BY GREGG SARRA
One of the things Hofstra football coach Dave Cohen said when he signed on at the University was to recruit heavy on Long Island. He's held true on that promise, especially this year, where the Pride landed four of Long Island's top seniors.
Cohen made great strides in Mastic Beach when he got in early on the Colonials dynamic duo of halfback Brock Jackolski and quarterback Joe Sidaras during their junior year in 2007. He so impressed both players that they may have taken themselves off the market too early when they verbally committed to stay home and play for the Pride. Not that it's a bad thing. It's actually a great thing -- if you're a Hofstra fan -- because these two are special players.
He also grabbed Farmingdale's blue-chipper in quarterback Steve Probst, who garnered serious attention after leading the Dalers to the Nassau Conference I championship. Probst is your protoypical quarterback and the battle for starting time with Sidaras in 2009 should be interesting. Both guys are highly-regarded and made this the Year of the Quarterback on Long Island.
Hofstra will also bring in Brentwood's two-way lineman Jordy Paulemon, a wrecking ball of a defensive player. Paulemon, who can also block with the best of them, is another top prospect in the Class of 2008.
Nice job by Cohen and his staff!
Comments (2)
Hey Gregg,
You failed to mention the fact that there was only 1 athlete on Long Island that received Division 1-A scholarship offers, was injured and missed 5 games of his senior year and still managed to get offers from every Ivy league school their is and committed to Princeton University, the #1 school in the country..... A special congratulations to Mike Catapano from Chaminade High School.
ASK JORDY FOR THE FILM AGAINST PAT-MED.......ENOUGH SAID
~WALLY~