Lake edges Rocky River to stay unbeaten

After consecutive blowout victories, the Blue Streaks found themselves in a dogfight Sept. 5 against visiting Rocky River. Losing Ty DeGeorge on the opening drive did not help matters.

Davis Matson stepped in and Alex Quior stepped up as Lake, which led 27-7 at halftime, held on for a 34-28 victory to remain perfect on the season.

DeGeorge, who had accounted for 10 touchdowns in the Blue Streaks’ first two wins, went down with a broken ankle on Lake’s opening drive. The drive stalled, but on the next possession, Lake scored on a 5-yard run by Quior. The Blue Streaks added two more scores as Quior connected with Cole Lanterman for a 55-yard touchdown, then Matson ran in from four yards out for a 20-0 second-period lead.

Rocky River’s offense responded with two unanswered third-quarter touchdowns to pull within six. The Pirates looked ready to tie after forcing a Lake punt, but they muffed the return, and Mack Crespo recovered for the Blue Streaks. Two plays later, Quior ran in from eight yards out for a 34-21 lead.

Rocky River (2-1) quickly answered with an 80-yard scoring pass, but Lake’s defense stiffened, forcing back-to-back punts. With 5:42 left, the Blue Streaks (3-0) leaned on Matson, who carried seven straight times to seal the win.

Matson, who returned after missing two weeks following appendix surgery, rushed for 173 yards and two scores on 26 carries. Quior went 12-of-20 for 148 yards with one touchdown pass and added two rushing scores on nine carries for 50 yards.

Girls soccer 

Lake improved to 7-2 overall but remains winless in Federal League play. The Blue Streaks fell 2-1 to GlenOak on Sept. 3, with Brinton scoring their only goal as the Golden Eagles (5-0-1, 2-0) fired 18 shots.

Lake (7-2, 0-2) bounced back with a 3-1 victory over Chardon, led by Brinton’s hat trick. Anais Gerbetz recorded two assists and Fockler added one.

Boys soccer 

The Blue Streaks dropped both matches this past week, first losing 2-1 at home to Louisville on Aug. 30 before falling on the road to Federal League rival GlenOak on Sept. 2.

In the Louisville match, Levi Yoder scored Lake’s lone goal. Against the Golden Eagles (4-1, 2-0), Lake (0-6, 0-2) trailed 4-0 at halftime en route to a 7-0 defeat.

Volleyball 

Lake had an uneven week, sweeping nonconference opponent Mogadore but falling in straight sets to Federal League foes Green and Jackson.

On Sept. 2, the Blue Streaks lost 25-21, 25-12, 26-24 to Green (5-1, 3-0) as Peyton Fritz tallied nine kills and Luci Haddad had eight digs. The next day, Lake (3-4, 0-3) swept visiting Mogadore 25-9, 25-12, 25-21 behind Fritz’s 13 kills and Haddad’s 17 digs. On Sept. 4, Lake lost at Jackson 25-23, 25-15, 25-21.