Don Lugo 2023 Football Season

Chase Davis, Sports Writer

November 29, 2023

Don Lugo wide receiver being tackled.

Don Lugo’s Football season comes to an end in the second round of CIF against Coachella Valley’s team. The Don Lugo football team definitely shocked the world and proved they will be good for the upcoming years. Don Lugo entered League with a 1-6 record and were projected to not make CIF and lose league.

The first game of league was against Chaffy High School. The game started with Lugo struggling offensively throwing 2 pick sixes in the first quarter. Quarterback Kalib Pacheco helped lead Lugo to a comeback victory with the help of star wide receiver Gavin Hrynezuk. Kalib finished the game with 363 passing yards and 6 touchdowns and Gavin had 7 receptions for a total of 110 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The next league game was against the favorites to win league West Covina. West Covina had a 10-1 record going into the game. Don Lugo was up 20-13 going into the 4th quarter. West Covina quickly got rid of our lead, but Lugo’s offence took over and with only 37 seconds left Lugo was down by 6. Kalib threw two great passes to Gavin who jumped over two defenders to bring Lugo to the red zone and Kalib threw it to Anthony Martinez to tie the game. And kicker Issac Lopez ran out on the field and drained the game winning extra point.

Lugo dominated their next game against Claremont to win league and achieve their first home win of the season.

In the first round of CIF Lugo got matched VS Santa Paula away. Lugo once started slow but Boe Canty played amazing and Lugo one there first CIF game with ease 45-31.

About the Contributors

Chase Davis, Sports Writer

Chase Davis is a first-year sports writer for Quest News. His goal for this year is to keep up with the Don Lugo football games and write detailed stories about every game he attends. He has played basketball and golf for Don Lugo since his 2021 sophomore year. Last year as a golf co-captain, Don Lugo won league and had their first undefeated golf season for the first time in 40 years. He is very excited to work as part of the Quest News team.

Nickolas Morales, Features Writer

Nickolas Morales, better known as Nicko, is a first year Quest News journalist of the 2023-2024 School Year. He is a student athlete, joining the tennis team his sophomore year and the varsity tennis team his junior year. Academically he has taken 6 AP classes throughout highschool so far, and is taking another 4 senior year. Outside of school, Nicko is an avid enjoyer of music, science fiction, and movies. He hopes to major in film at a top film school. He currently writes many essays about film and is planning to do more. He's additionally vice president of mathletes and former co-president of Chess Club.