After wrapping up their best-ever season as members of the Cape Ann League, the Essex Tech football team is racking up some individual honors as well.
Junior linebacker Charlie Lussier was voted CAL Kinney Defensive Player of the Year after helping the Hawks to their highest finish in the league standings. Essex Tech won eight games this fall and was also a Large School State Vocational semifinalist.
Joining Lussier as a first-team All-Cape Ann League honoree was quarterback Jacoby Casinelli Tarasuik, who both threw and passed for over 1,000 yards, as well as lineman Ben Toerne.
Another major award winner with North Shore ties came from Hamilton-Wenham. Senior two-way force Robbie Bozarjian was voted Baker Division Lineman of the Year after helping the Generals improve on last season’s win total and beat rival Ipswich on Thanksgiving.
Also selected first-team All-CAL from Hamilton-Wenham was running back Caden Schrock, who posted his second straight 1,000 yard season.
Ipswich received the Baker Sportsmanship Award and was represented on the All-CAL first team by senior running back and linebacker Luke Wile.
Other major award winners in the Kinney went to North Reading’s Gavin Brady (MVP), Zack Morse (Lineman of the Year) and Ed Blum (Coach of the Year). Triton’s Carl Lucy was Kinney Defensive Player of the Year and Pentucket’s Jackson Miller received Special Teams Player of the Year. Newburyport got the Kinney Sportsmanship Award.
Super Bowl bound Amesbury got the lion’s share of the Baker awards. Justin Dube was Baker MVP with Ethan Kirby and Ollie Peters sharing Defensive Player of the Year and Colin McQueen chosen as Coach of the Year. Lynnfield’s Dan Lemieux was Special Teams Player of the Year.
Manchester Essex quarterback Zach Hurd was voted Baker Offensive Player of the Year after his historic career in which he both ran and passed for over 3,000 career yards.
Earning first-team All-CAL honors, in addition to the award winners, were Amesbury’s Joe Celia, Manchester’s Nick Glass, Newburyport’s Noah Benson, North Reading’s Jason Berry and Otto Indelicato and Pentucket’s Max Cloutier and Steven Harper.
Those selected as second team Cape Ann League all-stars, listed by school, were:
Amesbury: Stacey Peck, Sr., OL/DL.
Essex Tech: Jordan Minaya, Sr., TE/LB.
Ipswich: Hank Latorella, Sr., OL/DL.
Lynnfield: Luke DiSilvio, Sr., WR/DB; Ben Gazit, Sr., OL/DL.
Manchester Essex: Charlie Thurlow, Sr., RB/DB; Joe Glass, Sr., OL/LB.
Newburyport: Jack Miller, Sr., QB/LB
North Reading: Nick Torra, Sr., LB/WR.
Triton: Athan Eggleston, Sr., FB/LB.