Experience is a huge factor when it comes to teams winning big games, and no team in this year's playoffs is more experienced than Gloucester. The Fisherman have proven that they have the ability to win gamees no matter the circumstances, and much of that begins and ends with running back Jordan Shairs. We were lucky enough to catch up with Jordan one day before he leads his team into battle with Bridgewater-Raynham for the Division 1A State Championship.
"Everyone at practice feels excited and energized now that we have everyone healthy with the return of Brandon Cusumano. Its been a learning week. We played them last year and they have changed a little, but not too much, so we all have an idea of what we’re doing defensively and offensively. Since we have such a short time to prepare for each other, you can’t really change anything, so we have to execute our base plays.
This week the coaches have really focused on us having fun and just playing crazy. We have a lot seniors on our team this season, so for many of us it’s our last game and the biggest game we will ever play. Our coaches want us to just have fun and soak it all in.
The first thing I see when I watch B-R on film is speed and execution. They run a very base offense but they have very good players and are very well coached. They run their offense so well its hard to stop because they execute and are so fast.
If we want to win this game we have to read our keys defensively and not allow them to run on us. B-R is a running team, and as shown last week, even when the starters are hurt they have plenty of backs that can get job done. Offensively, like I said earlier, we don't have much time to prepare, so we have to execute our base plays. They know what we run and we just have to execute. Me, Gilbert Brown, Ben Chianciola, and Brandon Cusumano have to block for each other; that's when we’re at our best."
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