By: Jaiden Basinger, Jose Nazario, and Tyler Elzholz
September 14, 2021
The varsity football team started this season off strong with a pair of wins against Fairport Harbor and John Adams. After a 2-0 record, the Hurricanes suffered a week three, heart-breaking loss to Oberlin by one point.
Coming into last Friday with a 2-1 clip, the Hurricanes knew that they would have to play their best brand of football to upset the visiting Lutheran West Longhorns. Unfortunately, there was no upset as the Longhorns took home a decisive victory over the host Hurricanes, 47-13.
In the first quarter, the Hurricanes’ defense struggled to stop Lutheran West’s running attack and coughed up five rushing touchdowns to the Longhorns’ ground-and-pound offense. To make matters worse, the Hurricanes offense sputtered and could not even obtain a first down. After one quarter, the Longhorns had a comfortable 33-0 lead.
The second quarter started off in similar fashion as the Longhorns ran in yet another touchdown to extend the lead to 40-0. For the Canes, they finally showed signs of life in getting their first, first down of the game and marched all the way down the field for their first touchdown. Senior Jacob Sullivan threw a great pass to junior Anthony Starr, making it a 40-7 game. This was the score at halftime.
A quick strike from the Longhorns early in the third quarter extended their lead to 47-7 as this quarter played out similarly to the first in which the Hurricanes offense could not move the ball, thus failing to put more points on the scoreboard.
Although the game was essentially over, the Canes played a solid, defensive fourth quarter by blanking the Longhorns. Additionally, Sullivan threw another touchdown pass, this time to freshman Aiden Starr making it 47-13, and this is how the game ended.
Now 2-2, the Hurricanes will look to bounce back this Friday, September 17, as they host the Wickliffe Blue Devils at the Coach Jerry Younger Athletic Field. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m.
Good luck, Hurricanes!
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