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Cape football falls to CR 29-9

Injuries hurt Vikings in fourth quarter
October 15, 2018

Seeing a final score of 29-9, some football fans would assume the game was one-sided. Those fans would be wrong, as the Vikings gave Caesar Rodney all they could handle for three quarters. But the visiting team simply ran low on personnel, as first-half injuries depleted the Vikings and they fell to 1-5 on the season. 

On the first play from scrimmage, Caesar Rodney sophomore Kendall Smith ran through Cape’s line and went 58 yards for the touchdown. The Riders went up 7-0 with just 20 seconds off the clock.

Some fans may have penciled in the Riders for a blowout, but not Cape’s dedicated fans. The Vikings dominated the second quarter with smash-mouth defense. The Riders attempted a Joseph Delgado field goal from 32 yards away, but it missed the mark and gave the Vikings life.

Eight minutes before the halftime break, Cape freshman kicker Hank D’Ambrogi connected on a 39-yard-field goal.

The Vikings special teams recovered a short kick on the ensuing kickoff. In the very next play, Cape quarterback Sam Jones connected with Jack Dennis in the corner of the end zone for a 33-yard touchdown to give the Vikings a 9-7 lead.

Jones threw for 104 yards and a touchdown. Royuan Jones ran for 47 yards on eight carries; Jaden Davis carried 13 times for 43 yards and Jack Dennis had four receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown.

The game remained a back-and-forth battle until the Riders broke it open early in the fourth quarter, when they scored 22 unanswered points for a 29-9 victory on their homecoming night.

Cape will welcome Milford to Legends Stadium on Friday, Oct. 19, for the Vikings’ homecoming.

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