Saturday's Game Preview
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Lebanon Valley at Gettysburg – Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Today’s 2005 season opener marks the 33rd meeting between Gettysburg and Lebanon Valley in a series that dates back to 1898. The Bullets hold a 28-3-1 advantage in the all-time series, but the Flying Dutchmen snapped a 10-game losing streak to Gettysburg with a 7-3 win in last year’s contest. Dan Kelly’s six-yard touchdown pass to Luke Rendine with 1:15 remaining in the first half was all the points that LVC would need, overshadowing a 43-carry, 186-yard effort by Bullet tailback Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs). The two teams are meeting on opening day for the fifth straight season. Gettysburg won the last meeting at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium by a 52-7 margin in 2003.
CALLING THE SHOTS: The Bullets’ coaching staff will have a new look in 2005 with the return of head coach Barry Streeter from a one-year leave of absence. In addition, Gettysburg brought Tyson Silveus aboard as the program’s new defensive coordinator and retained offensive coordinator Kevin Burke, who had joined the Bullets on an interim basis for the 2004 campaign.
OPENING STATEMENTS: Gettysburg kicks off its 113th season of varsity football with an all-time record of 52-56-4 in season-opening games. The Bullets are 5-1 when facing LVC in the first game of the year, including victories to start the 1983, 1984, 2001, 2002 and 2003 campaigns.
LAST TIME OUT: Franklin & Marshall’s Jeff Harner threw for two touchdown passes and ran for a third to lead the Diplomats past Gettysburg 38-20 on Nov. 13, 2004 in the Bullets’ season finale. Joe Fricchione (Branchville, NJ/High Point Reg.) and Joe Gossweiler contributed rushing touchdowns in the loss. Gossweiler also threw for 161 yards, finishing fifth on the program’s all-time career list for passing yards (2,523). In Annville, Dan Kelly threw for 353 yards and Adam Brossman caught a pair of touchdown passes, but Lebanon Valley fell to Albright, 37-13. Luke Rendine also helped the aerial effort with 10 receptions for a team-high 127 yards.
BY THE NUMBERS: Gettysburg returns 45 letterwinners and 13 starters from last year’s squad, including five on the offensive unit and eight on the defensive side of the ball.
LEADING THE WAY: Senior OL Enoch Boateng (Vienna, VA/W.T. Woodson), senior DB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]), senior TB Joe Fricchione and senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) will serve as Gettysburg’s team captains in 2005.
WITH HONORS: Gettysburg returns a pair of All-Centennial Conference (CC) selections from 2004 in Enoch Boateng, a two-time first-team choice on the offensive line, and senior P Tom Pettit (Blue Bell, PA/Wissahickon), who finished second in the conference with an average of 37.5 yards per punt.
UNDER CENTER: Junior QB Mark Campo (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) and sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) are the team’s top two candidates to replace three-year starter Joe Gossweiler, and both could see action in Saturday’s opener. Campo made six appearances and threw for 272 yards in 2004. McMillan is awaiting his first varsity action, but completed 7 of 9 passes for 76 yards and one touchdown in last Saturday’s scrimmage with Shenandoah.
OFF AND RUNNING: Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) returns after leading Gettysburg with 116 carries for 416 yards and one touchdown while starting the final six games of 2004. Sturges also ranked fourth in the CC with 69.3 yards per game and tied for sixth on the team with nine receptions for 68 yards.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) is the squad’s top returning pass-catcher. Davidson set single-season career highs with 22 receptions for 217 yards last season, ranking second on the team in both categories. He also caught his first collegiate touchdown pass in the Bullets’ meeting with Denison.
HIT PARADE: The Bullet defense returns four of its top five tacklers from last season. Senior DL Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) finished second to All-CC linebacker Grant Acker with 77 tackles in 2004, followed by senior linebackers Michael Schmidt (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) (57), Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) (49) and Jon Weller (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) (42).
SHARP CORNERS: Gettysburg returns a pair of experienced starting cornerbacks in senior Jay Cage and sophomore Adam Fulmer (Halifax, PA/Halifax). Cage paced the CC with 1.62 passes defended per game and led the Bullets with three interceptions in 2004. Fulmer made four starts among his eight appearances last season, recording 19 tackles and his first collegiate interception.
GIVING IT THE BOOT: Tom Pettit returns as the squad’s top punter after enjoying a breakout season in 2004. Pettit increased his average by nearly four yards per kick from the previous season (33.9 to 37.5), dropped 16 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and sailed six boots more than 50 yards.
LOCAL ANGLE: Gettysburg’s roster includes four players from Adams County. Senior K John Edgar (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) attended Gettysburg High School while Dusty Green went to Bermudian Springs High School. Mark Campo and freshman DL Curtis Lafferty (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) are graduates of Biglerville High School.
BULLET POINTS: The Bullets are facing the same opening day opponent for the fifth straight year for the first time since Hofstra ended a five-year run against Gettysburg from 1964-68... The Bullets defeated Shenandoah 25-7 in their annual preseason scrimmage last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
THE WORD ON LEBANON VALLEY: The Flying Dutchmen enter Saturday’s season opener looking to improve on a 4-6 campaign in 2004. LVC, which returns 34 letterwinners and 17 starters from last year’s team, also posted a 3-6 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC). The Lebanon Valley offense will benefit from the return of nine starters, including junior QB Dan Kelly, who threw for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2004. In his first year as the squad’s starting signal-caller, Kelly completed 147 of 283 passes and came within two TD tosses of the program’s single-season record. Both of Kelly’s favorite targets return in 2005. Senior WR Luke Rendine caught a team-best 52 passes for 569 yards and five touchdowns a year ago. Sophomore WR Adam Brossman announced his collegiate arrival with 43 catches for a team-leading 724 yards and seven touchdowns. The Flying Dutchmen return 4 of 5 starting offensive linemen from last season, including juniors Dave Zimmerman, Brian Kleckner Jr. and Grant Martzall, and sophomore Tony Setley. The veteran quartet is joined on this year’s line by 6-5 sophomore tackle Brandon Wagner. Senior DB Jimmy Holzman is among eight returning starters on the LVC defense. Holzman led the team with 86 tackles a year ago while also recording three interceptions and breaking up five passes from his strong safety position. Senior LB Chris Weaver and junior DL Matt Murphy finished second and third, respectively, behind Holzman on Lebanon Valley’s tackles list in 2004. Weaver made 74 stops, including 30 solo tackles. Murphy recorded 54 tackles and recovered two fumbles.
COACH’S CORNER: Barry Streeter is in his 27th season as the head coach at Gettysburg, the longest coaching tenure in program history. He has posted a 132-126-5 record while guiding the Bullets to three CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff victories. He ranks first among active CC coaches in both conference victories (70) and overall wins (132). Jim Monos enters his 13th overall season as the head coach at Lebanon Valley and second since returning to the program in 2004. Monos previously coached the Flying Dutchmen from 1986-96, earning MAC Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1989 and leading the team to back-to-back winning seasons in 1991 and 1992.
STREETER ON HIS RETURN TO COACHING: “It’s been good to get back into this routine. The preseason has gone fast, which they all do. It’s like getting back on the horse – it didn’t take long to figure out what I was doing. So it’s been good.”
STREETER ON THE PRESEASON: “We were trying to establish our mental and physical toughness, and I believe we’ve come a long way with that. We got through preseason without any major injuries, so we were able to get good repetitions with our guys who were becoming the starters. We’ve been pleased with the work ethic of the kids and we’ve been pleased with the progress. I think we’re on schedule.”
STREETER ON THE SCRIMMAGE WITH SHENANDOAH: “The goals were similar to what they were for preseason – to see how mentally and physically tough we would be. And by mentally tough, I mean being able to perform our assignments, go to the whistle, those kind of things. And we saw some good things.”
STREETER ON LEBANON VALLEY QUARTERBACK DAN KELLY: “They sprint out a lot and he does an excellent job of making good decisions. If he doesn’t have what he wants, he’ll run the ball. So he’s a threat and you have to keep him bottled up as best you can.”
Lebanon Valley at Gettysburg – Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 – 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK’S GAME: Today’s 2005 season opener marks the 33rd meeting between Gettysburg and Lebanon Valley in a series that dates back to 1898. The Bullets hold a 28-3-1 advantage in the all-time series, but the Flying Dutchmen snapped a 10-game losing streak to Gettysburg with a 7-3 win in last year’s contest. Dan Kelly’s six-yard touchdown pass to Luke Rendine with 1:15 remaining in the first half was all the points that LVC would need, overshadowing a 43-carry, 186-yard effort by Bullet tailback Dusty Green (Idaville, PA/Bermudian Springs). The two teams are meeting on opening day for the fifth straight season. Gettysburg won the last meeting at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium by a 52-7 margin in 2003.
CALLING THE SHOTS: The Bullets’ coaching staff will have a new look in 2005 with the return of head coach Barry Streeter from a one-year leave of absence. In addition, Gettysburg brought Tyson Silveus aboard as the program’s new defensive coordinator and retained offensive coordinator Kevin Burke, who had joined the Bullets on an interim basis for the 2004 campaign.
OPENING STATEMENTS: Gettysburg kicks off its 113th season of varsity football with an all-time record of 52-56-4 in season-opening games. The Bullets are 5-1 when facing LVC in the first game of the year, including victories to start the 1983, 1984, 2001, 2002 and 2003 campaigns.
LAST TIME OUT: Franklin & Marshall’s Jeff Harner threw for two touchdown passes and ran for a third to lead the Diplomats past Gettysburg 38-20 on Nov. 13, 2004 in the Bullets’ season finale. Joe Fricchione (Branchville, NJ/High Point Reg.) and Joe Gossweiler contributed rushing touchdowns in the loss. Gossweiler also threw for 161 yards, finishing fifth on the program’s all-time career list for passing yards (2,523). In Annville, Dan Kelly threw for 353 yards and Adam Brossman caught a pair of touchdown passes, but Lebanon Valley fell to Albright, 37-13. Luke Rendine also helped the aerial effort with 10 receptions for a team-high 127 yards.
BY THE NUMBERS: Gettysburg returns 45 letterwinners and 13 starters from last year’s squad, including five on the offensive unit and eight on the defensive side of the ball.
LEADING THE WAY: Senior OL Enoch Boateng (Vienna, VA/W.T. Woodson), senior DB Jay Cage (N. Charleston, SC/Sterling [NJ]), senior TB Joe Fricchione and senior DB Nathan Smith (Hanover, PA/Cooperstown Central [NY]) will serve as Gettysburg’s team captains in 2005.
WITH HONORS: Gettysburg returns a pair of All-Centennial Conference (CC) selections from 2004 in Enoch Boateng, a two-time first-team choice on the offensive line, and senior P Tom Pettit (Blue Bell, PA/Wissahickon), who finished second in the conference with an average of 37.5 yards per punt.
UNDER CENTER: Junior QB Mark Campo (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) and sophomore QB Hunter McMillan (Middletown, DE/Wilmington Friends) are the team’s top two candidates to replace three-year starter Joe Gossweiler, and both could see action in Saturday’s opener. Campo made six appearances and threw for 272 yards in 2004. McMillan is awaiting his first varsity action, but completed 7 of 9 passes for 76 yards and one touchdown in last Saturday’s scrimmage with Shenandoah.
OFF AND RUNNING: Sophomore TB Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield) returns after leading Gettysburg with 116 carries for 416 yards and one touchdown while starting the final six games of 2004. Sturges also ranked fourth in the CC with 69.3 yards per game and tied for sixth on the team with nine receptions for 68 yards.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Junior WR Spencer Davidson (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) is the squad’s top returning pass-catcher. Davidson set single-season career highs with 22 receptions for 217 yards last season, ranking second on the team in both categories. He also caught his first collegiate touchdown pass in the Bullets’ meeting with Denison.
HIT PARADE: The Bullet defense returns four of its top five tacklers from last season. Senior DL Dan Hogdahl (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) finished second to All-CC linebacker Grant Acker with 77 tackles in 2004, followed by senior linebackers Michael Schmidt (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) (57), Ryan McGarry (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) (49) and Jon Weller (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) (42).
SHARP CORNERS: Gettysburg returns a pair of experienced starting cornerbacks in senior Jay Cage and sophomore Adam Fulmer (Halifax, PA/Halifax). Cage paced the CC with 1.62 passes defended per game and led the Bullets with three interceptions in 2004. Fulmer made four starts among his eight appearances last season, recording 19 tackles and his first collegiate interception.
GIVING IT THE BOOT: Tom Pettit returns as the squad’s top punter after enjoying a breakout season in 2004. Pettit increased his average by nearly four yards per kick from the previous season (33.9 to 37.5), dropped 16 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and sailed six boots more than 50 yards.
LOCAL ANGLE: Gettysburg’s roster includes four players from Adams County. Senior K John Edgar (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg) attended Gettysburg High School while Dusty Green went to Bermudian Springs High School. Mark Campo and freshman DL Curtis Lafferty (Arendtsville, PA/Biglerville) are graduates of Biglerville High School.
BULLET POINTS: The Bullets are facing the same opening day opponent for the fifth straight year for the first time since Hofstra ended a five-year run against Gettysburg from 1964-68... The Bullets defeated Shenandoah 25-7 in their annual preseason scrimmage last Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
THE WORD ON LEBANON VALLEY: The Flying Dutchmen enter Saturday’s season opener looking to improve on a 4-6 campaign in 2004. LVC, which returns 34 letterwinners and 17 starters from last year’s team, also posted a 3-6 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC). The Lebanon Valley offense will benefit from the return of nine starters, including junior QB Dan Kelly, who threw for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2004. In his first year as the squad’s starting signal-caller, Kelly completed 147 of 283 passes and came within two TD tosses of the program’s single-season record. Both of Kelly’s favorite targets return in 2005. Senior WR Luke Rendine caught a team-best 52 passes for 569 yards and five touchdowns a year ago. Sophomore WR Adam Brossman announced his collegiate arrival with 43 catches for a team-leading 724 yards and seven touchdowns. The Flying Dutchmen return 4 of 5 starting offensive linemen from last season, including juniors Dave Zimmerman, Brian Kleckner Jr. and Grant Martzall, and sophomore Tony Setley. The veteran quartet is joined on this year’s line by 6-5 sophomore tackle Brandon Wagner. Senior DB Jimmy Holzman is among eight returning starters on the LVC defense. Holzman led the team with 86 tackles a year ago while also recording three interceptions and breaking up five passes from his strong safety position. Senior LB Chris Weaver and junior DL Matt Murphy finished second and third, respectively, behind Holzman on Lebanon Valley’s tackles list in 2004. Weaver made 74 stops, including 30 solo tackles. Murphy recorded 54 tackles and recovered two fumbles.
COACH’S CORNER: Barry Streeter is in his 27th season as the head coach at Gettysburg, the longest coaching tenure in program history. He has posted a 132-126-5 record while guiding the Bullets to three CC championships and a pair of NCAA playoff victories. He ranks first among active CC coaches in both conference victories (70) and overall wins (132). Jim Monos enters his 13th overall season as the head coach at Lebanon Valley and second since returning to the program in 2004. Monos previously coached the Flying Dutchmen from 1986-96, earning MAC Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1989 and leading the team to back-to-back winning seasons in 1991 and 1992.
STREETER ON HIS RETURN TO COACHING: “It’s been good to get back into this routine. The preseason has gone fast, which they all do. It’s like getting back on the horse – it didn’t take long to figure out what I was doing. So it’s been good.”
STREETER ON THE PRESEASON: “We were trying to establish our mental and physical toughness, and I believe we’ve come a long way with that. We got through preseason without any major injuries, so we were able to get good repetitions with our guys who were becoming the starters. We’ve been pleased with the work ethic of the kids and we’ve been pleased with the progress. I think we’re on schedule.”
STREETER ON THE SCRIMMAGE WITH SHENANDOAH: “The goals were similar to what they were for preseason – to see how mentally and physically tough we would be. And by mentally tough, I mean being able to perform our assignments, go to the whistle, those kind of things. And we saw some good things.”
STREETER ON LEBANON VALLEY QUARTERBACK DAN KELLY: “They sprint out a lot and he does an excellent job of making good decisions. If he doesn’t have what he wants, he’ll run the ball. So he’s a threat and you have to keep him bottled up as best you can.”
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