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A U-32 football coach and player work on an offensive drill at the school earlier this season.
With both Spaulding and U-32 making
the jump to D-II, there will be a fair amount
of time spent driving to games, and both
coaches hope to make the most of that time
to build camaraderie amongst their players.
It’s a combination of realizing their purpose
on the field, hard work that relates to not
just football but the classroom, and taking
instruction in a sport that builds character
through execution and toughness. Football
is not a sport for the faint of heart, and this
year it seems, both teams have good reason to
expect improvement in all facets.
“We open up with Bellows Falls, the defend-
ing state champions,” Lamb said, and with
moving up a division, that’s going to be a
factor. Overall though, the feeling is positive
and the guys have a good vibe. I don’t think
we were able to put a complete game together
last year. We’d play a good quarter here and
a couple solid quarters there, but we weren’t
able to string it together for four straight.”
According to Lamb there’s been a core
group of players that have taken a leader-
ship role – getting in to the weight room
on a regular basis over the summer months
and doing their best to get in to football
shape. The influx of new legs, albeit unsea-
soned and lacking the physical maturity of
his upperclassmen will allow his team to
be a bit more dynamic in the open field as
he’ll have to spread defenses out to make
room for his skill players to stretch the field
– not just north and south, but east and
west as well.
Once the pads are fitted and practice
takes a new shape, Lamb expects to whittle
his lineup down and present a team that,
come game-time, opponents might not look
forward to playing.
“This is the greatest team sport in the
world,” Spaulding quarterback Ryan Palmi-
sano said. “You can’t win with just defense
and you can’t win with just offense. Last
year was tough, but if you look at it from my
perspective, we didn’t win a game my fresh-
man year. We’re improving and rebuilding
a program that I’ve been happy to be a part
of. The improvement year to year is what
really matters. There’s some old tradition
to be remembered and some new still yet
to create.”
Palmisano also commented on the luxury
that a bevy of skill position players provides a
quarterback. If his offensive line manages to
hold together, he sees players like senior Mat-
teo Perantoni and freshman Steven Corbett
finding ways to mesh and contribute right
away.
“I’m excited about all the players we have,”
Palmisano said. “If they work on what they’re
supposed to, especially their endurance,
I think we’ll do great and surprise some
people. With this year being my senior year I
hope to keep everyone involved.”
For Parantoni, the key to success is only
slightly different but just as important.
“We have a strong upper-class group, we
have to get the linemen ready but the key is to
stay healthy,” Parantoni said. “I’ll be lining up
at running back, linebacker, and maybe even
returning kicks and punts. I love to play this
game, I love to hit people and mess plays up.”
“It’s common knowledge that U-32 is in
the conversation each year when it comes to
football,” Divelbliss said. “But what I don’t
think a lot of people know how good these
kids are off the field as well as on it. I’m proud
of that.”
It’s a sentiment that Lamb echoes as well,
and it’s seemed to rub off a bit on his players.
Coming in as a Spaulding freshman, Cor-
bett seems to have fallen right in line with
what’s expected of a player in his first season.
There’s a lot of listening and learning to
model appropriate football behavior with
a positive attitude and a willingness to help
where his team and coach needs him. It’s a
“yes sir, no sir” world.
“I’ve got a lot of my friends who joined in
order to do the best we can and continue to
improve our level of respectability,” Corbett
said. “I, like everyone else, have to earn my
time with the varsity squad. Right now and
every time out, whether in practice or a game
it’s about helping the team any way I can.”
This article was originally published at the start
of the fall season.
Friday, October 6, 2017
U-32 Football
2 Ian Voyer
4 Max Fair
5 Nathan LaRosa
6 Eli Hammond
9 Andrew Proteau
10 Haidyn Pearce
12 Logan Wolf
13 Morgan Morelli
16 Tama Belotserkovsky
17 Daniel Greene
21 Zachary Schneider
26 Colby Treadwell
28 Hayden Roberge
29 Michael Bove
30 Wyatt O’Brien
31 Sullivan O’Hara
33 Logan Wedge
34 Nolan Hudson
36 Andre Latulippe
40 Ben Wiater
42 Martin McMahon
44 Austin Bresett
45 Skyler Flood
48 Carter Pelzel
52 Isaak Donahue
53 Will Austin
54 Jackson Flinn
55 Cameron Edson
56 Ryan Barr
58 Cooper Lamb
61 Dylan White
68 Jared Preman
70 Gaige Williams
71 Shawn Lavigne
72 Kyle Derosia
73 Gary Arleth
74 Marshall Donahue
75 Aaron Lavigne
76 Liam Harper
77 Alex Bell
78 Will Hoerres
79 Jordan Luce
80 Matt Pilliod
82 Connor Derosia
85 Anthony Engelhard
Coach Brian Divelbliss
Assistant Coaches Chadde
Wolfe, Rob Williams, Chris
Cadorette, David White and
Andrew Conforti