Sayville Recruiting Update

Well I just got off the phone with the head coach of the Long Island Champions, Rob Hoss, of Sayville High School. I was able to get an update on the recruiting process.

Zach Gallo - DT - Has Committed to Albany. He'll be joining Mike Tracey up there from East Meadow.

Jon Lewis - OL - Has committed to Bryant University. Once again I think Bryant stole a player here. Jon and Bellort's MLB James Pendergrast (also committed to Bryant) both could be playing at higher levels in my opinion.

RJ Khun - QB - RJ is a big tall QB, who always seemed to make the big throw when needed. He's being recruited by Wagner, CW Post, Western Conn. Montclair State.

Andrew Smith - RB - The speed back in Sayville's Thunder and Lighting attack. Andrew was hampered by injuries all year long, but still had a very productive season. Andrew is being recruited by East Stroudsburg University.

Recruiting update on John Glenn H.S.

With two of the top players on Long Island Coach Dave Shanahan has had a busy couple of month. He was gracious enough to set down with LI BLITZ and give us an update on Trevor Coston and Ifeanyi Momah.

Ifeanyi Momah - WR - 6'7" 220 - Just is a freak of nature, we rated him the #3 prospect on Long Island. Colleges have been in hot pursuit of him and he has narrowed his choices down. He has official offers from Syracuse, UCONN, and Temple. He waiting on BC, Clemson, and Rutgers. BC and Rutgers could be calling soon with scholarship offers. Schools are intrigued by his size and speed, some are thinking of bulking him up and playing him at DE. Others want him as a TE. Syracuse has said that they want him as a WR. Ifeanyi on the year had 47 catches and 685 yards, while racking up 55 tackles and 4 sacks.

Trevor Coston - ATH - Trevor was the spark plug for this high powered offense. Trevor was a first team ALL-LI BLITZ as a DB this past season. Coach Shanahan has said that Trevor has offers from Maine and Rhode Island, while CW Post is in the mix as well. Trevor on the year passed for 1352 yards and 9TDS. He also ran for 910 yards and 15 TDS. He also had 56 tackles.

Ifeanyi Momah

Ifeanyi Momah was a first team All-LI BLitz.com WR this past season and he was rated as one of the top recruits on Long Island. It's easy to see why colleges are fighting over him, he's 6'7" 215 and glides when he runs.
It seems as though Ifeanyi has narrowed his choices down to a 4 of schools; Temple, Syracuse, Rutgers and one other Big East School. Momah has already visited Temple and Syracuse and is planning to visit Rutgers in the near future.

East Meadow Jets Recruiting Update

This past season the Jets enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in East Meadow High School history. They were the top football team in Nassua County from start to finish. They played in the Long Island Championship game. Coach Mascia was lead by a great group of seniors during the season. I had a chance to catch up with Coach today and get an update on the recruitng process.

OL - John Elliott - He's one of the top players on the East Coast, and has narrowed down his choices to Rutgers, Boston College, Virginia, and Michigan. John has already visited Rutgers in December. Coach Mascia told me that John has visits set up for later in this month to Michigan and Virginia. The new coach at Boston College has been in contact as well and they are trying to set up a mid week visit sometime this month.

QB - Mike Tracey - Mike is probally all set to go to Albany University. He had a great visit and they offered him a scholarship.

RB/DB - Andrew Rubenau - After a very productive senior season Andrew has been in contact with Gettysburg and Cortland University.

LB - Chiris Bright - Chirs is still being looked at by Albany and Stony Brook University. CW Post has real interest in Chris and will be waiting for him.

OL - Sal Posillico - Sal's height has hurt him during the recruitng process, because he sure can play extermely well. Sal is being recruited by Cortland, Ithaca, Franklin and Marshall. He will be a steal at that level. He can be a four year starter for any of those teams.

Bellport Clippers Recruitng Update

Bellport High School was loaded this year. The Clippers were lead by a talented group of seniors, Edwin Gowins and Denzal Person to name a few. Plenty of college coaches have past through the doors this year just to get the chance to talk to these fine young men. I recently had the chance to talk with Coach Cipp and get an update on how the recruiting was going this year.

RB/LB - Edwin Gowins - Has been offered by Stony Brook and Hofstra University. He set a visit for Feb 2 at Stony Brook. Edwin still has some bigger schools looking at him such as Colorado and Minnesota. Gowins probably wont decided on a school until the signing date.

WR - Denzal Person - Has a visited schedule to Duke on Jan. 20th. The Blue Devils have already offered him scholarship according to Coach Cipp. He will also visit Stony Brook on the Feb 2. Denzal will also visit Central Connecticut State University sometime in January.

LB - James Pendergrast - Recently visited Bryant University and committed to them. Bryant University has just found their a starting middle linebacker for the next four years.

DB/WR - Jonathan Spurill - Has received interest from Sacred Heart, and Central Connecticut State University. Jonathan visited Bryant University and he is set to visit Stony Brook on the Feb 2.

DE - Cheyenne Ray - He is being recruited by Wagner and CW Post.

LB/SS - Vaughan Flake - Vaughan is being recruited by CW Post.

WR/DB - Michael Martinez - According to Coach Cipp, Michael has made a lot of trips so far. He recently just got back from a visit to Davidson University.

WR - Tyler Glendon - Tyler schedule to visit Iona University in the near future.

QB - Mike Pepe - Mike will be visiting Marist on January 20th

We here at LI BLITZ.com wish these fine young men the best of luck in their future in endeavors. Stay tuned for more recruiting information from LI BLITZ in the coming months.

Long Island Football Recruiting

The first wave of college coaches have past through our Long Island High Schools, visiting the great student athletes here. Some of the students athletes have even taken official visits to colleges. As the recruiting season begins to kick into high gear, I've decided to make a list of the top recruits here on the Island.

1) John Elliott - OL - East Meadow Jets - 6'6" 290 - He is an absolute star in the making. He can bend, run, and has a mean streak. At 6'6" 290 he has very little body fat and still has room to grow. The biggest challenge he will have in college is getting use to the fact that he's not the biggest, strongest kid on the field. He should follow in the Long Island tradition of turning out great offensive lineman (D'Brickasaw Ferguson - Freeport, Shane Olivea-Lawrence).

Recruited by: Rutgers (Official visited last week), Boston College, West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan

2) Edwin Gowins - LB/RB - Bellport Clippers - Had a outstanding season on both sides of the ball. Might be a better LB than RB in college due to his size, but he could excell at either depending on the situation. Has very good speed and has good quickness.

Recruited by: Central Florida, Duke, Virginia, Syracuse, Maryland

3) Inefanyi Momah -WR/LB - Elwood-John Glenn - 6'7" 220 - A little bigger and better verision of Denzal Preston. He had 47 receptions and 685 yards on offense. Inefanyi also proved productive on defense with 55 tackles and 4 sacks. He still has room to grow, could develop into a very good TE or DE.

Recruited by: Maryland, Boston College, Syracuse, Stony Brook, Hofstra

4) Denzal Preston - WR - Bellport Clippers - 6'4" 218 - Big, and tall is something you can't teach. Denzal also has good straight away speed. Not the greatest route runner, but that can be fixed at the collegiate level.

Recruited by: Duke, Maryland, Rutgers

5) Michael Mayo - RB - Roosevelt Roughriders -Michael had a great season for the Roughriders. He dominated consistently against inferior opponents, and he was able to set records along the way. He never played down to his competition. He has great speed and quickness. Size and level of play will be detractors to D-1A schools.

Recruited by: Hofstra, Stony Brook


This is the LIBLITZ official top five recruits here on Long Island. There are many others that are right below these 5. Anthony Polo of Wantagh is a very good LB who's probally headed for Hofstra. Andrew Tiller of Central Islip would probaly challenge John Elliott for the number one spot, but his coach is telling me he is headed for JC or prep school. Mike Marino is also a very good prospect and will make someone very happy.

We will be doing updates through out the winter keeping you posted on the recruiting scence here on Long Island.

Coaches Awards

It's been a couple of days now, so I decided to make some comments on the awards given out by the coaches on Monday. I must say I don't envy the task that the coaches had, and for the most part I think that they did an excellent job. Picking Edwin Gowins for the Hansen was a gimmie, as was the choices Elliott and Tiller for the Martone and Zellener awards. The choice of Chris Edmonds for Thorp Award wasn't the choice I would have made.

Now I don't want to say that Chris wasn't an excellent player, because he was (102 tackles, 1103 yards rushing, and 12 touchdowns). If LI BLITZ gave out an Nassau County Defensive player of the year he would have won it,but I would have chosen Michael Mayo from Roosevelt as the Thorp winner. I thought he was the best player in Nassau County this year. He rushed for 2232 yards and had 26 touchdowns. Both of those stats doubled Chris's. I know people will say that Michael played in Conference 4 and Chris played in Conference 1. Which I would agree on any other year would make a valid case, but Mayo's stats were just tremendous this season. Plus he had that signature moment (as Heisman voters are always looking for) with his 98 yard touchdown run in Nassau County Finals.

I also would have given East Meadow the Rutgers cup. They dominated teams all season long, winning by an average of 20 points. If Alex Rivas and Andrew Rubenau didn't get hurt they would have won the whole thing.

These are just my opinions