Big 33’s Super Bowl streak extends another year

By: HSSN Staff
Sunday, January 20, 2019 | 11:21 PM

The Big 33 Football Classic’s Super Bowl streak lives.

All 53 Super Bowl matchups have included at least one former player from the high school football all-star game, a streak that Patriots quarterback Brian Hoyer and Rams safety John Johnson will extend this year.

Hoyer, a Cleveland native, led Ohio to victory in 2004 over a Pennsylvania team that featured WPIAL stars Darrelle Revis of Aliquippa and Anthony Morelli of Penn Hills. Hoyer attended St. Ignatius High School.

Johnson, a Hyattsville, Md., native, played in the 2013 game. Pennsylvania defeated Maryland that year behind Clairton’s Tyler Boyd. Johnson attended Northwestern High School.

According to Big 33 records, Philadelphia native Herb Adderley started the streak as a member of the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I and II. Adderley played in the inaugural Big 33 in 1957.

This year’s Big 33 game is May 27 at Central Dauphin’s Landis Field in Harrisburg.

The streak continues!! Representing the Big 33 this year: Brian Hoyer, St Ignatius 2004 https://t.co/NWa92cmIJy pic.twitter.com/OKHQIa948q

— PSFCA_BIG33Classic (@psfcabig33) January 21, 2019

Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at charlan@tribweb.com or via Twitter @CHarlan_Trib.