The Lake Forest College football team won its second game in a
row Saturday (October 17), a 35-28 triumph at Grinnell College.
Both the Foresters and Pioneers are now 2-5 overall and 2-4 in
Midwest Conference.
Lake Forest junior quarterback Geoff Sobey (Mt. Prospect,
Ill./Prospect) tied the team record by throwing four touchdown
passes in the game. He is the fifth Forester signal-caller to
accomplish that feat. Sobey, who has now thrown 10 touchdown passes
in the last three weeks, finished the day with 267 passing yards
and also opened the scoring with a 42-yard touchdown run with 8:42
to play in the first quarter. "Geoff made a lot of big plays
today," began head coach Jim Catanzaro. "first with his feet and
then later on with his arm."
Three of Sobey's touchdown passes were to senior wide receiver Dan Carter (Arlington Heights, Ill./St. Viator), who had 10 receptions
for 134 yards in the game. His 7-yard scoring grab in the first
quarter gave the visitors a 14-0 lead and his 16-yard touchdown
reception in the second period made the score 21-0. After Grinnell
reached the end zone for the first time on the day, Carter caught a
49-yard touchdown pass to regain the Foresters' 21-point lead. The
distance the play covered also made him the first player in team
history to surpass 3,000 receiving yards in his career.
Lake Forest took a 28-7 lead into the locker room at halftime but a
Pioneer touchdown in the third quarter and another early in the
fourth trimmed the margin to 28-21 with 10 minutes to play in the
game.
After completing a couple of short passes for a first down on the
ensuing Forester possession, Sobey connected with sophomore wideout
Kevin Davis (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin) on a 55-yard touchdown.
It was the first career touchdown for Davis, who matched one
career-high with four receptions in the game and set another with
87 receiving yards. Junior Tim Gruzwalski's (Oakland, Mich./Stoney
Creek) fifth extra point of the game made the score 35-21 with 7:51
to play.
Grinnell scored another touchdown on the next drive to pull back to
within seven points and, after forcing a Forester punt, took over
on the its 31-yardline with 3:52 remaining in the contest. The
Pioneers converted on fourth-and-eight from their own 33 and
fourth-and-nine from the Forester 32 before finally being stopped
on fourth-and-10 from the Lake Forest 17 with 59 seconds left on
the clock. After a couple of kneel-downs, the Foresters escaped
with the victory.
Sophomore Robbie Hoskins (Houston, Texas/Clear Brook), who added
running back duties to his role as linebacker, led Lake Forest with
42 yards rushing and junior Brock Stenberg (Grand Haven,
Mich./Grand Haven) added 39. Hoskins' play did not go unnoticed by
Catanzaro. "Robbie gave our offense a big boost today, both by the
yardage he gained carrying the ball and the contributions he made
as a blocker."
Sophomore safety Luke Butts (Warrensburg, Ill./Warrensburg) led the
defense with nine tackles and picked off a second quarter pass for
his team-high third interception of the season. Senior cornerback
Hamid Khan (Chicago, Ill./Loyola) stopped the Pioneers' next drive
with his first career interception. Senior linebacker Chad Zimborski (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) finished with eight
tackles, including two behind the line of scrimmage, and junior
linebacker Anthony Garetto (Orland Park, Ill./Marist) had seven
stops and the visitors' only sack of the game. He also placed two
of his six punts inside the 20-yardline
"Defensively, we had a great first half," stated Catanzaro.
"Unfortunately, we got a little complacent coming out of halftime
and didn't play as well in the second half. Overall, I am hopeful
that our players will use today's game as good win for their
spirits, but a game that showed us a number of things that we can
work on.
Lake Forest will look for its third straight victory next Saturday
(October 24) against visiting Monmouth College. A live video
webcast of the game, which will begin at 1:30 p.m., will be
available at www.pennatlantic.com.
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November 7, 2009
Lake Forest Drops Season Finale at Carroll University
October 31, 2009
Foresters Fall to Visiting Knox College
October 24, 2009
Lake Forest Defeated by Nation's Ninth-Ranked Team
October 17, 2009
Foresters Start Fast and Hang on for Victory at Grinnell
October 10, 2009
Lake Forest Wins Homecoming Game against Lawrence
September 19, 2009
Foresters Defeated at Illinois College
September 12, 2009
Lake Forest Falls to Ripon in Home Opener
September 5, 2009
Foresters Open Season with 14-7 Loss at Aurora University
