Lake Zurich's Late TD Pass Spells Defeat for Lake Forest

Date: Oct. 14

The Final Score: Lake Zurich 16, 6

Scouts’ Star Performer: The defense held Lake Zurich to 311 total yards and 49 came on the TD pass to win the game. Nick Keefe had 10 tackles and recovered one fumble. Richard Daniels and David Glynn also recovered fumbles. Brandt Pfeifer had seven tackles while Jack and Tom Kutschke each had six.

Other Notable Scout Performances: Kicker Baylor Broughton converted two of three field goals, hitting from 27 and 26 yards in the first half. He tried one more from 47 against a cross wind and it was short. New punter Evan Boudreaux, a freshman, squibbed one first half punt, but recovered nicely to average 33.5 yards for six boots.

Who’s Next: The Scouts (6-2 overall, 4-1 in the NSC Lake Division) visit Libertyville at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 to close out the regular season. Libertyville dominated Warren, 38-6, Friday night to improve to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the NSC Lake Division. Libertytville needs the win to solidify a place in the State playoffs, but the Scouts need to right their ship as well and gain a decent seed heading into State.

The Bottom Line: Lake Forest missed Jordan Beck's presence at quarterback. Andrew Clifford seemed heckled by the Lake Zurich defense, completing only 12 of 25 passes for 105 yards and 1 interception. Beck's left elbow injury will likely keep him sidelined as well against Libertyville. The offense did control the ball a little more than 3 minutes longer than Lake Zurich. However, without being able to keep the Bears off-balanced with a more effective passing game, Lake Zurich was able to key on running back Owen Williams, who managed a season-low 51 yards on 18 carries. Lake Forest receivers were led by Hub Cirame's three catches for 45 yards.

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