The Capital football team was the aggressor early in a key home matchup against Lakes on Friday, Oct. 9, but the Cougars couldn’t catch the Lancers in the fourth quarter in a 41-17 loss.
Capital quarterback Nolan Potts put the Cougars on the scoreboard first in the opening quarter with a 2-yard rushing touchdown as his squad held a 7-0 lead through the first quarter.
Lakes eventually came alive in the second quarter with a pair of touchdown drives, and a Potts field goal at the halftime buzzer made it 14-10 Lancers at the break.
The Lancers jumped in front by 10 in the third quarter with a touchdown, and another score early in the fourth made it 27-10. Carter Pennington caught a short pass on a crossing route and took it to the house on a 74-yard touchdown. But Lakes, leading by 10, wasn’t finished, as the Lancers forced multiple missed tackles by the Cougars on a 51-yard touchdown reception. Lakes delivered the final blow with a touchdown run late in the fourth.
“Lakes is a great team. They took advantage of our mistakes. We did not take advantage of theirs,” Capital head coach Terry Rose said. “Much respect to their staff. They made great adjustments at halftime and came out and responded quickly. We just couldn’t catch back up in the end.”
Pennington finished with 135 yards on eight receptions with the long touchdown, but he suffered an injury and will miss the rest of the season, Rose confirmed.
Capital (2-4, 1-2 Puget Sound League) will head to South Sound Stadium on Friday, Oct. 16 to face North Thurston (1-5, 0-3 PSL).
