Cappe Looks to Cap off Astronomical Season with Championship

Tevion Cappe’s football statistics could be described as excellent or stellar or stupendous or momumental or whatever you’d like. Nevertheless, an adjective doesn’t really exist to describe the numbers Cappe is putting up. The senior running back from Watertown High School is embarrassing opponents, and is helping carry his team through the Section 3 Class A playoffs at the same time.
The Cappe-led Cyclones have advanced to the sectional championship game as the 6 seed, where they will take on the defending champions, Whitesboro. When Watertown played Whitesboro during the regular season, the Cyclones actually had control most of the game, and had a 13-point lead going into the 4th quarter, before the Warriors buried them by a few touchdowns. That loss put the Cyclones at 3-3, and not a guarantee to be in the playoffs. Since then, they have ripped off 3 straight impressive wins, including a 42-point win over East-Syracuse Minoa, and a 20-point victory over Indian River, which was the only team to beat Whitesboro this season, so far.
Back to the man who made this all happen. Tevion Cappe; the 5’9”, 190 lb running back whose numbers for this season would still be great for 5 seasons. The Cyclones’ feature back isn’t a secret weapon. Last season, Cappe rushed for well over 1,000 yards to go with 12 TDs, which is considered more than a successful campaign. This year, Cappe has done so much more. Through 9 games, Cappe has rushed 2,080 yards and 35 touchdowns. Just take a second to think about what that means. Well, maybe I’ll just tell you. Cappe has averaged over 230 yards and nearly 4 TDs per game, and that doesn’t include the countless two-point conversions that he completes for Watertown. He’s averaged 10.5 yards per carry. Yes, 10.5 yards per carry. That means that, on average, he runs for a 1st down every time he touches the ball. Cappe’s has had some pretty spectacular performances this season, especially in the playoffs, where it counts the most. In that 58-16 blowout of East-Syracuse Minoa in the 1st round, Cappe put up one of the greatest performances in state history. He totaled 457 yards and 4 touchdowns in the victory that few who attended will ever forget. Cappe’s 457-yard single game performance ranks No. 6 in state history, amazingly still over 100 yards shy of Dale Ross’ record of 569. Cappe broke out again in the section semifinals verses favored Indian River, rushing for 283 yards and 5 touchdowns. The super senior ran for 179 of those yards on his touchdown runs alone. He also ran for 391 yards and 5 TDs in a victory over Camden in their final regular season game to put them in the postseason.
So, as absolutely ridiculous as Cappe’s statistics are, Watertown’s main focus will still be on trying to win the 1st football section championship in school history. The Warriors of Whitesboro do present a tall task. The 8-1 Warriors have averaged over 41 points per game this season, highlighted by games where they have scored 51, 59, and even 62 points in the quarterfinals versus Jamesville-DeWitt. They destroyed No. 1 Cortland 49-13 in the semis, and still remember how the Cyclones nearly knocked them off earlier in the year in Whitesboro. Watertown’s offense isn’t just Cappe, however. Star senior QB Tyler Augliano has several superb wide receivers in senior Caleb Bettis, who is one of the best wide outs in the section, and 6’5” junior Dustin Pond, who is a big time basketball star. Regardless of the winner, this matchup should be an incredible one for a section championship. And as for Tevion Cappe; the sky’s the limit for what this super senior can pull off.