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WNY Connolly Cup
past winners
Year Player Position School
1972 Don Magee RB Eden
1973 Jerry Martin RB St. Francis
1974 Pat O’Brien QB Kenmore East
1975 Tom Blinco RB Lewiston-Porter
1976 Jim Rath RB Frontier
1977 Frank Rossi, Jr. RB Baker-Victory
1978 Brian Ross QB Niagara Wheatfield
1979 Mike Leavelle RB St. Francis
1980 Tony Baker RB Springville
1981 Dane Hightower RB Cardinal O’Hara
1982 Roberto Amoroso RB Jamestown
1983 Daryl Johnston RB Lewiston-Porter
1984 Dan Mettica RB Williamsville South
1985 Tom Sheehan WR Bishop Timon
1986 Ray Braxton RB Lackawanna
1987 Trevor Sadjak QB Cleveland Hill
1988 Jim Snyder RB Medina
1989 Chris George RB Springville
1990 Randy Smith RB Lockport
1991 Bob McDonnell QB Grand Island
1992 Cory Schemm QB Cleveland Hill
1993 Warren Miles QB Lackawanna
1994 David Hinson RB Jamestown
1995 Dennis Martin RB Lake Shore
1996 Dave Schmidli RB Wilson
1997 Frank Pavicich DE Niagara Wheatfield
1998 Sandro DeAngelis RB St. Joseph’s C.I.
1999 Joe West RB Lackawanna
2000 Aaron Leeper RB Jamestown
2001 Mike Radon QB St. Francis
2002 Jehuu Caulcrick RB Clymer
2003 Keien Williams RB Eden
2004 Zak Kedron RB St. Francis
2005 Naaman Roosevelt QB St. Joseph’s C.I.
2006 Curtis Underwood RB Lackawanna
2007 Jeff Tundo RB Orchard Park
2008 Capone Smith RB Lackawanna
2009 Zack Sopak QB Southwestern
2010 Joe Licata QB Williamsville South
2011 Chad Kelly QB St. Joseph’s C.I.
2012 Corey Barczykowski RB Alden
2013 Jake Sisson QB Jamestown
2014 Stephen Carlson WR Jamestown
2015 Tyree Brown QB South Park
2016 Isaiah McDuffie RB Bennett
2017 Matt Myers QB West Seneca West
2018 Mike Rigerman RB Pioneer
2019 Jake Ritts QB St. Francis
2020 Award Not Presented Due to Covid Pandemic
2021 Jaylen Butera RB Jamestown
2022 Trevor Barry RB Iroquois
2023 Ja'Meer Thomas Bennett High School
2024 Adam Nunes RB South Park
PAST NOMINEES
School Position Player Year
Akron RB Austin Mietz 2012
Akron RB Austin Lauricella 2013
Akron RB Jacob Sarow 2017
Albion REC Dan Monacelli 1979
Albion RB David Austin 1981
Albion RB Kevin McNeil 1981 Albion QB Ken Burke 1983
Albion RB Bray Nauden 1987
Albion REC Ray Callicutt 1990
Albion RB Ocie Bennett 1993
Albion REC Brandon Munson 2000
Albion RB Derick Kinder 2002, 2003
Alden RB Jack Koelbl 1973
Alden RB Keith Landers 1983
Alden RB Don Snell 1983
Alden RB Todd Choate 1991, 1992
Alden RB Jason Meyers 1999
Alden RB Sean Guyette 2001
Alden QB Tyler Stoldt 2010
Alden RB Corey Barczykowski 2012
Alden RB Lyle Grant 2013, 2015
Alden QB Brian Stoldt 2013
Amherst RB Vic Boland 1972
Amherst RB Jerry Quinlivan 1980
Amherst RB Anthony McCarley 2019
ARCHBISHOP WALSH…see Walsh
Baker Victory RB Joel Milligan 1975
Baker Victory RB Frank Rossi, Jr. 1977
Bennett RB Javon Fogan 2011
Bennett RB Isaiah McDuffie 2014, 2015, 2016
Bennett RB D’Jae Perry 2019
Bennett RB/DB Dominic Allen 2021
BISHOP NEUMAN…see Neuman
BISHOP TIMON…see Timon
Burgard RB Bill Maxwell 1972
Canisius QB Joe Bremer 1972
Canisius RB Bill Koessler 1973
Canisius DB Phil McConkey 1974
Canisius QB Mark Butler 1975
Canisius RB Tom Fitzpatrick 1976, 1977
Canisius REC Carl Chase 1978
Canisius RB Smith Morris 1980 Canisius LB Pete Simonian 1993
Canisius QB Sean Brady 2008
Canisius QB Travis Eman 2010
Canisius RB Qadree Ollison 2012, 2013
Canisius RB Mitch Thomas 2014
Canisius RB Cole Burniston 2015
Canisius QB Jayce Johnson 2017
Canisius LB CJ Ozolins 2019
Canisius QB Tyler Baker 2021
***CARDINAL O’HARA…see O’Hara
Cassadaga Valley RB B.J. Monacelli 2009
Cattaraugus RB Matt Ellis 1987
Cattaraugus RB Paul Paddock 1997
Cattaraugus Little Valley RB Matt Crandall 2006
Cheektowaga RB Jim Krentz 1974
Cheektowaga QB Zak Ciezki 2014
Cheektowaga RB Tyree Billingslea 2015
Cheektowaga QB Eric Bartnik 2016
Cheektowaga QB KeShone Beal 2017, 2018
Clarence RB Dave Kulbacki 1979
Clarence RB Todd Burks 1988
Clarence RB Andy McKenzie 1990
Clarence RB Cory Clive 1996
Clarence RB Kevin Clive 1998
Clarence RB Tim Hammer 1999
Clarence QB Zack Lauricella 2010
Cleveland Hill QB Trevor Sajdak 1987
Cleveland Hill DB Art Hicks 1988
Cleveland Hill RB Eric Everett 2000
Cleveland Hill RB Robert Kelly 2005
Cleveland Hill RB Brandon Thomas 2013
Cleveland Hill RB Grayson Taylor 2015
Cleveland Hill RB Matt Eldridge 2016
Cleveland Hill RB Aaron Wahler 2017, 2018
Clymer RB Jehuu Caulcrick 1999, 2001, 2002
Depew RB Rick Gorzynski 1986
Depew QB Todd Wilkowski 1987
Depew LB Scott Hausauer 1993
Depew RB Tim Hall 2003
Depew RB Mike Sanders 2006
Depew RB/DB Carson Alberti 2021
DeSales RB Jim Goerss 1973
DeSales RB Mike Mullane 1973
DeSales RB Mike Woods 1976
DeSales RB Mike Vosbugh 1981
Dunkirk QB Mike Balzer 1974
Dunkirk RB Travis Maxwell 1996, 1997
East Aurora RB Jim Kauderer 1986 East Aurora QB Tim Bailey 2006
East Aurora QB Scott Drosendahl 2007
Eden RB Don MaGee 1972
Eden RB Bill Zittel 1977
Eden RB Bob Bateson 1978
Eden QB Bill Weidner 1986
Eden RB Nick Colantino 1995
Eden RB Keien Williams 2003
Ellicottville RB Doug Boles 1978
Ellicottville RB Dave Johnson 1980
Ellicottville RB Carl Althans 2000 , 2001
Ellicottville RB Mandella Elom 2005
Falconer RB Jason Parker 1991
Falconer RB Tim Rissell 1993, 1994
Falconer RB Curt Jones 2004
Fredonia QB Mike Wallace 1977
Fredonia RB Brady Raynor 2007
Fredonia QB Shane Smith 2010 Fredonia RB Matt McCarthy 2013
Frewsburg RB Dan Chesney 1994
Frewsburg RB Chris Gray 1996
Frontier RB Tim Eberle 1972
Frontier RB Jim Rath 1976
Frontier RB Curtis Collins 1979
Frontier RB Ron Wolfley 1980
Frontier DB Chuck Conti 1984
Gowanda QB Mike Maloney 1992 Gowanda RB Brad John 1993
Grand Island QB Glynn Lipp 1974 Grand Island QB Bob Costanzo 1977
Grand Island QB Dean Santorio 1985
Grand Island QB Cliff Scott 1989
Grand Island QB Bob McDonnell 1991 Grand Island RB Scott McDonnell 1991 ***if Bob and Scott are brothers they would be first brothers to be finalists in same year**
Grand Island QB Anthony Scott 1992
Grand Island QB Joel Moran 1993
Grand Island DL Mark Nowicki 1993
Grand Island RB Mike Blocho 2003
Grand Island WR Alex Neutz 2008
Grand Island RB Andy LaLonde 2009
Grover Cleveland RB Mark Lyles 1975
Grover Cleveland RB O.D. Underwood 1980, 1981
Grover Cleveland RB Teddy McDuffie 1991, 1992
Hamburg LB Ward Johnson 1982
Hamburg LB Corey Jones 1988
Hamburg RB/DB Devin Collins 2021
Hinsdale RB Dave Conklin 1975
Hinsdale DB Steve Noll 1990
Hutch Tech RB Dellian Sharp 1983 Hutch Tech RB Kenon Jackson 1997
School Position Player Year
Iroquois QB Jeff Souder 1977
Iroquois S Dan Welkley 1981
Iroquois QB John Jimenez 2001
Iroquois RB Steve Mamak 2004
Iroquois QB Kyle Shevlin 2006
Iroquois RB Brandon Murie 2007, 2008
Iroquois RB Calvin Sluberski 2009
Iroquois RB C.J. Perillo 2017
Iroquois QB Trey Kleitz 2021
Iroquois RB Trevor Barry 2022
Jamestown LB Tom Jordan 1976 Jamestown RB Nate Davis 1978
Jamestown LB Sam Restivo 1979
Jamestown RB Roberto Amoroso 1982 Jamestown DL Gary Battle 1982
Jamestown LB Ken Johnson 1982
Jamestown QB Jim Painter 1986 Jamestown DE Mark Hilt 1987
Jamestown RB Kevin Senear 1990
Jamestown RB Ray Taylor 1991
Jamestown RB David Hinson 1994
Jamestown RB Corey Itson 1997
Jamestown RB Aaron Leeper 2000
Jamestown TE Andy Sturzenbecker 2002
Jamestown RB Spencer DeCinque 2011
Jamestown QB Jake Sisson 2013
Jamestown WR Stephen Carlson 2014
Jamestown WR Zack Panebianco 2014
Jamestown RB/DB Jaylen Butera 2021
John F. Kennedy RB Chuck Goettel 1975
Kenmore East RB Dave Lenz 1972
Kenmore East QB Pat O’Brien 1974
Kenmore East RB Neil Boron 1977
Kenmore East RB Paul DeSantis 2000
Kenmore East QB Jon Anthony Wiltberger 2007
Kenmore West RB James Mallory 2004 Kenmore West RB Martin Bailey 2011
Kenmore West RB Terrell Ford 2014, 2015
Lake Shore RB Dennis Martin 1995, 1996
Lackawanna RB Ray Braxton 1985, 1986, 1987
Lackawanna DE Mike Mamula 1990
Lackawanna RB Warren Miles 1993
Lackawanna RB Paul Barber 1994
Lackawanna RB Wade Turner 1996, 1997, 1998
Lackawanna RB Joe West 1998, 1999
Lackawanna RB Curtis Underwood 2005, 2006
Lackawanna RB Capone Smith 2008
Lancaster RB John Martineck 1975
Lancaster NG Alan Copeland 1978
Lancaster RB Jim Miller 1980
Lancaster RB Mike Barone 1985
Lancaster RB Andy Girardi 1988
Lancaster RB Mike Barone 1985
Lancaster RB Andre Cook 1994
Lancaster RB Ty Godinho 2000
Lancaster QB Justin Juda 2009
Lancaster WR Max Giordano 2016, 2017
Lancaster RB Zach Samborski 2016
Lancaster QB Ryan Mansell 2017
Lancaster RB/WR Micah Harry 2021
LaSalle (Niagara Falls) QB Kevin Karwath 1976
Lewiston Porter RB Joe Stepien 1972
Lewiston Porter DT Butch Dillon 1974
Lewiston Porter RB Tom Blinco 1975
Lewiston Porter QB Al Whitehead 1976
Lewiston-Porter RB Daryl Johnston 1983
Lewiston Porter RB Joe Cerminara 2003
Lockport RB Tony Ventura 1981
Lockport RB Wade Smith 1987
Lockport RB Randy Smith 1989, 1990
Lockport RB Jhamal Fluellen 2002, 2003 Lockport RB P.J. Harris 2004
Lockport RB David Fluellen 2009
Lockport RB James Chambers 2012
Maple Grove RB Brad Verbosky 1996
Maple Grove QB Randall Secky 1998, 1999
Maple Grove RB Kyle Swanson 2001
Maple Grove QB Tom Secky 2006. 2007
Maple Grove QB Chris Secky 2008, 2009
Maple Grove QB Alex Grace 2011
Maple Grove RB Brad Benson 2016
Maple Grove-Chaut. Lake RB Ryan Miller 2014
Maryvale DB Pete Lang 1985
Maryvale RB Matt Lang 1988
Maryvale QB David Merrell 1985
Maryvale RB Cory Schemm 1991, 1992
Maryvale RB Rashad Law 2017
McKinley RB Arvin Bell 2007
Medina RB David Fluellen 1982
Medina RB Jim Snyder 1988
Medina RB Kevin Dukes 2005, 2006
Medina QB Xander Payne 2021
(Bishop) Neumann REC Peter Coppola 1973
(Bishop) Neumann DT David Spoth 1974
Newfane RB Eric Kramp 1993 Newfane RB Brian Wise 1999
Niagara Catholic LB Dave Brundage 1987
Niagara Falls QB James Starks 2004
Niagara Falls RB Ken Armstrong 2005
Niagara Falls LB Al Wooten 2008
Niagara Wheatfield QB Brian Ross 1978
Niagara Wheatfield LB John McSwan 1987 Niagara Wheatfield QB Chris Henry 1992
Niagara Wheatfield RB Jerry Mahl 1996
Niagara Wheatfield DE Frank Pavicich 1997
North Tonawanda C Frank Jastrzemski 1979
North Tonawanda QB Ed Mahoney 1990
North Tonawanda RB Geoff Gane 1998
North Tonawanda RB Brandon Decheine 2002
Notre Dame (Batavia) RB Greg Rahn 1972
(Cardinal) O’Hara DB/RB Dane Hightower 1980, 1981
(Cardinal) O’Hara RB Major Cole 1997
(Cardinal) O’Hara RB Reggie Garner 2006, 2007
Olean RB Kevin Wesolowski 1981
Olean QB Rob Kosinski 1995
Olean RB Jesse Turner 1995
Olean RB James Wright 2003 Olean QB Garrett Boldt 2016
Orchard Park RB Bob Wujek 1975
Orchard Park RB Ron Pitts 1979, 1980
Orchard Park DB Sean Browne 1983
Orchard Park LB Chuck Bullough 1986
Orchard Park RB Pat Monile 1986
Orchard Park RB Mark Anderson 1987
Orchard Park DB Paul Ferreri 1988
Orchard Park RB Andy Fried 1997
Orchard Park RB Aaron Sawyer 1998
Orchard Park QB Jon Corto 2002
Orchard Park RB Cody Williams 2003
Orchard Park RB Andy Pace 2004 Orchard Park RB Joe Callegari 2005
Orchard Park RB Jeff Tundo 2007, 2008
Orchard Park QB Kyle Hoppy 2008
Orchard Park RB Okoya Anderson 2010, 2011
Orchard Park WR Ben Johnson 2011
Orchard Park RB Mitch Wilson 2012
Orchard Park QB Dillon Janca 2015
1996
Pine Valley RB Josh Roth 1995
Pine Valley RB Taylor Van Zile 2004
Pioneer RB Phoutha Okhamvilaysack 1995
Pioneer RB Dennis Wolfer 1999, 2000
Pioneer RB Mike Rigerman 2018
Portville RB Adam Hellwig 2002
Portville QB Brian Nitche 2004
Randolph RB Mike Tierney 1994
Randolph DB Ike Morrison 1997
Randolph RB Steve McElwain 2003
Randolph RB Nick Jackson 2005
Randolph RB Chris Daubek 2013
Randolph RB/LB Xander Hind 2021
Riverside RB Bob Bickler 1975
Royalton-Hartland QB Mark Wilson 1976
Royalton-Hartland RB Willie Cunningham 1985
Royalton-Hartland RB Matt Hartsock 1992
School Position Player Year
Salamanca OT John Wier 1973
Salamanca QB Todd Heidrick 1982
Salamanca RB Chris Krantz 1982
Salamanca LB Tom Paprocki 1984
Salamanca LB T.J. Brol 1990
Salamanca RB Dustin Ross 2001
Seneca Vocational QB Peter White 1984
Seneca Vocational QB Darmel Whitfield 2000
Silver Creek QB Jon Williams 2005 Silver Creek RB Zack Williams 2010
South Park QB Greg Russell 1992
South Park RB Victor Collins 1993
South Park REC Demetrius Duncan 1994
South Park QB Keith Smoot 1996
South Park RB James Henley 2001
South Park QB Maurice Howie 2012
South Park QB Tyler Mascio 2013
South Park LB William Burgess 2014
South Park QB Tyree Brown 2015
South Park DE Marqwan Fluitt 2019
South Park RB Keith Jackson 2019
Southwestern RB Steve Larson 1972
Southwestern LB Dan Fifinski 1976
Southwestern RB Greg Card 1985
Southwestern DE Mark Hilt 1987
Southwestern RB Jason Burch 1999
Southwestern RB Dustin Bowser 2001, 2003
Southwestern RB Steve Mancari 2004
Southwestern QB Chris Stoddard 2006
Southwestern QB Zack Sopak 2009
Southwestern RB Jimmy Rauh 2010
Southwestern QB Cole Snyder 2017, 2018
Southwestern WR Alex Card 2018
Southwestern RB Tywon Wright 2019
Springville RB Kevin Forness 1973
Springville RB Gary Feltz 1974
Springville RB Scott Reynolds 1975
Springville RB Bill Lewis 1977 Springville LB Mike Warner 1978 Springville RB Tony Baker 1980 Springville RB Tim Butzer 1981
Springville QB Mark Nugent 1982
Springville RB Eric Orton 1983
Springville RB Jim Prawel 1984
Springville LB Eric Jantzi 1986
Springville RB Chris George 1989
Springville DB Jeff Piscitelli 1995
Springville RB Ian Baker 2016
St. Francis RB Jerry Martin 1973 St. Francis LB Jeff Blair 1977
St. Francis RB Mike Leavelle 1978, 1979 ****Mike is the first 2 time finalist to win award*** St. Francis RB Mark Calveric 1989
St. Francis QB Scott Taylor 1991
St. Francis RB Mark Saviano 1992
St. Francis QB Larry Tyger 1992
St. Francis QB Mike Radon 2001
St. Francis RB Zak Kedron 2004
St. Francis QB Ilio DiPaolo 2005
St. Francis QB Delano Fabor 2007
St. Francis WR Luke Tasker 2008
St. Francis RB Akeel Lynch 2011
St. Francis RB Brandon Metz 2015
St. Francis RB Dylan McDuffie 2016
St. Francis QB Jake Ritts 2018, 2019
St. Francis RB Xzavier Janczylik 2019
St. Joseph’s CI QB Phil Scaffidi 1973 St. Joseph’s CI QB Bill Hurley 1974
St. Joseph’s CI RB Chris Rehbaum 1977, 1978
St. Joseph’s CI RB Joe Neubert 1982
St. Joseph’s CI RB Mike Okoniewski 1984
St. Joseph’s CI LB Kevin Deakin 1985
St. Joseph’s CI RB Joe Klein 1988
St. Joseph’s CI DB P.J. Riga 1989
St. Joseph’s CI RB Chris Sommer 1990
St. Joseph’s CI RB Kenny Harris 1996
St. Joseph’s CI RB Sandro DeAngelis 1998
St. Joseph’s CI QB Naaman Roosevelt 2005
St. Joseph’s CI QB Terrance Schmand 2006
St. Joseph’s CI QB Matt Rosenhahn 2009
St. Joseph’s CI QB Chad Kelly 2010, 2011
St. Joseph’s CI RB Ilo Noble 2012
St. Joseph’s CI RB Nigel Davis 2013 St. Joseph’s CI RB Micah Brown 2019
St. Mary’s RB Kevin Burns 1999
St. Mary’s RB Dan Lopez 2002
St. Mary’s RB Nick Vallone 2012
St. Mary’s RB/DL Christian Lewis 2021
Starpoint RB Joe Cappello 1972
Starpoint DL Rob Housler 1984
Starpoint RB John Donner 1989
Starpoint QB Aaron Chase 2018
Starpoint WR Joe Carlson 2019
Sweet Home RB Kevin Klein 1974 Sweet Home RB Cedrick Hinton 1976
Sweet Home RB Artie Caffee 1991
Sweet Home RB Jim Rice 1992
Sweet Home RB Mike Minnuto 1995
Sweet Home RB Darrell Hatch 1997
Sweet Home RB J.J. Gibson 1998
Sweet Home RB Corvair Harge 2002
Sweet Home RB Marcus Johnson 2007
Sweet Home QB Casey Kacz 2008
Sweet Home RB Deshanarao Morris 2008
Sweet Home QB Pat McMahon 2009
Sweet Home QB Jordan Johnson 2010, 2011
Sweet Home QB Mike Torrillo 2012
Sweet Home WR Brandon Smiley 2014
Bishop Timon RB Mike Schuster 1978
Bishop Timon QB Mark Kurzanski 1979
Bishop Timon RB Steve Wojciechowski 1982
Bishop Timon DE Kevin Akromas 1983
Bishop Timon REC Tom Sheehan 1985
Bishop Timon C Mike Peoples 1988
Bishop Timon REC Charley Comerford 2000
Bishop Timon QB Matt Myers 2016 Myers won in 2017 @West Seneca West
Tonawanda QB Ken Hyer 1980
Tonawanda DB Rick Postula 1984
Tonawanda RB Matt Prelewicz 1989
Tonawanda RB Joe Kusmierski 1998
Turner-Carroll DB Mario Reeves 1989
Turner-Carroll REC Antoine Simms 1994
Turner-Carroll QB Malik Campbell 1995
Turner-Carroll DB Corey Graham 2002
(Archbishop) Walsh RB Adam Hodges 1991
West Seneca East RB Joe D’Amico 1977
West Seneca East RB Scott Ackerman 1981
West Seneca East QB Kevin Mason 1989
West Seneca East QB Andy Smigiera 2012
West Seneca East RB John Dolac III 2015
West Seneca East LB Shaun Dolac 2018
West Seneca West RB Dennis Hartman 1976 West Seneca West QB Matt Myers 2017 Myers is the only finalist to represent two schools (Timon-2016)
West Seneca West RB John Speyer 2018
West Valley RB Jerry Wells 1983
Williamsville East REC Jeff Wolf 1999
Williamsville North RB Chr McDuffie 2000
Williamsville North WR Dylan Kelly 2018
Williamsville South QB Herb Bleck 1973
Williamsville South RB Dan Mettica 1983, 1984
Williamsville South QB Dave Niland 1984
Williamsville South TE Chuck Rounds 1986
Williamsville South RB Adam Lang 1989
Williamsville South RB Chris Irving 1990
Williamsville South QB Mike Lester 1994
Williamsville South RB John Melancon 1995
Williamsville South QB Joe Licata 2009, 2010
Williamsville South QB Trent Ferguson 2011
Williamsville South QB Sam Castronova 2014
Wilson QB Scott Perry 1984
Wilson RB Dean McArthur 1985
Wilson RB Dave Schmidli 1996
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