
Tyler Matakevich at St. Joseph's football practice in Trumbull, Conn. on Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009.

Updated: Sunday. From the Connecticut Post – Matakevich talks about the injury.
Updated: Sunday, 4:30 p.m. (Original posting below)
The preliminary prognosis on Tyler Matakevich’s right foot is a fractured fifth metatarsal, or the long bone on the outside of the foot, coach Joe Della Vecchia said Sunday.
“He’s on crutches and he’s got a Tuesday appointment with the doctor, so we’ll see what he says,” said Della Vecchia, who guessed the team will be without their All-State back for at least two weeks, if not more.
St. Joseph plays Crosby and Wilton to start the year.
“I’m hoping that’s all it is,” Della Vecchia said. “We just won’t know until Tuesday. He’s pretty down about it. He feels like he let the team down. But I said, ‘Hey, it happens. We had a good day without you. We’ll be OK.’
“We’ll miss him. I know he’s great on offense, but we’re really going to miss him on defense because of all the big plays he makes.”
St. Joseph’s defense also lost senior linebacker Will Dwinells for four to six weeks with a fractured tibia (lower leg).
ORIGINAL POST
St. Joseph’s all-state linebacker and tailback Tyler Matakevich is in danger of missing a significant amount of the 2010 season after injuring his foot during a scrimmage at Shelton Saturday.
Matakevich had only played about five plays when he “picked off a pass and said his foot hurt,” St. Joseph coach Joe Della Vecchia said via text message this morning.
Matakevich was immediately sent for X-rays and the preliminary results were “not good,” Della Vecchia said.
“We’ll know more Tuesday,” said Della Vecchia, adding that the team also lost another starter during the scrimmage.
And so St. Joseph will now hold its collective breath and pray that its top player isn’t gone for long.
Matakevich ran for 1,400 yards and 20 touchdowns, caught 39 passes for 500 yards and 6 more touchdowns, and made 97 tackles and had three interceptions and was the MVP of St. Joseph’s 14-3 Class SS championship victory over Montville.
His presence on this year’s St. Joseph squad made the Hogs an instant contender in the FCIAC and Class S.



Typically you get a lot of offensive fireworks at the annual Masuk at Shelton scrimmage.
About two years ago, I apparently wrote a column on how Clear Channel Radio’s move of ‘The Coach’ George DeMaio’s Friday Night Football Extravaganza show from its home station WELI to sister station WAVZ was going to be the death knell for the long-running local program.







