Cape football falls to Appo 55-27
The Vikings football team dropped to 1-7 with a 55-27 loss to Appoquinimink Oct. 28 in Middletown. The Jags move to 5-3.
The Jags outscored Cape 27-7 in the first half. The Vikings followed with 20 points in the second half, but fell short by 28 points at the final whistle.
The Vikings got on the scoreboard in the second quarter with a 66-yard touchdown pass from Hank D’Ambrogi to Chancler Johnson.
Daniel Saez opened the Cape scoring in the second half with a 23-yard run. D’Ambrogi and Johnson hooked up again in the third period with a 27-yard TD pass. Cape’s last score came in the fourth quarter on a D’Ambrogi one-yard plunge.
D’Ambrogi went 10-20 in the air for 186 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed 13 times for 94 yards and kicked three extra points.
Johnson pulled in four passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Jack Schell caught three passes for 40 yards.
Maurki James rushed 15 times for 139 yards. Saez ran the ball eight times for 69 yards.
The Vikings will travel to St. Georges Saturday, Nov. 6, while the Jags travel to Smyrna Friday, Nov. 5.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
