Warriors start off fall football late — with two victories | Sun Community News LAKE GEORGE | COVID-19 quarantines delayed Lake George Football Team's regular season by two weeks, but the isolation didn't hamper their players' abilities to effectively battle opponents, nor dampen their will to win.

LAKE GEORGE | Following a two-week delay of their fall 2021 football season due to COVID-19 quarantines, the Lake George Warriors won their first two games by wide margins. The Lake George Football team's potent offense and aggressive defense demonstrated they are a force to contend with over the remainder of the season. This year, Lake George football cast off their longtime affiliation with Hadley-Luzerne after Lake George players and parents objected to a pending, league-approved merger between Corinth, Lake George, and Hadley-Luzerne. Over the last two weekends, the Warriors showed the league they can enjoy success as a stand-alone program — at least for this year as well as in 2022. The Warriors' first game was away against Canajoharie-Fort Plain, which the Warriors won 19-12 after containing the Cougars' comeback efforts. Junior Quarterback Brody McCabe passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third to lead Lake George, which was missing three key players for this Sept. 24 defensive battle. Canajoharie scored initially in the first quarter, ending the stanza with a 6-0 advantage. Fired up, the Lake George players retaliated with two touchdowns in the second quarter, and another soon after in the third. The first touchdown was scored by McCabe on a 2-yard run; the second was accomplished as junior wide receiver Nate Hohman gained 9 yards on a pass from McCabe, and the third stemmed from a reception by junior tight end Dan Barber who scored for a 20-yard gain. Sophomore soccer player Nick Wagemann kicked the extra point to convert the latter touchdown. The Cougars responded with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass, but the Warriors contained all their other drives through the half, to win the non-divisional game. McCabe completed 8 passes for 127 yards gained, and he ran the ball 15 times for 72 total yards. Senior running back Matthew Johnson added 57 yards on 11 rushes, and Hohman caught four passes for 64 yards gained. Warriors defeat Granville 47-6 in season's 2nd game Six days later, the Warriors took on Granville at home — and key offensive player Brendan Lamby was back in big-time action. The junior receiver earned a reputation last spring for his speed and agility in his pass receptions and runs. McCabe threw passes to Lamby for three touchdowns on gains of 4, 48 and 25 yards, and Lamby ran 49 yards for another touchdown. Also scoring touchdowns were Matt Johnson on a 49-yard run and McCabe on an 11-yard sprint. Additionally, Nate Hohman caught a pass from McCabe for a 13-yard score. After five of those seven touchdowns, Wagemann successfully booted the ball through the uprights for conversions. Granville responded in the final quarter with a touchdown on a three-yard run. Warrior coach Zac Kozersky said that his players demonstrated that they had they could concentrate on gameplay, anticipate players' movements, and respond effectively. "All week in practice before the Granville game, we were preaching 'focus,'" he said. A key element of the victory was the offensive line, which features a lot of veteran players, particularly senior guard Alek Elkins, Kozersky said. Alek is a real leader, on and off the field, for our offense and defense," he said. Kozersky noted that senior linebacker Andrew Jeckel was aggressive on defense. In the Granville game, Elkins and Jeckel had 12 tackles each; Barber had 13, while Luke Sheldon and Max Dickinson had 9 each. Kozersky noted that his team needed to focus during their practice sessions this week to prepare for a game Saturday, Oct. 9, at Salem High School against Cambridge-Salem, which has a legacy of sectional and state championships. "Our players have to focus every time they step out on the field, as the results will show at the end of the week on game day," he said.

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