Cappetto Powers Big Red Past Gettysburg
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September 24, 2005
Cappetto Powers Big Red Past Gettysburg
GRANVILLE— Larry Cappetto (Troy, Mich./Troy) sure knows how to keep his skill position players happy.
The senior quarterback spread the ball around to 10 different Big Red receivers while completing 18-of-27 passes for 287 yards en route to a 49-21 trouncing of Gettysburg at Deeds Field-Piper Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Ten different Denison receivers may have got their paws on the football but no one was bigger than tight end Frank Roe (Antioch, Calif./Antioch). The senior preseason All-American stretched the field and hauled in five passes for 124 yards. He gained the bulk of his yardage on two back breaking plays. The first came late in the second quarter with the ball on the Denison 28-yard line. Cappetto found Roe on a 71-yard pass play where Roe was finally brought down on the one yard line by Gettysburg’s Harold Barton. Cappetto would hit first-year Brian Mason (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville) on a two-yard scoring pass one play later to give the Big Red a 21-7 lead.
Just 12 seconds before the end of the first half, Roe got free down the middle and took off for a 39-yard reception and was once again ruled down on the one-yard line. Junior Fred Lee (St. Louis, Mo./MICDS) reached paydirt for the first time in 2005 to send DU to the locker room with a 28-14 lead.
After a scoreless third quarter, Denison began the fourth quarter by capping off a seven play, 24-yard drive with Lee’s second one-yard TD run of the afternoon giving Denison a 35-14 lead.
Gettysburg would answer on the ensuing drive as they rode tailback Tom Sturges for seven carries for 43 yards. He would cap off the 17-play drive with a five-yard touchdown run. Sturges was a workhorse for head coach Barry Streeter’s squad. He carried the ball 31 times for 151 yards.
Denison would put the game out of reach with six minutes left to go when Cappetto scampered 29 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the day. On the game’s final offensive play, Denison’s Jonathan Berg
(Washington, Pa./Trinity), attempting to run out the clock, broke through a swarm of missed Gettysburg tackles and went 35-yards for his first career touchdown setting the final at 49-21.
The receiving corps for Denison was as balanced as could be and so was the Denison rushing attack. Mason led the way with nine carries for 56 yards. Cappetto also rolled up 56 yards off six carries and Berg, thanks to his late TD run, finished up with six carries for 39 yards. Lee led the team in carries with 15 and finished with 34 yards while senior Joey Thees (Holland, Ohio/Springfield) took seven hand-off’s for 21 yards. First-year fullback Joe Ulrey (Marengo, Ohio/Highland) was productive as well, rushing for 12 yards off a pair of carries.
Defensively, freshman Michael Barnes (Gates Mills, Ohio/Mayfield) recorded 12 tackles and one interception in his first start of the season, filling in for the injured Jason Wright (Granville, Ohio/Watkins Memorial).
Sophomore linebacker Ike Akusoba (Galena, Ohio/Big Walnut) totaled 10 tackles while forcing one fumble and one interception. Another first-year player, Jim Minor (Washington, Pa./Trinity), who was making his first career start, finished with four tackles, 1 ½ sacks and one fumble recovery.
September 24, 2005
Cappetto Powers Big Red Past Gettysburg
GRANVILLE— Larry Cappetto (Troy, Mich./Troy) sure knows how to keep his skill position players happy.
The senior quarterback spread the ball around to 10 different Big Red receivers while completing 18-of-27 passes for 287 yards en route to a 49-21 trouncing of Gettysburg at Deeds Field-Piper Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Ten different Denison receivers may have got their paws on the football but no one was bigger than tight end Frank Roe (Antioch, Calif./Antioch). The senior preseason All-American stretched the field and hauled in five passes for 124 yards. He gained the bulk of his yardage on two back breaking plays. The first came late in the second quarter with the ball on the Denison 28-yard line. Cappetto found Roe on a 71-yard pass play where Roe was finally brought down on the one yard line by Gettysburg’s Harold Barton. Cappetto would hit first-year Brian Mason (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville) on a two-yard scoring pass one play later to give the Big Red a 21-7 lead.
Just 12 seconds before the end of the first half, Roe got free down the middle and took off for a 39-yard reception and was once again ruled down on the one-yard line. Junior Fred Lee (St. Louis, Mo./MICDS) reached paydirt for the first time in 2005 to send DU to the locker room with a 28-14 lead.
After a scoreless third quarter, Denison began the fourth quarter by capping off a seven play, 24-yard drive with Lee’s second one-yard TD run of the afternoon giving Denison a 35-14 lead.
Gettysburg would answer on the ensuing drive as they rode tailback Tom Sturges for seven carries for 43 yards. He would cap off the 17-play drive with a five-yard touchdown run. Sturges was a workhorse for head coach Barry Streeter’s squad. He carried the ball 31 times for 151 yards.
Denison would put the game out of reach with six minutes left to go when Cappetto scampered 29 yards for his second rushing touchdown of the day. On the game’s final offensive play, Denison’s Jonathan Berg
(Washington, Pa./Trinity), attempting to run out the clock, broke through a swarm of missed Gettysburg tackles and went 35-yards for his first career touchdown setting the final at 49-21.
The receiving corps for Denison was as balanced as could be and so was the Denison rushing attack. Mason led the way with nine carries for 56 yards. Cappetto also rolled up 56 yards off six carries and Berg, thanks to his late TD run, finished up with six carries for 39 yards. Lee led the team in carries with 15 and finished with 34 yards while senior Joey Thees (Holland, Ohio/Springfield) took seven hand-off’s for 21 yards. First-year fullback Joe Ulrey (Marengo, Ohio/Highland) was productive as well, rushing for 12 yards off a pair of carries.
Defensively, freshman Michael Barnes (Gates Mills, Ohio/Mayfield) recorded 12 tackles and one interception in his first start of the season, filling in for the injured Jason Wright (Granville, Ohio/Watkins Memorial).
Sophomore linebacker Ike Akusoba (Galena, Ohio/Big Walnut) totaled 10 tackles while forcing one fumble and one interception. Another first-year player, Jim Minor (Washington, Pa./Trinity), who was making his first career start, finished with four tackles, 1 ½ sacks and one fumble recovery.
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