BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI
Sure it hasn't been a good last few days for the St. John the Baptist boys soccer team. Suspensions have been given out since the team’s bench-clearing brawl with St. Anthony’s last Thursday night.
Now it is time to get back to soccer.
I got the chance to watch St. John the Baptist for the first time and was really impressed with two of its players.
Coach Andrew Herr has told me that he believes Adriano Gabriele is the best player in the CHSAA. While that is a fact to be debated, the kid is certainly the real deal. The first thing that jumped out me was his athleticism and what long strides he can take while dribbling the ball down field. He scored twice and certainly could have scored more in a 5-0 win over St. Dominic yesterday. Even from 30-yards out his shot is so accurate and so powerful that it is a serious threat.
Watching Gabrielle just reaffirmed what I had heard about him. It was a different story for John Sheridan. The midfielder exhibited a superb poise to his game and excellent ball handling skills. The ball was soft to his feet and soft off of them. When Sheridan dribbles the ball barely leaves hit feet. He is total control.
The last few days have been ones to forget for St. John the Baptist, but with players like Gabriele and Sheridan, the days to come are certainly worth looking forward too.
Comments (1)
It's always great when someone from Newsday or other papers come down and cover a St. John's game.and it is quite exciting to see your childs picture on the website but at the same time it is quite disappointing that you didn't take the time to find out his name instead just writing a generic "St. John's defender" Your other pictures/entries for that day include the players name. You also took the time to do a nice write up on 2 other St. John's players, it wouldn't haven taken but more than a minute to find out that " St. John's defenders" name is Kyle Parker # 13 So far this season (not just you) 3 different photos/writers have been incorrect. First picture against St. Anthony's had him listed as "John Sheridan chases down loose ball" (corrected after contacting writer) next photo his name appears in photo caption but he is not in the picture and now another nice picture with no name. I would appreciate it if you could edit this photo caption to include his name. The game was against St. Dominics game