By Austin Block

Friday night could have been the end of 13 varsity football players’ high school football careers. Friday night could have been the last time those players helped score touchdowns, convert field goals, and shut down opposing offenses for the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines. Friday night was Senior Night, and the team needed to win in order to make the playoffs and extend its season for at least one more game.

The Wolverines avoided spoiling Senior Night, during which the football players and 2 senior cheerleaders were honored, by soundly defeating Bishop St. Montgomery 37-2 and securing a CIF playoff spot in the process.

“Let’s get it going right now,” a coach said to the players before the start of the game. 

And “get it going” they did. The team scored on its first drive of the game on a 56 touchdown pass from Max Heltzer ’11 to Jackson Liguori ’10 and took a 24-0 lead into halftime.

In the second half, the team built its lead to 31-0 before finally surrendering a safety to put Bishop St. Montgomery on the board. Oliver Lowry ’10, playing quarterback, ran into the left side of the end zone to put the finishing touches on the win with under a minute remaining in the game. The ensuing extra point was blocked.