Thanks4Giving all-star rosters set for 10:30 a.m. kick
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AKRON, Ohio -- The second Thanksgiving Day Summit County Senior All-Star Football Game is set to kickoff at 10:30 a.m. at St. Vincent-St. Mary's Green Street Stadium.
The rosters for this year's contest have been released and are published below.
A ticket is $7 and available at the gate.
A donation to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank will also follow the game as well as a donation to the Ronald McDonald House to assist families with housing needs on behalf of the Joy Janay Brophy Fund. The Native American Indian Cultural Center will also sponsor a canned food drive on the day of the event to feed families in need within the community.
REPRINTED FROM 2010
AKRON, Ohio – They felt as much like pioneers as they did football players.
And many will remember the experience for many years to come.
The seniors chosen to compete in the first Summit County Senior All-Star Football Game understood they were reviving a dormant tradition.
High school football on Thanksgiving Day had become extinct in Summit County since 1990.
Eighty-five high school standouts representing every corner of the county came together Thursday morning at St. Vincent-St. Mary’s Green Stadium and staged an entertaining football game, despite damp conditions.
The blue-clad East stars prevailed 21-14 in two overtimes, and along with the West stars took pride in knowing they had brought back a holiday tradition.
East quarterback Rennick Dutton of Ellet scored on a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the second overtime and Hudson’s Joey Studer sealed the outcome with this second interception.
“Everyone out here is an all-star. Everyone deserved to make it. So, it’s great to play with amazing talent,” said Studer, who squashed a potential game-winning West drive with his first interception and was named Defensive MVP. “How could you ask for a better way to start Thanksgiving? I’m just pumped to go home and eat some turkey now and celebrate the win and have memories for the rest of my life because of this game.”
Thanks4Giving All-Star Football Game
EAST ALL-STARS
Coach: Joe Yost (Ellet)
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Shaquille Alexander
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East
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WR/DB
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Ness Alghofari
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Tallmadge
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DL
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Chris Beal
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Tallmadge
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WR/DB
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Kyle Dowdy
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Ellet
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Long Snapper
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Myles Campbell
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Twinsburg
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LB
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Quentin Chambers
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Twinsburg
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OL/DL
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Jon Cipa
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Tallmadge
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OL
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Brad Cullen
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Springfield
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OL/DL
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Dan Dunn
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Stow-Munroe Falls
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OL/DL
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Mitch Durkee
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Twinsburg
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OL/DL
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Richard Fields
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East
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LB
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Kyle Finch
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Green
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RB/FB
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B.K. Grewal
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Twinsburg
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WR/DB
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Jim Griggs
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Stow-Munroe Falls
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OL/LB
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Mitch Harrison
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Twinsburg
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WR/DB
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Jake Hart
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Hudson
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OL/DL
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Nick Heimbaugh
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Firestone
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QB
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Tucker Linder
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Tallmadge
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WR/TE
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Mason Longwell
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Hudson
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OL/DL
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Jake Lukachinsky
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Tallmadge
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OL/DL
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Robert Lyons
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Garfield
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RB/DB
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Terry Madden
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Walsh Jesuit
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WR/DB
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Aaron Male
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Ellet
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WR/DB
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Dillon Matthews
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Springfield
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RB/FB
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Phil Moore
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Hudson
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WR/DB
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Cortez Moss
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Garfield
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WR/DB
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Nick Mutaali
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Stow-Munroe Falls
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RB/FB
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Devin Myers
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East
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RB/FB
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Steve Nagy
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Hudson
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RB/FB
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Nick Oblisk
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Stow-Munroe Falls
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OL/DL
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Dane O'Driscoll
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Walsh Jesuit
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OL/DL
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Chris Rightnour
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Hudson
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WR/DB
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Alex Roebken
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Mogadore
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Kicker
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Antoine Smith
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Walsh Jesuit
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TE/DE
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Zach Tepus
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Green
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OL/LB
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Mike Waggoner
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Stow-Munroe Falls
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WR/DB
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Ryan Warner
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Springfield
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WR/DB
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Tyrin Williams
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Tallmadge
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RB
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WEST ALL-STARS
Coach: Ralph Orsini (Archbishop Hoban)
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Donald Allen
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Coventry
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WR/DB
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Jalen Avent
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Buchtel
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WR/DB
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Tyler Bischof
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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WR/DB
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Darren Brown
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North
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RB/FB
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Johnny Brown
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Buchtel
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OL/DL
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Aaron Carter
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Firestone
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WR/LB
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Dion Collins
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Firestone
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WR/DB
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Jordan Cook
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Archbishop Hoban
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WR/DB
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Nick Disantis
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Cuyahoga Falls
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RB/DB
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Hayden DeYoung
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Archbishop Hoban
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OL/DL
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De’Shawn Dowdy
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North
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WR/DL
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Sergio Dubois
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Buchtel
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WR/LB
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Ke-Vel Fields
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Kenmore
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OL/DL
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Sae'Von Fitzgerald
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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RB/DB
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Seth Fitzwater
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Cuyahoga Falls
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OL/DL
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Alexander Garrett
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Copley
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WR/DB
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Lou Gigliotti
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Copley
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QB
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Evan Gorbach
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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OL/DL
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Ben Gulley
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Kenmore
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WR/LB
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Jacob Harvey
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Copley
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OL/DL
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Ameer Hodoh
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Archbishop Hoban
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OL/DL
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Hugh Hullum
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Firestone
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FB/DL
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John Jay Otterman
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Buchtel
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Kicker/Punter
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Jeff Kuykendall
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Coventry
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QB
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Drew Laury
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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TE/DL
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Myles Light
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Archbishop Hoban
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RB/FB
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Matt Matuska
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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RB/DB
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Jeff Mongold
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Coventry
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OL/DL
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Chris Moore
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Kenmore
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WR/DB
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Christian Morgan
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Firestone
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WR/DB
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D’Vaughntay Moss
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North
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OL/DL
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Brent Myers
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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OL/DL
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Alex Najjar
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Barberton
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OL/DL
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Alexander Norman
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Barberton
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WR/DB
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Matthew Olszewski
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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OL/DL
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Tavares Parmer
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Kenmore
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WR/DB
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Giovanni Palmiero
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Archbishop Hoban
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LB
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Matt Perry
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St. Vincent-St. Mary
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DL/OL
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D.J. Phillips
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Barberton
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RB/FB
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Zach Reichert
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Archbishop Hoban
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Punter
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Brad Shields
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Firestone
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TE/LB
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Ben Tisdale
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Revere
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QB
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Stephon Toney
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Buchtel
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TE/DL
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Donald Turner
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Kenmore
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OL/DL
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Steven Vinson
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Kenmore
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TE/LB
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Isaiah Wheeler
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Copley
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WR/DB
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Stefan Willis
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Firestone
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WR/DB
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