

The 2020 Preseason Football Previews are sponsored by the County College of Morris, offering an an outstanding education at an affordable price with Division II and III athletics. Go to www.ccm.edu right now to learn more about this amazing educational institution that is right in our backyard in Randolph, NJ.
The Staff
Head Coach: Jerry Venturino
Years on the Job: Head Coach at Jefferson for 5th season. 15 total years of coaching. 8th as a Head Coach.
Assistants: Bill Stager (DC), Andrew Scalone (STC), Keith Runne (OC), Joe Olean (Fr OC), Jeff Danyus, (Fr/JV DC), Nick Miller, Connor Brown
Returning Starters: Mike Gould, Mike Studnick, Caleb Rippey, Dylan Patscher, Joe Altamura, Anthony D’Amato, Jeff Danyus, Larry DiBiase, Keith Ferguson, Joe Soares, Andrew Weber.
Player’s Expected to Step Up: Everyone in the program. Each brick needs to improve and get better.
From the Coach
What This Team Does Better than Anybody: Plays with high energy and enthusiasm, while focusing on the little things.
Biggest Surprise of the Off-season: Players preparing for the season on their own and the tremendous support and flexibility from their parents. Tough times call for tough people. Jefferson kids are traditionally known to be tough.
Team Goal: Family-Academics-Football-Loyalty-Commitment. Everything else will fall into place.
George Muha’s Take
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Mark my words, Coach Venturino will be a Sectional State Championship winning coach at some point in the very near future. If you know anything about his career you would agree. As a player he took his own Hopatcong Chief’s team to a sectional title in 2001. Then went on to play quarterback t Moravian College where he was named team MVP in 2004. His success continued after he put his coaching hat on by turning around a Hopatcong team that had very low participation numbers to a team that was loaded with college recruits. He’s had only one losing season since taking over the Falcon’s job (3-7 in 2018) and he could have been easily been 7-3 that year but was literally suiting up JV players due to large scale injuries. Going from coaching a Group 1 school to a Group 3 school and facing powerhouses like Mount Olive, Sparta and High Point is no easy task but Venturino’s track record speaks for itself. 2020 Prediction: Getting to the postseason is going to be the trick this season as the shortened Second Season is going to mean less teams in the section will advance. That means a two-loss season could translate to no postseason for the Falcons. They’ll have to likely win two out of three against High Point, Sparta and Mount Olive. If J-Town does find themselves in the playoffs, they’ll certainly be battle tested to make a run at glory. And that would be a nice way for three-year starter Mike Gould to cap a stellar career!
Schedule
Friday, Oct 2, 2020 West Milford Township
Friday, Oct 9, 2020 @ Sparta Township
Friday, Oct 16, 2020 Lakeland Regional
Friday, Oct 23, 2020 @ Vernon Township High School
Friday, Oct 30, 2020 Passaic Valley Regional
Friday, Nov 6, 2020 @ Mount Olive High School
Roster
1 Riley Kandel WR/DL 12 6’5″ 200
2 Nino Denino RB/LB 12 5’9″ 155
3 Joshua Danyus WR/LB 10 5’10” 150
4 Theodore Fisher QB/DB 11 5’10” 160
5 Michael Bencivengo RB/DB 11 5’6″ 155
6 Lawrence DiBiase WR/LB 12 5’7″ 160
7 Jonathan Emr WR/LB 12 5’9″ 158
8 Luke Emr WR/LB 10 5’4″ 117
9 Christopher Young WR/DB 10 5’6″ 140
10 Caleb Rippey WR/DB 12 6’0″ 168
11 Daniel Pryce WR/DB 12 6’1″ 140
12 Erik Garv QB/DB 11 6’4″ 185
13 Joshua Gitter WR/LB 11 6’1″ 189
14 Kofi Mensah WR/LB 12 6’2″ 170
15 Jeffrey Danyus RB/OL 12 6’0″ 180
16 Colin Sabia QB/DB 10 5’9″ 140
18 Mason Bongo WR/DB 11 5’9″ 130
19 Jake Sallo WR/DB 10 5’8″ 120
20 Jason Eisele WR/DB 10 6’2″ 175
21 Michael Studnick WR/DB 12 5’8″ 170
23 Kwadjo Mensah WR/DB 10 5’6″ 125
24 Andrew Weber WR/DB 12 6’2″ 180
25 Dale Jenkins WR/LB 11 5’4″ 145
26 Michael Gould RB/LB 12 5’8″ 185
27 Jacob Studnick WR/DB 10 5’9″ 140
28 Joseph DiBiase RB/LB 10 5’5″ 145
29 Rory Coyle WR/DL 11 6’2″ 195
30 Thomas Young RB/LB 11 5’10” 170
32 Morrell Young RB/LB 10 5’4″ 141
34 Travis Osterhout WR/LB 10 6’1″ 180
35 Dylan Kircher RB/LB 10 5’6″ 130
36 Andrew Bacigalupo RB/LB 10 5’8″ 160
40 Nicholas Scalfani WR/DB 11 6’2″ 183
42 Anthony Bacigalupo RB/DL 11 5’9″ 220
44 Joseph Altamura WR/LB 12 6’2″ 165
50 Jacob DeJesus OL/DL 11 5’10” 225
52 Keith Ferguson OL/LB 12 6’0″ 195
53 Sean Mazzacano OL/LB 10 5’10” 170
54 Dylan Patscher OL/DL 11 6’3″ 225
55 Landen Castimore OL/DL 11 5’10” 175
56 Patrick Czerwinski OL/DL 11 5’10” 225
57 Jaiden Alvarez OL/DL 12 5’10” 207
58 Daniel Wasas OL/LB 11 5’11” 175
59 Daniel Duda OL/DL 10 5’9″ 175
63 Miles Slater OL/DL 10 5’8″ 165
65 Justin Haight OL/DL 10 6’0″ 185
67 Joseph Sinisgalli OL/DL 10 5’10” 140
69 Joseph Soares OL/DL 12 6’1″ 200
70 Christian Ciombor OL/DL 10 5’10” 170
72 Anthony D’Amato OL/DL 12 5’11” 200
74 John Blaha OL/DL 11 6’2″ 220
75 Justin Eisele OL/DL 11 6’0″ 190
76 Aaron Dworak OL/DL 12 6’3″ 240
77 Gavin Benfatti OL/DL 10 5’10” 180
79 Garrison Evans OL/DL 12 5’5″ 280
84 Liam Reilly RB/LB 11 5’8″ 220
87 Yasser Berkat WR/DB 11 5’3″ 153
90 John Bonforte OL/DL 10 5’11” 230
99 Nicholas Morcos OL/DL 12 5’5″ 175
George Muha has been covering high school sports since 2006. He feels high school scholar-athletes are the most important part of the community and highlighting their achievements on the field, in the classroom and within the community is his personal mission.




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