Dragons fall to Harrison but hope is still not lost.

Written Friday October 14th, at 11:48 PM

Usually losing is not a good thing, but this loss came at a price Friday night at Lake Orion against the Farmington Hills Harrison Hawks. The Dragons fell in a tight 28-7 game to the Hawks, which the game was much closer than the score. People ask what was the difference, it's plain and simple.

The Dragons didn't take advantage of their opportunities. The Hawks had ten penalties including some personal foul calls during the game.

Lake Orion had five trips inside the red zone, and yet didn't come away from any points. Also involved in the game was a touchdown by junior Chaz Miller that was taken back thanks to a horrible holding penalty by the referees. If that touchdown stood it would had been 21-14, Hawks but instead Farmington Hills Harrison stopped the Dragons on four downs and eventually scored a touchdown to put the game out of reach.

Farmington Hills Harrison took a 21-0 lead into the half but the Dragons continued to fight back. Senior quarterback Sean Charette found senior wide receiver Robert Aiello from four yards out for a Dragons touchdown to cut the gap to 21-7 but the opportunities didn't come through during the night.

Let's look at the bright side for the Dragons, the Dragons are in the playoffs and have a chance to win the OAA Red Championship outright but the Dragons need to get better and back to the drawing board as soon as possible and we all know Dragons coach Chris Bell and the rest of the coaches on the staff real well. If the Dragons (6-2, 6-0 OAA Red) can beat the Clarkston Wolves in Clarkston on Friday night, they would not only win the OAA Red outright but they could knock out the Wolves from the playoffs, even though there is a possibility that the Wolves will get into the playoffs at 5-4. Clarkston comes into the showdown with the Dragons at 5-3 overall and 5-1 in OAA Red play, after they lost to Oxford 42-35 on Friday Night.