The first true sign of the end of summer appeared Monday morning as football players reported for the first day of the three-week training camp before the start of the 2011 season.
This year the Flyers will look to redeem themselves after a disappointing 1-9 season in which they went winless in the conference.
Head coach Stephen Boyd be in his third year as head coach of a squad which will be the beneficiaries of a junior varsity feeder team that went 6-1 but fell in the playoffs.
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The Flyers were ranked No. 10 in the CHSFL in both offense and defense at the end of the 2010 season. Chaminade came away with 1,592 rushing yards and 747 in the air, scoring 20 touchdowns on the whole season and had 16 interceptions.
After the graduation of QB Kyle Johnson, junior Joseph Anile IV seems the most likely candidate to call the action for the Flyers this year.
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In the 2010 season, Anile had a rating of 58.09 with a 36 percent completion rate in 10 games. He was also picked off seven times by opponents.
Class of 2012 member John Derdak was also on the 2010 roster as QB and may play backup this season.
As always the biggest challenge will be juggernaut arch-rival St. Anthony’s, the defending champions for the past two seasons.
The Flyers would like nothing more than to ruin the St. Anthony’s homecoming October 21, with the good news that QB Charlie Raffa and LB Tyler McLees both graduated this year.
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