Cheydon Georgacakis’ lacrosse skills came in handy Friday night — on a football field, no less.

The Hersey senior, minus his lax stick, fielded a ground ball (an onside kick in football-ese), from Elk Grove on the opening kickoff and sprinted all the way to EG’s 23-yard line in front of the Huskies’ homecoming crowd.

“I was ready for it,” said Georgacakis.

The rest of Hersey’s Huskies took it from there, willing and able to play crisp, physical football en route to their 54-14 victory at Roland R. Goins Stadium.

Coach Tom Nelson’s squad amassed all 54 of its points in the first half. Huskies junior quarterback Jake Nawrot played with aplomb in the first 24 minutes, completing 10 of 12 passes for 173 yards and 4 touchdowns and rushing for a 3-yard TD to open the scoring in the Mid-S

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