NEWS

2007 Finalists

The Committee has recognized the following players as Trench Trophy Finalists for the 2007 season:

• #78 Randy Bloom
  Orchard Park High School
• #68 Corey Balcerzak
  Lockport High School
• #63 Joshua Jesonowski
  Iroquois High School
• #71 Nicholas Christman
  Sweet Home High School
• #73 Kevin Dudkowski
  Depew High School
• #79 Art Garvey
  East Aurora High School
• #66 Zack Eldridge
  Cleveland Hill High School
• #52 Jose Rosario
  Randolph High School
• #68 Corey Hymes
  St. Francis High School
• #78 Anthony Benson
  Grover Cleveland High School

2007 Lancaster Elks Lodge Lineman Awards

Small School Underclassman of the Year
#77 Colton Erickson
Falconer High School

Large School Underclassman of the Year
#72 Nicholas Bonacquisti
Orchard Park High School

Coach Clinics

The Trench Trophy and Lancaster Elks Lodge welcomes the Western New York Football Coaches Association (WNYFCA). Coaching clinics were held at the Lancaster Elks Lodge in February and March. Past guest speakers are pictured below:

Jim McNally - Offensive Line Guru (3/7/05)
Turner Gill - University at Buffalo Head Coach (2/13/06)
Mark Kelso - Bills Color Analyst and Former Bills Safety (2/20/06)
Jim McNally - Offensive Line Guru (2/27/06)
Paul Shaffner - Buffalo State Head Coach (3/6/06)
Ed Argast - Fordham Offensive Coordinator (3/13/06)
Keith Mangone - Brockport Offensive Coordinator (3/20/06)
Jim McNally - Offensive Line Guru (2/5/07)

Thank you

We would like to thank some of those who have helped us to be so successful:

• Lancaster Elks Lodge #1478.
• The Buffalo News -- Mary Jo Monin and Keith McShea.
• All of our Committee Members.
• WNY High School Sports and Dick Gallagher.
• Tony Caliguiri, Roger Weiss, and WGR550.
• The local coaches and A.D.'s.
• All of the local football players.

Congratulations

We would like to congratulate our first three award recipients for their accomplishments:

• 2003 - John Livingston - Eden Raiders
• 2004 - Jason Weber - Orchard Park Quakers
• 2005 - Jesse Jesonowski - Iroquois Chiefs
• 2006 - Gil Rodriguez - Frontier Falcons
• 2007 - Nicholas Christman - Sweet Home Panthers

Award Books

All nominated players will receive a customized weekly award book. Books are normally delivered within 2 weeks of the game. Please let us know if there are any problems.

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