1. Fort Hamilton (13-0)
2. Lincoln (12-1)
3. Tottenville (11-1)
4. Fordham Prep (10-1)
5. Campus Magnet (9-3)
6. Poly Prep (6-1)
7. Curtis (7-4)
8. Brooklyn Tech (6-5)
9. Xaverian (5-5)
10. Boys & Girls (6-5)
1. Fort Hamilton (13-0)
2. Lincoln (12-1)
3. Tottenville (11-1)
4. Campus Magnet (9-3)
5. Curtis (7-4)
6. Brooklyn Tech (6-5)
7. Boys & Girls (6-5)
8. DeWitt Clinton (5-6)
9. Erasmus Hall (7-3)
10. Thomas Jefferson (7-3)
1. St. Anthony’s (11-0)
2. Archbishop Stepinac (12-0)
3. Iona Prep (8-3)
4. Fordham Prep (10-1)
5. Holy Trinity (7-3)
6. Xaverian (5-5)
7. Mount St. Michael (5-5)
8. Holy Cross (4-6)
9. Kellenberg (5-6)
10. St. Joseph by the Sea (4-6)
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Standing on the New York City sidelines in plain clothes for the 16th annual Empire Challenge, Jaiquawn Jarrett was more than just a friendly face. The former Fort Hamilton star,...
Rasheem Stroud followed in his brother Keith’s footsteps by attending Fort Hamilton and winning a city championship his senior year. The two may have even more in common soon –...
Tynell Brown came to Curtis imagining a prolific career as a wide receiver. He will leave the Staten Island dynamo with a newfound confidence in himself at the position. In...
The result was the same, but the creators couldn't have been more different. Abraham Ocasio is well known for great hands, propensity for catching touchdowns and is headed to...
The football balance of power has shifted back to Long Island. Oceanside’s Tyler Heuer’s 2-yard quarterback keeper gave the Island the lead for good in the fourth quarter of an...
The Claw had his hands all over Long Island’s 17-14 win against New York City in the Empire Challenge on Tuesday night at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium. Well, more appropriately Tim...
Danny Perez was exact in his post-game instruction. The coach wanted his New York City team to arrive at the pre-game tailgate party in collared shirts, pants and dress shoes. The...
Abraham Ocasio has impressed from the first day of practices for the Empire Challenge with both his athletic ability and football IQ. “He is the real deal,” New York City and Fort...
Taron Fason doesn’t look like a fearsome middle linebacker. At 5-foot-10, 198 pounds, he looks more like an undersized corner. But looks, as Fason has proven, can be deceiving...
The book is out on Terrel Hunt. The Christ the King standout is uber-athletic and extremely explosive. It’s a big reason why he’ll be going to Syracuse in the fall. But can he...
New York City is enjoying its best stretch in the Empire Challenge, winning three of the last four years after dropping two straight in 2005 and 2006. The Big Apple’s football...
Shaban Shatku is like a human Swiss Army knife, a fact that Shawn O’Connor is quickly finding out. So far during practice for the Empire Challenge all-star football game, the...
The biggest surprise for the New York City team during Empire Challenge practices this past week has been a hard-working defensive lineman from Flushing. Sound familiar? Last...
Not once in the 16-year history of the Empire Challenge has a Thomas Jefferson player been selected to the all-star football game that pits New York City against Long Island. The...
Michael Marando grew up playing soccer and had every intention of competing at the college level. It turns out he was half right. Marando will be a Division I athlete next year...
The Lehman football team is prepared to take this battle from the gridiron to the courtroom. If the NYC School Construction Authority (SCA) doesn’t build a full-length field for...
Brandon Reddish is one person thrilled with the NFL lockout. The messy labor negotiations have given the Syracuse-bound wide receiver/defensive back a workout partner that knows a...
Alvin Cornelius didn’t need time. He didn’t need official visits or trips to college camps. The Tottenville star wide receiver is loyal to a fault and that’s why Monday he...
Ray Lizzi stood in the middle of newly renovated Sid Luckman field, eyes darting to each player who walked by, and smiled. The inaugural Future Phenom Showcase, an independently...
Every spring and summer, Ray Lizzi would pile New York City high-school football players into a van and drive them to camps along the East Coast and in the Midwest. And each year...
Every spring and summer, Ray Lizzi would pile New York City high-school football players into a van and drive them to camps down the East Coast and in the Midwest. And every...
Eddie Gazzillo lost a bunch of weight and, in return, gained national notoriety – more than he ever could have imagined as a New York City high-school football coach. After...
Victor Jerez hears about his diet and his workout regimen from George Washington football coach Fred Caprista all the time. He listens and accepts the direction – it’s why the...
PHILADELPHIA -- Throwing the shot put was just something Michael Seminario did in between football and baseball season. In just a few months it will be come all he does. The...
Jaiquawn Jarrett saw the Philadelphia area code on the incoming call, looked up at the television screen to see the Eagles -- who the Temple safety worked out for several times --...
The Brooklyn high-school athletic director who drew national headlines for having a heart attack and being shocked back to life during his school’s football playoff game in...
Football has never been just about wins and losses for Jim Bradley. “It's part of the whole education,” the Monsignor Farrell alum said. “It’s not just about winning. It’s about...
While his friends spent last Wednesday living out a lifelong dream – signing a National Letter of Intent to play college football – Jordan Paul was forced to wait his turn. It was...
When most New Yorkers woke up Wednesday morning and looked outside their window, all they saw was a traveling nightmare. A storm of sleet and rain pelted the area, making travel...
Shawn O’Connor has had his fair share of talented players at Lincoln. Lansford Watson played at Maryland. Nyan Boateng went to Florida before transferring to California. Both...
Al Page always thought signing his National Letter of Intent would be one of his life’s biggest moments, even before he verbally committed to Rutgers last summer. Putting his name...
Relationships mean so much to Donald Thomas. The Cardinal Hayes running back was being recruited by Fordham, New Haven and SUNY-Cortland, but developed a special bond with...
Jaylen Amaker believed he was set. The Mount St. Michael senior visited Colgate two weeks ago and felt he was ready to pick a school between the Raiders, Delaware, Marsit and...
In the morning, he signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Stanford University. At night, he played in the second annual Team USA vs. The World high school football all-star...
At perennial powerhouse Poly Prep, Dino Mangiero is used to having a long line at the fax machine on National Signing Day. That was no different this year with six Blue Devils...
When Syracuse coach Doug Marrone took over at his alma mater two years ago and looked at the roster, he had to re-read it more than a few times. Where were all the players from...
Boys & Girls' first few seasons in the PSAL’s highest classification was a series of stops and starts. The Kangaroos were in almost every game, but they couldn’t get over the...
Rashid Armand was recruited by Miami and Penn State. The Sheepshead Bay defensive lineman was in talks with Rutgers, Syracuse and UConn. At the end of the day, though, those BCS...
Tyrell Okoro was bitterly disappointed just a month ago. After working so hard at Bayside for two years, the two-way star lineman didn’t have a single offer from a four-year...
Terrel Hunt could have called it off and no one would have blamed him. But a day after his father, Darryl Dockery, died of kidney failure and nearly a year to the day his mother...
Wagner College isn’t necessarily a dream school for elite high-school football prospects, but for James Howell III, Staten Island may as well have been Southern California. The...
Former St. Joseph by the Sea star running back Lyle McCombs has been suspended indefinitely from the University of Connecticut football team following his arrest Sunday night on...
Thursday night, Ishaq Williams was leaning toward attending Notre Dame. An unexpected visitor made his decision easier. As the Lincoln All-American defensive end/tight end was...
Ishaq Williams was leaning toward Notre Dame on Thursday night. An unexpected visitor made his decision easier. As the Lincoln All-American defensive end/tight end was packing...
Ishaq Williams still isn’t ready to pick among Penn State, Syracuse and Notre Dame, but the All-American defensive end/tight end hopes an official visit to State College will help...
Brandon Reddish isn’t big on bluster. He does little talking off the field and even less on it. The Fort Hamilton standout, The Post’s All-City football Player of the Year, heard...
The wait continues. Two days after he was scheduled to pick a school, Lincoln All-American Ishaq Williams has still yet to choose among Notre Dame, Penn State and Syracuse...
Before Ishaq Williams, Shawn O'Connor already had coached two All-Americans, Nyan Boateng and Lansford Watson, at Lincoln. Williams, though, is in a class by himself -- for...
Brandon Reddish, Fort Hamilton’s dynamic wide receiver/safety, is so tough in the open field because of his patience, his ability to wait until the final second to let his speed...
Shawn O’Connor, Lincoln At every opportunity, he credited his 21 seniors for the program’s turnaround, for going from a one-win team two years ago to making the playoffs last...
Brandon Reddish, Fort Hamilton Before first-year coach Danny Perez’s first regular-season game, he was already facing a quandary at quarterback, the most important position on...
The 2010 season ended in historic fashion when Fort Hamilton and Lincoln, the PSAL’s two best teams, battled it out at Yankee Stadium in the first-ever high-school football game...
Brooklyn is not just for basketball anymore. The borough has always been strong on the gridiron, but this year it was taken to new heights. Two Brooklyn teams – Fort Hamilton and...
And then there were three. After official visits to Notre Dame and Syracuse, Lincoln All-American Ishaq Williams has cut his list to three – the Fighting Irish, Orange and Penn...
As usual, Staten Island was one of the strongest boroughs in the city, known for its hard-nosed play and excellent coaching. Tottenville ran roughshod over the PSAL in the regular...
For the first time in a long time, Queens had one of the best teams in the PSAL. Under sixth-year coach Eric Barnett, Campus Magnet advanced to the City Championship semifinals...
It was a season of surprises in The Bronx and Manhattan. In the CHSFL, it was a banner year for Fordham Prep, which reached the Class AAA semifinals for the first time and set a...
The memorable 2010 season has come to a close. In a campaign sometimes marred by coaches’ bad behavior and off-the-field drama, Fort Hamilton made the biggest mark by beating Fort...
The football season came to a close last week in memorable fashion, with No. 1 Fort Hamilton topping second-ranked Fort Hamilton, 8-6, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. The two...
When Vinny Laino decided to step down last spring, Danny Perez was the most disappointed person at Fort Hamilton. Since his days as a player then an assistant coach, Perez looked...
Brandon Reddish’s 26-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Marvin Centeno tied the game in the third quarter and led to the go-ahead 2-point conversion. But perhaps the senior...
Check out the video package from Fort Hamilton's come-from-behind, 8-6 win over Lincoln in the PSAL City Championship football game Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium:
Lincoln had the lead and ball. Their big and physical offensive line was controlling the line of scrimmage, pushing Fort Hamilton around. Another touchdown, with that dominant...
Marvin Centeno fought through a sprained MCL all season, missing a few games and wearing a knee brace in practice and the games he did play in. It was all for this moment. The...
It wasn’t James Howell or Travon Segure or Tyrone Raymond or Wesley Sumpter. It wasn’t Ivan Foy or Rasheem Stroud or Kevon Foster or Lamont Williams. It wasn’t even Brandon...
Wesley Sumpter had high hopes for his senior year. He saw all-city accolades and huge rushing numbers. His final season of high-school football wasn’t everything he expected –...