The Lone Tree football team saw the New London Tigers come into town on Friday night for their third game of the 2020 football season and the Lions fell at home 54-26. 

The game was nip and tuck for a while with the score tied at eight after one and 28-22 at the break in favor of the Tigers. Both defenses hung tough in the third with neither team scoring, but New London broke through in the fourth with four touchdowns to put the game out of reach. Cade Shield led the Lion offense completing 12 of 24 passes for 222 passing yards and three touchdowns. Will Hotz had 12.5 tackles to pace the defense. 

Head Coach Aaron Bohr tells KCII Sports a lot of younger players were forced into action. “We ran into some injuries early and some guys that have pretty big roles for us weren’t able to finish out the contest. We are hoping to get them back next week, but we had to have some guys step up and they got their first taste of varsity experience. It’s a pretty big toll when you are playing a team like New London that is physically impressive with a lot of great athletes.” 

This loss makes the Lions record 1-2 and they return to the gridiron this week against GMG for Homecoming.