Millersport shows heart in first home game since 2017
MILLERSPORT — The final score almost didn’t matter Saturday night for Millersport’s football team.
The Lakers were playing their first home game since the 2017 season after football was canceled because there was a lack of interest and had only 14 active players on the roster for the game. But those 14 gave it everything they had and never gave up against Miller.
The Lakers trailed the Falcons 14-6 at halftime but seemed to run out of gas in the second half as Miller pulled away for a 46-20 victory. The Lakers fell to 0-3 on the season.
“It was nice to have a home game and it would have been nice to have our whole team here,” Millersport coach Jack Trienish said. “We had three kids out with COVID and two out with injuries and one is sick. If we could ever get our whole team back, we might be able to pull one of these games off.
“I told the officials before the game, we will probably make a lot of mistakes, but these kids will never quit, and you saw that. They kept fighting to the very end.”
Almost every player had to play both ways and never came off the field.
“It’s exhausting, going from offense to defense, and the biggest thing is you take more hits,” junior quarterback Trey
Johnston said. “There are times you want a blow, just for a play, but we don’t get that chance because of our low numbers.”
Treinish said players continue to adjust to ironman football.
“It is exhausting and it is confusing at times because we have to move people around,” Treinish said “They have to learn on the fly, which is hard enough as it is, but I thought we did a much better adjusting this week than we did our last two games. We are taking little steps.”
Senior wide receiver Marc Blosser, who has not played football since his eighth-grade year and only joined the team a week ago, had a big night. Not only did he have a 64-yard touchdown reception, but he returned a kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and finished with two catches for 95 yards.
“It was exciting to come out and play like that,” Blosser said. “I’ve never played high school football. My quarterback tells me what route to run, and I run and try to get open.”
Treinish said it was a true act of brotherhood that Blosser decided to play at the urging of his friend running/linebacker back Mason Reynolds, and he thinks Blosser is only going to get better with each game he plays because of his athleticism.
The Lakers will look to get in the win column in their next game when they host 0-2 Manchester on Friday.