Lower Lake threatens late at Fort Bragg, but interception ends scoring threat
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FORT BRAGG >> A drive deep into Fort Bragg territory late in the fourth quarter ended with an interception as the Lower Lake Trojans fell 12-8 to the Timberwolves in North Central League I varsity football action Friday night at Timberwolf Stadium.
While the Timberwolves (2-1 league, 2-3 overall) have quickly rejuvenated their season with back-to-back, low-scoring home victories over Kelseyville and Lower Lake, the Trojans (0-3, 2-3) lost a third straight league game that they had opportunities o win.
“We caught a couple of passes near the goal line there at the end, but both came back on penalties,” Lower Lake head coach Jay Jakubowski said. “One was legitimate.”
Lower Lake has been competitive in all three of its league losses but hasn’t been able to crack the win column.
“We played good football in doses,” Jakubowski said. “We can’t put together a full game.”
All of the scoring in Friday’s game took place in the first half. Lower Lake took an 8-0 lead on a 9-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ashton Hartmann to Jordan Rohrbacker and Hartmann’s conversion pass to Brody Shields. The Timberwolves closed to 8-6 before pushing ahead to stay with a touchdown right before halftime.
Game statistics weren’t available.
Fort Bragg won the junior varsity game 57-20.
The Trojans return home next Friday to play Willits (1-1, 3-1). Fort Bragg travels to Upper Lake (0-3, 0-5).
