Congratulations to our Lake Park Lancers on their 22-21 win at Belleville East. With this win, they advance to the 2nd round of playoffs and will take on Fremd High School. Date and location of game will be posted as soon as it is finalized. GO LANCERS!
Lake Park didn't make a 300-mile trek from Chicago to Belleville to do something ordinary.
With 1:31 remaining Saturday, the Lancers declined a
chance to kick the game-tying extra point and instead threw a
successful 2-point conversion pass to defeat Belleville East 22-21 in a
Class 8A state playoff game.
"There wasn't any decision - on the road, go for the
win," Lake Park defensive coordinator Bob Nihells said after
quarterback Larry Nawrot rolled left and hit Clay Cooper for the
decisive conversion pass.
Nawrot said head coach Andy Livingston never hesitated after calling a timeout to set up the play.
"We knew we were going for 2," said Nawrot, whose
32-yard pass to Artie Monaco set up Monaco's 1-yard touchdown run that
led to the critical moment. "This is the playoffs, you've got to take
chances."
Nawrot rolled left to get the defense's attention, hoping Cooper would find a way to get open.
"I knew if I gave that (Belleville East) kid a little
step inside he would come up to me and leave Cooper wide open, so
that's what I did," said Nawrot, whose 8-2 team wiped out a 14-0
halftime deficit and ended Belleville East's season at 7-3. http://football.dailyherald.com/story/?id=333266