LAKEWOOD — Lakewood running back Tyler Courtney scored three touchdowns while rushing for 144 yards as the Cougars defeated Cedar Park Christian 39-14 Oct. 9, but coach Dan Teeter credited the offensive line.

“We challenged our o-line to dominate up front and work their 4-2 stack defense,” He said. “We worked all week on the various parts of the running game.”

It turned out that the offensive line was over-prepared, Teeter said.

“We’ve been throwing the ball a bunch all year and we were expecting sloppier conditions,” he said. “Some of the ways were just challenging them to up their game [during practice] and we simplified.

“We only had a handful of running plays and they were all physical — involving double teams and coverage.”

But Lakewood also had big plays on special team and defense as well, such as a blocked punt by Sean Dawson, a 100-yard kick return by David Le and a pivotal interception by Matt Ramirez in the third quarter.

And not to be outdone, sophomore quarterback Austin Lane was 7-13 in passing for 81 yards.

Decisions were also made by Lane as to give or keep the ball on running plays, Teeter said.

“Last week was when we got our big breakout plays, and this game we got them on defense and on special teams as well.” Teeter said. “It’s exciting to be gelling at this time.”

Two other local football teams also won big, while two others lost by large margins.