Lebanon Valley Over Gettysburg 13-12
Following are articles about the rainy seaon-opener at Lebanon Valley:
From the Gettysburg College Website:
Posted on 09/02/2006
Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa. - Charlie Parker scampered into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 6:03 left in the game to lift Lebanon Valley to a 13-12 victory over Gettysburg in non-conference football action.
In a rain-soaked opener, The Bullets (0-1) started the season with a loss for the second time in the past three seasons to Lebanon Valley (1-0). The Flying Dutchmen statistically dominated the Bullets on the offensive side of the ball. Lebanon Valley held a 37:17-to-22:43 time of possession advantage and racked up 259 yards of offense as compared to 105 yards for Gettysburg.
With Lebanon Valley controlling the ball significantly longer than the Bullets, four Gettysburg defenders tallied double-digit tackles. Defensive back David Rodriguez (Fort Belvoir, Va./Bishop Ireton) led the team with 14 tackles, seven solo and seven assisted. Linebacker Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) had 13 tackles with a sack while Josh Jerrold (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East) and James Holubowich (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) each had 10 stops.
Trailing 12-7 with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter, Lebanon Valley started an eight-play 77-yard drive on their 23-yard line. Threatening to go three-and-out, the Flying Dutchmen's quarterback, Dan Kelly, scrambled for a 17-yard gain on third down to keep the drive alive. Parker proceeded to gain a total of 27 yards on the next two plays.
On the following snap, Kelly tossed a 20-yard reception to Clint Vinju down the right sideline to set up the game-winning score. Parker took a pitch and ran around the right end, diving into the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown. The Flying Dutchmen failed to convert the ensuing two-point try.
The Bullets' Michael McInerney (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Saint Joseph Regional) fielded a short kick-off and ran it nine yards to the Gettysburg 37. Quarterback Mark Campo (Arendtsville, Pa./Biglerville) completed two passes to start the drive. Both were eight-yard receptions to John Cassella (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep). However, the Bullets' drive almost stalled on Lebanon Valley's 40-yard line. On fourth down with three yards to go, Campo completed a 10-yard pass to Spencer Davidson (Dumont, N.J./Dumont).
Gettysburg's drive halted on the Lebanon Valley's 30, setting up a potential game-winning 42-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining. The attempt by place-kicker Josh Huson (McLean, Va./McLean) was blocked by the Flying Dutchmen's Brian Cottone. Lebanon Valley was then able to run out the clock, securing the 13-12 win.
The first half started off well for Gettysburg. The Bullets held the Flying Dutchmen to a three-and-out on their first possession. A poor snap on the ensuing punt forced punter Dan Stauffer to run with the ball. While attempting to make the tackle, Rodriguez forced a fumble and teammate Dusty Green (Idaville, Pa./Bermudian Springs) scooped up the ball and ran five yards into the end zone to give Gettysburg a 7-0 lead.
On the following possession, Lebanon Valley started a 15-play 66-yard touchdown drive. Ryan Brennan rushed for 33 yards on seven carries, including a one-yard score behind the right side of his offensive line.
The only other scoring chance in the first half was with 27 seconds left in the second quarter. Lebanon Valley kicker Dan DiBona lined up for a 24-yard field goal attempt. His kick sailed just right of the post after being slightly tipped at the line of scrimmage by Rob Brassell (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./La Salle College).
To start the second half, Gettysburg began what would become a 57-yard drive that resulted in a 24-yard field goal by Huson. The key play on the drive was a 39-yard scamper by Green. He took a pitch around the right side, and he went down the sideline for the big play.
Several big defensive and special teams' plays allowed Gettysburg to keep the lead until the middle of the fourth quarter. Barton sacked Kelly for a six-yard loss that set up a third-and-21 from the Bullets' 25. After stuffing the third-down play, a poor snap on the fourth-down field goal attempt forced the Flying Dutchmen to turn the ball over on downs.
On Lebanon Valley's next drive, they substituted David Ochoa into the backfield. He ran the ball on seven consecutive plays for a combined 46 yards. With the ball on the six yard line, Kelly threw the ball in the direction of his receiver Adam Brossman, but Adam Fulmer (Halifax, Pa./Halifax) stepped in front of the pass for an interception thwarting another potential scoring opportunity.
On the next two drives, Gettysburg forced the Flying Dutchmen to turn the ball over on downs, and then the Bullets recorded a safety due to a high snap on a punt attempt. That gave the Bullets 12-7 lead with 12:09 left in the game.
Most of Lebanon Valley's yards were scored on the ground as Brennan led the attack with 105 yards on 24 carries. Ochoa finished with 64 yards while Parker ended with 39 yards. Kelly passed for 66 yards on 8-of-20 passing.
The Bullets were led by Green who rushed for 48 yards. Last season's leading rusher in the Centennial Conference, Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield), was held to 29 yards on 14 carries. Campo completed 6-of-15 passes for 37 yards while freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) completed 2-of-6 attempts for 7 yards.
The Bullets return to action for their home-opener next Saturday, September, 9, against Hampden-Sydney. Game time is 1 p.m.
From the Lebanon Valley College Website:
9/2/2006
Parker, Cottone Supply Heroics as Football Beats Gettysburg
Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa – Freshman Charlie Parker ran for a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown run, and sophomore linebacker Brian Cottone blocked a potential game-winning field goal with 1:49 left as Lebanon Valley defeated Gettysburg 13-12 in a non-conference game and the season opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at Arnold Field.
Junior Ryan Brennan rushed for a game-high 105 yards and one touchdown on 24 carries for the Flying Dutchmen (1-0) in a game played in a driving rain for much of the contest. Senior David Ochoa rushed 11 times for 64 yards.
Lebanon Valley’s defense held Gettysburg (0-1) to seven first downs and 127 total yards, including just 44 passing yards. The Bullets offense managed only a field goal against the Dutchmen’s defensive unit, as Gettysburg scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery and a safety on a bad snap during a punt attempt.
Senior Dusty Green paced the Bullets with 48 yards rushing on five carries. Junior tailback Tom Sturges, who rushed for 206 yards against LVC last year and a Centennial Conference-leading 1,185 for the season, was held to 29 yards on 14 carries.
Lebanon Valley earned its first one-point victory since defeating Delaware Valley 14-13 in 1998.
With 6:03 remaining, Parker put the Dutchmen on top when, on a second-and-10, he took a handoff right, raced just shy of the goal line, then bulled his way through a pair of defenders to give Lebanon Valley its first lead of the day. But senior quarterback Dan Kelly’s conversion pass was incomplete, keeping it a one-point game at 13-12.
Parker’s run was set up two plays earlier by a 20-yard pass from Kelly to junior receiver Clint Vinju. Parker also aided the drive with a 25-yard run.
After the ensuing kickoff, Gettysburg quarterback Mark Campo drove the Bullets 72 yards.
Campo hit Travis Davidson with a 10-yard completion on a fourth-and-three to put the ball on the LVC-30, but that’s where the drive stalled. A Lebanon Valley facemask penalty on third down put the ball at the Dutchman-25, but after an incomplete pass, Josh Huson came on for a 42-yard field goal attempt. But Cottone swatted a low kick, and Lebanon Valley successfully ran out the clock, thanks in part to a 7-yard first-down rush from Brennan.
It was the second career 100-yard rushing performance for Brennan. He also ran for 129 yards in Lebanon Valley’s 34-27 opening-day loss at Gettysburg last season.
Kelly threw for 66 yards on 8-of-20 passing while Campo completed 6 of 15 passes for 37 yards.
Gettysburg forged a 7-0 lead two-and-a-half minutes into the game. Attempting a punt from the LVC-23, junior Adam Brossman hauled in a high snap, scrambled, and had the ball jarred loose by David Rodriguez. Green scooped it up at the 5-yard line and trotted in for the touchdown.
The Dutchmen tied it up on the ensuing drive, moving 66 yards on 15 plays taking up 5:51.
Brennan rushed seven times for 34 yards during the march, capping it with a 1-yard touchdown plunge with 6:27 left in the first quarter. Freshman Dan DiBona made it 7-7 with his first collegiate extra point.
Lebanon Valley had a chance to take the lead with 27 seconds left in the first half, but DiBona had his 24-yard field goal attempt tipped at the line of scrimmage, and it sailed wide right.
The Dutchmen bottled up the Bullets for one first down and 11 total yards in the first half.
Gettysburg received the second-half kickoff, and Green set up the Bullets at the LVC-15 after a 39-yard run down the right sideline. But the Dutchmen defense would hold, forcing the visitors to settle for a 24-yard Huson field goal.
A 35-yard kickoff return by Vinju gave the Dutchmen the ball at the Gettysburg-45, and Lebanon Valley advanced the ball to the Bullet-23 before DiBona came on for a 40-yard field-goal try. However, the snap was bad, and holder Russell DeStefano’s pass fell incomplete.
After a Gettysburg punt following a three-and-out, Head Coach Jim Monos called on Ochoa off the bench. The transfer from Widener slashed his way to 46 yards on seven straight rushes, giving the Dutchmen the ball at the Gettysburg-12. But two plays later the Bullets thwarted the drive when Kelly had a pass intercepted by cornerback Adam Fulmer at the 3.
Gettysburg was forced to punt on its next two drives, and on its first possession of the fourth quarter, the Dutchmen set up to punt from its own 23-yard line. But the snap sailed over Brossman’s head and into the end zone. Brossman raced back to scoop up the ball and attempted to run it out, then pitched it out of the end zone for a safety, giving the Bullets a 12-7 lead.
Following the free kick, the Dutchmen forced Gettysburg to punt for a final time. Lebanon Valley took over at its own 23, and on a third-and-eight Kelly scrambled 17 yards to give the Dutchmen a first down at the LVC-42. Two plays after Parker’s 25-yard run, Kelly looked deep down the left sideline and found Vinju, who just held onto the ball long enough before it squirted out as he hauled in the pass and crashed to the turf.
Dunn finished with 249 yards punting (31.1-yard average) on eight attempts while Brossman averaged 39.3 yards on three punts.
Cottone and junior linebacker Terry Kaufman led the Dutchmen with seven tackles apiece.
Gettysburg had four players who finished with double digits in tackles, including Rodriguez, who posted a game-high 14 takedowns. Senior linebacker Harold Barton finished with 13 tackles while sophomore lineman Josh Jerrold and junior linebacker James Holubowich dealt 10 hits apiece.
Lebanon Valley plays its Middle Atlantic Conference opener next Saturday, when it visits King’s College at 1:30 p.m.
From The Patriot-News:
LEBANON VALLEY 13, GETTYSBURG 12:
Charlie Parker's 11-yard touchdown run with 6:03 remaining gave Lebanon Valley a season-opening victory and avenged last year's opening-game loss. The touchdown capped an eight-play, 77-yard drive; LVC missed on the two-point conversion attempt. Gettysburg's Dusty Green scored the game's first touchdown, running 5 yards with a fumble recovery less than three minutes into the game. Ryan Brennan tied it for LVC, capping a 15-play, 66-yard drive with a 1-yard score with 6:27 left in the first quarter. Gettysburg added a 24-yard Josh Huson field goal with 12:49 left in the third quarter and the Bullets added a safety at 11:05 of the final quarter.
From the Gettysburg College Website:
Posted on 09/02/2006
Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa. - Charlie Parker scampered into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 6:03 left in the game to lift Lebanon Valley to a 13-12 victory over Gettysburg in non-conference football action.
In a rain-soaked opener, The Bullets (0-1) started the season with a loss for the second time in the past three seasons to Lebanon Valley (1-0). The Flying Dutchmen statistically dominated the Bullets on the offensive side of the ball. Lebanon Valley held a 37:17-to-22:43 time of possession advantage and racked up 259 yards of offense as compared to 105 yards for Gettysburg.
With Lebanon Valley controlling the ball significantly longer than the Bullets, four Gettysburg defenders tallied double-digit tackles. Defensive back David Rodriguez (Fort Belvoir, Va./Bishop Ireton) led the team with 14 tackles, seven solo and seven assisted. Linebacker Harold Barton (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) had 13 tackles with a sack while Josh Jerrold (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East) and James Holubowich (Mineola, N.Y./Mineola) each had 10 stops.
Trailing 12-7 with 8:40 left in the fourth quarter, Lebanon Valley started an eight-play 77-yard drive on their 23-yard line. Threatening to go three-and-out, the Flying Dutchmen's quarterback, Dan Kelly, scrambled for a 17-yard gain on third down to keep the drive alive. Parker proceeded to gain a total of 27 yards on the next two plays.
On the following snap, Kelly tossed a 20-yard reception to Clint Vinju down the right sideline to set up the game-winning score. Parker took a pitch and ran around the right end, diving into the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown. The Flying Dutchmen failed to convert the ensuing two-point try.
The Bullets' Michael McInerney (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Saint Joseph Regional) fielded a short kick-off and ran it nine yards to the Gettysburg 37. Quarterback Mark Campo (Arendtsville, Pa./Biglerville) completed two passes to start the drive. Both were eight-yard receptions to John Cassella (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and Matthew Welsh (Lafayette Hill, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep). However, the Bullets' drive almost stalled on Lebanon Valley's 40-yard line. On fourth down with three yards to go, Campo completed a 10-yard pass to Spencer Davidson (Dumont, N.J./Dumont).
Gettysburg's drive halted on the Lebanon Valley's 30, setting up a potential game-winning 42-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining. The attempt by place-kicker Josh Huson (McLean, Va./McLean) was blocked by the Flying Dutchmen's Brian Cottone. Lebanon Valley was then able to run out the clock, securing the 13-12 win.
The first half started off well for Gettysburg. The Bullets held the Flying Dutchmen to a three-and-out on their first possession. A poor snap on the ensuing punt forced punter Dan Stauffer to run with the ball. While attempting to make the tackle, Rodriguez forced a fumble and teammate Dusty Green (Idaville, Pa./Bermudian Springs) scooped up the ball and ran five yards into the end zone to give Gettysburg a 7-0 lead.
On the following possession, Lebanon Valley started a 15-play 66-yard touchdown drive. Ryan Brennan rushed for 33 yards on seven carries, including a one-yard score behind the right side of his offensive line.
The only other scoring chance in the first half was with 27 seconds left in the second quarter. Lebanon Valley kicker Dan DiBona lined up for a 24-yard field goal attempt. His kick sailed just right of the post after being slightly tipped at the line of scrimmage by Rob Brassell (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./La Salle College).
To start the second half, Gettysburg began what would become a 57-yard drive that resulted in a 24-yard field goal by Huson. The key play on the drive was a 39-yard scamper by Green. He took a pitch around the right side, and he went down the sideline for the big play.
Several big defensive and special teams' plays allowed Gettysburg to keep the lead until the middle of the fourth quarter. Barton sacked Kelly for a six-yard loss that set up a third-and-21 from the Bullets' 25. After stuffing the third-down play, a poor snap on the fourth-down field goal attempt forced the Flying Dutchmen to turn the ball over on downs.
On Lebanon Valley's next drive, they substituted David Ochoa into the backfield. He ran the ball on seven consecutive plays for a combined 46 yards. With the ball on the six yard line, Kelly threw the ball in the direction of his receiver Adam Brossman, but Adam Fulmer (Halifax, Pa./Halifax) stepped in front of the pass for an interception thwarting another potential scoring opportunity.
On the next two drives, Gettysburg forced the Flying Dutchmen to turn the ball over on downs, and then the Bullets recorded a safety due to a high snap on a punt attempt. That gave the Bullets 12-7 lead with 12:09 left in the game.
Most of Lebanon Valley's yards were scored on the ground as Brennan led the attack with 105 yards on 24 carries. Ochoa finished with 64 yards while Parker ended with 39 yards. Kelly passed for 66 yards on 8-of-20 passing.
The Bullets were led by Green who rushed for 48 yards. Last season's leading rusher in the Centennial Conference, Tom Sturges (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield), was held to 29 yards on 14 carries. Campo completed 6-of-15 passes for 37 yards while freshman quarterback Matt Flynn (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional) completed 2-of-6 attempts for 7 yards.
The Bullets return to action for their home-opener next Saturday, September, 9, against Hampden-Sydney. Game time is 1 p.m.
From the Lebanon Valley College Website:
9/2/2006
Parker, Cottone Supply Heroics as Football Beats Gettysburg
Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa – Freshman Charlie Parker ran for a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown run, and sophomore linebacker Brian Cottone blocked a potential game-winning field goal with 1:49 left as Lebanon Valley defeated Gettysburg 13-12 in a non-conference game and the season opener for both teams Saturday afternoon at Arnold Field.
Junior Ryan Brennan rushed for a game-high 105 yards and one touchdown on 24 carries for the Flying Dutchmen (1-0) in a game played in a driving rain for much of the contest. Senior David Ochoa rushed 11 times for 64 yards.
Lebanon Valley’s defense held Gettysburg (0-1) to seven first downs and 127 total yards, including just 44 passing yards. The Bullets offense managed only a field goal against the Dutchmen’s defensive unit, as Gettysburg scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery and a safety on a bad snap during a punt attempt.
Senior Dusty Green paced the Bullets with 48 yards rushing on five carries. Junior tailback Tom Sturges, who rushed for 206 yards against LVC last year and a Centennial Conference-leading 1,185 for the season, was held to 29 yards on 14 carries.
Lebanon Valley earned its first one-point victory since defeating Delaware Valley 14-13 in 1998.
With 6:03 remaining, Parker put the Dutchmen on top when, on a second-and-10, he took a handoff right, raced just shy of the goal line, then bulled his way through a pair of defenders to give Lebanon Valley its first lead of the day. But senior quarterback Dan Kelly’s conversion pass was incomplete, keeping it a one-point game at 13-12.
Parker’s run was set up two plays earlier by a 20-yard pass from Kelly to junior receiver Clint Vinju. Parker also aided the drive with a 25-yard run.
After the ensuing kickoff, Gettysburg quarterback Mark Campo drove the Bullets 72 yards.
Campo hit Travis Davidson with a 10-yard completion on a fourth-and-three to put the ball on the LVC-30, but that’s where the drive stalled. A Lebanon Valley facemask penalty on third down put the ball at the Dutchman-25, but after an incomplete pass, Josh Huson came on for a 42-yard field goal attempt. But Cottone swatted a low kick, and Lebanon Valley successfully ran out the clock, thanks in part to a 7-yard first-down rush from Brennan.
It was the second career 100-yard rushing performance for Brennan. He also ran for 129 yards in Lebanon Valley’s 34-27 opening-day loss at Gettysburg last season.
Kelly threw for 66 yards on 8-of-20 passing while Campo completed 6 of 15 passes for 37 yards.
Gettysburg forged a 7-0 lead two-and-a-half minutes into the game. Attempting a punt from the LVC-23, junior Adam Brossman hauled in a high snap, scrambled, and had the ball jarred loose by David Rodriguez. Green scooped it up at the 5-yard line and trotted in for the touchdown.
The Dutchmen tied it up on the ensuing drive, moving 66 yards on 15 plays taking up 5:51.
Brennan rushed seven times for 34 yards during the march, capping it with a 1-yard touchdown plunge with 6:27 left in the first quarter. Freshman Dan DiBona made it 7-7 with his first collegiate extra point.
Lebanon Valley had a chance to take the lead with 27 seconds left in the first half, but DiBona had his 24-yard field goal attempt tipped at the line of scrimmage, and it sailed wide right.
The Dutchmen bottled up the Bullets for one first down and 11 total yards in the first half.
Gettysburg received the second-half kickoff, and Green set up the Bullets at the LVC-15 after a 39-yard run down the right sideline. But the Dutchmen defense would hold, forcing the visitors to settle for a 24-yard Huson field goal.
A 35-yard kickoff return by Vinju gave the Dutchmen the ball at the Gettysburg-45, and Lebanon Valley advanced the ball to the Bullet-23 before DiBona came on for a 40-yard field-goal try. However, the snap was bad, and holder Russell DeStefano’s pass fell incomplete.
After a Gettysburg punt following a three-and-out, Head Coach Jim Monos called on Ochoa off the bench. The transfer from Widener slashed his way to 46 yards on seven straight rushes, giving the Dutchmen the ball at the Gettysburg-12. But two plays later the Bullets thwarted the drive when Kelly had a pass intercepted by cornerback Adam Fulmer at the 3.
Gettysburg was forced to punt on its next two drives, and on its first possession of the fourth quarter, the Dutchmen set up to punt from its own 23-yard line. But the snap sailed over Brossman’s head and into the end zone. Brossman raced back to scoop up the ball and attempted to run it out, then pitched it out of the end zone for a safety, giving the Bullets a 12-7 lead.
Following the free kick, the Dutchmen forced Gettysburg to punt for a final time. Lebanon Valley took over at its own 23, and on a third-and-eight Kelly scrambled 17 yards to give the Dutchmen a first down at the LVC-42. Two plays after Parker’s 25-yard run, Kelly looked deep down the left sideline and found Vinju, who just held onto the ball long enough before it squirted out as he hauled in the pass and crashed to the turf.
Dunn finished with 249 yards punting (31.1-yard average) on eight attempts while Brossman averaged 39.3 yards on three punts.
Cottone and junior linebacker Terry Kaufman led the Dutchmen with seven tackles apiece.
Gettysburg had four players who finished with double digits in tackles, including Rodriguez, who posted a game-high 14 takedowns. Senior linebacker Harold Barton finished with 13 tackles while sophomore lineman Josh Jerrold and junior linebacker James Holubowich dealt 10 hits apiece.
Lebanon Valley plays its Middle Atlantic Conference opener next Saturday, when it visits King’s College at 1:30 p.m.
From The Patriot-News:
LEBANON VALLEY 13, GETTYSBURG 12:
Charlie Parker's 11-yard touchdown run with 6:03 remaining gave Lebanon Valley a season-opening victory and avenged last year's opening-game loss. The touchdown capped an eight-play, 77-yard drive; LVC missed on the two-point conversion attempt. Gettysburg's Dusty Green scored the game's first touchdown, running 5 yards with a fumble recovery less than three minutes into the game. Ryan Brennan tied it for LVC, capping a 15-play, 66-yard drive with a 1-yard score with 6:27 left in the first quarter. Gettysburg added a 24-yard Josh Huson field goal with 12:49 left in the third quarter and the Bullets added a safety at 11:05 of the final quarter.
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