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The 2015 All-Southern Connecticut Conference Football Teams

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North Haven quarterback Mike Montano (right) tries to elude Nico Ragaini during the Indians' 41-21 victory (Photo Catherine Avalone)

North Haven quarterback Mike Montano (right) tries to elude Nico Ragaini during the Indians’ 41-21 victory earlier this year. (Photo Catherine Avalone)

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Division I

Offense

  • Offensive Line: Bryan Dickens (West Haven), James Campbell (Notre Dame), Kevin Lawrence (Xavier), Matt Zelanin (Shelton)
  • Tight End: Alex Kirk (Shelton)
  • Wide Receiver: Ryan Kauffman (Daniel Hand), Kevin Robinson (Shelton), Jason Atterberry (Wilbur Cross), Nico Ragaini (Notre Dame)
  • Running Back: Colin Beaulieu (Amity Regional), Peter Hoff (Shelton), Nick Franchuk (Fairfield Prep), Anthony Godfrey (West Haven)
  • Quarterback: Nick Van Dell (Daniel Hand), Christian Lupoli (Notre Dame)

Defense

  • Defensive Line: Aidan Coyle (Fairfield Prep), Luke Bernardo (Daniel Hand)
  • Linebacker: Matt Jambor (Notre Dame), Angelo DiMonaco (Hamden), R.J. Oris (Cheshire), Anthony Caramanica (Xavier), Adrian Jaynes (West Haven), Kobe Wiggins (Notre Dame), Calvin Reed (Fairfield Prep), Ron Hubbard (Shelton)
  • Defensive Back: Andrew Criscuolo (Cheshire), Sam Kirk (Shelton), Mike DeVito (Amity Regional), Kwane Taylor (Wilbur Cross), Kwadir Delgado-McIntyre (Hamden), John Sadak (Xavier)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Christian Lupoli, Notre Dame-WH
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jeff Roy, Shelton

Division II

Offense

  • Offensive Line: Luke Edmondson (Foran), Joseph Coury (Jonathan Law), Noah Brown (Hillhouse), Michael Crosby (East Haven), Patrick Casey (North Gaven), Billy Oliver (Hillhouse)
  • Wide Receiver: Zach Davis (Sheehan), Luke Distasio (Branford), Colin Firmender (Foran), Brett Huber (Foran), Tyler Selmecki (Sheehan)
  • Tight End: Jeremy Imperati (North Haven)
  • Running Back: Zach DeGoursey (Branford)
  • Quarterback: Mike Montano (North Haven), Lance DiNatale (Foran), Jack Jankura (Guilford)
  • Kicker: Sabrina Fronte (North Haven)

Defense

  • Defensive End — Tyler Williams (Hillhouse), Nick Moscato (Guilford), Colton Brown (Lyman Hall), Conner Suraci (North Haven), Mike Masnato (North Haven)
  • Linebacker — Dave Mikos (North Haven), Niam Coward (East Haven), Danny James (Sheehan), Logan Danville (Jonathan Law)
  • Defensive Back — Tom Dodge (North Haven), Javon Taylor (Hillhouse), David Patrick (Jonathan Law), Justin McClain (Hillhouse), Michael Griffith (East Haven), Noah DeGoursey (Branford)
  • Punter — Austin Thornberg (East Haven)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Mike Montano, North Haven
COACH OF THE YEAR: Melvin Wells, East Haven

More All-Conference Football Teams

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All-State Football Teams

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Old Comments

  1. Under your player of the Year You have Christian Lupoli and indicate he is from Hand. He plays for NDWH.

    • Whoops thanks.

      Insider story: I was trying to guess who won it as I wrote it out.

  5. 8 LB in Div 1? 3 Div II QBs? 6 DB in Div II? 62 kids made All SCC. Many not even in the position they were clearly better in. I guess this is just to get us ready for the 300 all state players. I just feel bad for the 12 kids who won’t even make honorable mention.

    • Every year the same crap, how can 4 OL’s make All-SCC D1 when there are 5 OL’s on the field?

      Six OL in D2 this year. And 1 RB in D2 but 3 QB’s???

    • I dont know how to get intouch with the commissioner of the league but there should be a second team all sec and a few honorable mention players too. This is for the kids for colleges to look at. There were a few players in 2012 who made all scc and did not make all state and some players who made all state and not all league. Years ago in the 80s you had to make all league first team to be able to make all state (coaches poll).

    • You kidding??? No D1 kicker? That’s easy. Pen in Shelton’s Joe Zoppi… 48 of 49 PAT kicks and 5 FG.

  7. I can see van Dell as an SCC QB but Lupoli? There are at least 2 SCC QBs with better stats! Can we say rigged?? Unreal … Glad it’s coming to an end.

    • van Dell is a good athlete but Lupoli is a better QB. most of van Dells passing success comes from scrambling around and somebody eventually gets open. He struggles from the pocket especially this year. that walsh kid was a better passer. going to miss him next year.

    • The coaches got it right. The two best QB’s in the SCC Div. I. Lupoli was the best biggest/tallest pocket passing QB in the SCC. That is what Div I schools are looking for. However, this is HS Football. Van Dell was the best run and throw QB. Two different types of offensive schemes. At the HS level, a smaller QB that can run and throw can be just as devastating to an opponent as a much taller and bigger pocket passer. Please stop referencing the Walsh kid. He took his ball and went to play elsewhere. Wish him the best success. He is now playing on a 1-7 team in a pass only offense in a weak prep league. Next year, Hand will be find someone to step up as the QB and win as a team.

    • Pocket passing isn’t even Lupoli’s strength. By far, he is a better runner than passer – even behind an undersized O-line. Watch the Hand-ND game at the Surf Club to see which QB is All-SCC.

    • Lupoli is an awesome QB. He really can do it all. He has great size, good speed, and an awesome arm. There is a reason he is going to UNH. It will be fun to watch him as a college athlete.

    • Walsh made the smart decision going prep school. Everyone who is serious about football is now in prep.

    • From what I see most Prep school football is like playground football at recess-QB’s chuck the ball up and hope that one of the big,tall, athletic kids they recruit will come down with it- Absolutely NO defense! Not a good place to get any better but may be good if you are looking for a good highlight reel ! (Choate may be only exception.)

    • Oh the Walsh, should have, could have, of it all. Ciotti will be much better and next year proves that. FACT is van Dell delivered THE stats that set the bar. Watch the highlight reels on YouTube and you see the true talent and playmaking ability this kid possesses.

    • @ Rolls Royce… I’m sure all the coaches have nothing better to do but get together and say lets rig it lol

    • Lupoli’s stats are low because 1) he was injured for 1.5 games and B) the JV QB got a lot of time on the field as they had a lot of games in hand by the start of the 4th qtr. It is difficult to bolster your stats when you have to stand on the sidelines because you blowing out a team.

  8. I don’t understand why coaches can’t vote for the 11 positions on each side of the ball and 2 kickers and then the top vote getters at each position are your ALL whatever team. And if a kid is good enough to be voted on for both offense and defense, so be it. I guess Div I teams are so good, they never have to punt. And a pl;ayer who doesn’t play in 20% of your games can’t be player of the year unless stats are mind boggling. And I love the kid.

  9. for the record, these all league teams are made up of the players the coaches want to be on the all league team. It goes by who has the most league wins for who gets the first picks. Every team gets an opportunity to put a player or two on and then it goes around again with the teams with the most wins getting another couple of choices. The scc d2 coaches realize that north haven is heads and heels above the others so they get to choose more players. There is no nominating, no discussion on who the true best at each position is. It’s basicallly a list of the best players on each team.
    The 3 QB’s at the D2 level is down right comical though. There are only 9 D2 teams!! just pick who’s the best! I never understood why it is done this way. It would simply take the coaches coming together and deciding they wanted to spend a little more time on it and do it right.

    • It would probably be less time. Just have the league send out a checklist to each coach. Check off 24 names and send it back. Not rocket science. But i’m sure typical coach politicking has to get involved because coach has to answer to kid or parent.

    • Gobballfan,well stated! AD’s should look around at all the Dad’s hanging around the sidelines. It’s comical and pathetic. Some changes certainly need to be made going forward.

    • Nobody wants to take the trouble to make out, distribute and accept only a sensible ballot return(eg: 4 OL 1 Center 1 QB 1 TE 5 WR/RB combination…11 guys on O 11 on D a kicker, a punter and maybe a KR guy). All-anything teams have become a farce.

    • The teams are picked based on a Ill vote for your guy if you vote for my guy mentality. Its not necessarily the most deserving but rather a numbers game where if a coach has a player he wants to give props too then he makes an agenda to get him on the team. Now mind you that player may not have the best numbers or be the best at that position but because his coach agreed to vote for other players on other teams his guy will get named ALL SCC. It really is trivial in the big picture.

  12. As “bad’ as this might be, at least it’s not the FCIAC with their multiple teams and honorable mentions.

  13. It’s funny how you all get so up and arms about something so trivial.

    If all you “experts” knew how All-Conference teams were actually “selected,” you’d be even more upset.

  14. Some of us do know. High School football is all about the coaches. It begins and ends with them. They think it and we know it.

    • This is a good point. In my experience, I find this exactly true as well.

      HS football coaches are such an insular community in many respects. As much as we believe that what we write on here is true or what we as fans think matters, it does not really matter to coaches.

      They generally view everybody who is not a coach as a moron when it comes to football. Their general view is: We know the game and what goes into it, and parents & fans do not.

      They are 100x more concerned with garnering the respect of fellow coaches as opposed to the “idiots on blogs.”

  15. How in the heck did a Hillhouse running back not make the team???
    There were three to choose from….

    • Excellent point. One RB in D2? Does not make sense. Neither does three kids making it from a one win team.

    • Montano from NH, although listed as a QB, is essentially a RB in the single wing offense they run…so one could make the argument that there are 2 RBs from DII and 2 QBs.

    • Hillhouse players only didn’t make it if Coach Lyttle didn’t put them up for the honor. Maybe he was concerned that he would offend one of them since there stats were similar? Bottomline is if Coach Lyttle wanted one of them on the team they would be on the team.

  16. ANYONE MAKING IT FROM MILFORD IS A JOKE.THEY SHOULD JOIN NON VIOLENT LEAGUE OR START RECRUITING.

    • Obviously you were unloved as a child. I think I speak for everyone when I say, get the help you need.

      And turn off the caps lock.

  18. In response to Big Boy Football- if you are a QB or WR it sounds like Prep School may be a good place to be- especially when their coaches and athletic department make it a point to help players get to the next level-

    • In it to Win it, if you are responding to that ridiculous post about Hand student athletes being better served at private school, you are way off base. You will be hard pressed to find any L school with more players on current D-1 & D1-AA rosters than Hand. You will also never find a coaching staff that is more committed to the long term success of it’s student athletes. Hand has been fortunate to have had some bad apples leave town.