Finley Football Plays First Game on Friday at Home

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School football team is 54 players strong. The squad has been practicing since the first day of school as it gets ready to take on Northport on Friday afternoon at home at 4:45 p.m. on the team’s new sod field.

Finley is led by head coach Jordan Ioviero and assistant coaches Gregory Dieterich and Jonathan Garland.

The squad includes seventh graders Nicholas Bartasi, Rasiere Blizzard, Benjamin Burke, Elias Caldwell, Hayden Cantave, Rocco Caruso, Alexandeer Castro-Simpson, Aidan Collins, Alexander Colonna, Micah Cummings, Kingsley Evans, Jhossua Garcia Ulloa, Patrick Hassett, Logan Mazure, Grady Mindich, Jory Morgan-Page, Jordan Neufville-Quezada, Daniel Paiz, Matthew Pepe, Trevellyan Peters, Charles Rosselli, Jose Walter, Brett Wilson, Sha’Quan Wilson, Anthony Zelaya Anariba and Keven Zuniga Reyes.

The roster also features eighth graders Erick Anariba Avila, Victor Aviles, Blake Bender, Ricardo Berry, Marcus Brewer Jr, Nikolay Caldwell, Edgar Castro Anariba, Jude Creegan, Cristian Cruz Luna, Colby Curran, Marcello Dhir, Julian Grijalva Castillo, Braedan Kline, Brady LaCosta, Jack Larson, Edgar Loeza Mendoza, Zachary Matthews, Brendan McNulty, Dylan Michaelson, Shates Miller, Jeremiah Miller, Wesley Previle, Jeremy Ramirez-Herrera, Eli Rodriquez-Guevara, Darwing Ruiz Meza, Shamell Spratley, Patrick Tortora and Ryan Waters.

Finley players have been learning the proper offensive and defensive techniques and game rules, offensive plays, defensive schemes and playing together as a group. A new blocking sled has been a welcome addition to the training aids.

Finley will be playing on the new sod athletic field that was installed over the summer. The summer has varsity level goal posts and a fence around it to keep the crowd at a safe distance on game days.