Empire Football League

EFL PRESS RELEASE: (October 15, 2006)

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The Empire Football League is proud to announce the Albany Metro Mallers as its 2006 EFL Champions. Albany won their Empire Football League title Saturday with a 39-0 victory over the Watertown Red & Black.

 

The Albany Metro Mallers defeated the Watertown Red and Black 39-0 to win their second Empire Football League title in as many years. The Mallers were led by the rushing of Sylvester Cooperwood (over 100 yards and 2 touchdowns), the passing of Scott Lawson (3 touchdowns) and the receiving of Macio Clinton (2 touchdowns). The Mallers are the first repeat champs of the EFL since the 2000-2001 Syracuse Vipers.

 

The EFL is also proud to announce their All Star Selections for 2006 as follows:

The 2006 Empire Football League All Star Team
	Offensive Unit - FIRST TEAM
Position	Northern Division	Southern Division
Tight End	Trevor St. Clair – Lake City	Johathan Bechy - BROOME COUNTY
Wide Receiver	Troy Canada – VERMONT  Lester Cole – WATERTOWN Joe Hutchinson – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Austain Partain - VERMONT	Culture Branch - ALBANY George Graham - BROOME COUNTY Collis Martin - TRI STATE John Mulinio - ALBANY
Offensive Guard	Mark Bowman – WATERTOWN Nick Moore – LAKE CITY	John Edwards - TRI STATE Jay Garvey – AMSTERDAM David Rushford - ALBANY
Offensive Tackle	Aaron Brown – WATERTOWN Nate Furlong - VERMONT	Carmen Daniele – ALBANY Dante Simpson – TRI STATE Bob Van Hoeson – AMSTERDAM Wayman Walker - ALBANY
Center	Jeff Miller – CHATEAUGUAY Jeff Miller - VERMONT	Andrez Morris - ALBANY
Fullback	Aaron Pyer - VERMONT	Raheem Ridley - TRI STATE
Running Back	James “Buddy” Compeau – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Shawn Harkes – OTTAWA Brandon Keleher – LAKE CITY Anthony Noel – WATERTOWN	Jared Brown – AMSTERDAM Sylvester Cooperwood – ALBANY Andre McCloud - TRI STATE
Quarterback	Brad Ruderman - VERMONT	Scott Lawson - ALBANY
	Special Teams - FIRST TEAM
Position	Northern Division	Southern Division
Punter	Gus Terry – LAKE CITY	Evan DeGeorgio – AMSTERDAM Victor Ebert – TRI STATE
Place Kicker	Leo Grant – WATERTOWN	Steve Andriola
Return Specialist	Heith Geiser – LAKE CITY Austin Partain – VERMONT	Sam Ragsdale - BROOME COUNTY
Position	Northern Division	Southern Division
	Defensive Unit - FIRST TEAM
Nose Tackle	Craig Hodge - OTTAWA	Lawan Cancer - ALBANY
Defensive Tackle	Craig Hodge – OTTAWA Don Tambini – LAKE CITY Lloyd White – VERMONT Duane Woodall – WATERTOWN	Anthony DeChiaro – ALBANY Ahmeel Kirton – BROOME COUNTY Aaron Robinson - AMSTERDAM Michael Rozzi - TRI STATE
Defensive End	Norm Martel – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Ben Pritchard – WATERTOWN Del Randall – VERMONT Dan Robl – WATERTOWN	Kevin Bembry - TRI STATE Terry Cumberbatch - ALBANY Brian Domingo – ALBANY Rick Hulett - AMSTERDAM Pa1squale Iacono - BROOME COUNTY Alex McKinsey – AMSTERDAM Wayne Stackhouse - TRI STATE
Linebacker	Andrew Blevings – CHATEAUGUAY Shane Cheeseman - LAKE CITY Chris Coppins – VERMONT Cheyenne Dashnaw – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Rick Delaney – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Mike Dumaw – WATERTOWN Kevin Fournier – VERMONT Corvell Isaacs – CHATEAUGUAY Mike Lawyer – LAKE CITY James Moore – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Kyle Roshia – WATERTOWN	Terrell Baity – TRI STATE Bobby Fisher - TRI STATE Alvin “Putt” Foy - ALBANY Brandon Franklin – BROOME COUNTY Jamie Hoover - BROOME COUNTY Eric Montalvo – BROOME COUNTY Mike Philo – AMSTERDAM Jorge Rodriquez – AMSTERDAM George Romiti - SCRANTON Greg Woodward –ALBANY
Defensive Back	Jean LeRouge – CHATEAUGUAY Earl Parks – LAKE CITY Filippo Flocco – OTTAWA Peter Kassotis – OTTAWA Drew Gordon – VERMONT Brian Williams – WATERTOWN Greg Roberson – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY Steve Crompton – CHATEAUGUAY Keith Jones – WATERTOWN Anthony Okonji – WATERTOWN	Farid Baaklini -  ALBANY Maurice Nash - TRI STATE Kenyatta Jefferson – TRI STATE Jeff Turman – ALBANY Jeremy Kingsman - BROOME COUNTY Cory Champi - SCRANTON Tony Shaw - TRI STATE Maurice “Mo” James - ALBANY Rich Johnson – AMSTERDAM Mark Holmes - AMSTERDAM

 

	Offensive Unit - SECOND TEAM
Position	Northern Division	Southern Division
Tight End	Sean Kennedy - CHATEAUGUAY	Dwight Chasten – ALBANY Evan DeGeorgio - AMSTERDAM
Wide Receiver	Zawdie Parahoo - CHATEAUGUAY Matt St. Clair - LAKE CITY
Offensive Guard	Jon Lovett – VERMONT Dustin Burley - ST LAWRENCE VALLEY	Rich Neaton – ALBANY Justin Ned – ALBANY Jose Vasquez - ALBANY
Offensive Tackle	Keith Bushey – LAKE CITY Jason Hudson - OTTAWA	Julian Brittano - TRI STATE
Center	Jeff “Beefy” Way - LAKE CITY	Michael Boykin - TRI STATE
Fullback	Ernie Miller - WATERTOWN	Penta Thomas – AMSTERDAM Gary Visnofsky - SCRANTON
Running Back	John Fahey – VERMONT Jason Young - VERMONT	Andre Gilmore - BROOME COUNTY
Quarterback	Doug Black - WATERTOWN	Ty Fish – BROOME COUNTY Jay Hawes - TRI STATE
	Special Teams - SECOND TEAM
Punter	Mike Dumaw - WATERTOWN	Steve Tammariello - BROOME COUNTY
Place Kicker	Gavin Battaglia - VERMONT	Vinny Cirrincione - ALBANY
Return Specialist	Jean Lerouge - CHATEAUGUAY James “Buddy” Compeau - ST LAWRENCE VALLEY	Farid Baaklini – ALBANY Jovan Garcia – TRI STATE
	Defensive Unit - SECOND TEAM
Nose Tackle	Pierre Cotton – OTTAWA	Mishael Castrello - AMSTERDAM Jordan Jenks - BROOME COUNTY
Defensive Tackle	Ambrose Souza - WATERTOWN Rob Sunday – ST LAWRENCE VALLEY
Defensive End	Corvell Isaacs - CHATEAUGUAY Marc Andre Guay - CHATEAUGUAY
	SPECIAL AWARDS
Award	Northern Division	Southern Division
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Jason Young - VERMONT	Louis Verdetto - SCRANTON
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Del Randall - VERMONT	Wayne Stackhouse - TRI STATE
IRONMAN of the Year	Andrew Blevins - CHATEAUGUAY	Jarod Brown - AMSTERDAM
Offensive MVP	Brad Ruderman - VERMONT	Sylvester Cooperwood - ALBANY Scott Lawson - ALBANY
Defensive MVP	Mike Dumaw - WATERTOWN	George Romiti - SCRANTON
Coach of the YEAR	George Ashcraft –WATERTOWN & Doug Perez - VERMONT	Dom Ruggeri - AMSTERDAM