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2023 NYCHSFL AA-1 GOTW #5 Preview

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

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

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

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

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

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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2023 NYCHSFL AA-1 GOTW #3 Preview

Fordham Prep (1-2) vs. St. Francis Prep (1-2) When: Saturday September 23, 2023 @7pm Where: Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Uniondale, NY 11553)   Players to Watch (Fordham Prep) *Matthew Moorehead (Sr.; QB)—Out of the line-up the past few weekends, we were unable to get an update on the status of the 6’0, 180-pound senior signal caller; however, his absence from the starting-11 would be deeply felt as the rhythm of the Rams aerial attack really hums when #8 is the gentleman running the show….Completing nearly 58% of his throw attempts (119-for-206) for 1,429 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2022, Moorehead took the majority of the snaps in FP’s only win of the season thus far, completing 10 of 18 tries for 104 yards in the week #0 triumph over Mt. St. Michael Academy. *Jack McKillop (Jr.; RB/S)—Named as a week #0 POTW recipient following a 14-carry,

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2023 NYCHSFL AAA GOTW #3 Preview

Iona Prep (2-1) vs. St. Anthony’s (2-1) When: Friday September 22, 2023 @7:30 pm Where: Cy Donnelly Field on the St. Anthony’s HS Campus (275 Wolf Hill Rd, Melville, NY 11747) Watch: Varsity Media (Click to View) Players to Watch (St. Anthony’s) *Gary Merrill (Jr.; QB)—After beginning the year as part of a two-man rotation, the junior out of Bayport-Blue Point has cemented himself as the full-time starter following back-to-back efforts in weeks 1 and 2 that witnessed him accumulate 804 yards of total offense (436 in the air, 368 on the ground) and play a role in 9 touchdowns (5 rushing, 4 passing )….With each passing week, Merrill is seems to be getting more and more comfortable serving as an All-Purpose maestro for the explosive Friar attack…He is connecting on nearly 80% of his hurls (31 of 39), while also averaging just below 7-yard per carry (6.9) on 59

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2023 NYCHSFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK #2

Article by Matt Diano  Week #2 (September 14th-16th, 2023) D’Angelo Cabrera (Sr.); FS – Mount St. Michael Academy Mountaineers Proof that the football gods do indeed have a sense of humor; after naming 30 combined student-athletes as focal points in our Double-A game of the week preview, naturally if was an individual overlooked by us that ceremoniously stepped up and emerged as the utmost standout in Mount St. Michael Academy’s 27-13 vengeance victory last Saturday against Xavier in a rematch of the 2022 NYCHSFL AA-2 title contest!! Donning the #2 jersey on September 16th, but leaving no doubt that he was “numero uno” in terms of essential personnel, the 5’8, 150-pound senior from the Bronx [Cabrera] was invaluable in a universal/aggregate exercise courtesy of the entire Mountaineer “D” that held the rival Knights to their lowest scoring output this far in 2023!!! Embracing the adjustment in assignment/responsibility from ball-hawking centerfielder

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