Lakeridge Pacers Football 14-22 North Medford

North Medford handed Lakeridge a 22-14 defeat on Friday, August 28, in a non-league football game played in Medford. The loss opens the season on a tough note for Lakeridge, the Lake Oswego, Oregon-based program competing in the Three Rivers League (6A), which made the long road trip south to face a Southern Oregon opponent. Lakeridge showed enough fight to reach 14 points, but North Medford's eight-point margin proved to be the difference by the final whistle. Road non-league matchups like this one are built to test a team's resilience before conference play begins, and the experience of competing in a hostile environment will carry value as the season develops. Lakeridge drops to 0-1 on the young season. The program will look to regroup and get into the win column when it returns to action next week.