagles will look to close out the regular season possibly on a high note as Lock Haven hosts Lackawanna for a noon kickoff this afternoon.
Last week's win helped Lock Haven gain some confidence. It came after losing to Edinboro (42-35), getting pummeled by No. 7 Slippery Rock (66-7) and a lopsided home loss on Halloween to California (Pa.) at night, 41-7.
Seton Hill's Boden St. Marie found Kai Holmes for a 9-yard touchdown pass with 4:41 remaining to cut the deficit against Lock Haven to five points, 28-23, but Lock Haven wouldn't give Seton Hill another chance to score a touchdown and win.
Bald Eagle Area graduate Carson Nagle threw for 130 yards to lead the Bald Eagles last week in the win while Ezequiel Johnson had 118 rushing yards and led the ground game. In the air, Jake Roberts had a team-high 61 receiving yards.
Johnson has 654 yards this year, averaging 6.3 per carry, as he leads the Bald Eagles' running attack. Tucker Teats has 256 rushing yards and three touchdowns while Cureem Hathcock has 149 rushing yards.
Rocco Daugherty and Raheem Reid both have 59 total tackles this year and Martin Wantong leads the Bald Eagles with 5 1/2 sacks while LucRichard Rameau has 4 and JahCure Maxam has 3.
Lackawanna is winless this year and has struggled offensively. Aside from scoring 28 points in a narrow 31-28 home loss to Millersville on Halloween, Lackawanna scored just three ina 41-3 loss to Shephard, seven in a 59-7 loss to Shippensburg, was blanked in a 52-0 loss to West Chester and shut out against ranked Kutztown, 56-0 in the last five games.
Jalen Fletcher has a team-high 537 rushing yards and four touchdowns for Lackawanna while Stephen Henry has 214. Passing wise, Lackawanna is led by David Naiewicz, who has just 910 assing yards and four touchdowns but has thrown 13 interceptions.
Lock Haven's defense and secondary will look to get to Naniewicz and force turnovers and put pressure on him throughout all four quarters.