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2023 NYCHSFL POTW #6

October 18, 2023

Week #6 (October 13th-15th, 2023) Steven Dowdy Jr. (Jr.); WR – Iona Prep Gaels Already sitting in the driver’s seat be the Gaels’ triple-crown winner in the receiving categories, not to mention the current chart-topper in the entire NYCHSFL with 36 catches heading into week #6, the 11th grader out of the Bronx [Dowdy Jr.] did nothing but further add to the legacy he is establishing in 2023 by emerging with program-highs of 3 hauls for 63 yards, and a pair of TD catches in Iona Prep’s 46-35 victory over Cardinal Hayes on Saturday afternoon!  His immense body of work raising his seasonal totals to 39 snatches for 455 yards, the pair of previously cited TDs (giving him 5 on the year) marked the first multi-touchdown reception game of his varsity career!! Registering the first of his two touchdown-yielding grabs with host, IP, holding a 10-7 lead, Dowdy Jr. slipped

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2023 NYCHSFL AAA-AA1 Crossover GOTW #6 Preview

October 12, 2023

Chaminade (1-4) vs. Moore Catholic (3-3) When: Sunday October 15th, 2023 @1:30pm Where: Goldstar Stadium on the Chaminade HS campus (340 Jackson Ave, Mineola, NY 11501) Watch: LocalLive (Chaminade Feed) Players to Watch (Chaminade) *Tyler Granito (Sr.; QB)—In our GOTW preview last weekend, we suggested that we needed to see better accuracy out of the senior QB for the Flyers; and Granito delivered on that raised expectation, as he completed 10-of-15 pass attempts for 94 yards while recording just his second multiple-TD toss performances of the year (2) in the win over Kellenberg! *Timothy Murphy (Jr.; QB)—Added to the list of players to watch, Chaminade has been utilizing their back-up signal caller in kind of a “freshman Tim Tebow” package where they capitalize off of his combination of size (6’2, 210-pound) and speed to bolster the running game….His role in this capacity increasing with each passing week, Murphy banked his

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2023 NYCHSFL POTW #5

October 12, 2023

Week #5 (October 6th-8th, 2023) Kenneth Antoine (Sr.); RB – Cardinal Hayes Cardinals ONE SNAP!!!!   That is exactly how long it took the 6’0, 190-pound senior from Harlem to set the tone for the kind of afternoon it was going to be both individually and collectively for the Cardinal flock in their 34-0 dub against Holy Trinity on October 7th! Taking the hand-off on the opening play of the game on Saturday afternoon, Antoine struck for 80 his 151 total yards rushing (12 carries), going all the way to the promised land to give Hayes the immediate 6-0 edge!!! Later in the day, with the cushion having expanded to 22-0, the explosive #22 shirt would not be the one to punch it in, but he handled the banner part of the workload, as two long runs early in the third quarter advanced the pigskin inside the opposing red zone (HT

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2023 NYCHSFL AA-1 GOTW #5 Preview

October 6, 2023

Moore Catholic (2-3) vs. St. Peter’s (5-0) When: Sunday October 8th, 2023 @1pm Where: Moore Catholic HS (100 Merrill Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314) Watch: Youtube (Nobody Cares Sports Network) Players to Watch (Moore Catholic) *Thomas Zeh (Fr.; QB)—Fresh off of being named a Player of the Week following a 13-for-16, 179-yard, 3TD pass afternoon in a week #4 victory over Xavier, the fab freshman improved to 2-1 as the varsity starter for the Mavericks….If we doubted him before, we certainly are singing his praises in the current time as he has shown that he is more than up for the task and is a future superstar!  *Matthias Lighten (Sr.; WR/CB)—Already the team-leader in catches heading into week #4, the West Point bound All-Stater did nothing to lose his spot atop the totem pole, as he posted a 4-grab, 65-yard, 1TD afternoon in the victory over the Knights to raise

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2023 NYCHSFL AAA GOTW #5 Preview

October 5, 2023

Chaminade (0-4) vs. Kellenberg Memorial (3-2) When: Saturday October 7th, 2023 @5pm Where: Mitchel Athletic Complex (1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Uniondale, NY 11553) Watch: Varsity Media     Players to Watch (Chaminade) *Tyler Granito (Sr.; QB)—A strong-armed field general who is in his first full season leading the offense, the 6’3. 220-pounder has all the physical tools necessary to be a dominant gunslinger.  All he needs to do is improve a little upon his accuracy (currently connecting on 44.5% of throws (53-of-119).  If he succeeds in making this adjustment, he is going to see his already respectable numbers (626 yards passing, 4 touchdowns) jump twofold! *Jack Tully (Sr.; RB)—Committed to Bucknell to play midfielder on the lacrosse team, Tully is one of the purest athletes on the team and it showed last season when he ran for 838 yards and 6 touchdowns on 161 attempts….Thus far in his swan song,

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2023 NYCHSFL POTW #4

October 4, 2023

Week #4 (September 30th-October 1st, 2023) Issac Glaudin (Sr.); WR – Holy Cross Knights In his third season as a mainstay superstar at the WR position for the Knights, the 5’11, 165-pound Team Captain out of Ozone Park [Glaudin] has had his fair share of dynamic performances over the years, but nothing compared to the “damage” he inflicted last weekend on behalf of the “Flushing Faithful” in a 42-0 victory over Kennedy Catholic!! Utilizing that God-given 4.4 speed he possesses for all that it is worth, the gentleman in the #81 shirt took over the game to the tune of a six-grab, 200-plus, 4-touchdown affair that enabled the Knights to win their second straight game and improve to 3-2 overall this fall!! Receiving (he does a lot of that; LOL) a long overdue first POTW distinction during week #4, Glaudin was an All-League team member as a junior and is

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2023 NYCHSFL AA-1 GOTW #4 Preview

September 29, 2023

When: Saturday September 30th, 2023 @1:30 pm Where: Aviator Sports Complex (3159 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11234) Players to Watch (Xavier) *Mehdi Merah (Sr.; RB/FB)— Fresh off of a 29-carry, 220-yard, 4TD evening that garnered him NYCHSFL POTW honors during week #3, the Rugy player turned football phenom vaulted himself into the team lead for both yardage (386) and TD runs (8)…And the last thing any opponents wanted to see was Merah getting into a groove! *Jeremy Kuharski (Jr.; RB)—Notching century-mark performances in two of his first four games of the 2023 season, if you focus too much on Merah, then Kuharski is more than happy to take his turn beating you….Prior to his teammate’s [Merah] monster effort last week, it had been the 6’1, 185-pounder out of Staten Island that seemed well on his way to a Knight rushing triple crown….He enters this weekend having averaging 94.5 yards per

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2023 NYCHSFL AAA GOTW #4 Preview

September 29, 2023

When: Friday September 29th, 2023 @7pm Where: Robert K. Kraft Field (Inside Lawrence Inside of Wien Stadium) on the Campus of Columbia University (533 W 218th St, New York, NY 10034) Watch: LocalLive (Stepinac Channel) Players to Watch (Cardinal Hayes) *Rich Belin (Jr.; QB)—The brother of current Duke Quarterback/former All-State selection, Henry Belin, since assuming the reins from his older sibling under center, all the 6’0, 180-pounder resident of Harlem has done is turn himself into one of the most feared dual-threat field generals in the entire Empire State….Holding an offer from Syracuse among others, Belin possess the ability to single-handedly keep the Cardinals in any game!!….While his stats for week #3 are not yet available, through three outings this fall, he has racked up 1,210 yards (851 in the air; 359 on land) and accounted for 12 touchdowns (7 passing, 5 rushing)! *Kenneth Antoine (Sr.; RB)—In his third season

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2023 NYCHSFL POTW #3

September 28, 2023

Chris DiGiacomo (Sr.); PK/P – Monsignor Farrell Specialists….The undercover, under-appreciated, unsung warriors behind any/every winning football team!   Rarely do they get the opportunity to bask in the spotlight (especially on the high school level); but when that moment does come to fruition, you know it was undoubtedly warranted!! And the Lions of Monsignor Farrell have one of the best in the Empire State in the person of their 5’9, 200-pound place-kicker/punter [DiGiacomo]… Named to the All-State squad (4th team) in 2022, the cannon-legged senior from Staten Island returned to his top form (after beginning the year 0-for-4 on FG attempts) during week #3, as he went a perfect 3-for-3 with the boot (2 FGs, 1 PAT) to account for more than half of Farrell’s 13 points in a 13-10 barn-burning dub over Moore Catholic in a collision for “Island bragging rights”!!!! Demonstrating the “clutch” gene that is God-given and cannot

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