I’ve touched base with coaches the last couple days to gather information on the Class of 2012. Certainly it’s very early in the recruiting process for these juniors but not too early for a few to receive scholarship offers already.
Below are updates on the juniors, but the list is far from complete. If you have information I haven’t listed here that you think is pertinent, please e-mail me at jthomson@lohud.com.
UPDATE, 5/19, 7:34 P.M.: Updates on four Croton-Harmon players, Will Parkinson of Mamaroneck and John D’Onofrio of Westlake.
Justin Combs, CB, Iona Prep — One of the players who surprised me most was Combs, a speedy defensive back. He had a strong junior season and showed great athleticism and ball skills, but Combs stands just 5-foot-9, 170 pounds. What he may lack in size has not stopped him. Combs recently attended a U.S. Army combine in Texas and his performance helped earn him Division I offers from Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and Wyoming.
Brian Connolly, QB, Ossining — You saw a glimpse of the big lefty’s prodigious talent when I took a video of him last summer at practice. Obviously, Ossining had an uncharacteristically tough season, which took Connolly off the Section 1 radar. Well, colleges haven’t failed to notice. He’s already received an offer from Bucknell, as well as visits from colleges at the high schools and a number of invitations to Division I-A camps. He will attend camp at the following schools: Lafayette, Syracuse, Temple, Fordham and Rutgers.
Caleb Gilligan-Evans, RB, Stepinac — The 240-pound back has received extensive interest from Patriot League and Ivy League schools. He visited Yale this spring and received an offer from the New Haven school. He was also invited to camp at Penn State, and has received recruiting interest from William & Mary, Stony Brook, Fordham, Ball State and Akron.
Eric Cooley, OL/DL, Yorktown — One of the area’s top returning linemen has received invites to camps at Rutgers, Stony Brook, Albany, UConn and Bucknell. He has not yet received an official offer.
Austin Taps, TE/DE, and Garfield Heslop, OLB, Stepinac — In addition to several visits from colleges at the school for these two and Gilligan-Evans, Taps and Heslop have received some heavy interest, although no offers yet. Taps has been invited to a combine at Rutgers, and will attend camps at Boston College, Syracuse and Temple next month. He also visited William & Mary. Heslop, who is Doug Hogue’s cousin, has received a great deal of interest from Syracuse and will attend camp there. Akron, Temple and Ball State have shown interest as well, but Syracuse has been the strongest suitor.
Dennis O’Connell, OL/DL, Croton-Harmon — The run stuffer in the Tigers’ defense has given a verbal commitment to Division I-AA Byrant. He and teammates QB/DB Jesse Mainiero, LB Kyle Ricciardi and OL/DL John Brennan have all attracted attention, including visits to the high school by recruiters. The suitors include Fordham and Marist, which currently has three Croton players on its rosters, including Mainiero’s brother Nick.
Others — TE/DL Anthony Caldararo, WR/S Shaquille Evans and OL Durrell Rice of New Rochelle have received Division I interest but no offers as of yet. … White Plains WR/S Odaine Franklin was named MVP at the National Underclassmen Combine last weekend in Palisades, N.J. Mount Vernon MLB Sherlon Bacchus was named MVP among linebackers at the same combine in Middletown. … Stepinac K Prezemyslaw Popek has also attracted interest from scholarship-level schools. … Mamaroneck WR Will Parkinson has garnered interest from Division I-AA teams. … Westlake QB John D’Onofrio will attend camps at Albany and Boston College this summer and has received interest from several Division I-AA and II schools.
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good point!... but we can say that he was handed the spot and he has not disappointed lil pelham and the rest of the fans!!... how many yards do you think he would have if he was in class AA?
Prince, plus, last year, Stallworth did not get many carries so he was under utilized or his stats would have been even better. I think he has done well and think he has the talent to do very well in Class AA. Does he have the work ethic to get better since the competition is tougher, would be the question.
Maybe lil pel knows the answer.
section 1 fan, Any team in b plays better teams than a tesm in c, so with your arguement your impleying that no1 in b or c except croton and westlake players should be in consideration? If a rb is multiple steps ahead of a class b defense do you think he can play in AA? and if stallworth does good or better in A, your arguement is dead.
Prince, you cnt predict how many yards some1 wouldget ina different class. You have to look at # of carries and the o-line would be less effective.
Just a fact, your completely right and stallworths work ethic is great this year, hes aware (like every1 else in pelham) that class a is better and requries more prepration and alot of work in the offseason.
Stallworth is a very good player. He is fast and elusive and that will translate in any division. I think some folks forget that unlike college where a player is at a smaller school or division because they were not at a level to play higher, in public high school your school size and division is dictated by geography so you cannot automatically dismiss a kid because he plays in a lower division. Although I think Stallworth will do well especially being even more of a focal point, there are two things can possibly slow him down, one is Pelham lost some good linemen which hurts especially moving up a division , second he is tough but not the biggest kid in the world as see him more of a receiver or DB at next level and if he gets 20 carries a game he will be productive but runs risk of injury as with new line and moving up he will take a lot of hard shots. Bottom line is he has skills to be a factor on any A, AA or Catholic school power.
”# PRINCE, PURPLE RAIN 3G’Z May 23rd, 2011 at 8:25 am
MAM FOOT NUMBER 10
I WATCH NEW RO GAMES AND I CAN
TELL YOU THAT NUMBER WAS NEVER A STARTER
THE SECONDARY WAS!...#3 LUCAS, #9 & #25 CARGILL TWINS #1 EVANS, #20 CENUS , #8 VINSON!!.. YES NUMBER #8 WAS THE 3RD STRING QB!!... AND BY THE WAY THE GAME WAS OVER BEFORE IT STARTED!!!.....
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Can you please stop putting everything in caps, it’s obnoxious, unnecessary, and makes it hard to take you seriously when you’re making good points.
I wouldn’t deny that you watch all the new ro games and probably know the numbers significantly better then I would, the point I am making is that that throw was made in the first half of the game, when we were down by one touchdown, the noticeable starters on New Ro did not come out until the mid 3rd quarter after our meltddown at the beginning of the second half, as it had been 14-0 going into halftime.
To clarify when I say noticable starters I mean the ones everyone knows, like lopopolo, khaliq, jordan lucas, etc. Not to say the cargills weren’t mad good, their secondary was absolutely insane and incredibly difficult to throw against, but the players I noticed as their stars were definitely in up until long after that catch. So either dirienzo put in a back up randomly or you made a mistake in viewing the video. Either way it’s an incredibly respectable catch and I fail to see why you’re ripping on Mamaroneck so hard, we never talk shit about New Ro football, we have insane respect for it. Mamaroneck has some incredibly talented and hard working players coming up this year, give them the respect they deserve and let the play on the field do the talking, no game is “over before it starts,” please make the effort to grow the f*** up sir
MAM #10
I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT THE TRUTH!!..
I DN’T NEED YOU TOO SHOW ME RESPECT I ALREADY TOOK FROM YOU!!!... 
AND LIKE I SAID IT WAS AGAINST A 3RD STRING PLAYER.. I WAS CORRECTING YOU B/C YOU SAID IT WAS LUCAS!!.. AND IT WAS NOT SO GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU TRY AND MAKE A POINT!!!..
P.S. THE WR DID MAKE A GOOD CATCH!!... BUT IT WAS ON A 3RD STRING DB!!!....
how is he a 3rd string db if he started
Footbal 1
and Like I told you before that game was over before it started!!.... Lol!!!....
If he started that game which I doubt!!! He didn’t start any game before that or after but I will pop the tape in and dbl check!!! That still does not take away he was a 3rd string db!!...
Btw the catch was made over #9 Courtland Cargill who was a starter
Football
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Lol!!.. You want it to be #9!...... Cort is 5’8 the corner was 6’ #8 you still cnt get your info together maybe that’s why the football is so bad over ther
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goo and look at parkn tape on the next thread and you will see for yourself that #9 cargill was closes to mam sideline about 5 yards to the right of #3 for mam after park made the catch you can pause the screen after the cath you can see #9 get your info in order!!!
.... i know you park to look good and he is he just made a catch on the 3rd string db in cover 3!!!!....... 
you guys are forgetting about Kameron Tedder i went to his games and he definitely impressed me!! he is definitely on of the best DL in weschester!!
i agree with you Kameron is a very good player and he also just got the DL MVP at National Underclassmen Combine
super 11 prediction
GILLIGAN-EVANS- stepinac
FRANKLIN- white plains
Everett-white plains
Caldararo- new ro
TAPPS- stepinac
Conway- bronxville
CONOLLY- ossining
EVANS- new ro
Tedder-iona
combs-iona
Wolf-hackley
super 11
does kameron has a video???
The 2 WP kids on the list may not be the best players on their roster.
High school
Wp have a couple more good players on ther roster!!!
I wonder how many Section 1 football players went down to Lafayette College last weekend for the Lauren’s First and Goal camp? According to the website, there were over 1800 athletes from 30 states and 300 college coaches in attendance. For a donation (fee) of only $30, it’s a shame if kids didn’t go to this camp and take advantage of the networking opportunities with coaches!
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i have been to that camp it always attract alot of kids!!... it’s pretty good and kids need to have ther coaches to push them to attend and support it alot of coaches do not!!.. smh!! only in new york!!
Everett & Franklyn are Probably the 2 best kids on their roster . They have good players like avery , scottman and coleman but everett is there best athlete .
SEC1
EVERETT MAYBE THER BEST ATHLETE BUT IS HE THER BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IS THE REAL QUESTION!!.... DOES HIS FOOTBALL I.Q. MATCH HIS TALENTS!!!!...
Sec 1
PPR
Everett is probably one of the best athletes in sec 1. Both Everett and Frankyn are great athletes. But not the players on the roster.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
EVERETT MAYBE THER BEST ATHLETE BUT IS HE THER BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IS THE REAL QUESTION!!.... DOES HIS FOOTBALL I.Q. MATCH HIS TALENTS!!!!...
high school
how do you think wp will do this season???
PPR
Everett is a tremendous athlete. But his football IQ is still developing average at best. Has not played enough on the defensive side of the ball. He also needs to take care of the ball. In the New Ro game last year he fumbled about 3 or 4 times. Not to knock him because in any given moment he can give you the big play needed, he is athletically gifted. But his size hurts him some as an 15 to 20 carry a game back. Needs to bulk up some. As a football player down in down out he’s not the best on their roster.
WP should do well. The schedule for teams like WP, NR and Step will definitely test to see how good each team really is, there are not many non-competitive games on the schedule.
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very good point i had came too the same conclusion about everett aswell that he needed more time to develop his rb skill set!!.. i think he would be a good w.r. i think with the other rb on the roster everett will not have to touch the 20x maybe 9-12x and they will be ok!!
my final super 11
stepinac-caleb
stepinac- taps
iona-combs
iona-tedder
wp-franklin
hackley-wolf
new ro-ac
new ro-evans
white plains-Everett
bronxville-Conway
ossining-CONOLLY
stepinac-caleb
stepinac- taps
iona-combs
iona-tedder
wp-franklin
hackley-wolf
new ro-ac
new ro-evans
white plains-Scotman or Riberio
bronxville-Conway
ossining-CONOLLY
Hs Football Fanatic I believe you left Ciero off your list who recieved super 11 as a junior….and had a fantastic season…
is evans really that good ?
Stallworth is def a super 11 pick.. point blank
HS
Your right Ciero is a no brainer for Super 11.
Section 1 A
I like Stallworth as well but not sure if he’s Super 11. I should have included LJ from Sleepy Hollow. Proven to be solid against a very tough schedule. As well as a good student that should account for something.
The Connelly kid threw nearly 20 interceptions last year in a 9 game schedule. He transfered to Ossining because he was a bench warmer at Stepinac. (Ask their alumni about him)His “prodigious” talent produced a grand total of 2 wins for OHS. There was a 4 game stretch in the middle of the season during which he threw a dozen interceptions. For as much “hype” as LoHud has been fed (and by whom we don’t know) the kid isn’t that good. Ricci had an experienced squad last year, with kids who had been on either the previous year’s playoff team, or the previous year’s JV squad that lost only 1 game.
Let’s see how many games Connelly wins this year. No excuses about “down years” or “uncharacteristically tough” seasons.
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