Blue-Gold All-Star football players gather at the University of Delaware
The best of the best high school senior football players from around the state gathered for a little Blue-Gold advance work on Sunday at the University of Delaware.
It's the kickoff of a week of activities leading up to the Blue-Gold All-Star football game, where the state's best on the gridiron are pitted against each other one last time.
Blue-Gold football rosters announced
The 63rd annual game, scheduled for 6 p.m. June 23 at Delaware Stadium, and all of its surrounding activities, benefit the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with intellectual disabilities.
The Gold won last year’s game 44-0, but like every year, each team has an entirely new roster in June. Blue leads the all-time series 32-27-3.
The game loosely follows a North-South format, with the Gold roster is made up of players from schools south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and the Blue roster consists of players from northern New Castle County schools. Due to changing enrollments, players from Christina School District members Christiana, Glasgow, and Newark have been shifted to the Blue team for this year’s game.
Howard’s Dan Ritter will coach the Blue team and Cape Henlopen’s Bill Collick will coach the Gold squad.
Ritter, Collick named Blue-Gold football head coaches
Here are the full rosters for both teams:
BLUE ROSTER
Daniel Adebi, Wilmington Friends; DaRon Askins, Charter of Wilmington; Hunter Balback, Delaware Military Academy; Jordan Beeman, Brandywine; Shawn Bowman, Howard; Lawrence Brown, Conrad; Christopher Chege, Christiana; Terin Cochran, William Penn; Brandon Dennis, Concord; Joe DiGregorio, Archmere; Michael DiNardo, Salesianum; Jared Duncan, Tatnall; Michael Earl, Newark; Lance Edwards, William Penn; Ernest English, William Penn; Christian Francis, Howard; Luke Frietze, Tower Hill; Isaiah Gaynor, William Penn; Reginald Grinnell, Glasgow; Zach Gwynn, Salesianum; Keshaun Hale, Mount Pleasant; Andrew Harp, A.I. du Pont; Jalik Heyward, Hodgson; Jeffrey Hollins, Delcastle; Amod John, Howard; Jacob Laznik, Caravel; Mandela Montgomery, Caravel; Markell Rollins, Howard; Grahm Roberts, Concord; Matthew Shields, St. Elizabeth; Casey Spink, Salesianum; Loma Thomas, McKean; T.J. Thomas, Delaware Military Academy; Matthew Tynes, St. Mark’s; Tymere Wilson, Glasgow; Vaughn Wood, Hodgson
GOLD ROSTER
Josiah Blake, Sussex Central; Nadeem Boggerty, Dover; D.J. Bowman, Milford; Michael Brewer, Woodbridge; Mike Carrow, Smyrna; Vance Correa, Seaford; Zach Dale, Cape Henlopen; Nicholas Davis, Delmar; Bailey DeAtley, Caesar Rodney; Collin Donaway, Indian River; Thomas Eisenbrey, Milford; Isaiah Gatling, St. Georges; Jason Genshaw, Sussex Tech; Elle Harden, Lake Forest; James Holmes, Caesar Rodney; Darius Hopkins, Seaford; Robert Jadick, Appoquinimink; Will Knight, Smyrna; Ty-Key Moore, Smyrna; Hunter Moyer, Smyrna; Zach Pancake, Red Lion Christian; Brooks Parker, Delmar; Shane Phipps, Appoquinimink; Doug Reed, Polytech; Tucker Reed, Polytech; Andrew Risper, Laurel; Nathaniel Showacre, Sussex Tech; Jhemir Stanley, St. Georges; Julian Trammell, Caesar Rodney; Jared Wagenhoffer, Caesar Rodney; Ernest Washington, Middletown; Jordan Waters, Milford; Ahmod Westbrook, Middletown; Jerren Williams, Dover; Kolbi Wright, Cape Henlopen