After Fairview boys basketball made a run to the sweet 16 in 2023-24, two-sport athlete and Warriors quarterback Burke Lowry intends to transfer that culture to the football field. “Bringing the brotherhood from basketball to football, that was one of the biggest things that we wanted to focus on. We wanted to bring in that athleticism here,” Lowry said.
Lowry was a Northeast Lakes Division V all-district honorable mention, as he threw for 1,601 yards, 12 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his sophomore year. “This is the first time in a while where we have pretty much everyone back,” Fairview coach Sean Ranc said. “A lot of them have started since their sophomore year, some were freshmen.
This is Lowry’s third year in the system. It has been fun. We have veteran guys, and we are moving quicker.
” Targets such as Nolan Reis and Sal Rizzo may have graduated, but Fairview brought back incoming wide receivers Pat Canfield, Brandon Clark and Savijan Harris. Those are a few of the returning starters, as the Warriors will return eight on offense and eight on defense. With that comes a veteran presence on the field.
With the majority of the starters coming back, Lowry was on the hunt to add basketball teammates to the picture. Fairview football received the addition of Will Allen and J.R.
Beato. Beato and Allen played football at the high school level, but took brief hiatuses. “We kept a good relationship with a lot of the guys, and we have seen them have a lot of suc.