Luxemburg-Casco uses quick start to defeat Xavier football

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LUXEMBURG – The Xavier football team opened its 2023 campaign, dropping a 34-20 nonconference contest to Luxemburg-Casco on Friday night.

Luxemburg-Casco led 26-7 at halftime and Xavier could not complete the comeback, scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Evan McCormick had a 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Reid Heitpas in the fourth. Heitpas also tossed a 40-yard TD to Tyler Brightman in the final period for the Hawks.

Xavier did rack up 302 total yards, but couldn’t overcome the strong first play of offense from Luxemburg-Casco.

Xavier hosts Fox Valley Lutheran for a nonconference game Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m.

Spartans 34, Hawks 20
Xavier   0   7   0   13   –   20
Luxemburg-Casco   6   20   8    0   –   34
(L-C statistics not provided)
First Quarter
LC – 2 run (kick missed).
Second Quarter
LC – 4 pass (kick good).
X – Evan McCormick 5 run (A.J. Seidler kick).
LC – 29 pass (kick good).
LC – 27 pass (two-point play failed).
Third Quarter
LC – 2 run (two-point play good).
Fourth Quarter
X – Tyler Brightman 40 pass from Reid Heitpas (Seidler kick).
X – McCormick 14 pass from Heitpas (two-point play failed).
Team Statistics
First downs: Xavier 15; Luxemburg-Casco 19.
Rushing (att-yards): X 36-165; LC 38-144.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): X 5-12-137-0; LC 15-X-217-0.
Total yards: X 302; LC 361.
Fumbles lost: X 1; LC 0.
Penalties (no.-yards): X 5-24; LC 6-26.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: X, Reid Heitpas 10-59, Isaiah Des Jardins 5-29, Evan McCormick 7-29, Matthew Potter 10-21, Carter McGlone 4-11.
Passing: X, Heitpas 4-11-119-0, Potter 1-1-18-0.
Receiving: X, Tyler Brightman 2-60, McCormick 2-32, Des Jardins 1-45.
Records: Xavier 0-1; Luxemburg-Casco 1-0.