As much as anything else, simply taking part in passing tournaments, especially with the likes of Hart, Valencia, Alemany, Westlake and Mira Costa, is a step up for the Nitros, who in years past rarely took part, if at all, in summer passing leagues.
“We’re coming out here with all these good teams and doing what good teams do,” said Eberhart, who added his team still has plenty to learn, complimenting the likes of Washington and Linden Anderson among others. “Our quarterback goes up and down. He’s still learning what I want him to do.
“Obviously, Dillon Fuller’s unbelievable.”
As for coaching against a Crescenta Valley team, one in which he and longtime CV assistant Bill Irace know many of the players still, that he had been a part of for so long, it still is just the summer, one that might see the teams come across each other again. But he knows that the teams’ Oct. 9 meeting will certainly be intriguing.