Syracuse, N.Y. — Section III football players had one more chance to take the field before the end of the fall season.
Section III’s all-star team (Floyd Little) defeated the all-stars from Section IV (Ernie Davis), 56-7, in the fourth annual Big 44 All-Star game at Norwich High School on Sunday.
The Section III team was led by Liverpool quarterback John Sindoni (124 passing yards, 3 touchdowns). Cazenovia’s Bob Livingston also threw for 43 yards.
Section III’s rushing attack featured strong performances from Liverpool’s Alejandro Rivera (43 yards,1 TD), Indian River’s Trevor Shawcross (92 yards, 2 TDS) and Watertown’s Jack Converse (35 yards, 1 TD).
The top receivers in the game were Jamesville-DeWitt’s Anthony Guidone (25 yards, 1 TD), Cicero-North Syracuse’s Alex Salloum (40 yards, 1 TD), Rivera (34 yards, 1 TD) and Rome Free Academy’s Michael Sauerhafer (40 yards).
The US Army Award went to Moses Shan of Utica Notre Dame. Shawcross was named the offensive MVP and Central Square’s Ryan Fleischman received defensive MVP honors.
Big 44 football all-star game
Players from Lowville, General Brown, New Hartford, Whitesboro and Christian Brothers Academy were not eligible to participate in the game because they reached the regional playoffs.
The Brothers are the last remaining Section III team in the state playoffs. They will face Section VI’s Lewis J. Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East Football in the semifinals at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.
The Section III all-stars had won two of the last three matchups in this series, including last year’s 26-0 victory at Nottingham High School.
Team Floyd Little was led by Cortland coach Mike Barfield. His assistants will be Joe Sindoni (Liverpool) as offensive coordinator, Dan Cosselman (Cicero-North Syracuse) as defensive coordinator and Mike Losurdo (West Genesee) as special teams coordinator.
The game was sponsored by the Central New York Chapter of the National Football Foundation, the US Army and BMK Logistics.
Team Floyd Little Roster
Anthony Mancuso, LB, Auburn
Kallen Kennedy, OL, Baldwinsville
Aaron Holcomb, TE, Baldwinsville
Jacob Ghezzi, K, Cicero-North Syracuse
Alex Salloum, WR, Cicero-North Syracuse
Lacuzio Wright, FS, Cicero-North Syracuse
Donovan Keener, OL, Cicero-North Syracuse
Donovan Chaney, LB, Cicero-North Syracuse
Connor Hickey, LB, Carthage
Brock Hoffman, OL, Carthage
Zack Pettitt, DE, Carthage
Bobby Livingston, QB, Cazenovia
Bowden Carter, DE, Cazenovia
Ryan Fleischman, DT, Central Square
Freddy Castro, DE, Corcoran
Nathan King, OL, Corcoran
Ziere Lewis, DT, Corcoran
Iniko Abani, WR, Cortland
Henry Reeves, DT, Cortland
K’Mari Jones, LB, East Syracuse Minoa
Phillip Moore, CB, East Syracuse Minoa
Flynn Malgieri, OL, Fayetteville-Manlius
Deonte Scott, DE, PSLA @ Fowler
Jayden Cotton, CB, PSLA @ Fowler
Khalil Conklin, CB, Henninger
Ariel Raymon, CB, Indian River
Trevor Shawcross, RB, Indian River
Anthony Guidone, FS, Jamesville-Dewitt
John Sindoni, QB, Liverpool
Jake Knapp, OL, Liverpool
Cole Henning, OL, Liverpool
Alejandro Rivera, RB, Liverpool
Jaylen Hunter, CB, Nottingham
Jeff Petties, DE, Nottingham
Michael Sauerhafer, WR, Rome Free Academy
Hugh Carroll, LB, Skaneateles
Jakob Frost, FS, Solvay
Moses Shan, OL, Utica Notre Dame
Walter Phillips, WR, Utica Proctor
Jack Converse, RB, Watertown
Dom Scarfino, DT, Westhill
Elijah Welch, FS, Westhill
Assitant coaches
Antwaun Johnson, RB
Nathan Sherwin, WR
CJ Carbone, OL
Mike Meola, LB
Derrick Williams, DB
Mike Meola Jr., DB
Alex VanTassel, OL/DL
Support staff
Kevin DeParde (East Syracuse Minoa/NYSHSFCA)
Paul Sealy (NFF/NYSHSFCA)
Joe Corley (West Genesee/Section 3)
Nick Patterson (Henninger/Section 3/NYSHSFCA)
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