FALLSBURG - Benjamin Cosor Elementary School (BCES) first grade teacher Dominick Scanna is passionate about several things—teaching early childhood bi-lingual education, coaching sports and the game of football.

He expressed the importance of football on his own life and on the lives of the young people that he has met during his years as modified and varsity football teams at Fallsburg Central School District when he hosted a BBQ on August 7 for parents and prospective football players at BCES Football Field.

“Football teaches us that we need each other,” said Coach Scanna. There are two types of education. One teaches us how to make a living. The other teaches us how to live. In twenty minutes of encouraging the young kids and their parents to come out for the modified and varsity football programs, Mr. Scanna summoned forth his inner Vince Lombardi and Martin Luther King Jr. He confessed that he was not a focused student in high school, and he admitted that he had to repeat a school year before he reached high school. Once he found football or, rather, football found him, he turned his life around.

He detailed all the things football taught him about teamwork and effort: he learned to develop the ability to adjust and overcome adversity; to worry about only the things we can control; he established the will to succeed; and how to define who we are, where we are going, and how we are going to get there.

You could see that the young people and their families were inspired by the Coach’s words and spirit. He then introduced his coaching staff for the upcoming season: Assistant Coach David Mellan in his second season; Modified Head Coach Patrick Sause in his 5th year, Asst. Coach Johnathan Bruno; his son Jake Scanna in his first season as Assistant Coach; and Coach Athan Zeno in his first season.

Superintendent Dr. Ivan Katz was present to support Coach Scanna and talk with parents. When he was a high school student, he discovered wrestling in Monticello High School. He learned many of the same lessons as Scanna, but from an individual and not a team sport.

The important dates and events in the FCSD football program are as follows:

• 1st Official practice starts Monday August 23, 2021 (Monday-Friday 5:30 – 8:00 pm)
• Saturday practice is 8:00-10am  
• IMPORTANT NOT TO MISS as Players need 12 practices before they can play in a game.
• First game will be Friday September 10th at Morningside Park or Saturday September 11th at the school. We are still working on the details.
• Sports Physicals are August 25, 2021
• www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/documents/health-exam-form.pdf (this is the paperwork that must be completed and signed by primary doctor or school doctor if getting the physical in school)
• If possible, have your primary doctor complete this form before the August 23rd first practice so your child isn’t missing any practice time.
• Family ID: New paperwork all online: www.familyid.com/fallsburg-central-school-district-athletics

1. Please Log in and fill this out ASAP

YOU MUST HAVE PHYSICALS AND SPORTS UPDATE COMPLETE BEFORE YOU CAN PRACTICE!!!

Once all the information was given, Coach Scanna and his wife Jessica, a speech language pathologist in FCSD, began grilling hot dogs and hamburgers for a delicious cookout for everybody.

For more information on the football program, please contact Coach Scanna by email dscanna@fallsburgcsd. net or cell (845) 701-3987.