Saranac Lake football believes more physical play will lead to improvement in 2024 [Video]

Saranac Lake High School football players and coaches agreed on one thing after the 2023 season. In order to improve on their 1-8 campaign, they have to toughen up. “We’ve been talking since the end of last season with coaches,” said Saranac Lake senior offensive and defensive lineman Andrew Gay. “We’ve all came to the agreement that we weren’t aggressive enough during practice. What we are doing now as soon as we can hit, we’ll hit.”Saranac Lake says lack of physicality was part of the reason as to why they lost to Saranac High School 43-12 in the 2023 Section VII Class C championship. The Red Storm are trying to avoid their third straight loss to the Spartans after also losing to them in 2022 Section VII Class C championship. Saranac Lake hasn’t pieced together a winning record since the 2019 season, but despite the recent history, the team is …