The Bison football team dominated Painesville’s Harvey Red Raiders 60-34 at the Homecoming game on Oct. 14.

The crowd was hyped before the game.

“Expect a good win tonight; the boys should bring their all,” one fan was overheard saying.

“You can’t not win the Homecoming game,” said another.

The first quarter went well with junior quarterback Ben Connor scoring a touchdown in the last three minutes. Beachwood’s defense was strong, and no one lacked in effort.

“I was confident in the way we’d play because I felt we were well prepared even with the short practices we’d had that week,” Connor said, referencing the lack of practice on Oct. 12 and the shortened practice on Oct. 11 due to Yom Kippur.

Within the first two minutes of the second quarter, senior wide receiver LeKendrick Robinson scored a touchdown.

“We’d had a short practice week, and I think we knew in order to win this game we’d have to come together and play as hard as we could,” senior left tackle Dar’jon Bentley said.

The team definitely pulled together and it showed through the scoreboard.

By halftime, Beachwood was in the lead. Before the halftime performances, members of the 1989 team, who were Conference Champs, came onto the field for recognition.

“With this field and these lights, the only thing they can do is win,” a fan said.

And the team came through with the win.

During the fourth quarter, Beachwood’s defense weakened slightly, allowing the Raiders to score two easy touchdowns.

“I thought we would win,” senior center Alex Orloff said, “But I also thought we would’ve put up more points and given up less.”

In the fourth quarter, the team led twice by 30 or more points.

“I was really happy that we could finally have a good game in front of our home audience, and give them something to really cheer for,” Bentley said.

The final score was 60-34, bringing the Bison’s 2016 record to 3-5.