Awards – Page 3

2023 NYCHSFL POTW #0

September 6, 2023

Article by Matt Diano Week #0 (September 1st-2nd, 2023) Aiden Alvia (Jr.); OLB – St. Francis Prep Terriers A standout on what was an overall collective display of domination on both sides of the ball by the Terriers, the junior in the #31 jersey [Alvia] anchored a Terrier defensive unit that pitched a shutout (only opposing score was a fumble recovery + return) and surrendered a mind-blowing 10 yards of net offensive production in a 34-8 victory over Christ the King on Saturday afternoon!! Tying his career-highs in both total tackles (7) and stops for negative yardage (2) as part of the overall “blue swarm”, there were two very distinct plays that represented the level at which the 5’9, 180-pound outside linebacker was operating…. With SFP holding a 3-0 edge early in the 2nd quarter, he flew into the backfield and stuffed the Royals’ running back for a 5-yard loss

CHSFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK & POST SEASON MVP’S 2022

December 5, 2022

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK & POST SEASON MVP’S 2022 Week 0 Mattias Lighten (Jr.); WR/CB – Moore Catholic Sean Cannon (Sr.); WR/FS/Kicker – Kellenberg Shawn Keegan (Sr.); WR/DB/KR – Monsignor Farrell Will Currid (Jr.); QB – Archbishop Stepinac Week 1 Kameron Wheeler (Sr.); WR – Mount Saint Michael Gavin Gallagher (Sr.); 4-Back/KR – Xavier Ethan Cumming (Sr.); RB – Kellenberg Colin O’Garro (Sr.); RB – Iona Prep Charlie English (Sr.); RB/SS – Fordham Prep Korey Duff Jr. (Jr.); WR – St. Anthony’s Week 2 John Michalski (Sr.); QB – Moore Catholic Israel Centeno-Johnson (Jr.); RB/CB – Kennedy Catholic Jayson Zeva (Sr.); WR/Returner – St. John the Baptist JT Krivinskas (Sr.); LB – Archbishop Stepinac Marc Pearson Jr. (Jr.); QB – Mount Saint Michael Jameer Reeder (Jr.); RB/LB – Holy Trinity Zyian Moultrie-Goddard (Sr.); RB/LB – Iona Prep Week 3 Devin Page (Sr.); QB – Kellenberg Emir Yuksel (Jr.); ILB –

CHSFL ALL-LEAGUE 2022

December 5, 2022

CHSFL ALL-LEAGUE OFFENSE 2022 Last First Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Acevedo Ethan 12 WR 5’9 180 Bronx, NY Iona Prep Alvarez Elijah 12 RB 6’0″ 177 Patchogue St. John the Baptist Arteca-Battista Robert 12 OL 5’10” 225 Staten Island Xavier Best Dionis 12 RB 6′ 0″ 174 Brooklyn St. Francis Prep Bowden Sean 12 OL 5’11” 240 Staten Island St. Peter’s Brown Josiah 11 WR 6’1 175 East Rockaway, NY Holy Trinity Campbell Elijah 12 WR 6’0″ 175 Staten Island St. Peter’s Cannon Sean 12 WR 6’2” 195 Amityville Kellenberg Carter Jabril 12 WR 5’11 155 Harlem Mount St. Michael Castaldi Anthony 12 WR/QB 5’10” 185 Wappingers Falls, NY Kennedy Catholic Ciancuielli Carson 12 OL 6’2 285 Oakdale St. Anthony’s Cogoni Michael 12 OL 6’3″ 285 Hopewell Junction Archbishop Stepinac Cornachio Albee 11 OL 6’4 240 Pelham Fordham Prep Creo Gavin 12 WR 5’8 175 Rockville Centre

CHSFL PLAYER AWARDS 2022

December 5, 2022

CHSFL PLAYER AWARDS 2022 MONSIGNOR MATTHEW PETERS AWARD STUDENT ATHLETE AWARD John Donahoe (Archbishop Stepinac) GOLDEN ELEVEN AWARDS Joseph DeChiaro (St Anthony’s) Melan Williams (Holy Trinity Jayson Zeva (St. John the Baptist) Dylan Page (Kellenberg) Jorge Ruiz (Iona Prep) Matthew Scariano (Xavier) Gavin Creo (Chaminade) John Bonavita Jr. (Holy Cross) Michael Zeh (Moore Catholic) Anthony Castaldi (Kennedy Catholic) Charlie English (Fordham Prep) PLAYERS OF THE YEAR AWARDS VINCENT O’CONNOR MEMORIAL AWARD AA II Defensive Player of the Year – Dan Duryea (Kennedy Catholic) AA I Defensive Player of the Year – Chris Bacon (Holy Trinity) AAA Defensive Player of the Year – Ian Strong (St. Anthony’s) JOE RIVERSO MEMORIAL AWARD AA II Offensive Player of the Year – Marc Pearson Jr. (Mount Saint Michael) AA I Offensive Player of the Year – John Michalski (Moore Catholic) AAA Offensive Players of the Year – Dante Torres (St. Anthony’s) JOE THOMAS MEMORIAL

2022 NYCHSFL POY Award Winners

December 4, 2022

Article by Matt Diano “Behold, how good and pleasant it is, when brothers dwell in unity.”— Psalm 133:1 After a two-year absence in which circumstance denied us the opportunity to gather as a flock, the tradition that is the annual NYCHSFL Communion Awards breakfast was formally and/or customarily welcomed back earlier today on the campus of Kellenberg Memorial High School! Coalesced like a band of brothers as the All Mighty intended, for one final morning in the Winter of 2022, the best and brightest of the New York Metropolitan Catholic Football League basked in the glory that they worked so tirelessly to earn! For some, the past four years coming and going in the blink of an eye, there were no rivals in the breaking of bread ritual…The spirit of competition was replaced by inner-peace and the euphoria that accompanies knowing that battles have already been settled and all that

2022 Monsignor Peters Award Winner (Jack Donahoe)

December 4, 2022

Article by Matt Diano Named in honor of esteemed league founder, Monsignor Matthew Peters (Cardinal Hayes), there is no greater distinction bestowed upon a New York State Metro Catholic football player than the award that recognizes the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete among a brotherhood of truly remarkable and prosperous gentlemen! Tracing its origins back to the 1962 season when Chaminade’s Thomas “TJ” Liesegang converted from a starting linebacker position into the role of field general to command the Flyers in their successful bid to three-peat, the first member of this cherished and/or heralded fraternity went on to earn his medical degree from New York University, do an internship at Duke University Medical Center, and complete his residency at the renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (University of Miami) en route to becoming one of the most respected educators (ex-30 years teaching at the Mayo Clinic), practitioners, and authors (Editor-in-Chief of the American

2022 TURKEY BOWL MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYERS

November 28, 2022

Article by Matt Diano Charlie English (Sr.); RB/SS – Fordham Prep Rams Singled-out for recognition for the third time this season (previously POTW honors in weeks 1 and 7) the 5’11, 175-pounder [English] will forever remember the final occasion in which he donned the Ram colors on the gridiron… Participating in the 99th rendition in one of the greatest traditions in scholastic sports (first meeting occurred in 1887) before taking his talents to Middlebury College next fall to play for the Panthers, English capped off a brilliant varsity tenure by shining on both sides of the ball in Fordham Prep’s 41-25 victory over rival/2022 AA-2 Champs, Xavier!! The victory, the fourth in the past five chapters for the Bronx based program, raised their overall lead in the saga to 53-41-4!!! Literally saving his finest showing for the very end on offense, it is not very often that a player

2022 Salute to the MVPS (Championship Weekend POTW)

November 23, 2022

AA-2 (Xavier Knights) Shane Zaletofsky (Offensive; Sr.; QB/2B) The on-field author of the “rags to riches” story that captivated the Metro Catholic football fan base from start to finish, in one year as the architect and/or conductor of Xavier’s vaunted single-wing ground attack, the 5’9, 150-pound hometown kid (resident of Manhattan), transformed a program that went 1-8 in 2021 into your 2022 NYCHSFL Double-A-2 titlists (7-2 record)…The crown was the first earned by the school since 2015! Regarded as the odds-on favorite (at least in my humble opinion) to be recipient of the Offensive Player of the Year award in the division, Zaletofsky entered the title contest as the leading rusher in AA2 and did nothing but further bolster those immensely impressive numbers, as he turned in a workhorse-like day, that saw him register 23 of the team’s 37 total carries, for 137 of their sum of 275 yards, and

2022 Players of the Week NYCHSFL Playoffs- Semifinal Round (November 12th, 2022)

November 17, 2022

Article by Matt Diano NYCHSFL Playoffs- Semifinal Round (November 12th, 2022) Isaiah Vanterpool (So.); OLB – Moore Catholic Mavericks They call the 6’1, 185-pound 10th grader [Vanterpool] “Ice” and that is exactly how he has played in helping the Mavericks reach Championship weekend for the fourth time since 2016… Cool and unshakable (ice water in his veins) by nature, after turning in a very solid regular season that witnessed him collect 41 stops (3 TFLs), the Staten Island resident has elevated his game even further during Moore’s two-game postseason, as he followed up a six tackle, 1 sack effort in the quarterfinals (35-7 win over St. Francis Prep) by registering a seven-stop, 2 sack, one interception performance this past weekend in the program’s 14-7 semifinal triumph over St. John the Baptist in a clash of 2021 Metro Catholic runners-up… A contest where points where obviously at a premium and

2022 NYCHSFL Playoffs Players of the Week- Quarterfinal Round (November 4th-6th, 2022)

November 11, 2022

Article by Matt Diano Patrick Bruno (Sr.); WR – Chaminade Flyers In the words of Australian singer/musician, Luke Hemmings, “Luck does not happen twice.”…So by default, we must say that the 6’1, 175-pound, senior wide-out out of Rockville Centre [Bruno] just might be the ultimate game-changer and/or clutch performer… Not an individual whose stat line (9 catches for 149 yards, 2 touchdown receptions) this season is going to cause your “eyes to pop out of your head”, the value of the young man wearing the #82 jersey in Crimson & Gold is that he shows up when the stakes are highest and the moment knows no equal…. A hero for the second time in a matter of three weeks, just as he did in the comeback victory in week #7 over Holy Trinity (38-yard TD grab in tight coverage to end a 19-game winning streak for the Titans, 10-7), it

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