2 months ago
DARIEN - St. Joseph football coach Joe Della Vecchia smiled a bit when he was asked about senior Jake Rios.
"Bugs Bunny?" he said of the guy who can seemingly do it all for the Hogs.
Rios was in that cartoon mode once again, and was part of a shutdown defensive performance when No. 4-ranked St. Joseph defeated Darien 28-7 on opening night Thursday.
Rios caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from senior Jack Mooney, one of three long TD throws from the quarterback, consistently stymied Darien's special teams with kickoffs into the end zone, and even put a punt at the 1-yard line, which helped lead to a touchdown four plays later.
"He does a lot," Della Vecchia said. "He's kicking off into the end zone, he was big for field position, he's a great punter. There are a lot of things he does that you don't see in the stat sheet. He's big for us every week."
#vecchia #jake
"Bugs Bunny?" he said of the guy who can seemingly do it all for the Hogs.
Rios was in that cartoon mode once again, and was part of a shutdown defensive performance when No. 4-ranked St. Joseph defeated Darien 28-7 on opening night Thursday.
Rios caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from senior Jack Mooney, one of three long TD throws from the quarterback, consistently stymied Darien's special teams with kickoffs into the end zone, and even put a punt at the 1-yard line, which helped lead to a touchdown four plays later.
"He does a lot," Della Vecchia said. "He's kicking off into the end zone, he was big for field position, he's a great punter. There are a lot of things he does that you don't see in the stat sheet. He's big for us every week."
#vecchia #jake
