Call it the Upstate/Downstate Game. Call it the Empower New York State High School Football Classic. Call itwhatever you want. All I know is, football happens in the Carrier Dome this weekend and whole bunch of incoming Syracuse players will be there.
At least ten players on the rosters for this game will attend Syracuse this upcoming year, and all but one of those guys will play football (one will play lax). As a reminder, they are:
Upstate Roster
Ashton Broyld, QB, Rush-Henrietta
Mike Messina, RB, Aquinas Institute (Lax)
Jon Fisher, K, Oakfield-Alabama
Jesse Wolf-Gould, OL, Oneonta
Chris Swanson, DL, Rush-Henrietta
Downstate Roster
Terrel Hunt, QB, Christ the King
Brandon Reddish, RB/WR, Fort Hamilton
Ivan Foy, OL, Fort Hamilton
Tyree Smallwood, RB, Cornwall
Ryan Sloan, DL, Bellport High
Kickoff is Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Dome, but before they play the game, they're going to have to get some practice in. And that starts tonight. Between this evening and Saturday, each team will get multiple days of practice to work out their gameplans and strategies.
I haven't seen it officially noted anywhere, but last year's game was broadcast live locally on Time Warner Cable 13, so chances are it'll be there again.