Sleepless in Farmington. Dragons wake up with a second half vengeance on the Falcons

Written Saturday October 20th, at 2:00 AM

The Dragons came into Farmington on a rainy Friday night with a chip on its shoulder after the emotional loss to Clarkston but it was the aurora of Homecoming night in Farmington that gave nightmares from the start.

The Dragons missed tackles, missed assignments, gave up a fumble for a touchdown on the first snap of the game, a blocked punt, and let Jordan Degreffenreed and Connor Mohr run all over them, each got a touchdown.

And that was most of the first half.

The Falcons (6-3, 5-2 White) led 18-0. There were a lot of shocked faces on the Dragons sidelines and even in the media. However Farmington suffered a tough loss when Degreffenreed twisted his ankle a bit and sat out most of the second quarter. 

The Dragons then struck like vultures.

With a minute to go in the half, Dragons quarterback Derrick DeLaura found Chaz Miller on an 80 yard touchdown pass and a two point conversion later, Lake Orion trailed 18-8 at halftime.

After the 20 minute wait from the Farmington homecoming festivities. The Dragons realized they had a defense and the much needed spark from an unusual source. That was the beginning of a 35-0 second half beat down that was coming at hand.

Farmington had the first shot on offense but the Dragons stopped them. However a bigger concern came when Mohr was knocked out of the game with a knee injury. His status for the playoffs is uncertain at this time.

Jacob Miller and the offensive line took over.

Miller ran the ball 27 yards for a touchdown and the Dragons were right back in business down 18-15 to the Falcons.

Lake Orion then got another stop on defense and then Cory Ester ran one from 41 yards out, giving the Dragons their first lead of the game, 22-18 and that was the score after three quarters.

The Dragons then got another stop on defense and then Miller answered again from it’s own eight yard line, going 92 yards for a touchdown making the score 29-18 Lake Orion.

The defense was riding high, even if Degreffenreed returned back to the game from injury. Farmington did not have the weapons for an all out air attack and were forced to the run the ball all night. Jacob Miller then added his third touchdown of the night when he went 40 yards for a touchdown making the score 36-18 Lake Orion.

The defense and special teams then started to get turnovers and then afterwards newly called up sophomore Matt Krause found the end zone going 40 yards, making it 43-18 Lake Orion, in front of the cheerleaders, the Ladies LO student section, and Michael Loskenzy.

The Dragons are now 3-0 on Homecoming games (Own, Pontiac, and Farmington.) Lake Orion will go to the playoffs at 8-1 and currently have 100 points. The Dragons will get a home game in the playoffs. Farmington is now 6-3, and has injury concerns to Mohr and Degreffenreed heading into the playoffs.

We’ll see what happens on the High School Playoff selection show on Sunday night at 6 PM on Fox Sports Detroit.