FootballSFC-American Blue All-Conference Selections By Joe Hofmann November 5, 2026 The Newton Braves went undefeated through their entire SFC-American Blue and saw seven players make the first team all-conference team, as selected by the league’s coaches. Newton coach Matt Parzero was named the league’s Coach of the Year. (Selections were made by the coaches not Big State Sports) Here is the team: FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB-Cole Young (Newton) Skill-Evan Cotter (Newton) Skill-Andrew Geisen (Vernon) Skill-Joe Elko (High Point) Skill-Tyler Brarman (High Point) OL-Joey Melillo (Newton) OL-Adam Jackson (Vernon) OL-Sebastian Castro (Vernon) OL-Alex Conway (High Point) OL-Hayden Hines (HIgh Point) TE-Kolton Maney (Hackettstown) At Large-Nate Kimkowski (Vernon) DEFENSE D-Line-Juzziah Sheppard (Newton) D-Line-Deontae Welling (Vernon) D-Line-Jackson Moore (Vernon) D-Line-Jonathan Bendel (Hackettstown) LB-Braxton Guerra (Newton) LB-Braeden Cummings (Jefferson) LB-Chris Connolly (Jefferson) LB-Tyler Sharperson (Morris Catholic) DB-Hunter Wolfe (Newton) DB-Reid Corino (Newton) DB-Mark Leach (High Point) At-Large-Carter Grant (Hackettstown) SPECIAL TEAMS PK-Domenic Parise (High Point) P-Bo Broking (Hackettstown) RET-Erik Hokenberg (Jefferson) SECOND TEAM OFFENSE QB-Connor Consiglio (Jefferson) Skill-Sam Silva (Vernon) Skill-Trevor Hopp (High Point) Skill-AJ Sampson (High Point) Skill-Jack Reed (Jefferson) OL-Jamason Trout (Newton) OL-Tim McNamara (Newton) OL-Ethan Cooke (Newton) OL-Dennis Welling (Vernon) OL/TE-Jake Donlon (Hackettstown) At Large-Carter Bujno (Hackettstown) DEFENSE D-Line-Chase Williams (Vernon) D-Line-Brayden Scheyer (Vernon) D-Line-Kaleb DeFalco (High Point) D-Line-Aiden Gilfallan (Morris Catholic) LB-Caulder Tellbuescher (Newton) LB-Connor Pych (Vernon) LB-Ciro Lala (Hackettstown) LB/DL-Collin Ketterer (Jefferson) DB-Noah Decker (Newton) DB-Chase Wolfe (Newton) At-Large-Colten Hornyak (High Point) HONORABLE MENTION Hackettstown-Bryce Lambo High Point-Chase ConklinMorris Catholic-R.J. Pepling Jefferson-Jovan Tisma Newton-Damien Thoreson Vernon-Noah Rivera Coach of the Year-Matt Parzero (Newton)