After flying high against Bartlett last Friday, Lake Park came back down to earth. The Lake Park Lancers were beaten by the Batavia Bulldogs 56-6 on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Lancers in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost six in a row.
Lake Park's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Dominic Pitello picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Nathan Whitwell had a dynamite game for Batavia, rushing for 238 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Whitwell a new career-high in rushing yards. Brett Berggren was another key player, picking up 140 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lake Park fell to 2-1. As for Batavia, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lake Park will welcome Geneva at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Geneva knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Lake Park likes a good challenge. As for Batavia, they will stay at home for another week and welcome St. Charles North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Batavia focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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