The Forester football team celebrated Homecoming with a 28-14
victory over Lawrence University on Saturday (October 10). Lake
Forest is now 1-5 overall this season and 1-4 in Midwest Conference
play. The Vikings fell to 0-5, both overall and in the league.
Forester junior quarterback Geoff Sobey
(Mt. Prospect, Ill./Prospect) threw three touchdown passes for the
second consecutive week and finished the contest with 173 yards.
Classmate Pat Jarvis (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel) led the home team
with four receptions, including one for a touchdown, and 82
yards.
Lake Forest's defense was led by sophomore lineman Casey Flynn's
(Morristown, N.J./Morristown) 10 tackles. He had two of the team's
four sacks. Senior linebacker Chad
Zimborski (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) was next on the squad
with nine tackles, including two behind the line of scrimmage, and
added his second interception of the season. Sophomore safety Luke
Butts (Warrensburg, Ill./Warrensburg) finished with eight
tackles, including five solos.
The Forester defense accounted for the game's first points midway
through the opening period when junior linebacker Tanner
Compton (Excello, Mo./Macon) recorded his first career
interception and returned it 27 yards to the end zone.
Lawrence returned the favor early in the second quarter, tying the
score on an 11-yard interception return.
Compton recovered a fumble forced by senior defensive lineman Jaron
Eanes (Cleveland, Ohio/Lake Forest Academy) to end the Vikings'
next possession. It was one of Eanes' three tackles for loss in the
game and he leads the team with 12 tackles for loss this
season.
Senior safety Will
Christensen (Park City, Utah/Park City) picked off his second
pass of the season later in the second quarter and returned it 35
yards to the Lawrence 30-yardline. Five plays later Sobey connected
with junior running back Brock
Stenberg (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) on a 9-yard touchdown
pass, giving the home team the lead for good.
The Foresters turned another Lawrence turnover into seven points
late in the third quarter. The Vikings' returner mishandled a punt
and sophomore wide receiver Kevin Davis
(South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin) recovered it at the Lawrence 12.
Sobey hit senior Dan Carter
(Arlington Heights, Ill./St. Viator) on a 12-yard touchdown pass to
put Lake Forest ahead 21-7. It was Carter's 34th career touchdown,
breaking the program record he shared for a week with Corey Honore
'98.
Senior cornerback Hamid Khan
(Chicago, Ill./Loyola) recovered a Viking fumble at the Lawrence 33
with 42 seconds left in the third quarter. It was the sixth
turnover forced by the Foresters in the game. Sobey connected with
Jarvis on a 31-yard touchdown two plays later, extending the lead
to 28-7.
A long touchdown pass by Lawrence with 7:48 to play in the game
closed out the scoring.
The victory was the first for Forester head coach Jim Catanzaro.
"It was great to finally get a win after being close in a number of
games earlier in the season," he stated. "The defense set the tone
early and our offense took advantage of some short-field
opportunities. I hope it will be a stepping stone towards better
things in the weeks to come."
The Foresters will look to make it two victories in a row next
Saturday (October 17) at Grinnell College. A live video webcast of
the game, which will begin at 1:00 p.m., will be available at
www.pennatlantic.com.
