Connecticut-Rhode Island Governor's Cup Rosters

The rosters have been announced for the 10th Annual Governor's Cup High School Football All-Star Game featuring the best from Connecticut taking on the stars from Rhode Island. The game will be played June 28th at Rentschler Field Field in East Hartford.

Connecticut, which has won five straight games, leads the series 6-3. Connecticut will be coached by Fitch-Groton's Jim Buonocore and Rhode Island will be led by Keith Kenyon of North Kingstown High.

Rhode Island, which lost last year's game 59-27, will be led by Gatorade Player of the Year quarterback Stanley Dunbar of St. Raphael's Academy. Dunbar is headed to the University of Rhode Island in the fall.

Connecticut will feature Stratford running back Torrey Mack, who's heading to Virginia and Yale-bound Alex Thomas of Ansonia.

Here are the rosters...

Connecticut All-Stars

Derek Williams, WR, Xavier; Torrey Mack, RB, Stratford; Josh Maignan, WR, Stamford; Nathan Pagan, RB, Newington; Jonathan Jackson, DB, Bunnell; Lorenzo Baker, DB, Middletown; Matt Coyne, QB, Bristol Central; Ryan Katon, QB, Xavier; Alfredo Frausto, K, Cromwell; Ziggy Bailey, DB, Windsor; Joshua Hudson, DB, New Britain; Mike Escobar, DB, Danbury; Rob Moir, QB, Seymour; Bobby Shepherd, K/P, Fitch; James Hodges, DB, Wethersfield; Jack Cooper, LB, Berlin; Jamal Gaston, DB, Fitch; Johrone Bunch, WR, Maloney; Israel Burgos, DB, Southington; Nathan Tyler, LB, Northwest Catholic; Octavias McKoy, Ath, Stratford; Jim Desautels, TE, East Catholic; Louis "B.J." Aponte, RB, New Britain; Geoff Schultz, LB, Shelton; Mike Easley, WR, Bunnell; Tim McNeil, RB, Ledyard; Mike D'Angelo, TE, Cromwell; Jaizz Nealy, LB, Bloomfield; Alex Thomas, RB, Ansonia; Mwamba Williams, LB, Windsor; Trevardo Williams, LB, Central; Julian Sanford, LB, Bloomfield; Hakeem Young, LB, Hartford Public; Matthew Delconte, OL, Berlin; Richard Perry, OL, Middletown; A.J. Tillman, OL, New London; Richard Boebel, DL, Bristol Eastern; Matt Walker, DL, Pomperaug; Earl Wilson, LB, New London; Mike Flynn, LB, Ansonia; Mike Mainiero, Shelton; Kyle Parrish, OL, Weaver; Keatric Redding-Hall, LB, Weaver; Kyle Duncan, OL, New Canaan; Benjamin Chapman, OL, Stonington; Rashaad Bass, DL, Ansonia; Dwayne Guscott, OL, Central; Bill Romaniello, DL, Masuk; Chris Willadsen, OL, South Windsor; Stanley Reshannon, DL, Weaver; Erik Matos, OL, West Haven; Efrain Rodriguez, WR, Hartford Public; Lorenzo Hemingway, WR, Capital Prep; Tristan Roberts, WR, Conard; Aaron Smith, LB, Hillhouse.

COACHES — Jim Buonocore, Fitch (head); Sean Marinan, Xavier; Bill Mella, Southington; Tom Brockett, Ansonia; Andy Guyon, Southington; Marc Romano, St. Bernard; Peter Cox, Central; Mark Condon, Xavier; Mike Tyler, Northwest Catholic; Roy Roberts, Bloomfield; John Ferazzi, Sheehan; Harry Bellucci, Hartford Public; Chris Fulton, Capital Prep.

Rhode Island All-Stars

Hershel Williams, RB, Shea; Jordan Monk, WR, St. Raphael; Josh Ponte, DB, South Kingstown; Stanley Dunbar, QB, St. Raphael; John Pedrotty, QB, Portsmouth; Hans Hall, DE, St. Raphael; Bryan Dewitt, RB, Rogers; Josh Perry, WR, South Kingstown; Rob Carbone, DB, Cranston West; Darren Williams, WR, Hendricken; Emmanuel Tutu, RB, Classical; Branford Sowah, RB, Bishop Hendricken; Alex Mendez, LB, Cranston West; Anthony Petrarca, WR, Warwick; Alex Loewenthal, DB Cranston West; Zak Gumkowski, LB, Cranston West; Roablas Lumpkins, DB, Mt. Pleasant; Ron Woodley, WR, East Providence; John Perrotti, DB, North Kingstown; Mark Laurito, LB, La Salle; Thomas Cole, LB, Classical; Joe Saunders, LB, Rogers; Howard Robinson, LB, Central; Dan Hayes, DE, St. Raphael; Geoff Gillson, DB, Cranston East; Tahj Eddington, RB, Juanita Sanchez; Brent Semple, DL, North Kingstown; Will Lopes, LB, St. Raphael; Matt Greenhalgh, OL, Ponaganset; Rob Maggiacomo, OL, LaSalle; Greg Dubee, OL South Kingstown; Bobby Booth, DT, Bishop Hendricken; Justin Rapp, LB, St. Raphael; Craig Argencourt, LB, St. Raphael; Brandon Sherratt, DL, St. Raphael; J.R. Whesu, DL, Classical; Tom Davis, LB, East Greenwich; Riley O'Brien, OL, North Kingstown; Jacob Burton, DL, East Providence; Patrick Onye, DL, Classical; Daniel Perkins, OL, Classical; Ray Bundy, OL, LaSalle; Ron Durfee, DL, Chariho; Ruben Gonzalez, RB, Central; Nick Rogrigues, TE, LaSalle; Josh Janes, DE, LaSalle; Jim Jaworski, DE, Bishop Hendricken; Neal Rooney, DE, LaSalle.

Coach: Keith Kenyon, North Kingstown (head); Tom Centore, Cranston East; Dick Fossa, Narragansett

To read more from the Hartford Courant, click here.

It's Ohio State!

Months and months of speculation ended Wednesday when Jeannette High's Terrelle Pryor chose Ohio State.

The nation's top recruit, who is the only Pennsylvania high school football player to ever run for 4,000 yards and pass for 4,000 yards, chose the Buckeyes over Michigan. To read more about Pryor's highly anticipated decision, click here.

Seven Starters From Jeannette Football Team Lead Jayhawks to State Basketball Championship

The nation's top high school football recruit Terrelle Pryor has another Pennsylvania state championship gold medal to hang around his next.

Saturday, Pryor and six of his football teammates led Jeannette to a 76-72 overtime victory over Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion and the PIAA Class 2A state basketball championship.

Pryor scored 23 points in the victory for the Jayhawks, who became the first school in the very powerful WPIAL to ever win state football and basketball championships in the same year. Jeannette (25-4) used only seven players in the game, and all seven were starters on the football team.

To read about the game, please click here.

Next up for Pryor...a decision on where to play his college football!

Still No Decision...But Terrelle Pryor Playing For Another State Championship Today

The Year of Terrelle Pryor continues rolling along at breakneck speed today when the nation's number one recruit plays for his second state championship during the current school year.

Pryor and his Jeannette (24-4) teammates will play Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion (23-5) at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center for the PIAA Class AA state title. Of course in December, the still undecided football recruit, led his Jayhawks to a state football title.

Maybe his appearance in Happy Valley this weekend, will help Pryor decide where he will play college football. Penn State is considered one of the four finalists for his services...with Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon still in the running.

Pryor delayed his decision beyond the National Letter of Intent signing day and has kept all of the recruiting websites buzzing about his final decision.

April 1st is the cut-off date for his decision.

Hawaii Letter of Intent Day

Former University of Hawaii head coach June Jones is off the island and that may have kept some of Hawaii's top talent on the island. Click here for a nice video montage from several Hawaiian television stations that wraps-up national signing day

Pryor Delays Decision

Terrelle Pryor will hold a news conference today, but only to say, he's delaying his decision where to play his college ball.

Click here to read the full story from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Signing Day Is Here!!

After taking some time off to recover from an amazing 2007, it's time to get back into the swing off things with National Letter of Intent Signing Day.

For the first time in years, there is some excitement about Wednesday because the nation'#1 recruit Jeannette's (PA) Terrelle Pryor still hasn't made his announcement. Today, the all-purpose quarterback told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he's 80% sure he'll make his choice tomorrow.

Still considered in the running...three Big 10 schools...Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

Most "experts" say Ohio State has won the Battle Royale for the western Pennsylvania quarterback that is the only Keystone State schoolboy to run and pass for over 4,000 yards in his career.

Come back often tomorrow to find out, who signed where.

Jeff

Ohio Roster Announced for Big 33 Classic

Big 33 Classic officials have announced the roster for the June 14th all-star high school football game between Ohio and Pennsylvania in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The Big 33 Classic is considered one of the best all-star high school football games in America, because every Super Bowl played has included a player that has played in the mid-summer classic in Chocolatetown USA.

Here's the Ohio roster....

Disi Alexander, WR/LB, Canton McKinley, Toledo
Frank Becker, DL, Cincinnati Moeller, Cincinnati
Eugene Clifford, WR/DB, Cincinnati Colerain, Ohio State
Zach Collaros, QB, Steubenville, Cincinnati
Zak Crum, OL, Westerville South, Toledo
B.J. Cunningham, WR, Westerville South, Michigan State
Bruce Davis, LB, Cleveland Glenville, Iowa
Brady Demell, OL/DL, Mentor, Navy
Frank Edmonds, RB, Lakewood St. Edward, Ball State
Debo Elias, FB/DL, Lakewood St. Edward, Ohio Dominican
Perci Garner, QB, Dover, Undecided
Kyle Jefferson, WR, Cleveland Glenville, Wisconsin
Will Johnson, WR/DB, Centerville, West Virginia
Kevin Koncelik, OL, Cleveland St. Ignatius, Miami (Ohio)
Kevin Kowalski, OL/DL, Macedonia Nordonia, Toledo
John Hughes, TE/DL, Gahanna, Cincinnati
Daniel Ifft, WR, Dover, Ball State
Cale Lipsey, DL, Cincinnati Sycamore, Undecided
Chris Littleton, OL, Harrison, Undecided
Jordan Mabin, RB/DB, Macedonia Nordonia, Northwestern
Matt Merletti, RB/DB, Cleveland St. Ignatius, North Carolina
Otis Merrill, DB, Cleveland Glenville, Undecided
Julian Miller, TE/LB, Beechcroft, West Virginia
Diaunte Morrow, DB, Lakewood St. Edward, Iowa
C.J. Peake, LB, Trotwood-Madison, Wisconsin
Chris Rucker, WR/DB, Marion Harding, Michigan State
Jon Saelinger, DB, Cincinnati St. Xavier, Pennsylvania
Jeremy Shrieves, OL, Huber Heights Wayne, Eastern Michigan
Nick Spadafore, K/P, Gahanna, Concordia-St. Paul
Kenny Staudinger, OL, Hoover, Miami (Ohio)
J.B. Strahler, TE/LB, Hilliard Davidson, Ashland
George Tabron, FB/LB, Canton McKinley, Undecided
Anthony Wright, QB/CB, Maple Heights, Air Force
Lorren Womack, LB, Huber Heights Wayne, Ball State

Head coach: Dan Ifft (Dover)
Assistant coaches: Brian White (Hilliard Davidson), Steve Specht (Cincinnati St. Xavier), Ron Lewis (Rocky River), Bob Mihalik (Aurora), Justin Buttermore (Tri-Valley)