2018 Mass Prep Stars & First String Performance Gridiron Super Teams & Players of the Year

Monday, December 17th, 2018

Wellington Pereira ’19 - Wayland

Mass Prep Stars & First-String Performance joined forces once again in 2018, with our 5th Annual All-State Gridiron Super Team.

Student-athletes from across the Bay State were selected by the Mass Prep Stars and First-String Performance staff, along with recommendations from local area scouts, coaches, and media representatives.

This postseason proved again to be one of our most challenging ones yet, as we attempted to narrow down hundreds of deserving student-athletes to form the only post-season Massachusetts all-state team who selects and combines student-athletes from a pool which includes every eligible interscholastic team (public and private) in Massachusetts. We have studied and analyzed countless video highlights, talked to many trusted coaches, viewed lists of statistics, and heard recommendations from numerous sources, in order to select our teams.

We continued to include postgraduates, as we did last season, for the second time, due to the continued number of private school reclassifications, which has made it difficult to distinguish between classes. As always this makes the teams extremely difficult to make, thus leaving many qualified student-athletes off again.

The "Athlete" positions, on both sides of the ball, were named due to the student-athletes versatility and ability to translate to numerous positions on the football field, along with the overflow of nominees at their position.

Mass Prep Stars and Clutch Kicks and Mass Prep Stars also collaborated on our expanded Kicking Specialist Positions and new Private and Public Players of the Year for 2018.

We lead off with our Mass Prep Stars football athletes of the year and follow with our First, Second and Third Teams.

2018 Mass Prep Stars and First-String Performance Public School Players of the Year - Mike Sainristil ’19 – WR/DB – Everett

The 2018 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year and the University of Michigan commit had another fantastic season in Everett, as he dominated on both sides of the ball, as a standout WR, a ball-hawking DB.

2018 Mass Prep Stars and First-String Performance Private School Player of the Year – Rayshawn Boswell ’19 – QB/DB – Berkshire School

The New York native made a huge impact on the Berkshire School program the past two seasons, earning back-to-back NEPSAC Class B Player of the Year honors while leading the Berkshire to a 2017 Bowl win and a 14-2 overall record in his two seasons. An exceptional athlete, Boswell starred as a signal caller and DB for Berkshire.

2018 Mass Prep Stars & Clutch Kicks Public School Kicking Specialist of the Year – Patrick Walsh ’19 – Belmont Hill

2018 Mass Prep Stars & Clutch Kicks Private School Kicking Specialist of the Year – Cole Baker ’20 – King Philip

First Team

Offense

QB – Aidan Sullivan ’19 - Scituate
QB – Billy Seidl ’19 – St. Sebastian’s
QB – Colin Schofield ’20 - St. John's Shrewsbury

RB – Christos Argyropoulous ’19 - Stoneham
RB – Marcus Gonzalez ’19 – Tech Boston
RB – Niko Murray ’19 - Oxford
RB – Quin Stott ’19 – Governor’s Academy

WR – Alex Cherry ’19 – St. Sebastian’s
WR – Jay Brunelle ’20 – St. John’s Shrewsbury
WR – Myles Bradley ’19 – Springfield Central
WR – Wes Rockett ’19 – St. John’s Prep

TE – Matt Smith ’19 - Needham
TE – Eddie Duggan ’19 – Milton Academy

OL – Cal Kenney ’19 – Lincoln-Sudbury
OL – Lucas Ferraro ’19 - Xaverian
OL – Mike Ciaffoni ’19 – Lincoln-Sudbury
OL – Quinn Murphy ’19 – Duxbury
OL – Scott Elliott ’19 - Holliston
OL – Zak Zinter ’20 – BB&N

O-ATH – Mike Sainristil ’19 – Everett (2018 Public Player of the Year)
O-ATH – DeVaun Ford ’19 - Mashpee
O-ATH – Cooper DeVeau ’19 - Xaverian
O-ATH – Rayshawn Boswell ’19 – Berkshire (2018 Prep/Private Player of the Year)
O-ATH – Gabe DeSouza ‘19 – North Andover
O-ATH – Tajon Vassar ’19 – Doherty
O-ATH – Tyrell Wiggins ’19 – Dexter School

Defense

DL – Segun Okunlola ’19 - Brockton
DL – Kevon Darton ’19 – Worcester Academy
DL – Spencer Cassell ’19 - Hingham
DL – Lucas Folan ’19 – Catholic Memorial
DL – Trace Trant ’19 - Tewksbury

LB – Bryce Gallagher ’19 – St. Sebastian’s
LB – Casey Phinney ’21 – Noble and Greenough
LB – Jaylen Bailey ’19 – Belmont Hill
LB – Josh Arruda ’19 – Lawrence Academy
LB – Vinnie Holmes ’20 - Mansfield

DB – Elijah Ayers ’19 – Springfield Central
DB – Zukudo Igwenagu ’19 – Worcester Academy
DB – Finn Murray ’19 – Acton-Boxboro
DB – Keshaun Dancy ’19 – Springfield Central
DB – Khari Johnson ’19 – Catholic Memorial

D-ATH – Mike McCutcheon ’19 - Duxbury
D-ATH – Mike Masse ’19 - Xaverian
D-ATH – Owen McGowan ’21 – Catholic Memorial
D-ATH – Brendan Albert ’19 - Canton -
D-ATH – James Dillon ’19 – Lincoln-Sudbury
D-ATH – Wellington Pereira ’19 - Wayland

Kicking Game Specialists – Patrick Walsh ’18 – Belmont Hill
Kicking Game Specialists – JJ Mun ’19 – Milton Academy
Kicking Game Specialists – Cole Baker ’20 – King Philip

Second Team

Offense

QB – Henri Bourque ’20 – Williston Northampton
QB – Jake McElroy ’19 – North Andover
QB – Matt Crowley ’20 - St. John's Prep

RB – Caleb Coleman ’20 – Groton School
RB – Isaac Seide ’19 – Everett
RB – Justin Jameson ’19 - Oakmont
RB – Will Sheskey ’20 - Scituate

WR – Shea Gallo-Kolegue ’19 - St. John's Shrewsbury
WR – Ryan Driscoll ’19 - Franklin
WR – Brendan Tighe ’20 - Lowell
WR – Will Prouty ’20 - Duxbury

TE – Caleb Fauria ’20 – Bishop Feehan
TE – Jeff Ciccio ’19 – Bridgewater-Raynham

OL – Andrew Nee ’20 – BB&N
OL – Kevin Dewing ’19 – St. John’s Prep
OL – Kevin Pyne ’20 - Milford
OL – Jackson McCarty ’19 – Deerfield Academy
OL – Ryan Clemente ’19 – North Attleboro
OL – Trumayne Guy ’19 PG – Deerfield Academy

O-ATH – Greg Desrosiers ’20 – Belmont Hill
O-ATH – Eamonn Dennis ’20 – St. John’s Shrewsbury
O-ATH – Shane Aylward ’20 - Tewksbury
O-ATH – Jalen Echevarria ’19 – St. Mary’s
O-ATH – Anthony Bianchi ’19 - Lexington
O-ATH – Devonte Usher ’20 - Nantucket
O-ATH – Sammy Malignaggi ’20 – BB&N

Defense

DL – James Taylor ’19 – St. John’s Prep
DL – Chris Yeboah ’19 - Doherty
DL – Xavier Gonsalves ’19 - Mashpee
DL – Michael Glauniger ’19 – Belmont Hill
DL – Tommy Maloney ’19 – BB&N

LB – Sal Lupoli ’19 PG – Phillips Andover
LB – Jaden Vaughn-Sawyer ’20 – Dexter School
LB – Jack Webster ’19 – King Philip
LB – Tyler Martin ’22 – BB&N
LB – Anthony Caggianelli ’19 - Central Catholic

DB – Darren Watson ’19 – North Andover
DB – Hunter Tully ’19 – Catholic Memorial
DB – Joe Howshan ’19 – Central Catholic
DB – Anthony LaMonica ’19 – BB&N
DB – Mathieu Severance ’19 - Lynn English

D-ATH – Allyn French ’19 - Dracut
D-ATH – Tim Lawton ‘19 - Maynard
D-ATH – Mason Cadorette ’19 – Dighton-Rehoboth
D-ATH – Mike Roche ’19 – North Andover
D-ATH – Trevor Smith ’19 - Hingham

Kicking Game Specialists – Chris Chen ’19 – BB&N
Kicking Game Specialists – Shamus Florio ’20 – Andover
Kicking Game Specialists – Sean Lehane ’19 - Milford

Third Team

Offense

QB – Jack Thorbahn ‘20 – Thayer Academy
QB – Jay Connolly ’19 - Tewksbury
QB – Sam Bolinsky ’19 - Nashoba

RB – Kwame Kyles ’20 – Springfield Central
RB – Billy Silvia ’19 - Braintree
RB – Matt McCarthy ’19 - Danvers
RB – Ryan Halliday ’20 – King Philip
RB – Zach Cyr ’19 – BB&N
RB – Christian Keeling ’19 – West Bridgewater

WR – Baley Collier ’19 - Westfield
WR – Justin O’Neil-Riley ’19 – Belmont Hill
WR – Geoffrey Jamiel ’21 – Dennis-Yarmouth
WR- Nashaun Butler ‘19 - Lynn Classical

TE – Cam Large ’20 – Noble and Greenough
TE – Connor Peterson ’19 – Tabor Academy
TE – Justin Albee ’19 – BB&N

OL – Brooks Jones ’19 - Wayland
OL – DJ Jelin ’19 – Concord-Carlisle
OL – Leighton Graham ’19 – Noble and Greenough
OL – Ejiro Egodogbare ’20 – Roxbury Latin
OL – Nate Roach ’21 – BB&N
OL – Daenin Walker ’19 - Mansfield
OL – Sam Folse ’19 – Noble and Greenough
OL – Grant Laws ’19 – Xaverian
OL – Ozzy Trapilo ’20 - BC High
OL – John Freeman ’19 - BC High
OL – Cooper Smith '20 - St. John's Prep

Offense – Aise Pream ’19 – RB - St. John’s Prep
Offense – Keith Ridley ‘19 – QB - Lynn Classical
Offense – Nick Gordon ’19 – QB - Franklin
Offense – Brendan McHugh ’19 – RB - North Attleboro
Offense – Tony Muse ’21 – RB - Lawrence Academy
Offense – Jack Bill ’19 – QB - Deerfield Academy
Offense – Matthew Petercuskie '19 – QB - Barnstable
Offense – Brady Martin '20 – QB - Lawrence Academy
Offense – Jake Wilcox ’20 – QB - Milton Academy
Offense – Nolan Houlihan ’20 – QB - Billerica
Offense – Luke McPhail ’20 – QB - Dexter School
Offense – John Roberts ’19 - Duxbury
Offense – Mike Piazza ’19 – Belmont Hill
Offense – Luke McMenamin ’19 - Milton
Offense – Dante Vasquez ’20 – QB/ATH - Rockland

Defense

DL – Kevin Lemieux ’20 – Governor’s Academy
DL – Nick Duffy ‘20 - Minnechaug
DL – Gilbert Kabamba ’19 - Everett
DL – A.J. Walker ’19 - Brockton
DL – Wilson Frederic ’19 - Everett
DL – Jalen Isles-Smith ’19 - Everett
DL – Hunter Salmon ’19 – Catholic Memorial
DL – Tyson Thornton ’21 – Springfield Central

LB – Greg Asare ’19 – Abby Kelley Foster
LB – Lou Vigeant ’19 - Marlboro
LB – Tristan Hjermstad ’19 - Bourne
LB – Will Welch ’19 – Noble and Greenough
LB – Jack Daley ’19 – Thayer Academy

DB – Khristian Conner ’19 - Mansfield
DB – Luke Moriarty ’19 – Governor’s
DB – Chase Buono ’19 – Lynn Classical
DB – Jack Schneider '20 - Thayer Academy
DB – Sammy Lamothe ’21 – DB - Everett

Defense – Joshua Wax ’19 – DB - Belmont Hill
Defense – Will Frisoli ’19 – DB - St. Sebastian’s
Defense – Nick Evans ’19 – LB/DE - Attleboro
Defense – Leonard St. Gourdin - DB - Malden Catholic
Defense – Patrick Keefe ’19 – LB – St. John’s Prep
Defense – Kyle Connolly ’19 – DB - Falmouth
Defense – Tyvarius Daniels ’19 – DB - Springfield Central
Defense – A’Jan Nelson ’19 – LB – Pope John XXIII
Defense – Stephen Brooks ’20 – DE - Dexter School
Defense – Quinn Sweeney '19 - DE - Whitman-Hanson
Defense – Dakotah Moynihan ’19 – DB - Westfield

Kicking Game Specialists – Andrew Carroll ’19 – Springfield Central
Kicking Game Specialists – Jake O’Brien ’19 – Whitman-Hanson
Kicking Game Specialists – Kevin Hennessey ’19 – Chelmsford
Kicking Game Specialists – Noah Moselhy ’21 – St. John’s Shrewsbury

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