Cape runs the clock on new scoreboard, beating Polytech 55-10
Cape rolled a double nickel on visiting Polytech at the Oct. 17 homecoming game, winning 55-10 and running the clock on the new scoreboard that everyone in Legends Stadium seems to know cost $200,000.
Everyone also seemed to know that Sussex Tech came back from trailing Caesar Rodney 25-21 at halftime to win 41-25, which sets up the showdown of the new millennium as the 6-1 Ravens visit 7-0 Cape Friday, Oct. 24, for a “turkey’s-on-the-table, winner-gets-the-drumstick" football feast.
“You did what you needed to do to get to 7-0, and the coaches couldn’t be prouder," coach Bill Collick said, joining his team in the end zone after the “all clear, no prayer here” alarm had sounded. “You have a chance next Friday night to play for 8-0 against a very good football team, and that’s all you can ask. Now go and enjoy the rest of your homecoming weekend."
Polytech came into Cape 3-3 on the season, scoring no fewer than 15 points in any game while going over 35 three times.
“They have athletes and are the type of team that can get you if you don’t show up ready to play,” Collick said from practice before the game. “We never go into Friday night looking past anyone.”
Cape's evolving diversified wing-T offense saw balanced scoring as Javon Currie, Bill Gibbs and Jason Wiberg all scored a pair of touchdowns.
Jeremiah Smack scored on a 28-yard run the only time he touched the football, and sophomore Erik-Stephane Stancofski scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter. Richard Carey was 7 for 8 on extra points.
Polytech scored on a 37-yard run from Gabe Brown in the first quarter and a 23-yard field goal by Mark Bonnie in the second quarter.
Notes: Quarterback Tavon Scott completed touchdown passes of 46 and 22 yards to Jason Wiberg that the 6-foot-3 receiver went up and got on the dead run. William Webb, 5-foot-11, 240 pounds, moved into the linebacker lineup, a nice complement to Gibbs and Williams, both 225. Jeremiah Smack had a nice game at defensive end while sophomore Jerry Harden has done a great job at corner and safety, covering for the injured Quincy Duckworth. Blocking tight end Brent Reed, 6-foot-5 and 220, continues to do a great job getting his man during the game, which is easier than talking to coach Billings if he doesn't. And Reed can catch it too, and will be targeted when least expected, like when he made a sliding catch on a 2-point conversion at Dover.
