By Mark Znidar Dispatch Sports Reporter Joe McDonough and Paul Pusateri, whose sons play for Watterson, are zealous fans. As the Eagles prepared for their Division III state championship game against Poland Seminary, McDonough and Pusateri were teammates in what has become their own little game. I talk to Paul at least two times a day about games coming up,'' McDonough said. We'll watch our players come off the bus to see if there's fire in their eyes,'' Pusateri said. It's hard to explain why we do some of the things we do.
Most dads live their lives through their sons.
It goes much deeper than that with McDonough, Pusateri and a handful of other papas at Watterson. That's because it's their school, too. The Pusateri name was on everybody's lips at Watterson long before Matt's outstanding career that led to All-Ohio honors this season. Paul graduated in 1971 and his father, Joe, was there every step of the way and years after that until his death. My dad used to pass out suckers and candy at games.