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Meet Evan Mistich, Vandebilt Terriers’ junior quarterback
By MATT LeBLANC
Tri-Parish Times
Evan Mistich is a junior quarterback for the Vandebilt Terriers. This season, Mistich has helped lead the Terriers to a 6-4 season and a playoff berth. In Vandebilt’s 9-7 Bi-District playoff win over Haughton, Mistich threw the winning touchdown pass. The Terriers host St. Thomas More this Friday night, in Houma.
Q: How long have you been playing football, and what got you involved in it?
A: I guess I started when I was around seven. I played a year of flag football before I could start playing tackle. My brother played some Bantam league, and things like that. And my dad was always a fan, so I was always around the game. So I wanted to play.
Q: Who is your favorite opponent to play?
A: You have to love the E.D. White game. Everybody comes out. The stadium gets packed for that one. So it’s good to play against them always. And plus I like playing against Terrebonne because I used to be in the public school system, and I know a bunch of them.
Q: What’s the toughest thing about playing the quarterback position?
A: It’s a lot of preparation. You have to remember a lot of things, and it’s a lot more mental work. It’s a lot of mental work, and then the defense always coming at you.
Q: What’s going through your mind when you leave the huddle and going to the line of scrimmage?
A: First look at the defense, and how they’re lined up. Pre-snap reads, and stuff like that. And just thinking about what’s going to happen when I snap the ball, and trying to visualize the play I’m going to make.
Q: Since you also return punts, excitement-wise, do you prefer returning punts of playing quarterback?
A: They both have their ups and downs, but I like returning punts. It’s exciting to be able to just make it happen on the spot, like that.
Q: What’s your favorite memory about playing here at Vandebilt since you’ve been here?
A: Probably the Belle Chasse game, this season. Because I returned the punt with the time running out, it ended up being the game winner. Or last weekend, throwing that touchdown pass in the playoffs. It was a first playoff win in a few years.
Q: What was the feeling like when y’all won the playoff game last Friday?
A: It was a great feeling. We were thinking positive all week, and we just went out and handled our business, and we look to do the same this week.
Q: Say something about coach Brad Villavaso that y’all, as players, know?
A: Coach V’s very emotional. He puts a lot into it and he has strong feelings about us and wants to see us do our best, because that’s all he wants out of us.
Matt LeBlanc can be reached at (985) 876-3008 or matt@tri-parishtimes.com.
