The winning touchdown was a penalty but not called

“Is he anything to Buddy Lloyd, former wrestling coach?” I asked. “I’m Buddy Lloyd,” he said. “I’m also the assistant superintendent.” Smyrna with all its new construction and growing population still rocks it old school.

PUSH AND PULL - In football, it’s known as the “Bush Push.” It was 2005 as Southern California’s Reggie Bush pushed Matt Leinart into the end zone for the winning touchdown at Notre Dame. The replay was shown hundreds of times over the next week.

The winning touchdown was a penalty but not called. Now everyone knows the “Bush Push,” but it’s not that simple. Rules are written differently for professional, college and high school. In professional football, you can push a runner but not pull him.

In college you can push your own lineman but you can lift up and push a running back forward. Last Saturday at Smyrna, Cape’s Jerome Johnson gave quarterback Jack McPike a push Jack didn’t need on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. No one told Jerome to do this, but then again no one told him not to. One official called it a penalty, which negated the opening-drive score. Cape would not score again the rest of the season.

HORNETS STUNG IN OWN NEST - Delaware State was leading Norfolk State 16-0 at Alumni Stadium with 12 minutes remaining, and then it all just came apart as the Spartans scored 21 unanswered points including a game-winning touchdown pass from Dennis Brown to Chris Bell with 49 seconds left to play as the Spartans won 21 to 16. Delaware State fell to 3-7 on the season. Delaware State head coach Al Lavan, who fell to 37-28 at DSU (31-15 MEAC) and 5-1 vs. Norfolk State said, “The Spartans are a very dangerous team, and they took advantage of their opportunities late in the game. Norfolk State made the plays when it counted most. The bottom line is, we just weren’t good enough today.”

SNIPPETS - The University of Delaware football team has five wins over teams in its own division – those five teams having a combined record of 19-31. West Chester finished 7-4, and that included a 59-0 win over Cheney University. The Golden Rams lead the series with the Cheney Wolves 41-2-1, and that includes 13 shutouts.

Lake Forest (7-3) beat Milford 26-0 Saturday, Nov. 14, to win the Battle of the Bell and break up the tie for the Henlopen Conference Northern Division which goes to Sussex Tech who owns the tiebreaker over Caesar Rodney.

Bloomsburg University won the NCAA Division II field hockey national championship for the fourth straight year with a 3-2 win over UMass-Lowell (UML) in the 2009 NCAA Division II Field Hockey National Championship game. The title was the fourth straight for the Huskies, the second time they have accomplished the feat, with the first four-peat stretching from 1996-99. The championship also marked Bloomsburg’s 16th overall and seventh in the last eight seasons and the second straight over UML. Local players Amanda Deloy and Lindsay Danz are key players on the Huskies squad.

For the first time since 2004, the University of Maryland women’s soccer team is in the Sweet 16, thanks to its 1-0 victory over Washington State Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15, at Ludwig Field. Lydia Hastings of Rehoboth is a starting midfielder on the Terrapin squad.

The Cape Sharks Pop Warner will change its name to Cape Vikings Pop Warner. The Cape Sharks have been around since 2001. More later on post-season Pop Warner awards and how the community can help with fundraising and sponsorships.

McNabb threw for 450 yards, and the Eagles still lost to the Chargers 31-23.