Instant Classic

two giant swings in momentum, one for Heritage in the first half and one for Lafayette in the second.

Heritage scored offensive touchdowns on four of its first five possessions, thanks in part to a pair of onside kicks that the Ramblers could not corral. Their second drive of the night ended on an interception by Lafayette’s Drake Bing, but the Generals would return the favor and then some. Zach Brown deflected a Vyshonn Daniel pass into the waiting arms of linebacker Maddox Rose, who wove his way through traffic for 43-yard touchdown to help stake his team to the big early lead.

Lafayette would finally get on the board late in the first quarter as a 52-yard run by Jalen Suttle set up Alan Hu’s 16-yard scoring burst one play later. But Heritage would counter on Nolan Letzgus’ second long touchdown reception of the first half, this one from 51 yards out.

Both teams would score once more before the half ended. Andrew Pendergrass caught a 9-yard touchdown pass with 7:35 left, only to see Heritage’s Jeffrey Curtis waltz into the endzone from five yards out just over two minutes later. Lafayette would get the final possession of the half with 5:11 remaining and marched from its own 20 all the way inside the Heritage 5. However, a false start penalty and an incomplete pass would prevent the Ramblers from adding any more points before the buzzer.