When Bonney Lake visited Harry Lang Stadium Friday to tussle with the front-running Lakes Lancers, the No. 2-ranked 3A football team in the state, there was only going to be one possible outcome and it wasn’t going to be pretty.

A talented Bonny Lake bunch watched its aspirations for landing in the second season fade into oblivion against an opportunistic 9-0 Lancer crew that was not a very cordial host. The Lancers delivered a 62-14 dismantling of BLHS that dropped the Panthers to 2-3 in league action and ended any hope that Bonney Lake would still be playing football in November.

“I am not going to mince any words. It sucks to be done already,” Bonney Lake boss Chad Barrett said. “But we were a young squad that came into their house and simply made too many mistakes. You just can’t do that if you want to be a winner.”

In the opening quarter, Bonney Lake capped an efficient scoring drive with an 8-yard dart to Kaleb Zahnow delivered by Chris Brown, the South Puget Sound League 3A’s leading passer.

Things began to unravel for the Panthers at Lakes pilfered two Brown aerials and returned them for scores early in the second stanza. Additionally, Bonney Lake fumbled the ball in its own end zone and a Lakes defender alertly pounced on the loose pigskin for another Lancer score. The mistakes were piling up and the score at intermission was 49-7.

The game degenerated into a blowout in the second half as Bonney Lake had another interception returned for a touchdown and Lakes went into its ground and pound rushing attack.

The Panthers scored in the late going on a 1-yard plunge by Nathaniel Steinhauer. Panther kicker Austin Curtis legged through his second PAT of the evening and the scoring was crystalized at 62-14.

“Lakes showed us that we are a young team with a number of things to work on in the offseason,” Barrett said. “I think we will be OK next year, though. We just have to develop a running game to compliment our passing attack and become more balanced.”