Voorhees' Matteo Tramutola runs off with Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week Scholarship for 2025

As always, there were tons of great performances across the Big Central during the 202 high school football season, and it’s not always easy choosing the Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week Award.

But, of course, thanks to Central Jersey Sports Radio founding sponsor Joe Bellamy – without whom none of this would be possible – somehow, we figure it out.

Each week, we pore over all the nominations. Some weeks it’s like a chip shot field goal. Other times we just fire it downfield and hope to hit the open man.

Then, after nine weeks of regular season play, we have to pick from those to award a $500 scholarship from Bellamy & Son Paving, and this year, we went west – far west – for Voorhees’ Matteo Tramutola.

Not only did the Vikings’ senior have a great year, but capped a fantastic four-year varsity career out in Glen Gardner. He rushed for a personal best 1,338 yards on 193 carries, scoring 17 touchdowns for the second straight season, giving him 39 for his career. And over four years, he ended up as the school’s all-time leading rusher. How’s this for symmetry: 444 total carries for an exactly even 3,000 career rushing yards?

Tramutola won the award in Week Six, when he carried 26 times for 154 yards and two touchdowns. But two other aspects made it all the more remarkable. First, his second touchdown of the game turned out to be he game-winner in a 21-14 win at Governor Livingston on October 11th. But the game also saw him set the Vorhees career rushing record.

Click below to listen to Matteo Tramutola get surprised by Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko with the Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week Scholarship:

Here’s the full list of Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Year Honorees. Click the links to read more about each player’s performance, plus Honorable Mentions and a full list of nominees.