With another competitive season of Brooklyn/Queens CHSFL football in the books, here is The Tablet’s 2017 All-Diocesan Team.
Players were selected from the five high schools that field gridiron teams in Brooklyn and Queens: Christ the King H.S., Middle Village; Holy Cross H.S., Flushing; Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush; St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; and Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge.
Special thanks to the league’s coaches for providing nominations and statistics.
First-Team Offense
Quarterback
Omarion Jones, St. Francis Prep; sophomore; 46-of-95 passing, 667 passing yds., seven passing TDs, 78 carries, 580 rushing yds., three rushing TDs; selected CHSFL All-League
Running Back
Justin Felder, Holy Cross; senior; team captain; 173 carries, 1,600 rushing yds. (led CHSFL), 21 rushing TDs (led CHSFL), 11 catches ,138 receiving yds.; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Roberto Auguste: Xaverian; junior; 144 carries, 1,126 rushing yds., 14 rushing TDs, 10 catches, 46 receiving yds.; selected CHSFL All-League; named CHSFL ‘A’ Offensive Player of the Year; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Tirek Murphy, Christ the King; sophomore; 71 carries, 393 rushing yds., two rushing TDs, 12 catches, 180 receiving yds., one receiving TD
Marc-Anthony Dalce, St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 40 carries, 222 rushing yds., two rushing TDs, nine catches, 169 receiving yds., three receiving TDs; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Fullback
Christopher Auricchio, St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 120 carries, 423 rushing yds., seven rushing TDs; seven catches, 70 receiving yds.; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Wide Receiver
Corey Allen, Holy Cross; senior; 16 catches, 353 receiving yds., five receiving TDs, 16 carries , 99 rushing yds., three rushing TDs; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Isaiah Amazon, Xaverian; junior; 10 catches, 269 yds., two TDs
Rudy Silvera, Christ the King; junior; 19 catches, 233 yds., one TD
Tight End
Tim McCabe, Xaverian; senior; 17 catches, 295 yds., four TDs; played in 2017 CHSFL Senior Bowl; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Jason Perlstein, Xaverian; junior; 15 catches, 239 yds., two TDs; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Offensive Line
Benjamin Ortiz:,St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 28 pancake blocks; selected CHSFL All-League
Maxamillion O’Quinn, Holy Cross; senior
Christian Mason, Holy Cross; senior; team captain; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Christian Appel, Xaverian; junior
Joe Leone, Xaverian; senior; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Darryl Fuller, Christ the King; junior
First-Team Defense
Defensive Line
Michael Taylor, Holy Cross; senior; team captain; 40 tackles, eight tackles for loss, three sacks; selected CHSFL All-League; will attend Villanova University, Pa.; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Benjamin Ortiz, St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 37 tackles
Ryan Tarantini, St. Francis Prep; senior; 53 tackles, eight tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble
Christopher Terrano, St. Francis Prep; senior; 41 tackles; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Christian Appel, Xaverian; junior; 49 tackles
Isaiah Amazon, Xaverian; junior; 44 tackles, four sacks, two fumble recoveries for TDs
Linebacker
Shawn Bendeck, St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 121 tackles (led CHSFL), 14 tackles for loss, one interception, five forced fumbles; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Marc-Anthony Dalce, St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 67 tackles, 16 tackles for loss; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Christopher Auricchio: St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 31 tackles, eight tackles for loss, three sacks; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Donte Kenney, Holy Cross; junior; 81 tackles, eight tackles for loss, three sacks
Jahlil Watson, Christ the King; junior; 70 tackles, one sack
Nicholas Hunter, Christ the King; senior; 113 tackles, one interception; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Phillip Iacono, Xaverian; senior; 78 tackles, two sacks, one interception; selected CHSFL All-League; played in 2017 CHSFL Senior Bowl
Defensive Back
Roberto Auguste, Xaverian; junior; 52 tackles, two interception; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Jason Perlstein, Xaverian; junior; 48 tackles, two interceptions; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Corey Allen, Holy Cross; senior; 60 tackles, three interceptions; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Myles Taitt-Cooper, Holy Cross; senior; 40 tackles, one interception
First-Team Special Teams
Kicker
Joseph Higgins, Holy Cross; senior; 16-of-23 on extra point attempts, 1-of-1 on field goal attempts
Punter
Marc-Anthony Dalce: St. Francis Prep; senior; team captain; 39 punts, 1,261 yds., 32.3 punt average, 17 punts inside the 20-yd. line (led CHSFL); selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Second-Team Offense
Quarterback
James Resker, Xaverian; sophomore; 54-of-96 passing, 845 passing yds., seven passing TDs, 32 carries, 69 rushing yds., two rushing TDs; selected CHSFL All-League
Running Back
Justin McDuffie, Nazareth; sophomore; 55 carries, 134 yds., two TDs
Tahliq Battle, Christ the King; sophomore; 22 carries, 102 rushing yds., 16 catches, 138 receiving yds., two receiving TDs
Nazareth McFarlan, St. Francis Prep; junior; 72 carries, 401 rushing yds., four rushing TDs, 13 catches, 119 receiving yds., one receiving TD
Thomas Resker, Xaverian; sophomore; 34 carries, rushing 315 yds., four rushing TDs, nine catches, 83 receiving yds.
Fullback
Kevin Fleetwood, Nazareth; junior; team captain; 13 carries, 51 rushing yds., one rushing TD; three catches, 26 receiving yds.
Wide Receiver
Korey Armstrong, Nazareth; senior; six catches, 104 yds., one TD
Ricky Varuzzi, St. Francis Prep; senior; nine catches; 127 yds., one TD
Patrick McArdle, St. Francis Prep; senior; nine catches; 202 yds., two TDs
Tight End
Brandon Orgill, Holy Cross; senior; 16 catches, 199 yds.
Jared Hunte-Harrison, Christ the King; junior; 23 catches, 227 yds.
Offensive Line
Michael Gray, Nazareth; senior; team captain
Max Cassamajor, St. Francis Prep; junior
Christopher Terrano, St. Francis Prep; senior; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Derrin Hansen, Xaverian; sophomore
James Pichardo, Xaverian; senior
Cameron Mullinax, Xaverian; senior; played in 2017 CHSFL Senior Bowl
Second-Team Defense
Defensive Line
Brenton Winter, Nazareth; junior; team captain; 19 tackles
Elijah Jordan, Nazareth; junior; 31 tackles, three sacks
Prince Williams, Christ the King; senior; 27 tackles, two sacks
Darryl Fuller, Christ the King; junior; 23 tackles, one sack
Christian Mason, Holy Cross; senior; team captain; 11 tackles, two sacks; selected CHSFL All-League; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Max Cassamajor, St. Francis Prep; junior; 22 tackles, four tackles for loss
Linebacker
Stephen Tropiano, Xaverian; senior; 45 tackles, two sacks
Derrin Hansen, Xaverian; sophomore; 43 tackles, one sack
Brandon Ramrattan, Xaverian; junior; 54 tackles
Hordley Pusey, Nazareth; junior; 29 tackles, five sacks
Matthew O’Donnell, St. Francis Prep: senior; team captain, 29 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles; played in 2017 CHSFL Senior Bowl; will attend the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.
Jaylen Velez, St. Francis Prep; junior; 47 tackles, seven tackles for loss, one interception
Elijah Simmonds, Christ the King; junior; 38 tackles
Defensive Back
Nazareth McFarlan, St. Francis Prep; junior; 32 tackles, three interceptions
Thomas Resker, Xaverian; sophomore; 14 tackles
Justin McDuffie, Nazareth; sophomore; 20 tackles, one interception
Tahliq Battle, Christ the King; sophomore; 37 tackles
Second-Team Special Teams
Kicker
Ray Donahue, Xaverian; senior; 12-of-15 on extra point attempts
Punter
Tirek Murphy, Christ the King; sophomore; 27 punts, 768 yds., 28.4 punt average
Contact Jim Mancari via email at jmmanc@gmail.com.
Good acknowledgement of the Christ the king h.s. players. Out of seven that made all league five of them will be returning 3 will be seniors and 2 will be juniors. Christ the king football on the verge of blowing up big next season . They return 19 seniors and 20 juniors and already three of there 4 top players have D1 offers. RB Tirek Murphy has 3 D1 offers ( Cincinnati, Rutgers and FAU. And he’s just a southmore so he’s only gettting beter. Next is Darryl Dj Fuller wit 1 D1 offer bellive me he’s a believe me he’s going to bea beast next season just wait next up is Jared Hunte 6’5”” TE wit his first D1offer to Cincinnati. There 4th player the heart and soul of the defense side of ball Jahlil (young Jah) Watson man child as he’s call just working hard preparing for season and just a matter of time befor he starts getting offers rounding out the rest of the all league players from Christ the king are Thaliq Battle and Rudy Silvera both talented offensive players watch out cause CTK 🏈 is here .