Daily Herald: Lake Park beats Neuqua Valley in OT thriller

Neuqua Valley’s Patrick Hoffman (80) is high fived by Keaton Crocker (4) after his touchdown catch during first half football action in Naperville. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

It took extra time for Neuqua Valley and Lake Park to decide their DuPage Valley Conference football matchup in Naperville on Friday.

And in the overtime, the Lancers’ David Kirkpatrick-Hardwick was the man of the moment.

After Lake Park recovered a Neuqua Valley fumble on the Wildcats’ first play in the OT, Lake Park handed the ball to Kirkpatrick-Hardwick. He carried it three times and ended up scoring from the 2 on third down to give the Lancers a 29-23 overtime victory.

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