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Lely Trojans begin spring football

See larger Roger LaLonde Staff Culmer St. Jean, one of the Lely coaches on defense, gives hand signals to the defense in the Trojans first practice on Tuesday. New coach Stacey Stewart has 10 former Lely football graduates on his staff as he intends to bring new life to the program. St. Jean quarterbacked his 2006 Trojans to a win over Naples and Stewart himself was an all-star quarterback in the mid 1980s that won two district titles.

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Roger LaLonde Staff Culmer St. Jean, one of the Lely coaches on defense, gives hand signals to the defense in the Trojans first practice on Tuesday. New coach Stacey Stewart has 10 former Lely football graduates on his staff as he intends to bring new life to the program. St. Jean quarterbacked his 2006 Trojans to a win over Naples and Stewart himself was an all-star quarterback in the mid 1980s that won two district titles.

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  • Roger LaLonde Staff Stacey Stewart, new Lely head football coach, enthusiastically addresses his players on opening day of spring practice on Tuesday.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Alfonde Pierre takes handoff from quarterback Zach Gober in the Lely Trojans opening day of spring practice. Both were key players on a freshman team that went 7-1 last season.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Stacey Stewart, new Lely head football coach, quickly told some of the younger players that they weren't giving it their all on Stewart's and their first day of spring practice on Tuesday.
  • Tim Tudor, assistant Lely football coach, shows Robert Kindinger where a play is on his special wrist band in the first day of spring practice.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff New Lely coach Stacey Stewart has 10 former Trojans football players on his coaching staff. Kneeling is Fritz Jacques, 2006. Standing, Rolf Bathold, 2007, Culmere St.Jean, 2006, Geo Napoleon, 2009, Mark Sanon, 2006, coach Stewart, 1986, Stavros Giarmoustas, 2005 and Mike Cassio, 2004. Not shown, Tim Tudor, 2005.
  • Coaches among those on the Lely football staff include, from left, Gary Allen, Tim Tudor, Neil Loebig, Brian Johnessee, Don Stewart, Vince Turner and Mark Chlebek.
  • 'Give Me 10.' On opening day Lely football players were doing a lot of push ups. If one group made a mistake on a play they all did push ups.
  • Neil Loebig, Lely quartberacks coach, discusses play with his players on opening day of Spring practice on Tuesday.
  • John Atamian, Lely defensive back, shouts back the identification of a play one of coaches gave using hand signals at the first day of Trojans football practice on Tuesday.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Culmer St. Jean, one of the Lely coaches on defense, gives hand signals to the defense in the Trojans first practice on Tuesday. New coach Stacey Stewart has 10 former Lely football graduates on his staff as he intends to bring new life to the program. St. Jean quarterbacked his 2006 Trojans to a win over Naples and Stewart himself was an all-star quarterback in the mid 1980s that won two district titles.

The Lely Trojans, like most high schools across the state, held its first spring practice on Tuesday. New coach Stacey Stewart has 112 players out for football, with players ending up on varsity, JV or freshman teams.

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