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| Former Woodland all-state safety Jack DeBiase (12) was among the NVL's representatives on Team Connecticut last summer. Five more NVL players will suit up for the Nutmeggers in the 14th Annual Governor's Cup on June 30 at Rentschler Field. Credit: John Goralski |
Dave DiGiorgi (Holy Cross); Brenden Lytton (Torrington); Hakeem Martin (Ansonia); Dylan Vano (Ansonia); Tyler Wood (Ansonia)
Pequot Conference (6)
Michael Antonio (Cromwell); Brett Director (Cromwell); Jimmy Fairfield-Sonn (Valley Regional); Wesley Hopkins (Northwest Catholic); Anthony Morales (Cromwell); Maleek Riley (Northwest Catholic)
Central Connecticut Conference (14)
Aaron Berandino (Windsor); Nicholas Colasante (Glastonbury); Ben Compton (Windsor); Ian Dugger (Hall); Jose Forestier (Bulkeley); Jamar Johnson (Bloomfield); Emir Kuljancic (Wethersfield); Genois Nelson (Maloney); Devon O'Reilly (Glastonbury); Daniel Palmer (Hartford Public); Isaiah Thomasson (Maloney); Tommy Undercuffler (Berlin); Giovanni Viven (New Britain); Jonathan Ware (RHAM)
South-West Conference (8)
Brandon Birdsell (Bethel); Jawad Chisholm (Bunnell); Matt Duignan (Masuk); Evan Foster (Bunnell); Leaon Gordon (Brookfield); Matt Paola (Pomperaug); Jason Piontkowski (Masuk); Ardian Sahinovic (New Fairfield)
Southern Connecticut Conference (14)
Shaun Bowman (Cheshire); Pat D'Amato (Xavier); Henry Foye (Daniel Hand); Vance Giarratana (Daniel Hand); Sebastian Little (Cheshire); Sean Marinan, Jr. (Xavier); Brandon Martin (Notre Dame); AJ Pascuzzo (Sheehan); Khamil Rangolam (Hillhouse); Ludovic Richardson (Notre Dame); Robert Rose (Shelton); Jovan Santos-Knox (Xavier); Billy Wayrauch (Cheshire); Austin Wezenski (Xavier)
Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (4)
Matt Corcoran (Stamford); Chandler Foster (Stamford); Zach Voytek (Trumbull); Brandon Williams (Bassick)
Eastern Connecticut Conference (4)
Jevan Elmore (New London); Tim Farina (East Lyme); Kyle McKinnon (New London); Dallas Smith (Ledyard)
Harry Bellucci, the head coach at Hartford Public, will lead Team Connecticut. Among his assistants will be John Ferrazzi (Sheehan), Jeff Larson (New London), Chuck Lynch (Milford), John Esmail (Hartford Public), Marco Pizzoferato (Manchester), Roger Pearl (Canton), Pablo Ortiz (Bulkeley), Sean Marinan (Xavier), Tony Martinez (Hartford Public), Andy Guyon (Xavier), Mike Drury (Southington), Bryan Hocter (Stamford), Carlos Blanco (New Britain), and former Crosby coach Jason Martinez (Kingswood-Oxford).
Team Connecticut will hold an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Southington High, according to the Rep-Am's Mark Jaffee. Jaffee also caught up with some of the local players on the team in this article.
The game is set for Saturday, June 30, at Rentschler Field. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased from John Fontana at 860-628-4122 or jfontana01@snet.net.
