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Lakeland JV Loses Heartbreaker to Walled Lake Northern, 12-6
The Eagles came up short against the Knights Wednesday,
The JV lost a heartbreaker Walled Lake Northern 12-6 Wednesday evening.
The Eagles scored first on an 18-yard pass from Austin Jernigan to Dalton Christie at the 8:19 mark of the first quarter. Lakeland missed the extra point attempt.
The Knights scored their first touchdown midway through the second quarter.
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After a 6-6 tie at the half, the defenses took over in the third quarter.
Walled Lake scored the winning touchdown with 10:57 left to go in the game.
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The two point conversion failed to make the score 12-6.
The Eagles put on a furious rally with less than two minutes to go but came up short.
Dalton Christie had a big rushing game for the Eagles.
With the loss, Lakeland’s record drops to 2-4 heading into next week’s KLAA cross over game.