Ryan Gervase makes own mark for Naperville Central
The Ryan Gervase family is synonymous with Naperville Central Sports.
You can even say that this is a brand name.
“My whole family grew up in the Naperville region and went to the center,” said Gervase. “So there are a lot of roots here.”
Gervase, a senior defender and a three -year academic player for the boys’ football team, is part of a tradition that includes his parents, Matt and Margo, who met as juniors in Naperville Central in the early 1990s.
Gervase’s father played two years of football and four years of Water-Polo and swimming for the Redhawks before swimming in Truman’s state. Gervase’s mother played four years of university football and continued her career at Washington University.
There are more.
“My mother’s two sisters went to the center and my father’s brother and sister went to Central,” noted Gervase. “My brother played baseball, an older cousin went to the center and two other cousins are now in the center with me.”
Gervase’s brother Jacob is a second-year interior field player at Wisconsin-Platteville. A cousin, Catelyn, is a Senior Libero of the Volleyball Women’s team, and another, Samantha, is a junior who plays golf and basketball.
“It’s great because the whole family is together,” said Gervase. “We all have sporting knowledge, so we played a lot of sports together, and that helped me cross this hard work process and find colleges.”
Gervase, who said he had a 4.23 GPA, aims to play in a college of Division III and to become an engineer like his mother and his grandfather. He also played on the field and launches for the baseball team, where he obtained the skills that helped him conduct the Redhawks to a 5-1 victory Valley Conference against the host Neuqua Valley in Naperville on Tuesday.
Gervase led to a long return from this senior midfielder Eli Jarrell behind in the net with 16:39 to do in the first half. This goal gave the Redhawks (5-1, 1-0) an advance of 2-0 and turned out to be the winner of the match against Neuqua Valley (2-4-1, 0-2).
“The jets are a large part of our sets we are working on in practice,” said Gervase. “So, every time we get a balloon near the goal where I can throw it is an excellent opportunity for someone to make it light or put a head on it like Eli did.”
It was the first time this season that Jarrell has marked a Gervase throw, but they did it several times before.
“Ryan and I still have this link,” said Jarrell. “He’s looking for my head, and I’m still trying to go back, and maybe it’s going or someone will get there. This time, it has entered. “
Gervase has two goals and one assist this season. But notation is not the biggest way to make an impact for the Redhawks.
“I would say his assault, his speed,” said Jarrell. “It is really strong and physical, likes to push people from the ball.”
This is exactly what a defender is expected. Gervase is versatile enough to play anywhere on the back line or even the defensive midfielder in the pinch.
“Ryan brings this hard work mentality, hard and hard to the team we really need,” said Naperville central coach Troy Adams. “He is ready to attack and he will not stop.
“It is the great thing about Ryan is that he continues to work and work and work. It was really nice to see him develop as a player in the past three years.”
Gervase began to develop his return when he was a second year student, and he succeeded Patrick Bohan as the main launcher of Naperville Central last season.
“Ryan has a good throw,” said Adams, who attended Naperville Central with the uncle Dave de Gervase. “It helps if you are a baseball player. This helps when you have this kind of arm strength to be able to get there. ”
Jarrell said Gervase gets the ball where he should be regularly.
“It’s really nice,” said Jarrell. “It’s almost like another corner kick when we get it so far on the field.
“Last year, he was really good too. But I think he intervened as a leader, and you know that he will be coherent in every match.”
Matt Le Cren is an independent journalist.
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