23 WPIAL, City League football players picked for 2025 Big School East-West Game
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Friday, February 21, 2025 | 12:00 PM
Central Catholic’s Da’Ron Goodwine celebrates after North Allegheny turned the ball over on downs during their game on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Baldwin High School.
Five offensive and five defensive linemen were among the 23 WPIAL and City League football players selected for the 2025 PSFCA Big School East-West Game this spring.
The roster was announced Friday.
The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association organizes two East-West all-star games each year, one for small schools (Class A to 3A) and another for big schools (4A to 6A). Both games are May 18 at Cumberland Valley.
Kickoff for the big school all-star game is 5 p.m. The small school game starts at noon.
The Small School East-West roster was announced Thursday.
The West’s offensive line included Central Catholic’s Sam Brackney and Roman Kane, North Allegheny’s Jack Yatchenko, Peters Township’s Zack Stromock and Montour’s Mark Dobrowsky. The defensive line included Penn Hills’ Donovan Burnett, Central Catholic’s Da’Ron Goodwine and Pine-Richland’s Joshua Nindl at tackle, with Plum’s Darian Slaughter and Pine-Richland’s Josh Smith at end.
Joining them on the West roster were Thomas Jefferson’s Luke Kosko, Brayden White and Kooper Kamberis; Penn Hills’ Naytel Mitchell and Ronald Porter; Montour’s Kaleb Platz; University Prep’s Xair Stevenson; Hempfield’s Aidan Allison; Peters Township’s Nick McCullough; Latrobe’s John Wetzel; Aliquippa’s Arison Walker; Central Catholic’s Billy Lech; and Pine-Richland’s Grant Argiro.
Peters Township’s T.J. Plack will coach the West. His assistants coaches include Nick Keefer of Hempfield and Tim Burchett, who recently resigned at Knoch.
The Big 33 Football Classic roster was announced last week.
West roster
Offense
QB, Luke Kosko, Thomas Jefferson
QB, Eddie Corkery, State College
RB, Naytel Mitchell, Penn Hills
RB, Brady Collins, Clearfield
ATH, Cooper Brushwood, State College
TE, Kooper Kamberis, Thomas Jefferson
WR, Josh Smith, Mechanicsburg
WR, Brayden White, Thomas Jefferson
WR, Gavin Bell, Hollidaysburg
OL, Jack Yatchenko, North Allegheny
OL, Zack Stromock, Peters Township
OL, Wyatt Maines, Hollidaysburg
OL, Samuel Brackney, Central Catholic
OL, Mark Dobrowsky, Montour
OL, Guner Hiller, Cedar Cliff
OL, Roman Kane, Central Catholic
Defense
DT, Donovan Burnett, Penn Hills
DT, Da’Ron Goodwine, Central Catholic
DT, Joshua Nindl, Pine-Richland
DE, Darian Slaughter, Plum
DE, Aidan Bilek, Hollidaysburg
DE, Josh Smith, Pine-Richland
ILB, Kaleb Platz, Montour
ILB, Mark Harrington, Altoona
ILB, Xair Stevenson, University Prep
OLB, Tyler Frey, Central York
OLB, Aidan Allison, Hempfield
OLB, Gavin Kendrick, Cumberland Valley
CB, Ronald Porter, Penn Hills
CB, Cameron Gates, Central York
CB, Nick McCullough, Peters Township
S, John Wetzel, Latrobe
S, Arison Walker, Aliquippa
LS, Scottie Pantall, State College
K/P, Billy Lech, Central Catholic
K/P, Grant Argiro, Pine-Richland
Head coach
T.J. Plack, Peters Township
Assistant coaches
Wayne Snellbaker, Dover
Vince Nedimyer, Altoona
Tim Burchett, Knoch
Marshall McCormick, General McLane
Nick Keefer, Hempfield
East roster
Offense
QB, Donovan Gingrich, Conrad Weiser
QB, Demaj Jalloh, Central Dauphin East
RB, Jared Porter, Central Dauphin East
RB, Mick Johnson, Bonner-Prendergast
TE, Cameron Waller, Pottsgrove
TE, Connor Frederick, Neshaminy
WR, Alijah Turner, St. Joseph’s Prep
WR, Santana Young, Central Dauphin East
WR, Rameir Hardy, St. Joseph’s Prep
WR, Caleb Newsome, Nazareth Area
OL, Aris Drake, Twin Valley
OL, Spencer McClintock, Manheim Township
OL, Bleek Turner, St. Joseph’s Prep
OL, Keyshawn Efese, Reading
OL, Nick Micewski, Central Bucks South
OL, Owen Mark, Manheim Township
OL, Zack Coleman, Central Dauphin
Defense
DT, Shawn Stratz, St. Joseph’s Prep
DT, Kasir Wright, Imhotep Charter
DE, Zahir Mathis, Imhotep Charter
DE, Jaasai Simmons, Roman Catholic
DE, Mehki Kirkland, Stroudsburg
ILB, Nasir Blount, East Stroudsburg South
ILB, Brodie Daugherty, Manheim Central
ILB, Emory Fluhr, Lampeter-Strasburg
OLB, Nehemiah Ewell, Harrisburg
OLB, Christopher Blocker, Abraham Lincoln
OLB, Declan Clancy, Manheim Township
CB, Quincy Brannon, Harrisburg
CB, Shane Lewis, Spring-Ford
CB, Dymere Durham, Abraham Lincoln
S, Kymir Williams, Harrisburg
S, Chase Hatton, West Chester Rustin
LS, Carson Zook, Lampeter Strasburg
K/P, Alex Malone, Conrad Weiser
K/P, Brody Wojnicki, Central Bucks East
Head coach
Dave Hahn, Manheim Central
Assistant coaches
Kris Miller, Ephrata
Matt Walters, East Stroudsburg South
Josh Borreli, Lower Dauphin
Tom Gallagher, Blue Mountain
Malik Jones, Martin Luther King
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Aliquippa, Central Catholic, Hempfield, Latrobe, Montour, North Allegheny, Penn Hills, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Plum, Thomas Jefferson, University Prep
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