High school football’s Gridiron Greats
Sayville's Jack Coan (9) throws a pass in the second quarter during a Suffolk Division III football game against West Babylon Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 at West Babylon Middle School. Credit: Bob Sorensen
Francesco Ancona, Oceanside
He kicked a school-record 47-yard field goal in a 24-0 win over Hicksville.
Mike Bradley, Floyd
The linebacker had seven solo tackles, one sack and two interceptions, including a 30-yard interception return for a score in a 37-26 win over Connetquot.
Sam Brown, Long Beach
He completed 14 of 21 passes for 255 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-14 win over Herricks.
Corey Bull, Roosevelt
He rushed for 142 yards on 11 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 40-15 win over Valley Stream North. He also had an interception.
Jack Coan, Sayville
He completed 14 of 19 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-0 win over West Babylon. He set the Long Island career record for touchdown passes with 101 and total passing yardage with 7,811.
Paul Cooper, Kings Park
The senior quarterback completed 19 of 25 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-41 loss to Westhampton. He also ran 19 times for 67 yards and two scores.
Zach Dente, Carey
The senior middle linebacker recovered two fumbles and made six tackles in a 34-21 victory over MacArthur.
Mike Francis, Westbury
He rushed for 95 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown in a 32-17 win over Plainview JFK. He also had two two-point conversion runs and grabbed two interceptions.
Vinny Inciarrano, Division
He completed all 10 pass attempts for 227 yards and five scores in a 62-26 win over Glen Cove.
Dylan Laube, Westhampton
Junior halfback rushed for 216 yards on 16 carries and scored three touchdowns in 42-41 win over Kings Park. Laube had scoring runs of 48, 65 and 68 yards. He also had two sacks.
Jordan McLune, Farmingdale
He had 171 yards on 20 carries and two scores in a 33-0 win over Baldwin.
Eddie Munoz, Ward Melville
He caught a 24-yard touchdown pass and returned an interecption 57 yards for a score in a 35-7 win over Northport.
Kevin Murphy, Seaford
The defensive back grabbed two second-half interceptions and blocked an extra point in a 42-33 win over North Shore.
Jeremy Ruckert, Lindenhurst
The junior tight end caught six passes for 78 yards and a score in a 21-0 win over Bay Shore. He also had seven tackles, two sacks, recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass. He nailed all three extra point kicks.
Aaron Ruthman, Elmont
The senior quarterback completed 16 of 26 passes for 335 yards, four touchdowns and an interception in a 33-6 win over Sewanhaka.
Umari Taylor, Holy Trinity
He totaled 230 yards of offense and scored three times in a 32-25 wi over St. John the Baptist. He had TD runs of 11 and 94 yards and added a 78-yard kickoff return for a score.
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.
