Sports
Last Game on Home Field Memorable for Batavia Seniors
BHS student Claire Jacobi recaps Batavia's 19-14 win over Lake Forest. Next up: The Bulldogs travel to Rockford Boylan.
A big win at Bulldog Stadium helped make saying goodbye to their home field a little bit easier for the seniors of the Batavia football team. As Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ blared from the speakers, the boys huddled up for their last talk on their home field. The coaches were almost speechless as they gathered to celebrate their 19-14 win against Lake Forest in the third round of playoffs.
The defense was extremely valuable in the Bulldog win. Josh Leonhard and Anthony Thielk were key players on the defensive side. Running back Anthony Scaccia lead the offense with 135 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Scaccia now holds the school record for most rushing yards and touchdowns in a season.
The two teams battled the entire game. A 90-yard interception by Andrew Nelson left the score 7-6 Lake forest at the end of the 1st quarter. During the 2nd quarter, Lake Forest intercepted the ball again, but it was then recovered by Batavia’s Jake Hlava in the following play, which later lead to a Scaccia touchdown to make the score 12-7 going into halftime.
A long Micah Coffey pass to Rourke Mullins in the third quarter opened up a 39-yard run for the quick receiver, which then gave the bulldogs a 12-point lead. But Lake Forest continued to fight, as Trent Williams scored with 3:52 to go.
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Batavia’s defense took it from there. Stopping Lake Forest’s offense, and helping Batavia continue on to next week’s semi-final at Rockford Boylan.
RECAP
11/16/13 ROUND 3 PLAYOFFS LAKE FOREST
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Final: Batavia 19, Lake Forest 14
Score By Quarters
BAT: 6 - 6 -7 - 0 — 19
LF: 7 - 0 - 0 - 7 — 14
1st Quarter
BAT- TD Anthony Scaccia 11-yard run
Kick – No Good
LF- 54 seconds TD Andrew Nelson 90-yd interception
Kick- Good
2nd Quarter
BAT- 5:02 Scaccia 14 yd run
2 pt- no good
3rd Quarter
BAT- 8:55 Rourke Mullins 39 yd run
Kick- Howie Morgano
4th Quarter
LF- 3:52 Trent Williams 1 yd run
Kick - Good
Game Leaders
Micah Coffey #15 QB:
10-19, 222 yards, 2 TDS, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles
Anthony Scaccia #28 RB:
32 rushes,135 yards, 3 catches, 36 yards, 1 rush TD and 1 receiving TD
Jordan Zwart #85 WR:
2 rec 83 yards
Rourke Mullins #6 WR:
1 catch 39 yards and a TD
Tucker Knox #11 K:
3 punts, 43 yard avg
