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The Lock Haven football team closed its historic 2023 run at home on Saturday and despite a late surge, the Bald Eagles were edged out by visiting Edinboro (3-8), 36-30, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East-West shootout.
With the loss, Lock Haven ended the 2023 season with a 5-6 overall record. The Bald Eagles were in search of their first winning-record since 1981.
The five wins however did help Lock Haven make history as it served as the first five-win season since 1982.
A big reason behind the 2023 success was the play of standout running back Chris Collier, who broke Lock Haven’s all-time single-season rushing record today.
Lock Haven entered this season coming off back-to-back one-win seasons, and the Bald Eagles had won a combined four games in the previous three seasons prior to this fall.
Lock Haven finished PSAC Eastern Division play with a 3-4 record with wins over Millersville, Bloomsburg and Shippensburg – last week. The Bald Eagles opened the season with a lopsided win over Post and added a thrilling comeback-win over Clarion in Week-3 action.
On Saturday, Collier carried the ball 19 times for 160 yards, and one touchdown.
The 160 yards pushed Collier’s season total to 1,393 yards, which now stands alone at the top of Lock Haven’s single-season rushing record book. Collier broke Hall of Famer Joe Speese’s record of 1,321yards, set back in 1979 when the Bald Eagles won the PSAC title.
Collier finished the season with 126.6 rushing yards-per-game to lead the entire PSAC. The next-best rusher was 33-plus yards behind Collier.
Wide receiver T’iar Young put on a show today, finishing with a pair of TD catches and 101 total receiving yards on five total catches. Marquis Perry finished with a touchdown grab.
Zajack threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns on 17-of-30 passing.
Romano capped an all-around brilliant season with a nine-tackle outing. Johnson finished with seven tackles, and Gonzalez recorded five tackles and two sacks as the senior-trio led the defensive charge today.
Kasir Henry added six tackles.