The Torrington High School football team's spring game is less than a week away (next Friday, 5:30 p.m., Robert H. Frost Sports Complex), and former Red Raiders have been at spring practice to help out.

Among them have been Chris DeBerry, Walter Lewis, Franklin Sosa, Willie Quarles, Andre Martin, Alex Martin and Dwayne White. After Wednesday's workout, DeBerry and Lewis talked about helping out.

"Right now, we're just trying to continue the legacy," said DeBerry, a former quarterback. "We just gotta help out the students, help them become a better program that we were once part of. It's nice to see as you move on and they get better."

Lewis said the former players are coming back to make sure that the current ones are taking the steps necessary to get to the next level.

"Just coming back and making sure that they're working harder than they were last year," Lewis said. 
Torrington went 5-6 in head coach Dan Dunaj's first season in 2008, then went 5-5 in 2009. In the last two years, the Raiders have posted 7-3 records. DeBerry talked about Dunaj having a five-year plan to win a state title.
"We were set back the first two years a little bit," DeBerry said of 2008 and 2009. "He wanted us to do a little better, my senior year and junior year, but it looks like we're coming along. Definitely."
"We're just trying to get them to that 10-0," Lewis said.
The work continues through next week, then culminates with the spring game on Friday.