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CHSCA HoF Classic Military Bowl teams hold draft, release rosters

Thursday, April 4, 2013 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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The top 50 rated players from the Military Bowl combine gather as WFSB's John Holt begins the first Bowl draft Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford

In front of a nice little crowd of parents, coaches and well-wishers, the first CHSCA Hall of Fame Classic Military Bowl draft was held Wednesday evening at Rentschler Field.

The top 50 rated players from a combine held at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven were invited to partake in the draft at Rentschler Field, while the remaining 55 were drafted privately afterward and released this morning.

So we now have a roster for this new endeavor, which will commence June 26 at Rentschler Field.

2013 Military Bowl All Star Roster Sheet

Windsor’s Rob Fleeting, the coach of Team Marines,  won the coin toss and picked his son, quarterback Quinn Fleeting with the first overall pick:

That left Ledyard’s Jim Bunocore, the coach of Team National Guard, to settle on Xavier QB and UConn recruit Tim Boyle.

Through 25 rounds the two coaches picked, many times grabbing as many of the players familiar to them ahead of overs.

With Xavier’s Sean Marinan and Andy Guyon serving as assistants for Team National Guard, all but one Xavier senior (OL Kevin Dean) ended up on their squad. All but one Windsor senior (WR Terrell Huff) ended up on Team Marines with Windsor coach Rob Fleeting. Every eligible Ledyard player was selected to play for Buonocore’s Team National Guard.

The drafting wrapped with “Mr. Irrelevant,” Bullard-Haven’s running back John Shannon, who played the part of neglected Green Room draftee, but was pretty excited when his name was called by Buonocore.

Naturally with these all-star games, a number of big names aren’t participating. While Class LL champion Xavier has massive representation and Class M champion Hillhouse as well, Hand only had OL Cam Gravina available. Yale recruit Peter Gerson and UConn recruit Matt Walsh were both unavailable, as were several other high-profile recruits — Andrew Isaacs (Manchester, Boston College); Tommy Meyers (Coventry, UConn), Marquis Little (Manchester, Boston College) — are also not playing.

“It’s not as much as you’d like,” Buonocore said. “But everybody’s got their reasons. I still think there’s enough. It should be a competitive game. There’s some pretty good talent out there.”

Here’s how last night’s draft went down:

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Bunnell leads Fairfield County in second-consecutive Hall of Fame Classic victory

Saturday, July 14, 2012 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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For a little while, like the entire first half, the 16th Hall of Fame Football Classic looked all too familiar for Fairfield County: Out of sync and outclassed.

There were high snaps, muffed snaps, bad punts, dropped balls. New Haven struck with game’s first 13 points and kept a-knockin’ at Fairfield County’s doorstep.

But at halftime, somebody must have lit a fire beneath Fairfield County’s rear-ends. The typically lackluster Ralph Desantis Chapter used heavy does of Bunnell, Stamford and McMahon, scored 23 unanswered points and walked off Ken Strong Stadium with a surprising, 23-13 victory.

Stamford’s Barry Boderick lit the fuse with an interception that set up a Matt Paola Field goal. Then the floodgates opened. McMahon’s Damien Vega tossed a short TD pass to Bunnell’s Jawad Chisolm, Bunnell’s J.J. Bivona took an interception 53-yards for the go-ahead touchdown.

And finally, Chisholm does what he did so well while starring for the Bulldogs last year. He outraced Wolcott’s Devante Bonvillian, caught a fly pass from Stamford’s Bryan Boderick and waltzed into the end zone for a back-breaking 71-yard touchdown.

McMahon’s Zack O’Connor and the defense did the rest, smothering New Haven’s offense led by Michael Ecke and Holy Cross’ Dave DiGiorgi. They pitched a shut out the rest of the way to give Fairfield County its first back-to-back victory since the 2001-02 games.

Chisholm was Fairfield County’s Offensive MVP. Bivona took defensive MVP.

Cheshire’s Kyle Pulek kicked a pair of field goals and was named the New Haven County MVP. Ansonia’s Jake Larovera, who led his team’s strong defense in the first-half and blocked a punt, was named defensive MVP.

New Haven leads the all-time series 10-6.

And now the countdown to fall practice begins.

Watch: The 16th Hall of Fame Football Classic

Saturday, July 14, 2012 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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Now’s your last chance to see some of last year’s best high school players line up on the gridiron.

It’s the Hall of Fame Football Classic, New Haven County vs. Fairfield County today at 5 p.m.

Get the rosters here and follow along all the action from Ken Strong Stadium thanks to Sportingnewsct.com.

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New Haven-Fairfield Hall of Fame Classic rosters released

Monday, July 2, 2012 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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The Hall of Fame Football Classic, part two of the Connecticut football summer all-star series pitting New Haven County all-stars vs. Fairfield County all-stars, will kick off on July 14 at Ken Strong Stadium in West Haven at 5 p.m.

Former Cheshire coach Mark Ecke will coach the New Haven all-stars. Stratford coach John Svatik helms the Fairfield all-stars.

The game is in its 16th year. New Haven leads the all-time series 10-5.

Tickets are $7 at the door, or can be purchased in advance for $5 by calling (203) 231-3992.

The official rosters, as of the first day of practice on July 2, are listed below. Members are subject to change.

New Haven County

Amhir Bess, RB, Notre Dame-WH
Michael Ecke, QB, Cheshire
Connor Falaguerra, WR, Law
Tim Dube, LB, Hamden
Ryan Murphy, CB, Xavier
Greg Volpe, WR, Hopkins
Joe Schwab, CB, North Haven
Brodie Corless, K/P, Sheehan
Tim Adanti, WR/TE, Derby
Seth Karlins, WR, Branford
Tyler Vallie, QB, Amity
John Marks, QB, Platt
Joe Parent, LB, Holy Cross
Dave DiGiorgi, RB, Holy Cross
Devante Bonvillian, CB, Wolcott
Matt Zaccaganini, CB, Woodland
Mike Mastroianni, RB, Xavier
Kyle Pulek, K/P, Cheshire
Curtis Antrum, RB, Hamden Hall
Joe Costanzo, LB, East Haven
Anthony Masucci, LB, Notre Dame
Mark Zurlis, LB, North Haven
Isaiah Thompson, LB, Maloney
Joe Ortoli, LB, Shelton
David Brzozowski, OL, Cheshire
Dylan Sadick, LB, Seymour
Anthony Franco, OL, North Branford
Andrew Savinelli, DL, North Haven
Matt Hanna, OL, Oxford
Raymond Frasier, DL, Hillhouse
Josh DellaCruz, DL, Cross
Ian Rourke, DL, Guilford
Hakeem Martin, OL, Ansonia
Robert Rose, OL, Shelton
Kortney Leftridge, DL, Hamden
Jacob Mikos, OL, North Haven
Dylan Vano, OL, Ansonia
Khamil Rangolam, OL, Hillhouse
Eric Ford, CB, Watertown
Tahir Manning, WR, West Haven
Jake LaRovera, TE Ansonia

Fairfield County

Dylan Moye, WR, Westhill
Jawad Chisholm, WR/DB, Bunnell
Asia Bohling, DE, Stratford
Alex Ward, WR, Wilton
Matt Paola, K, Pomperaug
Donald Graham, WR/DB, Stratford
Brandon Cusmano, WR, Masuk
Bryan Boderick, WB, Stamford
Damien Vega, QB/SS, McMahon
Jared Vasquez, WR/DB, Bunnell
Barry Boderick, WR, Stamford
Liam Lynch, WR/DB, New Milford
Bill O’Keefe, WR/HB, Trumbull
Angel Rosario, RB, Bullard-Havens
Adam Connelly, TE/DE, St. Lukes
E.J. Sheehan, WR/S St. Joseph
Colin Markus, RB, Masuk
Zack O’Connor, DE/LB, McMahon
Seon Ramsey, LB/DE, Trumbull
Brian Birdsell, LB/FB, Bethel
Jon Carter, FB/DE, Westhill
J.J. Bivona, FB/LB, Bunnell
Shane Nastahowski, FB/LB, Greenwich
Theo Tomba, RG/DT, Notre Dame-Fairfield
Alex Guadalupe, DE, St. Joseph
Michael Grady, G/LB, Canterbury
Jackson Stennett, OL/DE, Barlow
Hunter Geraghty, OL, Wilton
Mark Piedmont, OL/DL, Wilton
Thiago Lanes, G/DT, Bethel
Matthew Houle, OG/OT, Pomperaug
Mac Morlock, OL, Newtown
Kwasi Duodu, OG/DE, Central
Nick Salza, OT, Bunnell
Brandon Williams, G/FB, Bassick
Fred Tucker, FB, Central
Matt Duignan, LB, Masuk
Shawn Flynn, S, Masuk
Pat Fahey, QB/SS, Immaculate
Jake Ceresna, DT/OT, New Fairfield

Hey, lookit this: Fairfield County wins — convincingly

Monday, July 11, 2011 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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Fairfield County's Tyler Matakevich catches a touchdown pass in the 15th Annual Hall of Fame Football Classic at Ken Strong Stadium Saturday, July 9, 2011. | Photo by Christian Abraham

This time there were no doubts.

No one could question it. No one could stir controversy, suggesting that the outcome should have been different.

This time, Fairfield County’s amalgamation of football talent, if not a true all-star team, actually went out and brutally snatched back the Hall of Fame Classic football trophy from the bullies of New Haven County on Saturday.

For the first time since — hold on, let’s check the program — um, ever? the Fairfield County all-stars put a whupping on New Haven County.

The 34-14 victory in Saturday’s regional all-star game was just the fifth Fairfield County win in the series’ 15-year history.

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The 20-point win was also the county’s biggest margin of victory of the series, topping a mere 10-point margin in 2001.

Aside from controversial, one-point, double-overtime Fairfield County victory in 2008, New Haven County’s all-stars had annually beat on Fairfield County like a speedbag, winning seven of eight years by an average of 24 points.

And it gave a few of Fairfield County chapter members stomach aches, culminating in Jerry McDougall‘s impassioned plea to members  to make sure “we win that game!” at a chapter meeting following an embarrassing 49-0 loss in 2009.

And, honestly, Fairfield County’s 2011 roster didn’t exactly look like a world beater on Thursday. Sure, it had Tyler Matakevich, Joe Della Vecchia, Phil Terio, the Brothers Maxen (Willie and Kevin) and a couple others from the Governor’s Cup all-star game two weeks ago.

But missing were large chunks of significant Fairfield County programs. Greenwich, New Canaan, Staples, Brookfield, Bunnell, Ridgefield, Bethel… New Haven, meanwhile, brought kids from almost all of its member schools, including everybody’s MVP Montrell Dobbs of Ansonia.

We’d seen this many, many times before. Just with different names.

So, yeah. That equation didn’t look like it would add up to a Fairfield County victory.

And when Foran’s Tucker Schumitz threw a touchdown pass to Notre Dame’s quarterback Sean Goldrich, in a flaunting display of New Haven ingenuity and dominance that has come to define these games, it looked as if the rout would be on again.

Of course, it was. Just not the team we thought.

Thankfully, Fairfield County coach Joe Della Vecchia had the big guns from his back-to-back St. Joseph state championship teams on his side — son Joe Della Vecchia and Tyler Matakevich.

The teammates (who were joined by fellow St. Joseph alums Jerry Kramer, Nick Adzima, Mike Marini and Ryan Mrozek) partied like it was 2010, hooking up three times for touchdowns.

The other touchdown toss was to Trumbull’s Phil Terio, who, until practices began two weeks ago, represented St. Joseph’s mortal enemy.

“There’s the whole Trumbull/St. Joe’s thing, but me and Phil are friends. I knew he’d catch it,” Della Vecchia said of his toss to Terio.

As for his four-year teammate: “Tyler, he’s just really reliable.”

It also must have helped that Della Vecchia had spent his last two games preparing to stop Dobbs. Perhaps armed with lessons learned in the Class S state championship victory over Ansonia, in which Dobbs ran for 303 yards, Della Vecchia’s Fairfield County all-stars put the breaks on the UConn recruit.

Two weeks after torching Rhode Island in the second half of the Governor’s Cup, Dobbs was held to 32 yards on just 12 carries by a front seven defensive unit that included Masuk’s Tim Allen (I was told he was “out for blood” by one of his assistant  coaches from Masuk), Pomperaug’s Willie Maxen, Harding’s underrated big man Alvin Garcia, Stamford LB Mark Robinson and Harding LB Myles Gordon.

Fairfield County sacked Goldrich (the New Hampshire recruit who was 11-for-11 passing until leaving the game with a separated shoulder) and Schumitz seven times.

Schumitz, who I submit would have been an all-star had he not broke his collar in Week 3, was the New Haven MVP. Shelton’s Cody Kitson was also a standout on the defensive side.

But, for now, all’s well for now in the Ralph DeSantis Fairfield County chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.

Do they have to work to shore up participation in the coming years? It can’t hurt.

But as the 2011 Fairfield County edition showed Saturday, all you really need is the right mix of outstanding football players to win the Hall of Fame Classic.

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AN ASIDE: No, I did not attend. I had tickets to see Yankees-Rays at the Stadium Saturday. So I got to witness this from the bleachers.

Sorry. It’s my summer vacation. Hey, at least I got to catch the second half on Sportingnewsct.com.

Thanks to all the seniors who participated in the game. It’s been a pleasure watching all of you play these past four years.

As for the rest of us returning, unless something breaks, we’ll see you in a few weeks.

-SPB

Updated: Your Hall of Fame Football Classic XV kickoff page

Friday, July 8, 2011 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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Ansonia's Montrell Dobbs runs for a touchdown during the Connecticut High School football all-star game against Rhode Island. The recent UConn commit leads New Haven into the 15th Hall of Fame Football Classic. Photo: Lindsay Niegelberg / Connecticut Post

Updated: Paul Criscuolo says the game is on this evening, despite threats of heavy rain. As of 4:40 p.m. West Haven remained dry while northern parts of the state were being pounded.

More rain is on the way, however. Criscuolo said lightning would, of course, delay the game.

Follow the radar here.

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It’s your last chance for real, live football for a couple months.

The Hall of Fame Football Classic, part 15 kicks off tonight at West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium at 7:30. Tickets are $7 at the gate. Come one come all.

Here are your morning links for pregame coverage of the game, which is showdown between West Haven coach Ed McCarthy (New Haven) and one of his former players — St. Joseph coach Joe Della Vecchia (Fairfield County).

Of course, all the focus will be on a certain Ansonia tailback.

Quick note on the rosters, you’ll notice major portions of Fairfield County — mostly lower/eastern schools — are missing from the All-Star roster, which is once again causing consternation and ire among those in the Fairfield County chapter. Several showed up for the pre-practice meetings, but never again.

You won’t find the same problem on New Haven County. Twenty-nine schools are represented as opposed to Fairfield County’s 19.

The issue was discussed in Tuesday’s Connecticut Post: Filling Fairfield County roster a classic challenge

Sounds like a repeat episode. But we will try not to dwell on who isn’t here, but the players and teams who are — including eight players from the Connecticut Governor’s Cup team from two weeks ago, as opposed to four from New Haven.

But will it be enough for the first Fairfield County victory since the 31-30 overtime thriller of 2008? New Haven leads the all-time series 10-4 and won last year’s game 16-13.

Once again, we’ll be live tweeting the game at @CTHSFootball. You can follow along on Twitter, or in the red window at right.

15th Annual Hall of Fame Football Classic all-star game rosters

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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The final rosters for the 15th Annual New Haven County-Fairfield County Hall of Fame Fooball Classic all-star game have been released. The game will be played at Ken Strong Stadium in West Haven, Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $7 and proceeds go toward general fundraising and scholarships. For more information visit NewHavenFootballFoundation.com.

Players who were on Connecticut’s Governor’s Cup roster are designated with **

NEW HAVEN ALL-STARS Coach:
Ed McCarthy, West Haven
NO. PLAYER POS HIGH SCHOOL HGT WGT COLLEGE
1 Anthony Vorio DB North Branford 5’9″ 165 Gateway CC
2 Nick Donofrio DB Oxford 5’10″ 185 Springfield
3 Kevin Phillps RB West Haven 5’9″ 170 Hudson Valley CC
4 Jordan Sebastian DB Hopkins 6’1″ 215 U. Rhode Island
5 Sean Goldrich QB Notre Dame 6’3″ 195 U. New Hampshire
6 Tucker Schumitz QB/DB Foran 5’11″ 175 Western New England
7 Steve Dejournett WR Hillhouse 6’1″ 175 Dean
8 Mike Georgalas** WR Shelton 6’3″ 190 Gettysburg
9 James Ward Jr.** RB Wilbur Cross 5’8″ 175 Williston-No. Hampton
10 Zach Miller QB Hand 5’11″ 175 Gettysburg
11 Ruben Berger DB Naugatuck 5’11″ 190 Milford Academy
12 Jon Groth K Shelton 5’10″ 150 No. Carolina
13 Dante Brito DB Hamden Hall 5’11″ 194 Stonehill
14 Matt Murray DB Notre Dame 5’8″ 165 UConn
15 Robert Williams WR Wilby 5’11″ 175 Naug. Valley CC
16 Tremayne Barnes WR West Haven 5’10″ 150 Nichols
17 Rohan Ifill DB Sacred Heart 5’9″ 175 SCSU
18 Kosy Broderick DB Xavier 6’3″ 195 UConn
20 Montrell Dobbs** RB Ansonia 5’11″ 187 UConn
21 Jordan Teague DB Hamden 5’9″ 175 Kent
25 Riley  Lefebvre WR Maloney 5’9″ 160 Undecided
30 Ian Bures TE/LB Woodland 6’3″ 217 Plymouth State
32 Sebastion Aliberti LB Amity 5’9″ 195 Norwich
33 Kunimel Lomotey DL Branford 6’2″ 221 Keane
34 Trevor Keyes DL North Haven 5’8″ 195 Lincoln College
35 Zach Salazar LB Derby 6’1″ 215 ECSU
44 Cody Kitson LB Shelton 5’8 185 New England College
50 Shaun Reiss OL West Haven 6’2″ 265 Merrimac
51 Conor Shea OL Fairfield Prep 6’1″ 226 Georgetown
53 Anthony Sanders DL Platt 6’1″ 295 undecided
55 Matt Washburn OL/DL Cheshire 6’1″ 240 Norwich
56 Marquis Leigh LB Hyde 5’11″ 230 Wesley
65 Dashon Riley** OL Hillhouse 6’2″ 330 Dean
66 Andrew Bielefield OL Maloney 6’4″ 290 Westen New England
70 Chris Laporte OL Law 6’5″ 295 Dean
76 Tyvon Williams DL Hillhouse 6’2″ 365 Mt. Ida
78 Andrew McCloskey OL Guilford 6’2″ 283 Wesleyen
80 Ed Glenn TE North Haven 6’4″ 230 Milford Academy
95 Paul Perrotti DL North Branford 5’11″ 260 Curry

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FAIRFIELD ALL-STARS
 Coach
Joe Della Vecchia,
St. Joseph
NO. PLAYER POSITION HIGH SCHOOL HGT WGT COLLEGE
1 Jerry Kramer WR St. Joseph 5’6″ 165 WCSU
2 Craig Lowery DB Warde 5’10″ 165 Bridgton Academy
3 Phil Terio** WR Trumbull 5’9″ 170 Salve Regina
4 Zaire Reiph DB St Lukes 5’10″ 180 Stonehill
5 Giuseppe Parisi WR Danbury 6’3″ 180 Naug. Valley CC
6 Zach Emilcer DB Westhill 5’10″ 160 Lackawanna JC
7 Joe Della Vecchia** QB St Joseph 6′ 185 Stonehill
8 Myles Gordon LB/TE Harding 5’10″ 214 WCSU
10 Adam Eyerman K/P Stratford 5’10″ 165 Springfield
11 Matthew Becker WR New Milford 5’8″ 170 BYU
12 Marc DesRuisseaux** DB Stratford 6’1″ 160 Milford Academy
21 Mike Rivas RB Trinity Catholic 6′ 215 Undecided
22 Clement Abonyi DB McMahon 6′ 185 St. Francis
29 Lucas DeSouza** DB Central 6′ 192 Milford Academy
30 Alex Delaney RB Warde 5’7″ 185 Hobart
34 Matt Lena FB/LB Trumbull 5’10″ 195 Salve Regina
38 Kevin Maxen** LB Pomperaug 5’11″ 225 Endicott
44 Tyler Matakevich** LB St. Joseph 6’1″ 216 Milford Academy
52 Dominique Williams DL Stratford 6 2″ 250 Undecided
55 Mike Marini OL St Joseph 6’1″ 255 Endicott
56 Ryan Phillips LB Wilton 6′ 220 UMass
57 Evan Opdahl OL Norwalk 6’1″ 265 ECSU
58 Kevin Harrigan OL Notre Dame FFLD 6’5″ 290 CCSU
59 Willie Maxen** DL Pomperaug 6′ 265 CCSU
65 Nick Adzima OL St.Joseph 6’1″ 250 Fairfield
68 Pat Roeker DL Danbury 6’4″ 255 WCSU
71 Alvin Garcia DL Harding 6’1″ 250 Undecided
72 Matt Datin OL Newtown 6’4″ 260 SCSU
73 Jeff Wright OL Masuk 6’2″ 265 ECSU
75 Ryan Mrozek OL St. Joseph 6′ 265 Bridgeton Academy
80 Joe Diaz WR Masuk 5’11″ 165 Trinity
92 Tim Allen DL Masuk 6’1″ 230 Elon
99 Mark Robinson** DL Stamford 6′ 225 CCSU

Spring Links: Pomperaug’s new football coach and (some) scrimmage updates

Monday, June 20, 2011 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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It’s been a relatively busy week in offseason high school football.

First, the 10th Governor’s Cup between Rhode Island and Connecticut all-star teams, kicks off Saturday night at Southington’s Fontana Field. The Hall of Fame Classic comes two weeks after. Pomperaug elevated Dave Roach to head football coach. And a bunch of teams culminated spring practice with their annual (color)-(color) scrimmages. Also, we know the 2011 playoff divisions.

Here’s a run-down of the stories published locally over the last week or so.

Pomperaug names Roach new head football coach

This caught no one by surprise. From the moment we heard coach Chuck Drury might be stepping down to join his son Michael at Southington, Roach’s name was the first from everybody’s lips. He’s a teacher, he’s an alum, he was a no-brainer for a school trying to suppress transitional chaos stemming from the first significant regime change in 35 years.

That doesn’t mean there won’t be major changes in Southbury. Philosophical, organizational and tactical tweaks aside, there have been rampant whispers that other coaches from Pomperaug’s staff will be jumping ship shortly. Like we’ve said, what looked like a bona fide contender could be indistinguishable from 2010.

Ansonia moves up to Class M and other (less significant) CIAC football division shuffling

The official packet hasn’t been released, but the 2011 CIAC playoff classes are set. This was a separate post from late last week, but worth mentioning again in case you missed it. Check your team’s CIAC playoff division.

We have updated this slightly since the original post. Derby’s placement dropped from Class M to Class S over the weekend, presumably its loss of the O’Brien Tech enrollment hadn’t been counted.

Spring Game Updates

The Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time and Danbury News-Times published a variety of spring reports from their immediate coverage areas last week.

All-Star Season

As mentioned, the Governor’s Cup all-star game between Connecticut and Rhode Island kicks off Saturday, June 25 at 4:30. The game is being held at Southington’s Fontana Field due to field renovations at the game’s traditional spot at Rentschler Field. Tickets are $8.

The all-star committees from Rhode Island and Connecticut, along with the YouthFootball Coaches Association will be holding a free youth football clinic at 1 p.m. before the game. Registration is at noon.

To purchase tickets contact John Fontana, P.O. Box 632, Southington, CT 06489 or call 860-628-4122, fax 860-628-7652 or e-mail: jfontana01@snet.net. For additional information go to www.cthssports.com.

Here is the Connecticut roster for the Governor’s Cup

Two weeks later is the New Haven-Fairfield County Hall of Fame Classic at West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium.

The rosters for the Hall of Fame Football Classic are listed here. Game time is Friday, July 8, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7. Visit www.newhavenfootballfoundation.com for more information.

From upstate:

An absolutely wonderful Father’s Day column from Jeff Jacobs of the Hartford Courant on the subject of Fermi football coach Bill Beeler: Shooting Makes Fermi Coach, Manchester Officer Beler Appreicate Father’s Day More.

Beeler, if you recall, was shot in the shoulder during a hostage standoff in Manchester a month ago. He’s recovering with spirits flying. Great to hear. Great read.

Notebook

Notre Dame-Fairfield released some news on a pair of their athletes, Nigel Beckford and Theo Tumba, earning MVP honors in their respective classes at the National Underclassman Scouting Combine in Hartford. Click here for more details.

Add: League changes

A quick glance at the Connecticut football leagues shows that the CCC has realigned its monstrous conference again into more of an SCC model. The league goes one further than the SCC, with three divisions split into east and west. Division I has 10 teams (5 each); Division II has 12 teams (6 each) and Division III has 10 teams (5 each).

No other changes are listed (yet).

Camp Listing

From July 15-17, Jack Cochran’s ‘The Program’ football camps will be hosting a several summer clinics. The Friday Night Lights QB-WR Academy; the Dwight Freeney D-Line, pass rush academy; the Andrew Pinnock running back adcademy and the All-American linebacker academy. Go to http://www.theprogram1.com for more details or contact Jack Cochran at (860) 748-8899 or cochranjack@att.net.

Anything else?

It’s almost All-Star season: Rosters for Governor’s Cup and Hall of Fame Classic

Friday, June 10, 2011 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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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

Ask and you shall receive: The NH-FF Hall of Fame Football Classic Rosters

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by:Sean Patrick Bowley
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We have a couple of weeks before this kicks off and another game to play first (Saturday’s Governor’s Cup at Rentschler).

But judging by many of the comments left on this blog recently, a lot of you have been absolutely dying to see the rosters for the 14th Annual New Haven County-Fairfield County Hall of Fame Football Classic, which will be held Saturday, July 10 FRIDAY, JULY 9 at West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

And, honestly, I’ve been kind of anxious as well. After all, after last year’s 49-0 loss, the brass of the Ralph DeSantis Fairfield County Chapter have spent the past year sounding the battle horns and galvanizing the base to make sure this year’s team puts on a decidedly better showing.

New Haven County leads the all-time series 9-4 and has won six out of the last seven years.

I attended two of the Fairfield County Chapter events this offseason, and their call to arms has been seared into my brain. From new president John Barbarotta’s gentle, yet persistent, calls to all of the chapter members  to Jerry McDougall‘s fiery, podium-pounding declaration: “We’ve got to make sure we win that game!”

Yeah.

We all know, you can’t win if you don’t have talent, which is why the unveiling of the rosters is a crucial step in winning the battle.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at the rosters. No positions were given, but I think we know where most of these guys play.

Of course, many of the region’s best recruits are missing — likely off to college already. But after a quick look, I think there’s still plenty of talent on both sides.

But who’s got the best?

I’ll reserve judgment for now. Let us know what you think. Which chapter has the better roster? Vote in our poll below and add your comments. Continue reading →

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