Tag: Super 100

by Mike Pavlichko

NJFCA honors more than two dozen Big Central football players on annual Super 100 Team

The New Jersey Football Coaches Association has announced its Super 100 list, honoring players from all across New Jersey for their efforts on the field this past season.

The Super 100 features 25 players from each geographic section of the state, those traditionally in South, Central, North 1 or North 2, regardless of group size. Players are nominated by member coaches.

With many Big Central Conference teams split between two sections, 12 were named on the Central list, with another 11 named in the North 2 section, giving the league 23 honorees out of 100 statewide.

Below are the players from the Big Central honored by the NJFCA. For the full list, visit the NJFCA Twitter page by clicking here.

Central

  • Carteret: Sir Hezekiah Ragland
  • Hillsborough: Jonathan Lobelo
  • Linden: Myles Hamilton
  • Montgomery: Matthew D’Avino, Michael Schmelzer, Jr.
  • North Brunswick: Samaad Hicks, Payton Wieczerzak
  • Perth Amboy: Jahmeil Brown
  • Sayreville: Zaimer Wright
  • South Plainfield: Patrick Smith
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Christian Magliacanao
  • Woodbridge: A.J. Bosch

North 2

  • Bernards: Connor Laverty
  • Colonia: Jaeden Jones
  • Elizabeth: Ibn McDaniels
  • Phillipsburg: Colin Higgins
  • Plainfield: Josue Cordoba
  • Rahway: Marquis Diggs
  • Ridge: Will Deady, Christopher Oliver
  • Summit: Tyler Kessel
  • Watchung Hills: Aleks Sitkowski
  • Westfield: Max Cho
by Mike Pavlichko

NJFCA honors 20 Big Central student-athletes on its Super 100 All-State team

The New Jersey Football Coaches’ Association is out with its “Super 100” All-State team, and 20 players from the Big Central Conference – representing 16 different schools were on the list.

They’ll be honored at the organization’s annual banquet in March.

Each of the four traditional sections of the state – Central, South and North 1 and 2 – have 25 representatives. The Big Central landed eleven players on the North 2 list, nine in Central.

Three teams – North Brunswick, Hillside and North Hunterdon – had two representatives each.

Of the two teams to win sectional titles in 2023, Edison had quarterback Matt Yascko named to the team, while North hunterdon had runningbacks Kente Edwards and Alex Uryniak on the list.

Here are all the Big Central honorees, by section:

Central:

  • Edison: Matt Yascko
  • Hillsborough: Shane Donoghue
  • Manville: Shawn Purcell
  • Montgomery: Gavin Guidette
  • North Brunswick: Zahmir Dawud, Frankie Garbolino
  • South Plainfield: Jason Greer
  • St. Thomas Aquinas: Jayden Young, Israel Bey

North 2:

  • Bridgewater-Raritan: Colin Kurdyla
  • Hillside: Kyon Simonson, Zaimir Hawk
  • North Hunterdon: Kente Edwards, Alex Uryniak
  • Rahway: Kyle Hall
  • Ridge: Adam Meiner
  • Summit: Jake Lowry
  • Union: Omar Ibrahim
  • Watchung Hills: Hunter Seubert
  • Westfield: Trey Brown