Ryan Cain
Ryan Cain kicked a school-record four field goals against LVC

Monarchs Fall to Lebanon Valley 21-19

10/23/2010 6:14:54 PM

OCTOBER 23, 2010

LEBANON VALLEY FOOTBALL RALLIES PAST KING'S, 21-19

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WILKES-BARRE — Ben Guiles rushed for 262 yards and scored two of his three touchdowns over the final 3:33 of play as visiting Lebanon Valley College rallied from a 12-9 fourth quarter deficit to post a 21-19 Middle Atlantic Conference victory over King's College Saturday at McCarthy Stadium.

With the win, Lebanon Valley improved to 3-4 overall and 2-2 in MAC play. King's, meanwhile, remains in search of its first victory of the year as the Monarchs fell to 0-7 and 0-4 in the MAC.

King's opened the scoring with an eight-play, 55-yard drive, capped by the first of a school-record four field goals in the game from Ryan Cain as the Monarchs took a 3-0 lead at 1:22 of the first quarter.

Three possessions later Lebanon Valley took advantage of a short 13-yard King's punt and assumed possession at the Monarch 39. Six player later Guiles would score from a yard out to put the Flying Dutchmen on top. However, Brittany Ryan, Lebanon Valley's senior female place-kicker, had her point-after attempt blocked as the Dutchmen took a 6-0 lead with 7:23 remaining in the opening quarter.  Punting, though, would become a theme that ultimately contributed greatly to the Monarchs' demise.

Later in the quarter following an interception by King's safety Edwyn Edwards, the Monarchs countered. A nine-yard pass from Corey Lavin to Glenn Ford and a 44-yard yard completion to Jay Torres, gave the Monarchs a first down at the Dutchmen four. But King's was unable to punch it as the Monarchs settled for a 19-yard field goal from Cain to knot the score at 9-9 with 0:41 remaining in the first quarter.

Early in the second quarter, King's took over at its own 29 following a Lebanon Valley punt and began to drive. A nine-yard run by Eric Ofcharsky and a 19-yard pass to Torres gave King's a first down at the Dutchmen 26. A six-yard run by Ofcharsky and a four-yard pass to John Cuiffo gave King's a first down at the 16, but an illegal block penalty on the Monarchs pushed the ball back to the 28. After an 18-yard pass from Lavin to Torres gave King's possession at the 10, the Monarchs were flagged again for an illegal block a play later, moving the ball back to the 17. The drive would stall and Cain delivered on a 38-yard field goal to give the Monarchs a 9-6 lead with 6:33 left in the half.

Lebanon Valley took the next possession and drove 70 yards to the King's nine-yard line with 0:49 left in the half. But the Dutchmen failed to convert when Caleb Fick's pass into the end zone with 0:09 remaining was intercepted by Andrew Yablonsky as the Monarchs took a 9-6 lead into the halftime break.

On the opening possession of the second half, the Dutchmen  drove from their own 4- to the King's seven before the Monarch defense stiffened. Ryan made good on a 24-yard field goal to tie the game at 9-9 with 11:43 left in the third quarter.

King's responded on its next possession when the Monarchs used a 14-yard pass to Torres and a 22-yard hookup to David Abdalla to reach the Lebanon Valley 16. But a four-yard run by Ofcharsky and two straight incomplete passes forced King's to again settle for a field goal as Cain made good from 30 yards away to set a new King's single game record with his fourth of the day as the Monarchs took a 12-9 lead with 8:51 remaining in the third period.

The Flying Dutchmen would attempt to answer on its next possession when Guiles used three carries to total 36 yards to reach the King's 15. After two short runs and an incomplete pass set up a fourth-and six situation from the Monarch 11, the Dutchmen attempted a fake field goal. Holder Nic Shirley, however, was stuffed for a four-yard loss as King's maintained its three-point lead into the fourth quarter.


Two possessions later King's would move to the Dutchmen 39 where the Monarchs drive stalled. Facing a fourth-and-two, King's bypassed on the punt and Dutchmen stuffed Ofcharsky at the one for no gain to assume possession.  Lebanon Valley would ride the momentum with a drive to the King's nine-yard line. But again the drive would falter and Kyle Wenger entered in place of Ryan to attempt a 27-yard field goal. The attempt sailed wide left and King's maintained a 12-9 lead with 10:43 remaining in the game.

Two possessions later following a King's punt, the Dutchmen took over at their own 24. Guiles runs of 15, 11, and 13 yards, was followed by a 14yard pass to Ed Tobin to advance the ball to the Monarch 23. A four-yard run by Guiles and a six-yard pass to Tobin then gave the Dutchmen a first down at the King's 13. After a five-yard run by Conrad Heisey, a run for no gain by Guiles, and a four-yard pass from Fick to Tobin, Lebanon Valley faced a fourth-and-one play from the King's four-yard line. Rather than attempt a game-tying field goal, the Dutchmen would go for the first down and Heisey was stuffed at the lone for no gain as the Monarchs took over with 4:05 remaining.

King's would attempt to run the clock out, but two short runs, sandwiched around two Lebanon Valley timeouts, whittled away only a combined 0:13 off the clock. After Lavin's pass to Ford fell incomplete to force another King's put, the tide would turn on the next play. Cain dropped back to punt and after receiving the snap, ran to his right in the Monarchs' normal rugby-style punt attempt. But the kick came off Cain's foot only a few feet off the ground and caromed off a Monarch player running downfield. The ball traveled just nine-yard downfield and the Dutchmen took over at the King's 14 with just 3:41 on the clock.  

On the first play following the punt, Guiles broke free on a draw play and raced into the end zone to give the Dutchmen their first lead since the opening quarter. Ryan however, missed the extra-point kick as the Dutchmen took a 15-12 lead with 3:33 to play.

On King's ensuing possession, King's looked to rally as Lavin found Torres for 22 yards to the Monarch 46. After two straight incompletes gave King's a third-and-10 play, Lavin was sacked by Zach Bleiler for a six-yard loss. With 2:39 on the clock and a fourth-and-16, King's elected to forgo the pint and attempt a first down.  The moved failed as Lavin was flushed from the pocket and wildly scrambled to free himself before being sacked for a 24-yard loss back to the King's 16.

Three plays later Guiles would score his third touchdown of the day on a 14-yard run to extend the Dutchmen advantage. But Lebanon Valley continued its own kicking woes when Ryan's point-after bounced off the cross bar to keep the score at 21-12 with 2:19 left.

On the ensuing kickoff, King's regained a glimmer of hope when Torres broke off an 86-yard touchdown return. Cain's extra-point kick was good as the Monarchs clawed back to within 21-19 with 2:07 to play.

From there King's onside kick was recovered by Lebanon Valley and the Flying Dutchmen were able to run out the remainder of the clock.

Statistically, Lebanon Valley outgained King's 411-to-297 in total yards. Led by Guiles, the Dutchmen amassed 339 rushing yards on 53 yards while King's, hurt by the two late sacks to Lavin, officially ended the game with just 27 rushing yards on 32 carries. Ofcharsky had 51 yards on 23 attempts to lead King's on the ground. Through the air, Lavin completed 21-of-37 passes for 270 yards for King's while Fick was just 6-of-28 for 72 yards.

Torres enjoyed the best game of his King's career, making eight catches for 137 yards while Abdalla followed with five receptions for 67 yards. The Monarchs, however, were stung by eight penalties for 69 yards, each seemingly coming at critical moments of the game.

Defensively, Ryan Kelly had 15 tackles while Ryan Cordingly and Edwyn Edwards added 14 tackles each.






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