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Cape senior running back Jeremiah Smack plows in for a score in the scrimmage with McKean. BY DAN COOK
Dave Frederick
August 25, 2015
Vikings junior running back Erik-Stephane Stancofski puts a move on a Seaford linebacker in the scrimmage with the Blue Jays. BY DAN COOK
Cape running back Ben Ashby flies up the sideline on a long gain. BY DAN COOK
Running back Parker Savage bulls ahead for extra yardage against the McKean defense. BY DAN COOK
The umpire position for a football referee is the most dangerous on the field as veteran ref Sherman Stevenson proved at the Cape scrimmage after being run into by big Michael Williams. He jumped right up and got back into the action. Sherm is a solid ref. BY DAN COOK
Cape quarterback hopeful Hank Coveleski looks downfield for an open receiver. BY DAN COOK
Cape head coach Bill Collick drives home a point with a player. BY DAN COOK
Cape linebacker Jeremiah Smack, right, is about to welcome the Seaford quarterback to Legends Stadium. BY DAN COOK
Cape linebacker Jeremiah Smack welcomes the Seaford quarterback to Legends Stadium. BY DAN COOK
Vikings defensive back Robbie Neal jacks up a Seaford ball carrier. BY DAN COOK
Cape junior quarterback hopeful Dillon Adams, left,  rolls out and looks downfield for an open receiver. BY DAN COOK

Cape football is working on its ABCs in the early scrimmage season, giving quarterbacks Dillon Adams, Nolan Brown and Hank Coveleski a chance to run with the first offense. Tavon Scott quarterbacked the team the last two seasons.

Dillon Adams, a junior, was a successful junior varsity quarterback; Nolan Brown, just a sophomore, is so savvy he could coach the position; and Hank Coveleski, a senior, snapped as a junior on the lacrosse field and looks ready to do the quarterback job if he can win it.

“We like all three of those guys for different reasons and talk about it every day,” said coach Bill Collick. "All of the kids at all positions get plenty of opportunities to win starting jobs."

Cape scrimmaged Seaford and McKean Aug. 21 at Legends Stadium and did well, but both those squads couldn’t match up in numbers or talent with Cape.

Seaford had about 20 guys in uniform while McKean suited up less than 30 compared to Cape’s 85 in uniform.

McKean, a Division II school, was 0-10 last season, while Seaford was 1-9.

The Vikings' offense rolls with Mike Williams at fullback and flanks him with Jeremiah Smack, Rasheed Woods, Ben Ashby, Briley Brooks, Parker Savage, Robbie Neall, Jordan Reed, Hykeem Evans, Erik Stancofski and others.

“We got guys who can carry the football and a bunch of athletes on defense,” Collick said. “We'll see how we do along the line of scrimmage next Friday at Lake (6 p.m.) when we scrimmage Lake Forest and Middletown."

Lake was 10-0 last season before losing to Hodgson 22-13 in the first round of the state tournament.

Middletown lost to William Penn in last year's state finals 42-14.

“We will get a chance Friday night to see who the players are,” Collick said. “But we’re most concerned with getting all our players to game one at Cape May on Sept. 12 healthy and ready to roll."

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