Here’s your chance… You can nominate players for the BlueStreak Sports Training OFFENSIVE and DEFENSIVE Players of the Year.
Click here for your ballot. Only one nomination per IP address. We’re doing this just like the Player of the Week: Coaches nominate players, and the top nominee-getters from the fan vote also get on the ballot.
We’re taking nominations through Sunday, Dec. 8.
Now before you vote for one of the following players, we just want to let you know they are already on the ballot as a prior Player of the Week… NO NEED TO NOMINATE THEM LIKE SOME ALREADY HAVE!:
Offense
Nate Quinn, QB, New Canaan
Kurt Ondash, WR, New Canaan
Nick Cortese, RB, Trinity Catholic
Mike Brighindi, QB, Shelton
Chris Hines, RB, Norwalk
Jordan Burandt, QB, Brookfield
Chris Cosmedy, RB, Masuk
Silas Redd, RB, King
Chris Evans, WR, Stamford
Nikki Dysenchuk, RB, Darien
Chris Sloat, QB, Bunnell
Defense
Chris Cosmedy, DB, Masuk
Shawnelle Philo, DE, Norwalk
Kris Arndt, LB, Newtown
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December 4th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I nominate Russel Baldino the nose guard for Trumbull. He dominated O- lines and made the interior 3 account for him every play. An absolutly dominating preformance all year. If Trumbull posted its stats it would show that Baldino is one of the sack leaders in the state.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Cortese has to got get considerable attention. He put up ridiculous numbers for a Trinity team that defenses only focused on him. 2000 yards on the ground? Come on, he carried that team. Chris Hines from Norwalk has also got to get some votes, putting up ridiculous numbers on the ground as well. Nate Quinn also had a great year for the Rams.
December 4th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Brosef, Cortese is a great player but if anyone got as many carries as this kid, they could get just as many if not more yards.
If they were to pick Silas Redd and even though King doesnt play the same calibur teams as Trinity, having 10 carries for over 300 yards and 4 TD’s is unbelievable.
Also, Nate Quinn is a great consideration. He has led a team that many thought would start the season 0-2 to being undefeated FCIAC champs and are in the state championship is quite a feat.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Good point, Cortese did have a ridiculous amount of carries. But do you think many other guys could withstand all those? He is a work horse, that is a lot of abuse he must have taken, and didn’t really have the greatest line to work with either.
December 5th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Offense: I have to give the nod to Cortese on stats alone. I think Redd is a great pick for next year and is a better player overall, as is Pierre Louis. However, Cortese went out and did it, every week, gotta respect that.
Defense: Pierre Louis hands down. 160 tackles, several takeaways and several sacks. An angry animal on the field and a great kid off. He also ran for over 100 yards. Fortt and Arndt also deserve consideration as well are Dirubio (sp).
December 5th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Buy the way guys you have to click HERE above to formally/properly nominate someone.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Sorry Pierre-Louis ran for over 1000 yards.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:12 am
how about richie edwards from Trumbull? wow this kid is impressive. I went to two Trumbull games this year against Danbury and against St. Joes’s. Wow. How does this kid not get any nominations?
December 5th, 2008 at 11:23 am
What position does Edwards play. I don’t follow Trumbull very well.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:40 am
RB, WR, CB, PR, KR
December 5th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Guys give me some feed back on Edwards. I think hes the most talented player in our area. I want to know what Tim Parry thinks of Richie Edwards aka “The Truth”. He made St. Joes look like a Pop Warner team….
December 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Read, Big Time, – not sure if you guys got to see him play that much but I am from the Danbury area and my cousin told me I had to go watch this kid play. My cousin went to go get a hotdog when Danbury went to punt in the second half, Edwards returned a punt 80 yards ducking, spinning, and running around would be tacklers! I then came down to McDougall Stadium in Trumbull to see them play St. Joseph’s high school, also in Trumbull. If you guys didn’t see the game, then asked St. Joseph’s what they thought. He looked like Reggie Bush against a jv football team. I know he won mvp and I think they ended up winning 45-7 or 47-7 something like that.
December 5th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
wait, how many yards did richie edwards have against Nick Dirubio and the New Canaan Defense???
December 5th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Who is Nick Dirubio?
December 6th, 2008 at 11:05 am
where is Brian Kosnik in the offensive player of the year. Nearly 1000 yards receiving and 10+ tds.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
hw, if Kosnik was to be considered, dont you think that they would put Kurt Ondash ahead of him with almost 200 more recieving yards and 6 more touchdowns, as well as kicking 45 PAT’s as well.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Bigworm, Big Time, Can’t figure out why Edwards seem’s to fly under the radar.
Seems the voting has closed, I’d put a nom in for him if I’d known. The kid is versatile, he’s an athlete, he can play a few positions. I’m from Fairfield, I watched him play two games, one was Ludlowe. In our weekly paper that week after the game the Ludlowe coaches said quote: The Trumbull-Ludlowe game quickly became the Richie Edwards show”. I’ll vouch for that. We watched this kid in awe. He’s got a good arm too, he threw a bomb touchdown pass in that game. As for the Thanksgiving game against St. Joe’s, well Big Time said it best, he made St. Joe’s look like Pop Warner.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
nick dirubio might as well be your father big worm
December 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
and if he doesnt get nominated then that is just bs. The rams offense has overshadowed his play all yr. Are we forgetting they had the best defense in the state and he was the best player on the defense. Without dirubio there would be a huge hole in the rams d and tim parry knows that…they wouldnt have come close to winning fciac and state without him and not to mention his boy sciaretta without those two italian goons where would new canaan be in this world…no where.