Evergreen was undone by turnovers, committing six of them after a long trip to Lakewood.
“And all six of those turnovers led to Lakewood points,” Evergreen coach Terry Hyde said.
“Turnovers kills us tonight. That’s a very good team we played, and you know what happened with give a good football team opportunities.”
Lakewood drove the field for its first touchdown and a 8-0 lead in the first quarter. But an Plainsmen turnover allowed Lakewood to lead 16-0 at halftime.
Evergreen got on the board with a 26-yard field goal by Eli Del-Angel in the third quarter, but Lakewood pulled away.
Eli Vaa-Leiataua rushed for 97 yards for Evergreen.
LAKEWOOD 46, EVERGREEN 3
Evergreen 0 0 3 0– 3
Lakewood 8 8 27 3–46
Third quarter
T — Eli DelAngel 26 FG
Individual statistics
RUSHING — Evergreen, Eli Vaa-Leiataua 9-97, Cameron Smith 3-30.
PASSING — Evergreen: Ryan Blaize 4-7-65.
RECEIVING — Evergreen, David Kailea 2-23, Zyell Griffin 1-5, Luke Allen 1-8, Vaa-Leiataua 1-12.
