By Renee Lynch – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law football team is excited to tackle a big season ahead.

After a tough three losses against North Haven, Guilford, and East Haven to start the year, the Lawmen are working hard to make a comeback.

“The past three games have been a rough start,” senior captain Tim Caldwell said. “However, we are willing it give it our all to get the wins.”

The Lawmen graduated many key players from last years team, including running back Max German and Giovanni Marzullo, and many of their starters are underclassmen.

”Logan Danville (senior captain) and Tyler Cavallaro (senior) are stepping up along with quarterback Mitchell Smith (junior),” senior captain David Patrick said. “We have a lot of young starters for us, such as Jimmy Boyle (sophomore) and Dave Tortora (sophomore).”

The Lawmen have been working hard this past off season in an attempt to increase their win total from last year. The team started slowly last year but finished 5-6 and were co-division champions.

“We’ve all been working hard during preseason,” junior Mitchell Smith said. “I’ve been lifting and been working on my speed.”

Smith is Law’s new varsity quarterback and his teammates believe that he is ready for the challenge.

“Mitchell has been adjusting very well as a new starting quarterback,” said Danville. “I’m really excited about this season considering how well our team has come together.”

Tough remaining games this season for the Lawmen will be Foran, Fairfield Prep, and Hillhouse.

The Lawmen will travel to Fairfield Prep on Friday, October 2 to face the Jesuits.

“Prep is good; we really will need to focus and rest up for this game,” said Danville. “This game will be a tough one.”

Team members believe their results will improve when they become balanced on offense.

“As a team, we really need to work together, to work on defense,” sophomore Ryan Pisacane said. “We have strong running backs, but we do need to focus on throwing the ball.”

Even though it’s still early in the season, the Lawmen are looking forward to and working hard for the anticipated Thanksgiving game against Foran.

“Foran graduated a lot of valuable players last year,” Smith said. “If we work hard to prepare, this game could be a piece of cake.”

The Jonathan Law football team have a lot to look forward to for the rest of the season, and are really looking ahead and working hard to get wins.

“We have high hopes of making the postseason this year, and with our attitude and motivation, we have potential,” Caldwell said.