By Ella Franzman – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law football team is off to a great start already this season. 

The team’s record is 2-2 as of October 1 with wins over Guilford and Bassick. 

“The season’s honestly going great so far, we have a lot of young guys helping out and stepping up to the plate, we’re all about the bigger picture and morals and being respectable young men rather than football,” senior captain Spencer Hannon said. “We have a lot of strong points but also a lot of work to do, and we can definitely get better.”

There are still some COVID-19 restrictions in place this season. Some rules include staying in the locker room for a maximum of 10 minutes and wearing a mask in the locker room. 

“It’s all been a challenge but we’ve faced adversity all throughout the season and our lives outside of football, and it’s just another thing we have to adjust to and we did,” Hannon said. 

The team has been working hard at every practice and every game.  

“Our team’s attitude has been positive in practice and in games,” freshman Michael Merchant said.

The team has two close losses this season – to Stratford 34-27 and to Brookfield 34-26. 

“Tough losses but we played hard,” Hannon said. “We are 2-2 but we know we aren’t ‘good enough,'” Hannon said. “We want to be great and make something special this year, and it starts with practice every week and keeping the 0-0 mindset.”

The team’s upcoming games are against East Haven, RHAM, and Bethel. 

“As far as the Stratford loss, if you need to lose a game, this was a good time to do it. Before our players could get sucked into all the buzz, talk, and hype of ‘3-0’ and the ‘under-pressure mindset’ that comes with it,” Head Coach Chris Haley said. “It serves as a good reminder that we’re only as good as our last performance, and that we need to get better, and find new ways to continue to prepare our players, and put them in better positions to win.”

The team is looking forward to the next game and working hard to get into the right mindset. 

“On game day, I listen to music with my Airpods and think about what I have to do to help us win,” sophomore Samm Costantini said.

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