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Continued from Page 9 “He’s our hardest worker in the weight room,” Andrews said. The starting tackles are senior Jaden Figueroa (5-9, 185) and junior Abisai Escobar (5-10, 260). The guards are sophomore Jayden Martinez (5-11, 265) and freshman Eli Ardolino (5-10, 265) with senior Matthew Udis (5-11, 205) at center. Defensively, the Kards play a 4-3 alignment, with Udis and junior Andrew DaSantos (6-4, 200) at defensive end and Ardolino and Martinez at defensive tackle. Andrews has to have a ton of faith in Ardolino to be a twoway starter as a freshman. “He’s been a very unexpected pleasant surprise,” Andrews said of Ardolino. “He could be a college football player one day.” The outside linebackers are senior Israel Ormaza (5-10, 175) and Chong, with Amorim and Figueroa playing inside linebacker. Ferrara and Ruiz are the cor-
Photo by Jim Hague
The Kearny High School football team is off to a tough 0-2 start after losses to North Bergen and Bayonne. From left are Jaden Figueroa, Abisai Escobar, Jayden Martinez, head coach Stephen Andrews, Matthew Udis, Bryan Villatoro and Steven Barreira (no longer with the team).
nerbacks with Gill at safety. The Kards have games against Hudson Catholic this weekend and Bloomfield next weekend. There is the thought
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that Kearny might be better off playing in the Ivy League division of the New Jersey Super Football Conference against teams of equal size and talent. It has yet to be determined, but Andrews thinks that it may be a possibility moving forward. “When the idea of the Ivy League was created, we liked where we were headed,” Andrews said. “We weren’t expecting the Generals (youth) program to be practically dissolved. Now that there’s a chance it may happen. Our schedule is a killer. We have to decide within the next month whether we want to go that route.” It would make a ton more sense than losing games 40-6 and 53-6. “I’m just looking for us to make progress every week,” Andrews said. “As long as I’m seeing progress, then a few chips will eventually fall in our favor.” Something’s got to give soon.
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