By Terry Boehmker

NKyTribune sports reporter

No one expects a high school football team to be a shining example of efficiency in their first game of the season. Overcoming inopportune errors is often the key to victory, and that’s what Highlands did to defeat Frederick Douglass, 21-20, in double overtime on Friday in Fort Thomas.

The Bluebirds committed three turnovers and went 0-for-4 on field goal attempts with two of them blocked. But the offense crossed the goal line on two overtime possessions from 10 yards out with Tayden Lorenzen scoring both touchdowns and the winning two-point conversion.

“My teammates in practice set me up for moments like that and the coaches put me in position where I can make those plays,” said Lorenzen.

On all of his scoring runs, the 6-foot-3, 235-pound

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