In just a few weeks, it’ll be time to get your summer’s football fix with the state’s two all star games.
First up, is the Rhode Island-Connecticut Governor’s Cup all-star game Saturday June 25 at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $8.
This year the game will be held at Southington High School’s Fontana Field — named after the former Southington coach and director of the Connecticut High School Coaches Association which puts this game together. The venue is moving to Southington from Rentschler Field in East Hartford because UConn is installing new grass turf.
Team Connecticut’s coach is Masuk’s John Murphy.
John Ferrazzi, Sheehan-Wallingford; Sean Marinan, Xavier; Harry Bellucci, Hartford Public; Jayson Martinez, Kingswood Oxford-West Hartford; Chuck Lynch, New Milford, Bruce Buchla, Old Saybrook; Andy Guyon, Xavier; Tyrone Abrahams, Windsor; and Jon Esmail, Hartford Public.
Rhode Island will be coached by Chariho’s Mike Kelly. Practices for this game begin 10 days prior.
The Connecticut roster is below. We’ll give you the roster and cheat sheet on Rhode Island a little later (i.e. when I have time to format it). If you want more info, read the Connecticut High School Coaches Association’s Spring Newsletter here.
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Next up is the 15th Annual Hall of Fame Football Classic between New Haven and Fairfield County which will be held at West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium, Friday, July 8, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7.
St. Joseph’s Joe Della Vecchia is leading the charges for Fairfield County this season. He will be challenged by his mentor and former coach at St. Joseph, West Haven’s Ed McCarthy.
(Hoo boy).
Practices for the Hall of Fame football Classic begin June 27. Fairfield County will be practicing at St. Joseph. West Haven will be practicing at Ken Strong Stadium.
Get more information from the New Haven Chapter’s website.
ROSTERS
13th Annual Governor Cup
Rhode Island vs. Connecticut, June 25 at Southington HS
Connecticut All-Star Team
(The positions weren’t listed on the program we were provided. We’ll have those as soon as we get them).
Name, School
Joe DellaVecchia, St. Joseph
Kyle Nolan, Branford
Erich Berzinskas, Morgan
Montrell Dobbs, Ansonia
Jon Esposito, Conard
Max Delorenzo, Berlin
James Ward, Wilbur Cross
Brian Kelly, Brookfield
Tyler Dube, Southington
Tirrell Young, Notre Dame-West Haven
Mike Georgalas, Shelton
Nainy Bah, Morgan
Colin Smith, Norwich Free Academy
Wynton Borders, Capitol Prep
Marc DesRuisseaux, Stratford
Brendan Coan, Old Saybrook
Tom Linden, Xavier
David Shainess, Glastonbury
Dashon Riley, Hillhouse
Dayquon Byrd, Crosby
Robbie Goldstein, Lyman Hall
Ryan Peloquin, St. Paul’s
Peter Kelly, Norwich Free Academy
Paul Sullivan, South Windsor
Tywan Jenkins, New London
Matt Cassidy, Manchester
Jack DeBlase, Woodland
Carlos Lozada, New London
Seth Devalve, Manchester
Lucas Desouza, Bridgeport Central
Malcolm Crossen, Glastonbury
Tyrell Holmes, Bristol Eastern
Phil Terio, Trumbull
Kevin Manning, Prince Tech
Shane Anane, Hartford Public
Tyler Matakevich, St. Joseph
Brian McClain, Windsor
Dean Tsoponides, Torrington
Chris LeSure, Wethersfield
Max Nacewicz, Newtown
Mark Robinson, Stamford
Kadeam Ward, Glastonbury
Walter Auger, Xavier
Maxx Frisco, Sheehan
Tyre Pinder, Hartford Public
Stephan Dance, New London
Kevin Maxen, Pomperaug
Willie Maxen, Pomperaug
Tyrick Thomas, Windsor
Desmond Grey, Ledyard
Joe Delaguila, Berlin
Eddie Glenn, North Haven
Chris Valenti, Bethel
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HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL CLASSIC:
New Haven County vs. Fairfield County, July 8 at Ken Strong Stadium
NEW HAVEN COUNTY ALL-STARS
| Pos | Name | School |
| QB | Sean Goldrich | Notre Dame |
| QB | Zach Miller | Hand |
| QB | Tucker Schumitz | Foran |
| RB | Montrell Dobbs | Ansonia |
| RB | James Ward Jr. | Wilbur Cross |
| RB | Kevin Phillps | West Haven |
| WR | Steve Dejournette | Hillhouse |
| WR | Alec Pacelli | Hand |
| WR | Tyshon Shields | Platt |
| WR | Mike Georgalas | Shelton |
| WR | Riley Lefebvre | Maloney |
| WR | Kunimel Lomotey | Branford |
| TE | Ed Glenn | North Haven |
| OL | Chris Laporte | Law |
| OL | Andrew MCcloskey | Guilford |
| OL | Shaun Reiss | West Haven |
| OL | Paul Perrotti | North Branford |
| OL | Andrew Bielefield | Maloney |
| OL | Conor Shea | Fairfield Prep |
| OL | Dashon Riley | Hillhouse |
| OL | Scott MCneil | Lyman Hall |
| LB | Zach Salazar | Derby |
| LB | Cody Kitson | Shelton |
| LB | Austen Ahern | Xavier |
| LB | Kyle Kalanta | Amity |
| LB | Marquis Leigh | Hyde |
| DB | Matt Murray | Notre Dame |
| DB | Nick Donofrio | Oxford |
| DB | Robert Williams | Wilby |
| DB | Kosy Broderick | Xavier |
| DB | Jordan Teague | Hamden |
| DB | Jordan Sebastian | Hopkins |
| DB | Ruben Berger | Naugatuck |
| DB | Anthony Vorio | North Branford |
| DB | Rohan Ifili | Sacred Heart- Waterbury |
| DL | Anthony Sanders | Platt |
| DL | Tyvon Williams | Hillhouse |
| DL | Trevor Keyes | North Haven |
| DL | Robert Fairweather | Hyde |
FAIRFIELD COUNTY ALL-STARS
| Position | Name | School | |
| QB | Joe Della Vecchia | St Joseph | |
| FB/LB | Matt Lena | Trumbull | |
| C | Mike Marini | St Joesph | |
| OL | Jeff Wright | Masuk | |
| OL | Evan Opdahl | Norwalk | |
| OL | Justin Waltzer | Immalculate | |
| DB | Brian Kelly | Brookfield | |
| DL | Pat Murray | Staples | |
| DT | Chris Coyne | Staples | |
| WR | Jason Mawicke | Staples | |
| LB | Tyler Matakevich | St. Joseph | |
| DB | M. DesRuisseaux | Stratford | |
| LB | Ryan Phillips | Wilton | |
| RB | Mike Rivas | Trinity Cath | |
| WR | Phil Terio | Trumbull | |
| NG | Willie Maxen | Pomperaug | |
| TE | Kevin Maxen | Pomperaug | |
| DB | Dion Koumoutseas | Brookfield | |
| DB | Zach Emilcer | Westhill | |
| RB | Jacqui Tuck | Bassick | |
| DB | Shabazz McIntosh | Central | |
| RB | Alex Delaney | Warde | |
| DE | James Barrett | Greenwich | |
| DE | Tim Allen | Masuk | |
| DE | Joe Diaz | Masuk | |
| LB/FB | Steven Buczek | Bunnell | |
| WR | Matthew Becker | New Milford | |
| LB | Max Nacewicz | Newtown | |
| RB | Kevin Harrigan | Notre Dame | |
| DB | Dominic Williams | Stratford | |
| DB | Zaire Reiph | St Lukes | |
| DT | Alvin Garcia | Harding | |
| WR | Giuseppe Parisi | Danbury | |
| LB | Shea McGorty | Brookfield | |
| RB | Matt Datin | Newtown | |
| OL | Nick Adzima | St.Joseph | |
| RB/SS | Eddie Hutchins | Weston | |
| DB | Clement Abonyi | McMahon | |
| WR | Brandon Davis | McMahon | |
| DT | Mark Robinson | Stamford | |
| S/QB | Nicolas Rodriguez | Bullard Havens | |
Not a New Canaan, Darien or Greenwich name on the Fairfield County roster — 3 programs with a lot of well-coached talent…..too bad….
Connecticut is loaded. Just weird that Berger isn’t playing in that game. Both games should be very exciting.
I stand corrected — Barrett from Greenwich is on the list….very good player…..
no macari… a lot of good players here, missing the BEST player.
Macari will be away at school. thats why hes not playing. Notre Dame wont let hanratty play.
Let’s go, Dobbs!
Fairfield County has 1 QB on their roster. I’m glad to see no nepotism was involved while selecting these teams….
# 7 DesRuisseaux from Stratford is also a QB.
T. Dean Tsopanides
Have a great game Team CT. We are all so proud of all of you.
Rhode Island is gonna SMASH!!! Its gonna be a good game, good luck R.I.
there are alot of BIG names on this roster…..BUT..big is not always better….watch Phil Terio from trumbull…he can alter a game single handed..from either def or off.
you have to keep in mind that (like someone mentioned already), a lot of the players that are college bound, do NOT play in this game… no one is playing favorites. Any player off to a top program is already gone, and any player planning to make an impact as a freshman at any level in college is being advised not to play.
Most of the players (not all) you see here are going to be redshirts, if they even go on to play in college.
John Murphy found a way to coach at Southington!
(sorry, coach, couldn’t resist)
Good luck team CT!
Reggie Palmer – Southington doesn’t deserve Coach Murphy, not even to have him coach 1 game there. But, that was the venue for the game, so what can you do. He is much to talented of a coach to go to a mediocre program like Southington. And if they have such a great program, then they are clueless on how to pick a head coach. They have now given up the opportunity to have Coach Murphy change their program around twice, what does that tells you? What he has done for Masuk no other coach could have done, hope he never leaves.
there are so amny people who arent playing for new haven like, NDs Dave Rose and Tirell Young Williams, Xaviers GRaham Stewart,some O line man from xavier also