GETTYSBURG 34, LEBANON VALLEY 27
From The Patriot-News:
Streeter receives heart-stopping win
Sunday, September 04, 2005
BY ROXANNE B. MOSESOf The Patriot-News
GETTYSBURG - Gettysburg football players welcomed coach Barry Streeter back to the sidelines yesterday with an emotionally charged 34-27 defeat of Lebanon Valley.
The nonconference season opener had been a see-saw battle with Gettysburg running back Tom Sturges and LVC quarterback Dan Kelly taking turns befuddling opposing defenses.
But with the game on the line late in the fourth quarter, the Bullets gutted out the plays they needed to seal the win.
"Thank goodness," said Streeter, back after taking a personal leave of absence last season. "We finished that game.
"It was emotional and it was positive. It was real good.'
Kelly, a junior from Upper Merion who was 14-for-25 for 180 yards, completed his third touchdown pass to start of the fourth quarter for LVC.
It was a 7-yard pass to Adam Brossman that gave the Flying Dutchmen a tenuous 27-26 advantage.
Sturges, a sophomore from Connecticut who rushed for 206 yards on 32 carries, ran for his second touchdown on Gettysburg's very next series.
Sturges capped a 10-play, 64-yard drive with a 15-yard run into the end zone to put the Bullets back into the lead, 34-27.
"That really hurt us," LVC coach Jim Monos said. "Then we have a methodical drive but it takes a lot of time off the clock and we have to go for it on fourth down and we don't get it."
The Dutchmen marched to a first down at the Gettysburg 13. Kelly, who finished with 103 rushing yards on 15 carries, then threw two incompletions and ran for 6 yards.
That left LVC facing a fourth-and-four on Gettysburg's 7-yard line with four minutes remaining. But Kelly fumbled the carry and cornerback Adam Fulmer recovered for the Bullets.
"Kelly can make a big play and take us to another level," Monos said. "But we can't ask him to do that all the time. We need the rest of the team to come forward."
Gettysburg picked up three first downs on the way to running out the clock.
The Bullets had scored first on a 35-yard run by Sturges in the first quarter. LVC countered with Ryan Brennan's 36-yard touchdown run.
Nathan Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 86 yards to put the Bullets back on top 13-6.
A 14-yard touchdown pass from Kelly to Andre Payton tied the game at 13-13 at the end of the first quarter.
The back-and-forth scoring continued into the second quarter where Dusty Green had a 6-yard touchdown run for Gettysburg and Kelly had a 9-yard touchdown pass to Brossman. The scored was tied 20-20 at the half.
A 4-yard touchdown run by Shawn Hollingsworth put Gettysburg up 26-20 before the decisive fourth quarter.
Streeter receives heart-stopping win
Sunday, September 04, 2005
BY ROXANNE B. MOSESOf The Patriot-News
GETTYSBURG - Gettysburg football players welcomed coach Barry Streeter back to the sidelines yesterday with an emotionally charged 34-27 defeat of Lebanon Valley.
The nonconference season opener had been a see-saw battle with Gettysburg running back Tom Sturges and LVC quarterback Dan Kelly taking turns befuddling opposing defenses.
But with the game on the line late in the fourth quarter, the Bullets gutted out the plays they needed to seal the win.
"Thank goodness," said Streeter, back after taking a personal leave of absence last season. "We finished that game.
"It was emotional and it was positive. It was real good.'
Kelly, a junior from Upper Merion who was 14-for-25 for 180 yards, completed his third touchdown pass to start of the fourth quarter for LVC.
It was a 7-yard pass to Adam Brossman that gave the Flying Dutchmen a tenuous 27-26 advantage.
Sturges, a sophomore from Connecticut who rushed for 206 yards on 32 carries, ran for his second touchdown on Gettysburg's very next series.
Sturges capped a 10-play, 64-yard drive with a 15-yard run into the end zone to put the Bullets back into the lead, 34-27.
"That really hurt us," LVC coach Jim Monos said. "Then we have a methodical drive but it takes a lot of time off the clock and we have to go for it on fourth down and we don't get it."
The Dutchmen marched to a first down at the Gettysburg 13. Kelly, who finished with 103 rushing yards on 15 carries, then threw two incompletions and ran for 6 yards.
That left LVC facing a fourth-and-four on Gettysburg's 7-yard line with four minutes remaining. But Kelly fumbled the carry and cornerback Adam Fulmer recovered for the Bullets.
"Kelly can make a big play and take us to another level," Monos said. "But we can't ask him to do that all the time. We need the rest of the team to come forward."
Gettysburg picked up three first downs on the way to running out the clock.
The Bullets had scored first on a 35-yard run by Sturges in the first quarter. LVC countered with Ryan Brennan's 36-yard touchdown run.
Nathan Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 86 yards to put the Bullets back on top 13-6.
A 14-yard touchdown pass from Kelly to Andre Payton tied the game at 13-13 at the end of the first quarter.
The back-and-forth scoring continued into the second quarter where Dusty Green had a 6-yard touchdown run for Gettysburg and Kelly had a 9-yard touchdown pass to Brossman. The scored was tied 20-20 at the half.
A 4-yard touchdown run by Shawn Hollingsworth put Gettysburg up 26-20 before the decisive fourth quarter.
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