Empire Football League

EFL PRESS RELEASE: (October 28, 2008)

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The Empire Football League is proud to announce the Quebec Titans as their 2008 EFL Champions. Quebec won their Empire Football League title Saturday night over the defending champion Vermont Ice Storm 12-10. The EFL has had Canadian teams as league members since 1990 and would like to note that this is the first time that any Canadian team has won the EFL's League Championship. The Quebec Titans finished the season with an overall record of 11 wins and one loss.  Their only loss was to Vermont 21-14 during the regular season

As a result of inquiries from several organizations during the current season, the Empire Football League is looking forward to celebrating its 40^th Anniversary Season in 2009 by adding several new teams.

The EFL is also proud to announce the following All Star Selections for 2008:

Offensive ALL STAR NOMINEES
TIGHT END        (1)
Team	#	Name
Titans	9	S. Kennedy	1st Team
Plattsburgh	5	Trevor St. Clair	2nd Team
WIDE RECEIVER  (2)
Team	#	Name
Amsterdam	14	Issmal Green	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	20	Austin Partain	1st Team
Titans	80	Treldon James	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	88	Rob Joy	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	2	Matt St. Clair	Honorable Mention
Watertown	84	Earnest Walsh	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	82	Josh Newborn	Honorable Mention
Massena	81	Rob James	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	80	Mike Jabour	Honorable Mention
Titans	19	Marvin Joseph	Honorable Mention
OFFENSIVE GUARD   (2)
Team	#	Name
Titans	71	Steve Pantalakis	1st Team
Plattsburgh	75	Ryan Sorrell	1st Team
Watertown	79	Ryan Ohara	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	65	John Dubuc	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	63	Steve Audy	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	69	Ray Nelson	2nd Team
Amsterdam	60	Chris Roberts	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	55	Matt Dolly	Honorable Mention
Massena	56	Lyle Compo	Honorable Mention
Massena	58	Richard Barlow	Honorable Mention
Titans	53	Erick Pouliot	Honorable Mention
OFFENSIVE TACKLE   (2)
Team	#	Name
Watertown	72	Aaron Brown	1st Team
Amsterdam	61	Josh Saulisbury	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	56	Nate Furlong	2nd Team
Titans	61	Pierre Absi	2nd Team
Titans	63	Jonathan Clermont	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	76	Jon Garrow	2nd Team
Amsterdam	76	Bob Lofferdo	Honorable Mention
Plattsburgh	70	Craig Lamoy	Honorable Mention
CENTER  (1)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	59	Jeff Miller	1st Team
Amsterdam	73	Jay Garvey	2nd Team
Titans	50	Nicolas Mayer-Boisvert	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	77	Nick Moore	Honorable Mention
Watertown	65	David Towles	Honorable Mention
FULL BACK  (1)
Team	#	Name
Plattsburgh	44	Kyle Nolan	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	28	Jed Randall	2nd Team
Amsterdam	28	Brian Barrett	Honorable Mention
RUNNING BACK    (2)
Team	#	Name
Amsterdam	44	Elijah White	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	3	Akeem Williams	1st Team
Ottawa	1	Shawn Harkes	1st Team
Plattsburgh	40	Brandon Keleher	2nd Team
Watertown	5	Anthony Noel	2nd Team
Titans	25	Denis Houle	2nd Team
Watertown	21	Joe Brennan	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	3	Joe Newborn	Honorable Mention
Massena	32	James "Buddy" Compeau	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	23	Jason Young	Honorable Mention
Titans	27	Ricardo Moreau	Honorable Mention
QUARTERBACK   (1)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	12	Brad Ruderman	1st Team
Amsterdam	12	Ken Schaefer	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	10	Kellen Nolan	Honorable Mention
Titans	14	Kevin Wyeth	Honorable Mention
		SPECIAL TEAMS
PUNTER     (1)
Team	#	Name
Titans	72	Tom Koncic	1st Team
Watertown	24	Brian Williams	2nd Team
Amsterdam	28	Brian Barrett	2nd Team
PLACE KICKER     (1)
Team	#	Name
Titans	35	Andrew Blevings	1st Team
Amsterdam	28	Brian Barrett	2nd Team
RETURN SPECIALIST     (1)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	25	Troy Canada	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	20	Austin Partain	1st Team
Titans	80	Treldon James	1st Team
Plattsburgh	4	Jordon Keleher	Honorable Mention
Massena	32	James "Buddy" Compeau	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	36	Corey Belida	Honorable Mention
OFFENSIVE MVP    (1)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	12	Brad Ruderman	Selected
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR   (1)
Team	#	Name
Amsterdam	14	Issmal Green	Selected
Defensive ALL STAR NOMINEES
NOSE TACKLE   (1)
Team	#	Name
Titans	77	Sam Toussaint	1st Team
Amsterdam	71	Raphael Nicosia	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	72	Josh Pray	Honorable Mention
DEFENSIVE TACKLE    (2)
Team	#	Name
Massena	90	Rob Sunday	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	93	Lloyd White	1st Team
Titans	75	Desmond Thompson	1st Team
Titans	44	Pat Herron	2nd Team
Amsterdam	62	Kyle Zolle	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	63	Mike Thwaits	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	54	Mishael Castrello	Honorable Mention
Ottawa	93	Shawn Bradley	Honorable Mention
DEFENSIVE END    (2)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	92	Del Randall	1st Team
Plattsburgh	52	Kyle Babbie	2nd Team
Watertown	42	Ben Pritchard	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	53	Kevin Gibson	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	95	ALEX Mckinsey	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	33	Rick Hulett	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	98	Tucker Gifford	Honorable Mention
Massena	76	Lan Lamondie	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	99	Andre Martineau	Honorable Mention
Titans	48	Ricardo Willis	Honorable Mention
Titans	23	Christian Tinslay	Honorable Mention
Ottawa	95	Craig Hodge	Honorable Mention
LINEBACKER    (4)
Team	#	Name
Plattsburgh	51	Bj Godfrey	1st Team
Amsterdam	36	Rick Fish	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	27	Chris Coppins	1st Team
Titans	35	Andrew Blevings	1st Team
Plattsburgh	61	Adam Frennier	2nd Team
Watertown	13	Adam Bossinger	2nd Team
Amsterdam	6	Joey Hall	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	14	Kevin Fournier	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	11	Donny Lafleur	2nd Team
Watertown	33	Dustin Houppert	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	68	Mark Nellis	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	30	Aaron Pyer	Honorable Mention
DEFENSIVE BACK    (4)
Team	#	Name
Titans	33	Marvins Edmonds	1st Team
Plattsburgh	17	Brandon St. John	1st Team
Amsterdam	19	Miah Newborn	1st Team
Vermont Ice Storm	36	Corey Belida	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	1	Scot Dennis	2nd Team
Vermont Ice Storm	29	Kyle Bombardier	2nd Team
Titans	29	Jason Nagy	2nd Team
Plattsburgh	32	Ken Ruwett	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	31	Eugene Maye	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	23	Tim Sweeney	Honorable Mention
Amsterdam	22	Jorge Rodriquez	Honorable Mention
Massena	32	James "Buddy" Compeau	Honorable Mention
Watertown	24	Brian Willliams	Honorable Mention
Watertown	26	Antonio Alexander	Honorable Mention
Vermont Ice Storm	34	Drew Gordon	Honorable Mention
Titans	16	Steve Crompton	Honorable Mention
Titans	17	Wesley Joseph	Honorable Mention
Ottawa	20	Felippo Flocco	Honorable Mention
DEFENSIVE MVP   (1)
Team	#	Name
Vermont Ice Storm	92	Del Randall	Selected
DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR(1)
Team	#	Name
Amsterdam	6	Joey Hall	Selected
Titans	33	Marvins Edmonds	Selected
Watertown	26	Antonio Alexander
IRONMAN OF THE YEAR  (1)
Team	#	Name
Plattsburgh	21	Heath Geiser	Selected
COACH OF THE YEAR  (1)
Team	Name
Vermont Ice Storm		Doug "Doc" Perez	Selected