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UVM vs. Castleton, August 28th

By Sarah Coon
September 02, 2009
The UVM football team kicked off its third season on a beautiful late August evening against another up and coming football program, Castleton State College. In their first appearance as a varsity program, Division III Castleton State dressed 80 players for Friday night’s contest at Burlington High School. Under the lights on the other side of the field, 42 young men clad in Vermont green and gold eagerly anticipated the start of another exciting season.
 
The Catamounts struck first, capping an excellent first-quarter drive with a two yd rushing touchdown by hard-running quarterback Korey Johnson. The Spartans answered in the second quarter with their own touchdown, a 10 yard dash into the end zone by running back Tyler Carpenter. With both extra points sailing through the uprights, the score was tied at seven with 8:19 left in the first half. Despite a good-looking UVM offence, the ball returned to the Castleton side, and they scored a second touchdown, this one on the QB sneak, with under a minute left on the clock. UVM quickly regained their momentum, however, getting excellent field position from Sophomore Dan Soons’ kick return, immediately followed by a 25 yard pass reception by Doug DeLuca. With 15 seconds left on the clock, however, an untimely fumble returned the ball to Castleton hands, leaving the score at 14-7 Castleton State.
 
The third quarter saw another Castleton touchdown, this one a 22 yard pass between the Spartan quarterback and receiver Randy Babineau. The boys in green and gold responded by marching down the field, putting together a 70 yard drive and getting within field goal range for kicker Josh Henshaw. The resulting points brought the score to 21-10 in Castleton’s favor. UVM regained possession of the ball in the final minutes of the quarter with an excellent tackle and recovery of the resulting fumble by Chris French and Luke Martin, respectively. The University put together one last drive in the fourth quarter after a Castleton State field goal, resulting in a short-yardage touchdown for Tom Jackson to cap off an entire evening of excellent running for the UVM Junior. However, it was not enough to recover the lead and the game ended with the score 24-17 to Castleton State College.