EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Paul Robeson All-Star Football Classic will take place on Thursday, June 9, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange at 7 p.m.
The Robeson Classic features graduating high school seniors. The East squad is composed of Essex and Hudson county players; the West team is composed of players from Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties. The Robeson Classic began in 1994.
The last time the game was played was in 2019. The game was canceled for the past two years due to the pandemic.
Orange High School head coach Khalfani Alleyne will serve as an assistant coach for the East team. Alleyne will enter his second year as the OHS head coach this season in the fall.
At halftime, the newest inductees of the Essex County Coaches Association Hall of Fame will be honored. The inductees are Tom Lamont of Caldwell, Marion Bell of East Orange Campus and West Side; Julius Montford of Weequahic and Central, Chris Ostrowsky of Newark East Side and the late Dave Curtin of Columbia.
EAST TEAM
QB: Devion Sheppard, West Side
QB: Matthew Harbison, Nutley
QB: Saquan Gordon, Irvington
RB: Damon Phillips, East Orange Campus
RB: Kayee Williams, Dickinson
RB: Stephen Henry, Columbia
WR: Hezekia Daise-Adams, Snyder
WR: Trent Jones, Irvington
WR: Jerome Edwards, Bayonne
WR: Emmanuel Olivares, Dickinson
WR: Al Horne, Belleville
WR: Edwin Thomas, East Orange Campus
DB: Xsaviian Nunez, Barringer
OL: Dieunerst Collin, East Orange Campus
OL: Nick Olivola, Seton Hall Prep
OL: Prince Guaitan, Union City
OL: Wali Nickerson, Shabazz
OL: Nick Christiano, Cedar Grove
OL: Sekou Kromah, East Orange Campus
OL: Paul Poplawski, Nutley
OL: Jimmy Rodriguez, Bloomfield
OL: Taj White, Hudson Catholic
OL: Yabsria Yemane, Montclair
DL: Quayon Gordon, West Orange
DL: Moungue Nyame, East Orange Campus
DL: Chris Bennett, West Side
DL: Manfing Kamara, East Side
DL: Kalron Grady, East Side
DL: William Melnicki, Nutley
DL: Salif Nikiema, Shabazz
DL: Jasuah Philemon, West Orange
LB: Gavin Rembert, West Orange
LB: Patch McCarthy, Cedar Grove
LB: Ryan O’Neil, Glen Ridge
LB: Jackson Dowd, Seton Hall Prep
LB: John Young, Secaucus
LB: Marlon Gomez, Orange
DB: Diakite Mohammed, Irvington
DB: Jared Massay, West Orange
DB: Chris Ashe, Bayonne
DB: Brian Dessources, Belleville
DB: Jaylen Phillips, Union City
DB: James Haveron, Verona
DB: Chris Amos, East Orange Campus
DB: Chase Clarke, Newark Academy
K: Nicholas Conforti, Seton Hall Prep
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