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CAPE GAZETm, Friday, Aprn 14- Apr,, 20, 2000- 85
Sr ORTS &
OUTDOORS
Cape laxmen turn waxmen and polish CR, 16-2
IXm Cook photo
Cape's Mark Moore, left, moves in on defense against the
Rider offense in a 16-2 Viking victory last Tuesday evening,
April 11.
By Dave Frederick
Cape goalie Chris Keller took
up his position between the pipes
last Tuesday night, April 1 l, fac-
ing the biggest game of his young
lacrosse life. And the life issue
was not about a game but about a
force and spirit much stronger.
Last Saturday Keller lost his
grandfather, Duane Schierer, and
the funeral was planned for
Wednesday.
"I told him he didn't have to
play," said goalie coach Steve
Aubrey. "He was close to his
grandfather and Chris was having
a hard time. We always stress that
family comes first."
Keller turned in the game of
his life against the Riders, and the
entire Viking team dialed in a
complete game performance the
likes of which had never been
seen on the Cape playing field.
"My grandmother told me to
go out and play for my grandfa-
ther," Keller said. "She told me to
tell the boys to go kick some Cae-
sar Rodney butt."
And that is what happened in a
cleanly played contest with no
roughing or unsportsmanlike
penalties.
Cape's Joey Cahill fires a shot by a Rider defenseman as he
was readies to stuff the net.
"We got beat in all facets of the
game," said coach John Coveles-
ki. "The good news is we learned
how far we need to go to chal-
lenge for the states this season.
The bad news is I don't know if
we can get there."
Fearless Stevie Welsh opened
the scoring for Cape with an unas-
sisted goal off a nifty one-on-one
move at the 9:08 mark. Joey
Cahill found the cage when Alex
Hense ran a ground ball from the
defensive to the offensive end,
feeding Cahill for the first of his
five goals.
Mark Moore was a dominant
force on faceoffs, which put a
reeling Rider team back on their
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Spring is wl]en big guys turn construction waste into sport
NO WAY! - A true story not to
be confused with the lying side of
fiction: two strangers of the night
were standing on a street comer in
Cleveland waiting for the light to
change. A 16-pound bowling ball
fell from the darkness, striking
one man dead but sparing the oth-
er. The survivor glanced noncha-
lantly at the headless wobbler
who tumbled off the curb into the
street. The light turned green and
the man crossed, never looking
back. The true part of the story
was that the bowling ball was be-
ing used to prop open a window in
an old storefront apartment. It
came loose when a cat jumped to
the sill, mistaking the black ball
for darkness. The witness to this
horrible accident reacted with
hysterical nonchalance. The mind
refuses to comprehend that which
is possible but highly improbable.
Last Saturday, April 8, with winds
gusting more than 40 mph, day vi-
sion was obscured off Sand Hill
Road. Motorists were wise to
concentrate on driving. There
was no way a toilet bowl traveling
more than 50 mph sailed overhead
like a stuffed goose with aerody-
namic design flaws. Somewhere
PEOPLE IN SPORTS
Dave Frederick
out on that field, Frank Payton's
Southern Exposure punkin' chun-
ker - in search of wax seals - had
adapted to tossing toilets 263 feet,
which is believed to be a world
record. Now I've been in the tank
but never tossed a toilet, although
I once won an Iron Man competi-
tion by hurling a Proctor and
Gamble Steamless 140 feet on
Lewes Beach. Gene's Machine
was second, throwing 208 feet,
but captains Jim Durling and Jim-
my Broadhurst attained personal
satisfaction when a toilet back-
fired - we all know that sound -
and traveled 69 feet backwards
through the roof of Payton's aban-
doned trailer. Can you say red-
necks? Spectators Capt. Speed
Lackhove and Tony Puppetman
Bailey saw their lives flash before
their eyes, reading "American
Standard" just before they
ducked. Springtime has arrived in
Sussex County when the big boys
turn construction waste into sport.
Coming soon is the Oktoberfest
car drop at the River Park!
NEW JACK CITY! - The
Cape baseball .team has gotten
"jacked" the last three games, giv-
ing up a total of 51 runs while
scoring 15. Don't go blaming
coach Mike Eisenhour for the
blitzkrieg, because Joe Torre
couldn't stop such an offensive as-
sault. Blame lacrosse if scape-
goats must be found. Cape's tal-
ent is spread thinner than melted
butter on a corn muffin - thinner
than baby shampoo on a Wookie.
There aren't even any old argu-
ments about how to turn Cape into
a winner. Maybe it just ain't there.
Talk to me, sports fans. I am lis-
tening. The baseball boys mount-
ed a comeback against Lake For-
est April II, coming back from a
5-1 deficit but losing to the Spar-
tans 7-6. Dan Cleary "left the
yard" with a two-run dinger while
Jason Johnson also hit a home
rnn.
NO OFFENSE! - When some-
one opens a conversation with "no
offense, but..." you know you're
about to get blasted, but at least
there's a warning.
"No offense, but does your
grandmother know you made a
dress out of her slip cover? And
what's a big guy like you doing
wearing a dress in the first place?"
The Cape softball team rode out
of Georgetown April 12, higher
than an inflated mammal at the
Cape Henlopen kite festival, hav-
ing defeated Sussex Central and
ace pitcher Betsy l_,ecates 1-0 be-
hind Maggie Lingo's no-hit pitch-
ing and Maren Ford's single and
RBI. Since then the talented Cape
team has lost to Caesar Rodney, 3-
0, and Lake Forest, 2-1, in nine in-
nings. That's two runs scored in
23 innings and, "no offense," but
that ain't exactly crushing the ball.
I remember my Little League
coach who would fall off the bar
stool at Tony Marek's Bar once a
day long enough to yell at our
team.
"Hey, Fredericksl Go up there
and swing hard just in case you
might hit it!"
BIG DOG MAHONEY! -
Cape's lacrosse defenseman
Corey Mahoney is off the porch
and running with the big dogs.
Last Tuesday night, April ll,
against Caesar Rodney, the lanky
lefty, who is bound for Virginia
Wesleyan, proved he is in the elite
circle of the best defensemen ever
to have played the game for Cape
Henlopen. And if the Division I
University of Delaware had any
scouting network in place, which
it doesn't, they would cover Ma-
honey's deposit check at VWU
and offer him a lacrosse scholar-
ship. "Corey is just awesome,"
smiled coach Mark D'Ambrogi af-
ter his Vikings raked Caesar Rod-
ney 16-2.
SHAWNEE FREDDIE - So
there I was getting ready to speak
to the IAABO downstate basket-
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