EMASS DIVISION 7
Amesbury
Blue Hills
Boston Latin Academy
Case
Chelsea
Cohasset
East Boston
Hamilton-Wenham
Ipswich
Lowell Catholic
Manchester-Essex
Mashpee
Monomoy
Nantucket
O’Bryant
Rockland
South Shore Voke
West Bridgewater
EMASS DIVISION 8
Atlantis Charter/Westport
Bourne
Brighton
Cape Cod Tech
Carver
Cathedral
English/New Mission
Georgetown
Holbrook/Avon
Hull
Keefe Tech
KIPP
Lynn Tech
Millis
Minuteman
Nashoba Tech
Old Colony
Randolph
Roxbury Prep
St. John Paul
Tech Boston
Upper Cape
Wareham
DANDY DOZEN FOR DIVISION 7-8
Davion Adediran, Fr., QB, 6-0, 172, Atlantis Charter: As an eighth-grader, Adediran threw for 1,264 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Liam Appleton, Sr., RB/LB, 6-2, 205, Cohasset: Appleton was an offensive force in the South Shore League, rushing for 930 yards on 106 carries, while catching 49 passes for a school-record 952 yards and 16 total touchdowns.
Will Arsenault, Sr., OL/LB, 6-1, 235, Amesbury: The co-Offensive Lineman of the Year in the Cape Ann League, Arsenault is a force on both sides of the ball for the Redhawks.
James Callahan. Sr., OL/DL, 6-2, 232, Carver: Callahan earned South Shore League All-Star honors last season as he registered 58 tackles and six sacks.
Morenel Castro, Sr., WR, 5-10, 175, KIPP: Explosive receiver amassed nearly 1,000 yards and 19 touchdowns in helping KIPP get to the Div. 8 state championship game.
Aiden Donovan, Sr., OL/DL, 6-1, 230, Amesbury: Teamed up Will Arsenault to earn co-Offensive Lineman of the Year honors in the CAL.
Todd Egan, Sr., RB, 5-9, 150, South Shore Voke: Workhorse back rushed for 1,104 yards and 13 touchdowns last season.
James Harris, Sr., QB, 6-0, 170, West Bridgewater: Multi-dimensional talent, Harris amassed more than 1,600 yards and 22 touchdowns last year.
Tyler Lennox, Sr., QB, 5-11, 170, Carver: Lennox comes off a productive junior year in which he threw for 2,200 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Caiden Montas, Sr., RB, 5-8, 160, Blue Hills: The latest in a long line of star running backs at Blue Hills, Montas has already rushed for more than 2,200 yards in his career.
Ben Squarcia, Jr., RB/LB, 6-0, 190, Mashpee: As a sophomore last fall, Squarcia proved to be one of the top two-way players in South Shore League.
OTHER PLAYERS TO WATCH IN DIVISION 7-8
Jayden Acevedo, Jr., WR (Keefe Tech), Carlos Aguilar, Sr., DE (Nantucket), Simon Andrade, Sr., LB (O’Bryant), Isaiah Apperwhite, Sr., OL (O’Bryant), Joseph Bailey, Sr., RB (English/New Mission), Patrick Benevides, Sr. LB (Atlantis Charter), James Bennett, Sr., OL/LB (Blue Hills), Stu Burnham, Sr., WR (Old Colony), Kevin Campbell, Jr. C (Minuteman), Chase Carney, Jr., WR/DB (Nashoba Tech), Chris Cavino, Jr., LB (Randolph), Angelo Ciallia, Sr. LB (Case), Daniel Cordeiro, Sr., LB (St. John Paul), Alec Cote, Sr., WR/DB (Hamilton-Wenham), John Delices, Sr., OL (Tech Boston), Jordan DePina, Sr., QB (Rockland), Behnji Dessources, Sr., OL (Ipswich), Quentyn Dulin, Sr., DB (Brighton), Luke Dunham, Jr., DB (Hull), Joe Earner, Sr., RB (Rockland), Dylan Eld, Sr., LB (Lowell Catholic), Owem Enright, Sr., LB (Tech Boston), Treyvon Fields, Sr., QB (Cathedral), Jackson Glynn, Sr., OL/DL (Millis), Chanel Gutierrez, Sr., LB (KIPP), Armyi Hardy, Sr., OL (Tech Boston), Jameson Helms, Sr., WR (Carver), Makai Hue, Sr., FB/LB (Mashpee), Jack Irons, Sr., C (Nashoba Tech), Rovens Jean-Baptiste, Sr., LB (Cape Cod Tech), Ben Joyce, Sr., OL (Cohasset), Jack Kalkus, Jr., QB (St. John Paul), Nebs Kassaye, Sr., LB (Boston Latin Academy), Ty Kelley, Sr., DB (Bourne), Aiden Landers, Sr., RB/LB (Blue Hills), Xavier Landrum, Jr., LB (Tech Boston), Declan Lee, Sr., OL (Cohasset), Timothy Lewis, Sr., OL (Boston Latin Academy), Charles Luarasi, Sr., QB (Holbrook/Avon), Ajay Lopes, Sr., RB (Wareham), Jake Lynch, Sr., TE (Keefe Tech), Jovan Machado, Sr., DB (KIPP), Shawn Markham, Sr., WR (Old Colony), Stephen Martin, Sr., RB (Manchester-Essex), Sonny McColgan, Sr., QB/DB (Roxbury Prep), Peyton Morris, Jr., RB (Cape Cod Tech), Cliff Munroe, Sr., TE (South Shore Voke), Moses Onkuwa, Sr., DT (Brighton), Christian Packard, Sr., LB (West Bridgewater), Jeshua Pandiscio, Jr., QB (Upper Cape Cod), Anthony Panetta, Sr., WR (Nashoba Tech), Devon Paradise, Jr., WR (Atlantis Charter), Jasmar Patterson, Jr., OL/DL (Roxbury Prep), Ethan Prum, Sr., DB (Lynn Tech), Sean Reilly, Sr., DE (Hull), Justin Reyes, Sr., WR (Chelsea), Jomani Rivera, Sr., OL/DL (English/New Mission), Sam Salter, Sr., DB (West Bridgewater), Lucas Salvucci, Sr., WR (South Shore Voke), Nic Sanford, Sr., OL (Monomoy), Michael Sanchez, Sr., RB (Amesbury), Murphy Senecal, Sr., QB (Nashoba Tech), Jack Shapiro, So., QB (Boston Latin Academy), Jake Short, Sr., TE (English/New Mission), Kevin Silva, Sr. RB (Minuteman) Senecca Spencer, Jr., LB (Randolph), Travonni Thompson-Dew, Sr., OL/DL (Roxbury Prep), Nick Tiani, Sr., RB (Hull), Jake Vegenes, Sr., QB (Monomoy), Israel Watkins, Jr., LB/TE (Roxbury Prep), Anthony Wilkes, Sr., OL/LB (East Boston), Terran Williams, Sr., WR (Rockland), Nathan Wood, Sr., RB (Case), Montavius Zollarcoffer, Sr., RB (O’Bryant), Mason Zylinski, Sr., OL (Mashpee)
OVERVIEW
The South Shore League has always been a fertile ground for developing state title contenders.
This year is no different as Mashpee and Cohasset return key players and should be among the contenders for a Div. 7 state title. Despite losing a host of stars, one should never count out Rockland.
Amesbury should be among the top teams in the Cape Ann League as star linemen Aiden Donovan and Will Arsenault are back. West Bridgewater’s James Harris is one of the top quarterbacks on the South Shore, while O’Bryant and Latin Academy will be two of the better teams in the Boston City League.
In Div. 8, yet another SSL team has intentions of making noise this fall.
Fresh off a successful 7-on-7 campaign coupled with a solid group of returning players, Carver is more than primed to take the next step in the growing process.
Hull defeated KIPP to capture the Div. 8 state title last year and while both teams were hit hard by graduation, both should not be overlooked. Vocational bowl finalist Nashoba Tech is a team to watch in Div. 8 as is up-and-coming Atlantis Charter/Westport. Boston City League teams Brighton and Tech Boston will be in the mix.