WOLCOTT EAGLES
About the Team
Class/Division: M / NVL Brass
Head coach: Jason Pace (1st year, 0-0)
2010 record: 6-4 (3-3 Brass)
Playoff result: N/A
Returning starters: 3
Players to watch: DeVante Bonvillian, Sr., RB/DB; Tom Bochicchio, Sr., K/DB; Jim Nelson, Jr., OL/LB.
Coach’s Corner
NVL Football: What makes this year’s team different than last year’s?
Coach Pace: “Opportunity. In 2011 we will be only returning 2 starters. Many of the seniors from last season were valuable contributors at the varsity level since their sophomore year. Their experience will be difficult to replace and it will be a challenge to emulate their leadership abilities. However, this opens the door of opportunity for many our young players to excel. Our players enter the season knowing that playing time will have to be earned through relentless hard work and commitment both on and off the field. Nothing is guaranteed, but there are many opportunities to be earned.”
The Eagles will succeed if…: “we narrow our focus on working as hard as we can one day at a time. Whether it is in a meeting, workout, practice, game, or even the classroom, we must individually focus on being the best student-athlete possible on that given day. No one on this team or coaching staff has proven that we have the ability to look past the task at hand. Those tasks include fundamentals. We will be in a position to experience success if we focus on daily improvements, excel in crucial fundamental areas (decision making, penalties, knowing assignments, and turnovers), and approach each battle one at a time.”
NVL Football: What is the biggest asset you have on the team?
Coach Pace: “Our greatest asset is that our program is composed of players that are hungry and determined to prove themselves. Each player in our program has experienced success first hand at the lower levels, and has witnessed success at the varsity level. With so many seniors graduating, the current players know it is their opportunity to carry the program forward, and they are eager to get their chance to do so. They fully understand that with each day that passes that they do not improve or miss a workout, it is an opportunity lost.”
