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The Lake Roosevelt Raiders' football season came to an end in Davenport on Friday at the hands of the Gorillas.

The playoff game started with a Gorilla touchdown, followed by a four-yard LR rushing touchdown from Brit Egbert to end the first quarter tied 7-7.

In the second quarter, the Gorillas scored a rushing touchdown then a passing touchdown to go into the half leading LR 21-7. 

In the second half, Egbert threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Chase Marchand.

With a missed extra point, this put the score at 21-13.

Davenport scored a field goal, the final points of the game, for a final score of 24-13. 

"What a great football game," Raider Head Coach Tim Rasmussen said. "It was a fantastic game up until the very end there."

With a block of Davenport's 295-pound Willy Waters, sophomore Nathan Donn buys time for Raider quarterback Brit Egbert to pass. - Scott Hunter photos

He said that the Raider players did a good job adjusting their play against Davenport from their game with them earlier in the season. 

"Our kids did a good job," he said. "Obviously there are some things we didn't execute that we wish had gone better, but that's kind of the point of the game. They played their hearts out, and did a great job stopping what Davenport does well."

The Raiders had a 4-5 win-loss record for the year.

"Overall, it was great to get back to playing football in a regular season," Rasmussen said. "We had a young team that you could tell it had been some time since they had been able to play a regular season. These juniors and seniors were freshmen and sophomores our last real football season. They grew a lot over the course of the year. We're looking forward to getting back into it next fall. There's a good group of kids to continue to develop and build with."