Dragons roll past Pontiac

Written Sunday September 11th, at 10:52 PM.

Nothing is ever easy in Lake Orion these days.

Since the 41-20 loss to Oxford the Dragons have started to find themselves lately in the last two weeks. Last week the Dragons handled Rochester 35-7, this week the Dragons handled Pontiac in a penalty filled game 40-12.

The Dragons are now 2-0 in the OAA Red and 2-1 overall while the Phoenix fell to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in OAA Red play.

The reason why the Dragons have won two in a row is their running game, with Jacob Miller. Miller had 79 yards on 18 carries with a touchdown while quarterback Sean Charette was a duel threat quarterback this night. Charette finished with eight rushes for 70 yards and a rushing touchdown. He was 11 for 17 for 163 yards with one touchdown and one pick. Charette's only touchdown pass was a 33 yard toss to Cory Ester.

Another reason why the Dragons have won two in a row is their defense. The last two weeks the Dragon defense have allowed 12 points and 19 points overall as a team (the one last week vs the Falcons was an offensive fumble return for a touchdown.)

The Orion defense was a force all night against the Phoenix, causing turnovers and chaos. They did not have John Gall for this game because of an injury. The defense did cause a questionable fumble from Phoenix quarterback Johnny McKnight. McKnight threw the ball which everybody on the field thought was incomplete, except for four Dragons who then ran the ball to the Pontiac end-zone. The referees concluded that defense-lineman Andrew Shafkalis caused a fumble and corner-back Jake Gardner took the ball back 51 yards for a Dragon touchdown, and put them up 14-0. Pontiac coach Brad Zube was furious with the officials and let them have it before halftime.

The defense wasn't done yet, McKnight was picked off this time by defensive lineman Jake Tebeau for a 11 yard touchdown toward the south end zone for the Dragons final points of the game.

Coach Chris Bell's Dragons committed 15 penalties in the game, mostly were called on offense and had two touchdowns called back because of penalties.

Pontiac's points came off a 69 yard run from returning running back Anthony Smith and a 24 yard touchdown pass from McKnight to Dominique Shaw. The pass was against the second team defense.

Lake Orion's next game is at West Bloomfield on Friday. The Lakers (2-1 2-0 OAA Red) beat the Royal Oak Ravens 39-21 on Friday Night.