Gallery of scholarship winners for the 2017 Gene Casey / Bill O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame banquet, which will be held March 31 at Fantasia in North Haven. (Click for Slideshow)
The 57th anniversary of the Casey-O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will be on Friday March 31 at Fantasia, 404 Washington Ave, North Haven. A reception will begin at 5:30 pm a with the march to the head table at 6:30 pm.
Twenty-seven high school and prep school athletes who play football will be honored for academic excellence, leadership and citizenship. “Once again we are honoring and outstanding group of young men”, said Bill O’Brien chapter president. “Their accomplishments in the classroom, on the field and in the community bring honor and distinction to their parents, their school and their community”.
In addition, other award winners include legendary East Haven coach Frank Crisafi who coached football and basketball for over 30 years each, and baseball for 9, winning a combined 772 games, 12 Housatonic Championships, 6 state championships and the New England Class B basketball championship in 1954. The East Haven football field was named after him in 1973.
The Chapter Award of Merit will be presented to two long time chapter members and coaches for their years of service to the chapter. Retiring coaches Tom Marcucci of Notre Dame and Steve Filippone of Daniel Hand have been coaching for forty-three and thirty-eight years respectively and have a combined total of 402 wins and 9 state championships over the years.
The chapter Coach of the Year will be presented to Reggie Lytle of Hillhouse winners of the Class M State Championship in 2016. The Academics finished 9-1 during the regular season and swept the Class M playoffs with wins over New Fairfield, Killingly and St Joseph in the title game to finish 12-1.
In addition Michael Moran of North Haven will receive the Official Recognition Award as selected by the New Haven Football Officials Association. An official since 1994 Moran has officiated five CIAC state playoff games. The chapter will also present championship awards to Ansonia the Class S champions and Hillhouse the Class M winners.
Tickets can be purchased for $50 by sending a check payable to ‘National Football Foundation’ to Donna Limone, 10 Ludlow Court, Branford 06405 or by calling her at 203-481-8375.
See www.newhavenfootballfoundation.com for further information.
The Scholar Athletes
- AMITY- Colin Beaulieu
- ANSONIA- Bryson Cafaro
- CHESHIRE- Joshua Frenkel
- CREED- Kenneth Andersen
- DERBY- Khalil Ibrahim
- EAST HAVEN- Dominic Manna
- FAIRFIELD PREP- Bobby Haskins
- FORAN- Pierce Klein
- HAMDEN HALL- Corey Millhouse
- HAMDEN- Jose Kuilan
- HAND- Nicholas Leone
- HILLHOUSE- Alvin Weekes
- HOLY CROSS- Adam Razza
- HOPKINS- Jake Moscarelli
- JONATHAN LAW- Samuel Rossi
- LYMAN HALL- Justin Hettrich
- NORTH BRANFORD- Dillon Blake
- NORTH HAVEN- Maxwell Sullivan
- NOTRE DAME- Michael Piechota
- OXFORD- Riley Nixon with coach Joshua Harris
- PLATT MERIDEN- Dominic Modica
- SEYMOUR- Alexander Massie
- SHEEHAN- Zachary Davis
- WEST HAVEN- Bobby Hawkins
- WILBUR CROSS- Jayden Valderrama
- WOODLAND- Quiniten Koch
- XAVIER- Glenn Cunningham
OTHER AWARD WINNERS
- DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN AWARD – Frank Crisafi
- CHAPTER AWARD OF MERIT – Tom Marcucci
- CHAPTER AWARD OF MERIT – Steve Filippone
- OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AWARD – Michael Moran
- COACH OF THE YEAR – Reggie Lytle Hillhouse
STATE CHAMPIONS
- CLASS M STATE CHAMPIONS- HILLHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL
- CLASS S STATE CHAMPIONS- ANSONIA HIGH SCHOOL
Guilford didn’t nominate a player!!! Jarvis is a disgrace. Cmon man.
Wow! How about congratulating the players for this great accomplishment. Everything isn’t always about Guilford.
It’s an open forum. I’ll talk about whatever i want…It is a great honor and shows greatness to balance academics and athletics! Congrats to all! But it’s a shame that he failed to recognize one of his.
As I have stated before Guilford Athletics had a great opportunity to bring in an experienced AD
When Chip Dorwin retired and Misenti chose
An inexperienced Candiate from New Haven
With zero AD experience. How could that be?
Guilford is a good size school and it seems
The athletic department direction is a compete
Mess. What can be done?
Sources in New Haven told me Jarvis was more of a physical education teacher then an AD.
The AD who was forced out in 2015 from
New Haven (Canzanella) I am told made all the decisions. Even he did a sub par job I am told.
So I ask how has Guilford Athletics improved?
Staples players did the win a game this year
It’s time for Guilford to clean house.
Poor leadership! Experience matters!
It seems Guilford athletics as a whole is always one step behind!
FYI: The AD has nothing to do with the selection of this award. It’s chosen by a committee. You don’t know if your AD nominated someone that met the criteria.
Congratulations to all the recipients….