2002 New York High School News
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2002 Newsday High School FB
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- Newsday's City Football Top 10
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- Long Island Football Polls
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- Football Players of the Week
Newsday.com - Roosevelt's Vito Cited
Newsday.com - NEWSDAY POLL: HOW THEY FARED
Power Rankings 10-27
NOVEMBER
Newsday.com-November 5, 2002 - Football Players of the Week
Newsday.com -November 5, 2002- Long Island Football Polls
Power Rankings
Newsday.com - HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 7 NASSAU
Newsday.com - HIGH SCHOOLS FOOTBALL WEEK 7 SUFFOLK
HS Coaches of the Week
HS COACHES OF THE WEEK
Through the NFL, the New York Jets and Giants name a local coach as their
respective "Coach of the Week." For each coach named, the NFL will
donate $1,000 to the school's football programs. This week's winners:
Rich
Reichert (16th season, 117-40-3)
St. Anthony's HS, South Huntington, LI; No. 3 St. Anthony's beat St.
Francis Prep, 42-22.
Fred
Olivieri (21st season, 129-91-4)
Curtis HS, Staten Island, NY; Curtis beat Wagner, 12-6.
Playoff
Newsday.com - NEWSDAY POLL: HOW THEY FARED
November 19, 2025
Newsday.com - Football Players of the Week
Newsday.com - Football Playoff Schedule
November 26, 2002
Newsday.com - Special LI Championships Web Page
December 4, 2002
Newsday.com - MacArthur's General
Offense:
Senior FB Alex Baez
5'8, 170 lbs
Patchogue-Medford HS
Medford, NY
Recorded a Long Island playoff record, 334 yards rushing on 35 carries with
five touchdowns.Patchogue-Medford topped Sachem, 48-20, in the Suffolk County
Division I Championship game.
Defense:
Sophomore LB Mike Mele
5'7, 175 lbs
Seaford HS
Seaford, NYReturned a 31-yard interception and 20-yard fumble return for TDs.
Seaford grabbed the Nassau County Conference IV Championship game over Mineola,
28-6.
NYC News
PICK OF THE WEEK
The High School Weekly cameras will be in Brooklyn this Saturday for
the New York City Public School title game between top seeds Curtis and Fort
Hamilton. As always, the High School Weekly Game of the Week can be seen every
Wednesday night at 11 p.m. on MSG Network.
Air Date
Start Time
Opponents
Cable System
Sunday, 9/15 9:00 AM Sheepshead Bay at Curtis (DB-9/14) Time Warner
Sunday, 9/22 8:00 AM Ansonia at Derby (DB-9/20) Tele-Media
Sunday, 9/29 8:00 AM Bergen Catholic at Don Bosco Prep (DB-9/28) Cablevision
of North Jersey
Sunday, 10/6 8:00 AM Harrison at Edgemont (DB-10/5) Cablevision Harrison
Sunday, 10/13 8:00 AM St. Joseph (Sea) at Moore Catcholic (DB-10/12) Time
Warner
Sunday, 10/20 8:00 AM Wagner at Tottenville (DB-10/19) Time Warner
Sunday, 10/27 8:00 AM Naugatuck at Seymour (DB-10/25) Tele-Media
Sunday, 11/3 8:00 AM Ramapo at Wayne Hills (DB-11/2) MSG
Sunday, 11/10 8:00 AM Section I Final (if Harrison plays) (DB-11/9) or
PSAL First Round Playoffs (DB-11/9) Cablevision Harrison or Time Warner
Sunday, 11/17 8:00 AM PSAL Quarterfinal: Teams TBD (DB-11/16)
Time Warner
Sunday, 11/24 8:00 AM FCIAC Final: Teams TBD (DB-11/22) or
Ansonia at Seymour (DB-11/23) Cablevision or Tele-Media
Sunday, 12/1 8:00 AM St. Joesph at Bergen Catholic (DB-11/29) or
Naugatuck at Ansonia (DB-11/28) MSG or Tele-Media
Sunday, 12/8 8:00 AM New Jersey Parochial 4 Final (DB-12/7) MSG/Cablevision
Player
of the year:
Sha-Ron Gutter
By CHRISTIAN RED
Sha-Ron Gutter rolls up more than 1,400 rushing yards for Curtis.
In the biggest games of any athlete's career, there is always the chance for a
nightmare scenario: The errant pass, the grounder between the legs, the missed
free throw or the grand daddy of them all, the fumble.Sha-Ron Gutter lived out
his nightmare two weeks ago in the PSAL championship game against Fort
Hamilton. As the fourth quarter got underway with Curtis holding a tense
two-point lead over the top-seeded Tigers, Gutter took a handoff, trying to
build upon his team's advantage.Instead, he dropped the ball."I thought
that fumble cost us the game," Gutter, the two-way Curtis star,
said.Turns out it did not cost the Warriors the game nor their third PSAL
championship in the past five years. In fact, it was Gutter who took that
deflating moment and quickly reversed it to help his team clinch the
championship.First he stayed on defense to help force a Fort Hamilton punt. On
Curtis' ensuing drive, it was Gutter who did the bulk of the work, churning
forward for key runs that carried Curtis down to the Hamilton 6-yard line. He
finished the drive by barreling in for the touchdown. He later helped set up a
key interception and also scored the game's final points.All season, as Curtis
marched toward the title, Gutter proved to be the key asset that propelled
Curtis to an 11-1 record and the honor of being the city's best team. For his
accomplishments, the Daily News distinguishes Sha-Ron Gutter as the Player of
the Year."What stands out to me, is that Sha-Ron stepped up when it was
prime time," Curtis coach Fred Olivieri said. "He worked so hard
after his junior year when he was getting his feet wet."Gutter rushed for
more than 1,400 yards during this season, and scored 22 touchdowns, 10 during
the playoff run.Even more impressive to Olivieri was the maturity Gutter
showed throughout the season while sharing the spotlight with Curtis' other
star back, Damian McCaig."They worked so well together," Olivieri
said. "That says a lot about a 17-year-old when they can share the
spotlight. Sha-Ron was humble and hungry."The hunger never
wavered."We feed off each other," Gutter said of the strong
friendships on the team.His close ties with McCaig go back to when they played
as kids on the same Staten Island Boys' League team."There are no selfish
players on the team," Gutter said. "We had a great year from working
hard together."Olivieri recalled a point early in the season when he felt
Gutter wasn't reaching his potential as a leader."The great ones want to
be pushed, as hard as you can push them," Olivieri said. He sat down with
Gutter to resolve the matter and marveled at the role Gutter seized."He
spoke up in practice, on the sidelines and one-on-one," Olivieri said.
"The big question was not whether Sha-Ron had the athletic ability, but
if he had the intangibles. He proved he had both."