Despite a disappointing season in which the Patterson Lumberjacks will miss the playoffs for the first time in 17-plus years, Patterson is stalking Kaplan in its season finale Friday in Kaplan. Patterson (1-8, 0-4 District 8-3A) hasn’t won since week 1 but still gave Erath all it could handle last week. The Lumberjacks were stopped on a fourth-down-and-eight situation with under a minute to play, losing 28-21. Standout running back Dajon Richard led the ‘Jacks’ offense with 247 yards on 29 carries with three touchdowns. Richard has carried 189 times for 1,707 yards and 22 touchdowns, while James Butler has 46 carries ...