2020 Jefferson Falcons Preseason Football Preview

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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.

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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