For the 2023 Lake Orion football team, the area's top squad heading into the playoffs, the light at the end of the tunnel is the sparkle from a potential state-championship ring.
Gavin Noonan ran for 221 yards and three touchdowns, and Jaxon Lippert added a pair of scores, as the Walled Lake Western Warriors pounded out 390 yards on 50 carries, overwhelming Waterford Mott in a 42-27 win at the Xenith Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State on Thursday.