The next stop of our 2016 High School Football Training Camp Tour is a visit with the Notre Dame Jugglers, who are reloading and moving up to Class B after winning back-to-back Section 3 titles in Class C. Check back for a different team every day! Want your team to have a visit? Drop us an email at [email protected] and tell us why!
School: Notre Dame Jugglers
Home Field: Brother Victor McCarthy Memorial Stadium
Head Coach: Jake DerCola (3rd Season)
Assistant Coaches: Dan Bougourd; Steve Rosati, Nick Allen and Kyle Khuns
Notre Dame’s Jake DerCola has led the Jugglers to sectional titles during each of his first two seasons as head coach. (Photo by Jeff Pexton – Perfect Game Imaging)
Sectional Titles: 5
Last Sectional Title: 2015
Class/League: Moved up to Class B East
2015 Season Review: Won second straight Class C Section 3 title. Lost in state quarterfinals to Chenango Forks
2016 Outlook/Goals: Our goal is to be able to step up to the challenge. It’s a new league, with bigger, better teams and we need to compete with them game in and game out.
Returning Starters: 4 (4offense/4defense). Two-way starters.
Top Returners: Jaylen Warmack (Soph, QB/DB); Nick Allen (Sr, OL/DL); Devin Smith (Sr., TE/DE); Jack Flynt (Sr, OL/DL);, A.J. Papa (Sr, WR/LB)
Newcomers to Watch: Sammy Bianco (Jr, WR/DB); Treijan Garrett (Soph, RB/LB); Nick Courto (Jr. TE/DE).
New Hartford transfer Nick Courto is one of the Jugglers’ top additions for the 2016 season. (Photo by Jeff Pexton – Perfect Game Imaging)
Team Strengths: A lot of these guys have been part of our system and they understand it very well. They also got some playing time and experience, which is going to help them.
Biggest Challenges: We have to replace 12 starters, seven of them were all-state players.
Will Reach Our Goals … “If we stay healthy. We have some depth in some positions, but we’re not the typical size ‘B’ school, We are really a ‘D’ school and don’t have the luxury of a JV team and the ability to bring kids up from JV when someone gets injured.” –Jake DerCola
Noteworthy: Devin Smith will be wearing No. 91 during his senior season in honor of his uncle, Will Smith.
The Jugglers are working hard to meet the challenge of moving up to Class B. (Photo by Jeff Pexton – Perfect Game Imaging)
Regular Season Schedule
Sept. 3: Carrier Dome Classic vs. VVS, 5.
Sept. 9: vs. CVA, 6:30
Sept. 17: at Cazenovia, 1:30
Sept. 24: vs. Oneida, 2
Oct. 1: vs. Camden, 2
Oct. 7: at Mexico, 7
Oct. 14: at South Jefferson, 7
