Dragons win Homecoming, bring on top ranked Hawks.

Written Friday October 7th, at 11:55 PM

Homecoming has it's advantages, the alumni come back to watch the young generation continue the tradition that is Lake Orion Football.

However this wasn't your typical homecoming game.

The Dragons used a ground assault on the Red Hawks in rout to a 28-14 victory in Lake Orion on Friday Night.

The star of the game was junior running back Jacob Miller. Miller had the game of his life, had 33 carries for 285 yards and three touchdowns. "Jacob’s a workhorse," Bell said of Miller to reporters. "He’s been waiting for this game for his whole life. We came out in the second half knowing that we wanted to run the ball. We stayed with it because it was working."

Besides Miller who came to play, so did the Dragons bend, don't break defense. The defense shut down the Red Hawks offense most of the night. The only two mistakes the defense made was a 77 yard touchdown run with two minutes left in the game by running back Sam Haskell and a six yard touchdown from running back Lonnie Bolden with 20 seconds left in the second quarter.

Troy Athens tied the game 7-7 at the half but on the first series Miller carried the team on his back, and eventually scoring on a three yard touchdown to give the Dragons the lead for good at 14-7.

Miller would then strike again, following a Red Hawks punt, Miller ran the ball for 66 yards deep into Red Hawks territory, then once in the red zone he added a four yard touchdown which would be the winning score up 21-7.

The defending MHSAA division one state champion, Dragons move to 6-1 overall and 6-0 in the OAA Red. The team clinched a share of the OAA Red Championship and a playoff spot with this win tonight over Troy Athens.

The next game for the Dragons is Friday Night against the unbeaten, 24th ranked team in the Country according to Rivals.com, defending state champions for division two, and top ranked team in the state in Farmington Hills Harrison (7-0, 6-0 OAA White.) The Hawks feature a core of star players going to division one schools and this may be the best Farmington Hills Harrison team under Hawks coach John Herrington in his 41 years coaching in Farmington Hills based on skill, speed, and talent.

Last season in the 40th year reunion of Hawks Football, Farmington Hills Harrison beat Lake Orion in a battle of unbeaten's 28-6 on Saturday Afternoon, that would be the last time in that year the Dragons had lost a game.