Lake Park 32, Streamwood 0

Lake Park finally found water in the desert.

After going scoreless in their four previous football games, the Lancers scored a touchdown on their opening drive when quarterback Mike Hannigan crossed the goal line on a 1-yard sneak.

It was no mirage, either.

Lake Park broke loose for 4 more touchdowns in the second half to satisfy their thirst and delight a homecoming crowd with a 32-0 Upstate Eight Conference triumph over Streamwood on Friday night in Roselle.

"It was kind of like five weeks of labor and finally giving birth," Lancers coach Andy Livingston said.

Chris Jasinski set the tone by breaking a tackle and running for a 57-yard gain on the home team's first play. Five plays later, Hannigan carried the ball into the end zone to complete an 87-yard drive.

"It was nice to finally just drive the ball down the field and put it in the end zone," Hannigan said. "It feels like this tremendous weight was just lifted right off of our shoulders. And then from there, we were relaxed and had fun."

Yet it was a game for the first half.

Hannigan's touchdown was the lone score in the first two quarters thanks to some big stops by Lake Park (2-5, 1-4). Streamwood (1-6, 1-4) threatened to score on a pair of drives, but each ended on a fourth-down play being stopped.

Livingston called team's defensive effort "huge."

The Lancers broke open the game in the third quarter with 3 TDs -- a 5-yard run by Kevin Thomas, a 1-yard keeper by Larry Nawrot and a fumble return by Andy Kasper.

A Jasinski 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter completed the scoring.

Streamwood coach Cal Cummins said the second half wasn't his team's only issue.

"It goes back to the first half, too," he said. "I told the guys, 'Hey, we played some pretty good football, but we didn't finish.' We couldn't finish a couple drives in the first half. Besides that first drive that they had, we did a pretty fair job defensively.

"But then again we came out in the second half and when we did move the ball we didn't finish. And we stopped finishing on defense."

Jasinski finished with 122 yards on 7 carries, while Thomas rushed for 106 yards on 14 attempts.

Lake Park gained 302 yards to Streamwood's 176.