Football Recap: Mountain Lakes Snaps Three-Game Streak of Wins at Home

If Mountain Lakes was riding high fresh off their 49-14 takedown of Pequannock last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lakers took a 35-21 bruising from the Hanover Park Hornets on Friday. The match was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Lakers couldn't quite close it out.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hanover Park to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jack Kovacs, who threw for 209 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 66 yards. Those 66 rushing yards gave Kovacs a new career-high. Darien Iannacone was Kovacs' top target, picking up 72 receiving yards and a pair of TDs.

Mountain Lakes' defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Hanover Park, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 3-0.

Coming up, Mountain Lakes will venture away from home to square off against Lenape Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Hanover Park, they will welcome Glen Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.