Football team hopes to stay healthy with only 30 players

The football team shares one dream this season: making CCS again. “Our goals and expectations here never change,”  head coach Tim Lugo said. “It’s always [the goal] to make CCS playoffs.”

With starting junior quarterback Will Liddle back again, the Falcons are ready to aim for a winning season, and after winning their first game against Hillsdale 22-7 on Sept. 4, the team’s morale continues to increase.

Senior wide receiver Jackson Williams added, “It would be an amazing end to four years on the team to dominate at CCS and maybe even win a ring.”

The road to CCS is long and difficult in the De Anza league upper Division, but the players think they can beat any opponent. Although the team is the smallest in the league with only 30 players, which is especially difficult in a contact sport, they have managed to make CCS two of the last three seasons. “As a senior, I hope to have a group of players who are willing to give it their all to make the goal of going to CCS a reality,” senior wide receiver Vinny Faylor said.