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Preview: Staples loaded, preps for Class LL run
WESTPORT — More than two weeks before the first game of the season and it was hard for head coach Marce Petroccio and quarterback Jack Massie not to shed a grin when talking Staples football.
The Wreckers enter this season coming off an 11-1 record. The one blemish was a 42-7 defeat in the Class LL state title game against Xavier.
The team returns a veteran core on both sides of the ball and tout an experienced quarterback. The list could go on.
So expectations are high.
“We just try and focus one game at a time and not think about what people are saying about us or anything like that,” Massie said. “Just try to play the best we can.”
“We just try and focus one game at a time and not think about what people are saying about us or anything like that,” Massie said. “Just try to play the best we can.”
As hard as they may try, there is no denying the excitement and anxiety swirling around the upcoming fall season. The program, which has won six Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference titles, including last season, and three state titles under Petroccio, is synonymous with winning. The team has mastered the art of deferring. The perfunctory answers about what the 2012 could be, and maybe should be, are given.
“We’re always looking to improve and we realize that we need to improve in certain areas and were just trying to get better every day,” Petroccio said.
But the question remains: How good can this Wreckers squad be?
The Wreckers enter this season coming off an 11-1 record. The one blemish was a 42-7 defeat in the Class LL state title game against Xavier.
The team returns a veteran core on both sides of the ball and tout an experienced quarterback. The list could go on.
So expectations are high.
“We just try and focus one game at a time and not think about what people are saying about us or anything like that,” Massie said. “Just try to play the best we can.”
“We just try and focus one game at a time and not think about what people are saying about us or anything like that,” Massie said. “Just try to play the best we can.”
As hard as they may try, there is no denying the excitement and anxiety swirling around the upcoming fall season. The program, which has won six Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference titles, including last season, and three state titles under Petroccio, is synonymous with winning. The team has mastered the art of deferring. The perfunctory answers about what the 2012 could be, and maybe should be, are given.
“We’re always looking to improve and we realize that we need to improve in certain areas and were just trying to get better every day,” Petroccio said.
But the question remains: How good can this Wreckers squad be?
Labels: 2012, FCIAC, Jack Massie, Marce Petroccio, preseason, Staples, Summer
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