In his thirty sixth season teaching, Angelo Gasca has been identified for his quarterbacks and passing the ball at Venice Excessive. Properly, Air Gasca is taking a again seat to protection this season.
Final week, the Gondoliers improved to 2-1 with a 17-3 win over Harvard-Westlake that featured six tackles for losses by Jon Sharp and 11 tackles by Donner Livingston. Donte Ross had two interceptions. Gasca additionally factors out Joseph Iwunze, Nicholas Stratman, Will Oeser, Joshua Aaron and Hector Lopez.
The workforce’s defensive coordinator, Iggy Porchia, is a Venice grad, so Gasca is enthused that his protection could make Venice a Western League title contender.
Many of the defensive gamers have grade-point averages of three.5 or larger, which helps give choices to the coaches due to their intelligence.
“Exhausting employees and really quick,” Gasca stated.
Why does Gasca maintain teaching?
“It’s taking your guys, a gaggle of youngsters yearly, and shaping them, creating them, on and off the sector,” he stated. “Whereas finally serving to them dwell out their goals on the soccer subject. All of this whereas they’re navigating rising up. It’s all the pieces and extra, far more, than I may have ever imagined it being. That’s what being part of this for thus lengthy has been. I’m very grateful, to say the least, and likewise very proud.”
Venice performs at Norwalk on Friday night time.
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