By: Chris Harlan


Friday, February 21, 2025 | 12:00 PM

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-Predergast

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.

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