![]() Nothing could deter the Cowboys on their way to winning the state championship that year. Everyone always wanted him to be around and he just happened to get into this freak car accident on the way home from teaching youth basketball out of nowhere.The 1988 Carter High School football team seemed invincible. “My cousin Anthony was just always happy. “I don’t think they’re planning on taking it down anytime soon,” Domenic said. Francis locker room within weeks of Anthony’s death. Francis history, which is pretty cool,” Nicolas said on Monday.Īnd they all did it wearing a special jersey number.ĭomenic and Alex said they considered Anthony and Dante older brothers while growing up virtually down the street from one another in Portola Valley.Ī mural of the No. “I actually learned yesterday we were the only family to do that in St. Francis co-captain, an honor his older brothers also held. Nicolas plans to play in the Ivy League at Columbia but is keeping his options open. Francis’ Nicolas Andrighetto (31) celebrates a Senior Night victory over Archbishop Mitty on Friday in Mountain View. He added: “If I want to end the legacy the right way, we need to win the state championship. “But if we win state this year, it will definitely be No. 1,” Nicolas said of the cherished moment in the memory bank. Francis became the first team in 30 years from this region to beat De La Salle, winning the September game 31-28, he caught the decisive touchdown pass from 16 yards out with 16.7 seconds left.Īfter an unsportsmanlike call pushed the Lancers back to the 16, this happened /x4d5BOD12n- Darren Sabedra September 11, 2021 Nicolas has already had one monumental highlight this season. The West Catholic Athletic League championship and the top seed in the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs are on the line. Francis travels to San Mateo for a long-anticipated matchup against top-ranked Serra. Watching him be able to grow up on our campus and wearing his brothers’ jerseys and playing football in the end zone, we’re going to miss that family an absolute ton.” “Now I say it’s anyone but him, just to try to keep (Nicolas) a little bit humble. ![]() “I always give each and every one of them a bad time as far as my favorite was always the youngest one – until he got here,” Calcagno said. “She’s a saint,” said Domenic, who shares the same first name as his father. The Andrighetto brothers hold a special place in the coach’s heart, with their mother Sherry a “team mom” for what must seem like forever. St Francis’ Nicolas Andrighetto, kneeling, poses for a portrait on the field with his parents and brothers - Alex, at left, mom Sherry, Lucas, dad Domenic, and Domenic - during Senior Night on Friday in Mountain View. “Both sets of families, in general, they are St. Francis coach Greg Calcagno joined the staff as an assistant in the fall of 2009, one season after Anthony played his last down for the Lancers. He’s definitely surpassed any mark that I’ve set for him, that’s for sure.” It’s cool to see him mature into such an unbelievable football player. It’s just crazy about how quickly time goes. “And Nico is standing at my waist height, he’s so young. “I have the picture of my Senior Night in my apartment,” Domenic said. ![]() ![]() Francis team that won a state championship in 2017, wore his letter jacket this past Friday with “Andrighetto” stitched on the back, just like Domenic and Alex did.įor Domenic, who lives in San Francisco, the entire experience came full circle as he remembered his final regular-season home game. Francis alums, sport letter jackets during Senior Night on Friday. ![]() “It’s a good representation of what family love is.” The Andrighetto brothers, all St. “It brought my family together in a way I hadn’t seen before,” Lucas said. In sixth grade at the time of the accident, Lucas was a ball boy for the Lancers alongside Nicolas when Domenic played for the team. Lucas, 21, flew home last week from the University of Michigan – where he enrolled as a preferred walk-on on the football team, only to tear his ACL three times – for his younger brother’s Senior Night ceremony. “It felt like a continuing of the family tradition, and sure enough we’re here 13 years later and Nico is still wearing the damn number. “They weren’t going to give another safety 68, so it was a really quick decision for the coaches,” Domenic said. ![]()
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