CORINTH — It was clear that Lake Dallas head coach Michael Young found the small yardage totals less disturbing than the Falcons’ inability to cash in on Red Oak’s mistakes.

The Falcons forced four turnovers Friday night, but only converted them into 10 points, and that shortcoming led to their second straight loss to start the 2010 season, 24-10, against the Hawks.

Lake Dallas (0-2), which shared a district title last year in 5-4A, enters its game next Friday against Arlington Sam Houston still looking for win No. 1.

“I’m not disappointed,” Young said. “We knew [Red Oak] had a great defense coming in. But we have to score points when we’re given a short field like we were given tonight.”

Lake Dallas gained just 110 total yards, but the defense handed the offense plenty of chances to take control of the game, or even win, despite the small overall yardage. A fumble recovery by Kyle Brewer put the Falcons at the Hawk 32 in the first quarter. The drive ended with a blocked field goal.

A Ferrando Joseph interception in the second quarter put the Falcons at the Hawk 17, and the Falcons turned it into their only touchdown of the game. Lake Dallas quarterback Dalyn Williams threw a fade to Dontonio Jordan in the front corner of the end zone to give the Falcons a 7-0 lead.

In the third quarter, an interception by Travis Simon put the Falcons at their own 35. The next play, a pass interference call against Red Oak, put Lake Dallas at midfield. On the next play, Williams completed a pass to Michal Jurcak, who attempted a hook-and-ladder pitch to a fellow teammate. The pitch fell short, Red Oak’s Keon Johnson scooped up the loose ball and ran 55 yards for a touchdown to give the Hawks (2-0) a 17-3 lead.

That was the turning point of the game. A fourth turnover put Lake Dallas at Red Oak’s 37, but all that yielded was a 21-yard field goal by Brandon Womack to cut the Red Oak lead to 17-10. The Hawks scored another touchdown on the following drive to seal the contest.

“Our offense is young and we think they’ll get there,” Young said. “Our defense is where our experience is right now, and I think they played well overall.”

The Lake Dallas defense did allow 326 yards, but much of that came in the second half after Red Oak wore it down and received a spark from backup quarterback Claud Person, who directed most of the second-half offense.

Mandel Dixon’s 9-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter underscored that fact, as several Falcons met him at the 5-yard line. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound back kept his legs moving, powered through the crowd and over the goal line.

Ishmael Harrison’s 35-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter met little resistance, as he found a big hole on the right side and used his speed to quickly get into the open field and around the corner of the defense.

By then, however, the defense proved it had more than enough playmaking ability to set up its offense with positive field position.

Williams, in his second varsity start, threw for 69 yards on 10-of-24 passing, but rushed for only 36 yards a week after rushing for 145 yards and two scores against Richardson Pearce.

Jordan was Williams’ favorite target, as he caught five passes for 49 yards, including the only touchdown of the night for the Falcons.

Red Oak 24, Lake Dallas 10

Red Oak          0          3          14        7          —        24

Lake Dallas      0          7          0          3          —        10

Scoring summary

Second Quarter

LD -- Dontonio Jordan 14 pass from Dalyn Williams (Brandon Womack kick), 3:59

RO -- Richie Barrientos 20 field goal, :25

Third Quarter

RO -- Mandel Dixon 9 run (Barrientos kick), 3:53

RO -- Keon Johnson 55 fumble return (Barrientos kick), :54

Fourth Quarter

LD -- Womack 21 field goal, 6:34

RO -- Ishmael Harrison 35 rurn (Barrientos kick), 3:28

TEAM STATistics

            RO      LD

First downs      18        10

Rushing yards   39-167 25-51

Passing yards    159      69

Passing 12-20-2           10-24-1

Punts-yds.        2-18.0  6-38.7

Penalties-yds.   8-78     5-45

Fumbles-Lost   3-2       1-1

INDIVIDUAL statistics

RUSHING — RO: Charles Cosby 1-0, Ishmael Harrison 7-59, Mandel Dixon 10-45, James Satterwhite 8-15, Cameron Baulsey 7-6, Tanner Hunt 4-22, Claud Person 1-9, Jeremy Brady 1-11. LD: Dalyn Williams 18-36, Tyler Waller 6-15, Dontonio Jordan 1-0.

PASSING — RO: Satterwhite 7-13-1-69, Person 5-7-1-90. LD: Dalyn Williams 10-24-1-69.

RECEIVING — RO: Harrison 4-47, Baulsey 2-17, Curry 2-16, Brady 1-26, Hunt 1-15, Giron 1-13, Mansfield 1-25. LD: Dontonio Jordan 5-49, Jarrett Cheadle 1-0, Michael Jurcak 3-17, Keenan Benson 1-3.