By Shane Cepalia – News Editor

Mr. Sarullo is Jonathan Law’s Athletic Director. Advocate News Editor Shane Cepalia interviewed Sarullo about Law’s fall season.

Shane Cepalia: What are your expectations for the fall season?

Mr. Sarullo: The expectation is that, first, health and safety wise, that we’re going to have everybody following the protocols so that way we can be successful and get through the full season. Assuming that we’re able to do that, on the field, to continue to work hard and to have all of our teams continue to build on success and be better at the end of the season than they were at the beginning.

SC: What are your thoughts on the first few football games of the season?

MS: The first football game at Guilford was awesome. It was 34-7, the team played great, and then followed it up with a home win here. And the atmosphere was great. It was great having football back and having fans back, and we’re looking to build on that as we go forward.

SC: How are you and the coaches collaborating to be successful this season?

MS: So there’s a couple of different things that we’re doing: First, with health and safety, just making sure that everybody is staying on top of all the different things we have to do as far as locker rooms, wearing masks on the busses, stuff like that. And then as far as success on the field goes, staying in communication with them and making sure they have everything that they need.

SC: Do you expect to see a rise in spectatorship this fall?

VS: Yeah, so far we’ve had home games for about a week and a half and I think our spectator attendance has been about what it’s been before the pandemic started a couple years ago. So, we’re just making sure everybody is safe and we have the proper procedures in place and we’re looking forward to having everybody back.

SC: How do you think this season will differ from the last?

MS: So it’s much different from last year because of all the protocols we had in place and our schedules were totally different, we weren’t allowed to travel far distances on busses. So we’re kind of back to a normal schedule, and a normal procedure, and  having fans back. There are still some protocols in place because we’re still dealing with COVID, but I think everybody’s doing a great job with it.