Dragons have hit rock bottom.

Written Friday August 31st at 11:05 AM

The Dragons have hit rock bottom on Thursday night.

Having a big crowd, opening up a new stadium, it just didn't matter the same problems came true as Lake Orion fell to the Oxford Wildcats 28-7 losing the Double O Trophy in the process.

The problems are there which were the same against Lapeer. It is turnovers and time possession football. The Dragons had five turnovers while the Wildcats had two turnovers. (Oxford converted theirs to 21 points while Lake Orion none.) Time possession is another problem, the Wildcats had the football more than the Dragons which included two drives of 14 plus plays which led to points.

Lake Orion couldn't stop Drew Carpenter, Oxford's converted running back playing quarterback this season. Carpenter went seven for nine for 97 yards and two touchdown passes while having 18 carries for 77 yards. Trent Myre had 19 carries for 63 yards and two touchdowns in the game. The Dragons defense also could not get off the field on third down either which kept them in the game longer.

The Lake Orion offense had trouble sustaining drives all night but there was one glimpse of hope on the night when quarterback Blaze Lauer found Matt Freeman on a fade route for a 36 yard touchdown in the second quarter tying the score at 7-7 at the time.

Then it went south.

Mistakes as mentioned doomed Lake Orion, they went for it on fourth down after just converting a fourth down earlier in the drive, instead of punting at the Oxford 43, which led to the Wildcats winning touchdown late in the second quarter. The mishandled punt that led to Oxford's first touchdown in the first quarter and later in the game running back Kobe Manzo fumbled in the third quarter when the Dragons just got a fumble recovery, which led to the Wildcats third touchdown.

Lake Orion is 16-22 since 2014 and sit at 0-2 this season, that's not good. The offense has really struggled, numbers don't lie when you look at it.

Now can this team fix their problems, sure, but frustrations are high and the problems mentioned above is the reason why. Effort is NOT the issue. The schedule does not get any easier for the Dragons as they have to go to Adams (next week) and have West Bloomfield, Southfield Arts and Tech, and Monroe all on the road and have Clarkston coming to Lake Orion.

I think it's time to do some sole searching, have a team meeting, or something. I get that this is a Junior heavy team but there is plenty of leaders on this team. It's important to stay together as a team because right now it's going down a same road that happened last season when the Dragons went 3-6.

This can be turned around but it won't be overnight, it has to be one day at a time.