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CHSFL Honors 2025 Award Winners at Annual Communion Awards Breakfast

December 7, 2025

The 2025 award winners were honored at the annual CHSFL Communion Awards Breakfast. This year’s award recipients are as follows: MONSIGNOR MATTHEW PETERS AWARDJustin Jones (Chaminade) GOLDEN ELEVEN AWARDSRichie DeMarco (Archbishop Stepinac)Pierce Brogan (Fordham Prep)Joe Wolf (Iona Prep)John Hastings (Kellenberg)Andrew Doyle (Monsignor Farrell)Drew Diaz (Mount Saint Michael)David McCue (St. Anthony’s)Paul Modano (St. Francis Prep)Dominick Witt (St. John the Baptist)John Kournidakis (St. Joseph’s by the Sea)Joseph Calabrese (Xavier) COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD – MARIO VALENTINI TROPHYRocco DelPriore (Monsignor Farrell) PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDSSpecial Teams Player of the Year AwardAAA Special Teams Player of the Year – Justin Jones (Chaminade)AA I Special Teams Player of the Year – Vincenzo Coppola (St. Peter’s)AA II Special Teams Player of the Year – Antoine Williams Jr (Holy Cross) VINCENT O’CONNOR MEMORIAL AWARDDefensive Player of the Year AwardAAA Defensive Player of the Year – Mamadee Sangaray (Iona Prep)AA I Defensive Player of the Year

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2025 NYCHSAA STATE FINALS MVPs

December 5, 2025

2025 NYCHSAA STATE FINALS MVPs (Iona Prep) Offense: Julian Guzman (Sr.; QB) 3 State finals appearances…3 titles (and counting)…This is the legacy that the 6’0, 185-pound field general will be leaving behind in New Rochelle as this past weekend, he added a second straight NYCHSAA crown on the gridiron to the 2025 hardware he claimed on the baseball diamond last spring… Fresh off of a 4TD illustration (2 passing, 2 rushing) in the Metro Catholic AAA finals triumph over Monsignor Farrell and putting on the pads for perhaps the last time in a storied scholastic journey (will be focusing on baseball at the University of Maryland); if November 29th was his curtain call; then bravo to him for bringing down the house in every possible way to direct the host Gaels to a 42-21 triumph over Monsignor Martin champs, St. Francis HS!!! Garnering his first MVP honors between the four

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TURKEY BOWLS ‘25 MVPs

December 3, 2025

XAVIER: Elijah Stewart (Sr.; RB/DB) Just days removed from being a legitimate MVP candidate on both sides of the ball following an 82-yard/2 TD running, team-best 11 tackles effort in propelling the Knights to their first AA-1 league title since 2015 (28-7 over St. Joe’s by the Sea); the 5’10, 170-pounder hailing from Brooklyn finally “received his flowers” on Thanksgiving as part of Xavier’s dramatic 22-21 victory in the 102nd edition of their historic rivalry against Fordham Prep! Last Thursday being the final occasion in which Stewart would wear the Xavier football jersey; like a true captain, the two-year senior starter emptied the proverbial gas tank to the tune of amassing 73 yards rushing on 10 carries (1TD) on offense, while simultaneously being among the squad’s top tacklers with 7 total stops (to go along with a pass break-up) on “D”!! His signature moment occurring during the non-stop, back-and-forth nature

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SENIOR BOWL PRACTICE SCHEDULE UPDATE

December 1, 2025

Due to tomorrow’s weather forecast, the schedules for the Senior Bowl practices have been updated. City Practice Schedule: Monday, December 1st @Fordham University, Murphy Field (5-7pm) Tuesday, December 2nd @Fordham University, Murphy Field (5-7pm) (CANCELLED) Wednesday, December 3rd @Monsignor Farrell (5-7pm) Thursday, December 4th @Fordham University, Murphy Field (5-7pm)(ADDED) Island Practice Schedule Monday, December 1st @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (5-7pm) Tuesday, December 2nd @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (5-7pm) (CANCELLED) Wednesday, December 3rd @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (5-7pm) Thursday, December 4th @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (5-7pm) (ADDED) Senior Bowl Game: Sunday, December 7th @Mitchel Field Athletic Complex (1:00 pm) ADMISSION IS FREE

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2025 NYCHSAA State Finals Recap

November 30, 2025

They entered the 2025 ranked #1 in NYS…And that is exactly how the Gaels of Iona Prep are going to finish the fall!!!  Utilizing outstanding efforts on both sides of the ball during the final 17 minutes of regulation; the New Rochelle based cohort closed out an 11-1 campaign and successfully completed their bid to repeat as CHSAA State titlists when they emerged as 42-21 victors on home soil (Mara Field) over a very talented St. Francis Red Raider (10-2) squad!! The contest deadlocked at 21 apiece with 4:29 remaining in the 3rd quarter; the Maroon & Gold machine would run off 21 unanswered points during crunch time to reaffirm their status as the kings of Empire Catholic football… Requiring a mere 27 ticks to respond to SF junior quarterback, Trent Buttles’s 9th TD run of the year (16-year scamper that was facilitated by a 48-yard connection to Mason Anderson);

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2025 NYCHSAA State Title Preview

November 28, 2025

NYCHSAA STATE FINALS Iona Prep-NYCHSFL (10-1) vs. St. Francis-Monsignor Martin (10-1) When: Saturday November 29th, 2025 @1pm Where: Wellington T. Mara Field on the Campus of Iona Prep (255 Wilmot Road New Rochelle, NY 10804) Watch: SportsEngine TITLE GAME HISTORY (Iona Prep) *2021: Champions Behind a 38-22 Victory against St. Francis *2024: Champions Via a 42-26 Victory against Canisius  IMPACT PLAYERS (Iona Prep): *Julian Guzman (Sr.; QB)—Returning All-State Quarterback that led the Gaels to the hardware in 2024….Fresh off of a 17-for-23 passing (206 yards, 2 TDs), 12-carry (66 yards, 2 TDs) performance that raised his seasonal totals to 2,113 (air) and 703 yards (land) and 30 touchdowns (19 passing) *Crew Davis (Sr.; RB)—A 2x Metro Catholic title game MVP as well as the returning Outstanding Offensive Player from the 2024 State Championship, the future Tar Heel racked up 253 yards (202 rushing; 51 as a receiver; 1 ground TD)

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2025 NYCHSFL Salute to the MVPS

November 27, 2025

AA-2: Xaverian Clippers OFFENSE: Terrance Watson (Sr.; QB) Suiting up as a Clipper for the final time in his scholastic career; the 6’0, 220-pound field general made certain that his name will forever be immortalized on the Shore Road based campus!! Serving as the conductor and/or architect of a successful Double-A-2 repeat bid from Xaverian; the senior leader with #5 on his back would unofficially amass an almost perfectly balanced 209 yards and two touchdowns of offensive production during his last hurrah!   Connecting on 7-of-9 passing for 104 yards, while rushing for a believed career-best of 105 on 11 carries (not including knee downs in the midst of victory formation); the Brooklyn resident either directly or indirectly had a hand (or more literally an arm/leg) in all of Xaverian’s 21pts on Saturday morning, as they cruised to a 21-8 triumph over their rivals from Flushing, Holy Cross, to deny the

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2025 Turkey Bowl Recaps

November 27, 2025

XAVIER-22; FORDHAM PREP-21 EPIC FINISH!!! The 102nd edition of the Turkey Bowl will not soon be forgotten!!! In a game that featured four lead changes during the 4th quarter; it would be a 19-yard field goal on the last snap of the morning from the leg of senior specialist, Theo Sheridan-Vitale that proved to be the difference-maker as the visiting 2025 AA-1 Champion Knights stole the 22-21 triumph against the archnemesis Rams of Fordham Prep!!  Trailing 21-19 with just over 3:00 (3:07) remaining in regulation; the traditional/vaunted Xavier run attack gave way to an air raid as field general, Peter Heaney, would connect on 4-of-6 of throws, including a 21-yard hook-up to Ace Jernstedt on 4th &5, multiple pitch-and-catches to Michael Schechner (23 and 11 yards respectively), and a 14-yard exchange to Liam Averill (to the FP 5) to march the Manhattanites 83 yards to set up the dramatic conclusion!!

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