Ipswich-Edmunds Central got on the scoreboard first, but eventually succumbed to Langford Area 34-14 in a Lake Region Conference "Battle of the Big Cats" high school football game in Langford last Friday.

The Tigers’ two touchdowns were respectively produced by that first-quarter scoring drive, capped by Ben Kulesa’s four-yard strike to Daniel Braun and a two-point conversion hook-up by the same duo and then a short fumble-recovery return to paydirt by Jacob Nierman in the third quarter. That latter TD temporarily lifted Ipswich-EC into a 14-14 tie. (The score had also been tied at 8-8...