Football Recap: Gavin Bowman's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Eastern Hancock over Lapel

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Eastern Hancock can now relate to. They fell 26-22 to the Lapel Bulldogs on Friday. The Royals have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Eastern Hancock lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Gavin Bowman, who picked up 45 receiving yards and two touchdowns. An impressive showing, but he really ramped things up playing D: he picked up a sack, made nine total tackles, and defended one pass. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Hayden Jackson, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.

Even if they lost, Eastern Hancock's defense still kept up the pressure with five sacks. Lapel's QB won't forget Evan Wheeler anytime soon given he sacked him twice.

Devin Craig was his usual excellent self, throwing for 300 yards and four TDs for Lapel. Craig has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.

Eastern Hancock's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Lapel, the win keeps them at an undefeated 11-0.

Eastern Hancock does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lapel, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 28-15 victory against Triton Central on the 7th.