Took a trip with former Trumbull coach and St. Luke’s assistant Jerry McDougall to Cromwell for the unveiling of the rosters for the Connecticut-Rhode Island Governor’s Cup All-Star football game, which will be played June 26 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford (7 p.m.)
It’s pretty good list, considering the usual spate of big-time college players that typically miss the game because of their summer commitments to their new schools. Noticeably absent are players from Staples, Cheshire, New Canaan, Darien, St. Joseph, Greenwich. It should be noted that some of them will be members of the New Haven-Fairfield County all-star game two weeks after the Governor’s Cup.
Anyway, here’s the list. We’ll have the Rhode Island All-Star list shortly.
Regional players are in bold.
Team Connecticut Roster
LB Patrick Atkinson, Stamford; WR Brendan Bader, Immaculate; OL Tyler Berardino, Windsor; SP Jamir Bittle-James, Platt; OL Micha Bowe, New London; OL Zach Bradley, Simsbury; DL Marquis Brown, Hartford Public; K/P Steven Calitri, NFA; DL Jordan Claude, Bassick; DB Andrew Clements, Pomperaug; ILB Mathew Colangelo, Cromwell; OL Thomas Collins, Manchester; RB Ben Crick, Pomperaug; OLB Ryan Delaire, Windsor; OLB Deven Diaz, Oxford; OL Dominick Diglio, Notre Dame-WH; OL Shane Duncan, Southington; ILB C.J. Elser, Pomperaug; WR Anthony Florian, Southington; ILB Corey Gallagher, Bacon Academy; WR Orlando Gaspard, Manchester; OL Joseph Ghergurovich, Glastonbury; OL Drew Ghio, Bristol Central; WR Anthony Giaimo, Masuk; DB Christon Gill, Central; RB Julian Hayes, Xavier; WR Jalen Hill, Bloomfield; QB Bobby Jordan, Cromwell; OLB Kevin Kucinskas, Simsbury; RB Joe Lambert, Hyde; OLB Martin Lawlor, Ansonia; DB Christopher Linares, New Britain; DL A.J. Marsiglia, Berlin; DL Connor McNamara, Newtown; WR Sean McQuillan, Glastonbury; DB DeVaughn Millington, Ridgefield; WR Deshawn Murphy, Hyde; OL Jeff Nossek, St. Bernard; DL Martin Pamykala, New Britain; WR Paul Piccirillo, Shelton; DB Zach Prefontaine, Sheehan; DB Jaquan Prude, Bloomfield; OL Jake Richard, Weston; ILB Tito Slaughter, Wilbur Cross; OL Jeff Starr, McMahon; OLB Thomas Tarantino, Bristol Eastern; DB Jeff Tedman, Vinal Tech-Coginchaug; TE Peter Tiemann, Windsor; WR Alex Trump, Masuk; OL Ben Urbasik, Lyman Hall; DL Ernest Wiggans, Central; DL Justen Wilson, Hyde; QB Bobby Wood, New Fairfield.
Head Coach: Roy Roberts, Bloomfield
Assistants: John Murphy, Masuk, Harry Bellucci, Hartford Public; John Ferazzi, Sheehan; Sean Marinan, Xavier; Jason Martinez, Crosby; David Masters, Simsbury; Mark Romano, Team Connecticut; Melvin Wells, Hyde; Tyrone Abraham, Windsor; Peter Cox, Central.
I’m so sick of hearing about how Greenwich,Staples,Darien and the rest of the “Gold Coast” never send thier players to play for the Gov. Cup!! I just don’t get it,you would think they would love the oppurtunity to play at “The Rent”. I know they do participate in the other all-star game and get their butts kicked just about every year so you would think they’d want to win one at least.
Look at the coaching staffs over the years and you’ll see why there are no “gold coast” kids playing. Plus, nobody wants to drive 2 hours to practice every day. I agree its a great opportunity and yes, it would be nice to win a game once in a while. A few Stamford kids were on the team when Kevin Jones was the Head Coach. Bridgeport Central kids always play because Coach Cox drives them there.
What does the coaching have to do with playing? I know for a fact that the New Canaan coach was asked to coach several times and has turned it down. I have heard more then a few FCIAC coaches badmouth the Gov Cup game,why? I agree with ct.hsfootball, you would think that you’d want to represent the state and play at rentchler field
where is patrick hunters name from West Haven