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The SWC has released its 2012 All-Conference football teams.
All Conference 1st Team |
All Conference 2nd Team |
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| Joe Piatnik | Bethel | Ian Melvin | Bethel | |
| Cal Daniels | Bethel | Nick Silva | Bethel | |
| Pete Serenciscis | Bethel | James Giannone | Bethel | |
| Brad Westmark | Brookfield | Liam Clancy | Brookfield | |
| Boeing Brown | Brookfield | Sam Johnson | Brookfield | |
| Tom Salvatore | Brookfield | Kyle Spera | Brookfield | |
| Terrence N’Dabian | Bunnell | Andrew Calzone | Bunnell | |
| Isaiah Arthur Brown | Bunnell | Justin Townsend | Bunnell | |
| Devante Teel | Bunnell | Bryan Castelot | Bunnell | |
| Darel Bowman | Immaculate | Michael Woods | Immaculate | |
| Nick Costa | Immaculate | Riley Cross | Immaculate | |
| Christian Huribal | Joel Barlow | Alex Gallaer | Joel Barlow | |
| William Wilson | Joel Barlow | Jordan Ewud | Joel Barlow | |
| Alex Lockwood | Joel Barlow | Josh Tunick | Joel Barlow | |
| Jack Shaban | Joel Barlow | Jacob Boxer | Joel Barlow | |
| Steve Miller | Joel Barlow | Malik Cummings | Masuk | |
| Brad Swain | Masuk | Kyle Fontneau | Masuk | |
| Thomas Milone | Masuk | Joe Damota | Masuk | |
| James Karavitis | Masuk | Jon Skoog | Masuk | |
| Brian Monaco | Masuk | Andy Fredeen | Masuk | |
| Billy Norling | Masuk | Frank Bacarella | Masuk | |
| Tyler Camp | Masuk | Collin Cioffi | New Fairfield | |
| Joe Pacheco | New Fairfield | Mike McCourt | New Fairfield | |
| Nick Guardi | New Fairfield | Dominic Mastrocinque | New Fairfield | |
| Liam Moriarty | New Fairfield | Chris Hernandez | New Fairfield | |
| Chris Gallagher | New Fairfield | Kevan Van Coughnett | New Milford | |
| Kameron Bradshaw | New Milford | Matthew Sheehy | New Milford | |
| Matthew Gugel | New Milford | Julian Dunn | Newtown | |
| Justin Devellis | Newtown | Cooper Gold | Newtown | |
| Andrew Tarantino | Newtown | Timothy Krapf | Newtown | |
| Dan Hebert | Newtown | Josh Krapf | Newtown | |
| Pat Thornberg | Newtown | Wyatt Depuy | Newtown | |
| Chris Devaney | Newtown | P.J. Hickey | Newtown | |
| Josh Villa | Newtown | Kevin Laing | Notre Dame | |
| Jalani Roman | Notre Dame | Kevin Loschiavo | Oxford | |
| Conroy Johnson | Notre Dame | Marcus Esteves | Oxford | |
| Brennen Diaz | Oxford | Kyle Chudoba | Oxford | |
| Chris Vankamerik | Oxford | Jeff Haney | Oxford | |
| Bucky Gumbrewicz | Oxford | Carl Gatzendorfer | Pomperaug | |
| Steve Persson | Oxford | Michael Calo | Pomperaug | |
| Jack Yule | Pomperaug | Jesse Prajer | Pomperaug | |
| Eric Beatty | Pomperaug | Sam Breiner | Stratford | |
| Dylan McAllister | Pomperaug | Ariel Leon | Stratford | |
| Noah Provo | Stratford | Aaron Pomerance | Weston | |
| Andrew Bouchotte | Stratford | James Brasco | Weston | |
| Tyler Hassett | Weston | Thomas McGlone | Weston | |
| Justin Schaffer | Weston | Zachary Cannon | Weston | |
| Austin Gomar | Weston | Samuel Panton | Weston | |
| Jack Hamilton | Weston | |||
| Erik Dammen Brower | Weston | |||
Honorable Mention |
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| Ethan Draper | Bethel | |||
| Jon Dias | Bethel | |||
| Gus Warner | Brookfield | |||
| Kory Brown | Brookfield | |||
| Andrick Bernadel | Bunnell | |||
| Do Nyugen | Bunnell | |||
| Steven Ghossaini | Immaculate | |||
| Joe Socci | Joel Barlow | |||
| Robert Seaman | New Fairfield | |||
| Teven Leonard | New Milford | |||
| James Flynn | New Milford | |||
| Jack Kearney | Newtown | |||
| Sean Edwards | Notre Dame | |||
| Corey Baker | Pomperaug | |||
| Rob Torino | Pomperaug | |||
| Conor Bodington | Stratford | |||
| Dan Dellavecchia | Stratford | |||
| Peter Lummis | Weston |
I wish there were a more thoughtful way of arriving at a team. Simply giving each coaching staff a number of slots to fill based on the team’s finish in the conference diminishes the honor of the award and results in a total of 98 1st and 2nd team players.
Totally Agree. It’s the coaches last hurrah to their seniors.
What an oversight….how could they leave out Barlow’s 3rd string punter and Newtown’ waterboy?!? They should add more people to the “Team” so mistakes like this are not made in the future.
who didn’t make the team?
I guess if you letter you make All-Conference? Gatorade just announced next year there will be 8 Players of The Year, One for each ounce in a bottle.
Though the intentions are good, the lengthier these lists get, the harder it is on kids who dont’t get mentioned.
gotta say this is worse than the FCIAC. at least they make an attempt to make offensive and defensive units, unlike naming an entire roster.
Took me 2.5 hours to read the entire list. Congratulations to everyone.
I know why they dont have an honorable mention because there aren’t any players left to name. I counted 7 QBs to the first team. we all know the SWC is the weakest league in the state, but not only do they have lousy competition, they cannot even get the all league selection right.
SPB I think you made it!
this is worse than participation trophies.
50 first team players, seriously dont even bother doing it if you are going to make such a mockery out of it.
22 maybe 25 if you name special teams guys too.
who is running the swc at this point? first the new divisions where the poor little schools dont have to play the big bad schools. then this list with what did someone say 7 qbs on the “first” team.
its no wonder that there is absolutely no respect given to the conference.
You think this is bad….CCC conference had over 190 kids named to conference team. Some teams with 9 players and went no where in playoffs.
I noticed that Weston named 11 players; that may be all of their starters.
Everyone gets a trophy now….weal American society
you people that keep saying the swc is the weakest league are getting boring to listen to. you have no proof of it. i dont want to hear that the best teams are here and there but the swc scks. the only way to get proof is to get rid of the leagues and let all teams play eachother. also those of you tht keep saying that must have something to prove to yourself because its non stop. you dont hear any swc people saying they have the best league. grow .. up and let the kids play without insulting them low lives
This is a shame. It just takes away from players such as Hebert, Milone, Pacheco, Devaney, etc…. These kids were all dominate players week in and week out. But now grouping them with 50 other players just seems to take away from there accomplishments. These kids would be great on any team. Congratulations to all the athletes who made the team….I just wish the SWC would take a better approach towards selecting the teams.
close voting—all the parents and coaches relatives made team—-good job swc
i will say that it is terrible to have so many. it should be at most 25 kids, it kind of defeats the purpose t have an all conference team when the majority of the kids get it anyway. we as a society have to get away from making everyone a winner and make these kids push themselves to the limit
and every team should absolutely NOT have representation. the best should get it period
You could take the all conference team and about five LL teams would beat them in a game.
Where’s bacarella that kid deserved it probably the most next to milone
fan, you don’t hear any SWC people saying they have the best league because the intelligent ones understand what a joke this league is. Nobody is insulting the kids, get over it and stop pounding your chest by beating immaculate, Stratford, ND, NM, etc.
New Milford had two wins and 6 players were picked for the 2012 All-Conference football team ????????
SCC fan i work in that league and you are correct there needs to be
some realignment in the swc its a mess, as for pounding your chest
you guys in the scc should take your own advise good luck this weekend
@fan… i am an swc guy, i live in an swc town. i played at an swc school and many of the games i go to are swc games.
i also have traveled the state and seen many teams from the fciac, nvl and ccc and a little bit of the scc but its an awfully long way away.
and i can tell you from what i saw with all of my want for the swc to be respectable that it is just not in the class of football that is being played throughout the state.
as a small school ansonia could literally come into the swc and almost never lose. they play a different brand of football. its tough its hard and its with speed.
masuk has done a pretty good job representing the swc in the past few years but there needs to be more teams than just masuk.. they are rarely even challenged in the regular season.
if you want the swc to become a decent football conference do what you can… whether it be to go out and volunteer your time to help on the high school level or probably more importantly on the pop warner level and teach the kids the game and how to make themselves bigger, faster and stronger both individually and as a team.
#13 BHS FAN…so true!! And 10 of those 11 players play both sides of the ball because Lato is too narrow minded to play others. Especially notable in their last game when those poor guys we’re totally gassed in the 4th qtr and could not make a better run at Berlin.
alleycat99 you play better competition your learn how to play better
competition they don’t get faster by accident better coaches, better program, better result.
Wow going after Coach Lato. Really? The man has done nothing but positive things for that town and program. Whatever decisions he made on who plays, I’m confident were only made with the team’s best interest in mind. He has turned a laughing stock of a program around. Keep up the great work Joe. As far as the voting system,it’s all been said, and it’s all true. Something needs to change here.
easy on the weston program its been one time to the show and i don’t
believe they were the best representation in class m from the swc
Weston was the best class m team this year what are you talking about
Trust me I’m in no way big on Weston. But to go and call the coach narrow minded for who is playing on the field is just ignorant. Last I checked there weren’t that many options for him standing on the Trojans sidelines.
swc fan 123 what was the score of the new fairfield game i remember
it was a beat down
They got great players Hassett, Schaffer, Gomar and the rest of the crew. Who do you think is a better class m team in the swc? Bc I don’t see any other team that’s better
The best class M team?????????????????I hope you mean in that league that they play in,,for if you mean the best class M team in the state, you either haven’t seen Hillhouse or flat out are a Weston resident who has not clue….PERIOD
Three best class M teams in SWC were Weston, Barlow & New Fairfield. Weston beat Barlow end of year when Barlow missing best player and lost to NF by about 20 pts. If Barlow had their QB they would have won and gone to states. One of NF loss was to Oxford at the Oxford mud pit which didn’t help NF considering they hand off ball to Pacheco everytime.
@31… is that you coach?
Papadas I mean swc, and you don’t know that if shaban played vs Weston that they would win. They played pretty good against the run to me when I was watching and Barlow is a run team period
I mean swc, and you don’t know that if shaban played vs Weston that they would win. They played pretty good against the run to me when I was watching and Barlow is a run team period
swc 123 hassett and crew great players easy now apparently you haven’t seen great players in a while I’m sure they are good for weston
Weston????????? They must be pretty good cause they have 9 players that made all conference. HA
They got beat by Berlin didnt they. I saw Berlin play Ansonia last year in the playoffs and man that team was god awful. Hillhouse better smoke them.
Your league is overrated, its not even a valid argument if you say someone like Weston is good cause they have 9 all leaguers, so does everyone else
Do it by position, 1st team, 2nd team, then Honorable mention. It will mean something then. For the SWC the teams needs to play tougher opponents. Other than playing outside the conference. Try playing a home and home with the powers in the league like the NFL. Newtown vs. Masuk twice a year. Pomperaug vs. Newtown/Brookfield twice. Then have Immaculate play ND twice a year for a good contest.
As a SWC fan, I think I can speak for everyone when I say we realize that the league is not as strongest in CT. However, there are teams that are absolutely dominate such as the Bunell and Masuk teams that rolled through the states a few years back. (Bunnell beating Staples in the Class L state championship and Masuk putting up over 100 points in 2 weeks against the 2 teams that playing in the FCIAC championship that year). Don’t worry SWC family, there will be teams coming back to show the FCIAC and SCC what’s up. Also keep an eye out on Weston!
It seems as if SWC has taken a page out of “Who’s Who” playbook.
All in.
When do they announce all state?
Would be great if Lato came to Masuk.
Second team…
masuk
Fredeen 7-143-2 (makes it)
P Kokkoros 12 – 303 – 2 (makes nothing)
How much did Masuk beat Weston and Barlow by?? These two teams had good years but playing a cake schedule. Lets not go too crazy on these teams please. Lets be real. They would be smoked by most teams in the SCC or FCIAC.
as an alumni of WHS, i can say that the weston football program has come a damn long way. we were 0-10 constantly during my years. that team still has 35 kids max and are almost always oversized by opponents. their o-line this year had maybe one kid over 200. this team always has been working hard in the weight room and football field throughout the summer, visible at passing leagues. 4th quarter wins for this team were a result of this. hassett schaffer and gomar were tremendously fun to watch. noticed their special teams throughout the season was a weak point.they have a youth program that just got started up and a huge incoming freshman class seems excited to play.
If weston is 500 next year i will be surprised New Fairfield spanked them
There should be less people choosen for the All-Conference, but the only thing that matters is that the people that accually deserves to be first team all conference like Milone,Hebert,Serenciscis,Arthur-Brown,N’Dabian,Shaban,and Hassett get there look at all-state
it doesnt matter about the record because players like Serenciscis and Arthur-Brown played reeaaalllyyy well and didnt have a great record. They still had over 100 tackles and around 8 sacks each
Wow.. a lot of Whiners posting. Let me guess you’re just mad because your kid wasn’t mentioned. Give me a break! These kids deserved their honors so SUCK IT UP CUPCAKES!
Just because a “team” didn’t do well doesn’t mean they don’t have great individual players.
I’m sick of these Monday Morning QB’s slamming the coaches and kids.
YOU THINK YOU’RE SO GREAT?!?!?!? Get your lazy butts off the bleachers (if you EVEN attended any games ) and Petition to be a coach. OTHERWISE Like I said SUCK IT UP!
Hard to believe ADULTS can be soooo Nasty! Grow up!
I don’t mind a little banter but you guys act like they are NFL Players and you have a stake in every game.
At what point do we recognize true talent? What are we telling underclassmen who receive these awards? Your the best, no need to improve to be recognized. This “political correctness” in competitive sports has diminished the accomplishments of those who put in that extra effort. Life lesson’s are learned on the football field, coaches instill values such as commitment, dedication, sportmanship and players are left to accept these challenges and strive to improve for themselves and their teams. “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius”. Competition is just that, it’s not given in an award, to be The Best you have to work hard to achieve it. While most are dreaming of success the winners are the ones who wake up and work hard to achieve it. Today’s society is producing a generation of excuse makers, everything is given, not earned…there is no place for entitlement in competitive football.