Awards – Page 8

Week 7 Players of the Week

October 23, 2019

By Matt Diano: Emilio Ramirez (Sr.); QB – Holy Trinity Titans On an afternoon when the school honored one of the best teams in program history (the 2009 AAA Regula Season Champions & Playoff Runners-up), it was the 5’7, 165-pound, junior field general that truly owned the day in shepherding the Green & White to a 40-14 victory over visiting Kennedy Catholic, in a A/AA crossover on October 20th. Putting his dual-threat capabilities on full display in helping HT to their second win of the 2019 season, Ramirez accumulated 155 yards of comprehensive contribution, rushing for 104 yards on eight carries, and throwing for an additional 55 yards on 3-for-6 passing. The East Meadow resident’s multi-tasking prowess would translate directly into three scores for Holy Trinity, as he utilized his legs to explode for a 67-yard TD run and showed excellent precision with his arm in enemy territory, connecting on

Week 6 Players of the Week

October 17, 2019

Nicholas DeStefano (Jr.); RB – St. Francis Prep Terriers Having rushed for 109 yards through the first five weeks of the season, it is doubtful that those in attendance this past Saturday were expecting the 5’8, 161-pound, 11th grader [DeStefano] to have the kind of breakout performance that he did in the Terriers’ 35-14 road victory over St. Peter’s… Treating the SFP faithful to a demonstration of offensive explosion, the Middle Village resident was the first student-athlete this season for Head Coach, Rich Carroll, to surpass the 100+ milestone, gaining 155 and scoring three touchdowns on 10 carries to single-handedly account for more than half of the school’s point total. The aforementioned three scores, all of which occurred during the second half, were highlighted by a remarkable 43-yard dart to the house. In crossing the goal line on three separate occasions, DeStefano is believed to be the first St. Francis

Week 5 Players of the Week

October 9, 2019

By Matt Diano: Aidan Bernal (Sr.); Two-Way Lineman – Kennedy Catholic Gaels In his 2010 song, “Timing is Everything”, Country singer/actor Garrett Hedlund proclaimed, “When the stars line up and you catch a break, people think you’re lucky, but you know its grace.”…For the Gaels in their 28-12 regular season title clinching win over Cardinal Spellman last Friday, it was a case of creating their own fortune and it all started with a game-changing play from their senior captain [Bernal]. Trailing 6-0 in the first quarter and in danger of falling into a deeper hole, the 5’11, 205-pound senior knocked the pigskin loose right before a Pilot runner could break the threshold. In doing so, he created a 12-point swing in momentum (KC scored on the ensuing possession) and the Dom Tassone mentored program was never looked on their way to clinching the top seed in the “A” playoffs for

Week 4 Players of the Week

October 2, 2019

By Matt Diano: Daniel Settino (Sr.); QB – Kellenberg Memorial Firebirds Any rumors of Firebird domination at the signal caller position being over (following the graduation of 2x All-State selection, Matt Sluka) have been greatly exaggerated; and this past weekend, the 5’10, 178-pound senior [Settino] more than proved it in leading KMHS to their 24th straight win over a double-A opponent, 30-7, against Xavier. Displaying sharpshooter-like precision all afternoon, Settino successfully connected on 19 of his 24 attempts (79%) for 290 yards and three touchdowns in the air…In addition to being personal-bests, his completion and yardage totals also happened to be the finest posted by a Kellenberg quarterback since Joe Grimm tossed for 449 yards in week 3 of the 2016 season and then hit on 21 of 33 two weeks later…The three TD hurls matched Sluka’s performance in last year’s AA title game against this same Knight foe. Adding

Week 3 Players of the Week

September 25, 2019

By Matt Diano: Shane Greene (Sr.); RB/LB – Xaverian Clippers We don’t know if the 5’10, 175-pound two-way force from Brooklyn is sentimental; but what is keenly obvious is that there is just something about the hoopla of Homecoming weekend that causes Greene to elevate his performance to an entirely different level…Honored as a POTW in the fourth week of the 2018 season (also Homecoming) after running for a career-high 155 yards and two TDs in a win over Mount St. Michael Academy, the Clipper senior made it two straight years that he was the “King of the Homecoming Gridiron” when he led Xaverian to the 42-23 triumph over Holy Trinity. Single-handedly accounting for nearly 25% of his school’s scoreboard output, Greene scored one of the team’s five rushing touchdowns when he took the ball to the house from 10 yards out. He then added a pair of successful 2pt

Week 2 Players of the Week

September 18, 2019

By Matt Diano: Derrin Hansen (Sr.); OL/LB – Xaverian Clippers A bona fide game-changer on both sides of the line of the scrimmage, the 2018 All-Catholic selection (for defense) showed exactly why pundits consider him one of the supreme two-way players in the NYCHSFL by impelling the Clippers to their first win of the 2019 season, 32-0, over St. John the Baptist this past Friday. Recording double-digit stops for the third straight game (including the 2018 playoffs) and the fifth overall time in his three-year varsity career, the 6’2, 195-pounder out of Staten Island would be the main reason that Mike Jioia’s troops are celebrating their first shutout of an opponent since the second week of the 2017 season (48-0 against Kennedy Catholic). Adding to the prestige of this feat is the fact that it was the first time since the 2015 AA quarterfinals that the Cougars were held scoreless.

Week 1 Players of the Week

September 12, 2019

By Matt Diano: Clayton Proctor (Jr.); QB – Kennedy Catholic Gaels Last season, it was Gaels’ senior tailback, Myles Proctor, taking the “A” Division by storm, rushing for 978 yards and nine touchdowns en route to being named the league Offensive Player of the Year….This past Saturday, it became quite apparent in Kennedy Catholic’s 24-6 victory over Cardinal Spellman, that younger brother, Clayton, has every intention of making it two years in a row that a Proctor sibling is honored at the Communion Awards Breakfast. Stepping under center for the first time in his scholastic career, the 5’10, 170-pounder from Yorktown Heights was nothing short of spectacular in every possible way in enacting some revenge for last season’s title game loss…Accounting for 158 total yards between his legs and his arm, as well as having a hand in two of the school’s touchdowns, time and time again, the three-sport (basketball

Full List of 2018 CHSFL Award Winners – Pictures Included

December 4, 2018

CHSFL 2018 Awards ~ Players of the Year Awards ~ Monsignor Matthew Peters Award – Student Athlete Award David Amelemah – St John the Baptist Golden Eleven Awards Brandt Mandia – Monsignor Farrell Tom Bossert – St Peter’s Matthew Mongelli – Kellenberg Brendan Kennedy – Fordham Prep Brendan Lebitsch – Kennedy Catholic Antonio Corrado – Mount Saint Michael Matt Panker – Iona Prep Philip Arnold – Chaminade Joseph Garbowski – Archbishop Stepinac Stephen Ryan – Xavier Brandon Ramrattan – Xaverian Special Teams Player of the Year A Special Teams Player of the YearBrendan Lebitsch (Kennedy Catholic) AA Special Teams Player of the YearNick Guglielmo (St. Peter’s) AAA Special Teams Player of the YearAnthony Pecorella (Chaminade) Defensive Player of the Year A Defensive Player of the YearCole Esposito (Kennedy Catholic) AA Defensive Player of the YearValery Gwardyak (Xavier) Vincent O’Connor Memorial Award – AAA Defensive Player

2018 NYCHSFL Communion Breakfast Recap

December 2, 2018

By Matt Diano: As we closed the book on another action-packed season of NYCHSFL football and commenced with the process of bidding farewell to our treasured class of 2019 members, we did so in the manner in which the Lord has taught us, by sitting down as one league, one community, and one family to partake in one of our grandest rituals, the Annual Communion Awards Breakfast. Hosted once again on the campus of Kellenberg Memorial High School, prior to breaking bread and paying homage to our best and brightest performers from the 2018 season, celebrant, Father Albert Bertoni SM would impart upon his congregation the lessons of Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36, reminding the captive audience that Jesus will reveal himself in a variety of forms. Therefore, we must always be attentive to the signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars for the return of our savior in

2018 CHSFL All League Players

November 27, 2018

CHSFL ALL-LEAGUE 2018 OFFENSE Last First Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School Grant Malik 12 RB 5’10 190 Bronx Archbishop Stepinac Harris Sean 12 WR 5’11 175 Mount Vernon Archbishop Stepinac Mucciolo Jonathan 12 OL 6’5 295 Mahopac Archbishop Stepinac Wise Chris 12 RB 5’8 175 Harlem Archbishop Stepinac Escobar Michael 12 WR 6 170 Bronx Cardinal Hayes Tamarez Angel 12 WR 6’2 185 Bronx Cardinal Hayes Brown Jeremeye 12 RB 5’11 170 Bronx Cardinal Hayes Powell Lance 12 WR 5’11 180 Bronx Cardinal Spellman McCormick Connor 12 WR 6’3 205 Islip Chaminade Janosko Brandon 12 RB 6’0 210 Westbury Chaminade Martin Richard 12 OL 6’3 255 Floral Park Chaminade Pecorella Anthony 12 K/P 6’3 190 Malverne Chaminade Bodden Noah 10 QB 6’4 210 Long Island Christ the King Elgammal Adam 12 OL 6’7 260 Long Island Christ the King Fuller Darryl 12 OL 6’4 270 Queens Christ the

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