by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America
Connecticut's Super Soph
Arkeel Newsome of
Ansonia is the
Walter Camp Foundation's 2011 Player of the Year.
Newsome set single-season state records with 3,763 yards and 58 touchdowns. Newsome rushed for 364 yards in the Class M championship when Ansonia won a record 17th state championship.
Masuk quarterback
Casey Cochran and
Hand receiver
Nick Vitale were the other finalists for the award.
Hand head coach
Steve Filippone was named Coach of the Year.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to former
Xavier High School head coach
Larry McHugh. In 21 years at Xavier, McHugh was 152-36-6.
2011 WALTER CAMP ALL-CONNECTICUT TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Casey Cochran (Masuk)
RB: Arkeel Newsome (Ansonia), Alex Manwaring (Ledyard)
WR: Aaron Berardino (Windsor), Nick Vitale (Daniel Hand)
TE: Ryan Murphy (Xavier)
OL: Rennick Bryan (Hillhouse) Hakeem Martin (Ansonia), Michael Money (Fairfield Warde), Dylan Vano (Ansonia). Austin Wezenski (Xavier)
DEFENSE
DL: Joe Demichele (Daniel Hand), Sean Marinan (Xavier), Cole Ormsby (Windsor), Ludovic Richardson (Notre Dame)
LB: Shane Nastahowski (Greenwich), Matt Walsh (Daniel Hand), Tyler Wood (Ansonia), Mark Zurlis (North Haven)
DB: Jawad Chisholm (Bunnell), Jimmy Fairfield-Sonn (Valley Regional), Brenden Lytton (Torrington). Ryan Jacobucci (Xavier)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker: Matt Paola (Pomperaug)
Punter: Jon Heil (Staples)
Returner: Kyle McKinnon (New London), Thomas Milone (Masuk)
