18 LI Spartans Youth Football Players Named All-Americans

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Sept. 19, 2015 - PRLog -- While attending an Offense-Defense Football Camp this Summer 18 players from the Long Island Spartans football program were named Offense-Defense All-Americans and invited to participate in the 10th-annual Offense- Defense Bowl Week festivities taking place at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, FL.

The following players from the Long Island Spartans were selected for this honor from a group of young athletes numbering in the thousands across the country and played well representing Long Island, NY, easily validating the Bowl Selection Committee's choice in tabbing the boys for the All-Star tilts.

Dylan  Braun  G/DT
Preston  Carey  QB/MLB
Brady  Cooke  OL/DL
Anthony  DePaul  T/DE
Rusty  Dietz  C/DT
Joe  Elberti  T/DT
Quinlan  Finnegan  OL/DL
Tristan  Greisch  C
Jermaine  Griffin  FB/SS
Wade  Holden  TE/DE
Shane  Longin  RB/LB
Rino  Monteforte  C
Christian  Oliva  G/DT
Mike  Pitta  G/DT
Jayden  Platt  WR/CB
Will  Reichel  T/DE
Matt  Stetz  T/DT
Logan  Toth  WR/FS

The Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl is part of a week-long series of events including the 10th-annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, an All-Star football game showcasing 8 of the top high school seniors in the country and has featured current NFL pros such as Cam Newton, Joe Haden, Earl Thomas, and Dez Bryant among others before they were collegiate and later professional stars.

The Long Island Spartans is a travel select youth football program that was founded by former Penn State/Pittsburgh Steelers player Gerald Filardi and features the best football players in the region. Spartans players have received more awards than their peers from the region, and the majority have gone on to play in the O-D Bowl, FBU National Championship, IV Star Showcase Games, and more.

Offense-Defense Sports has been running full-contact football instructional camps for the past 45 years and currently operates in approximately 40 camp locations nationwide every spring and summer.