Area players are gearing up for Taliaferro game

Quarterbacks Calvin Lowe of South Jersey Group 3 champion Timber Creek and Shaq Lee of South Jersey Group 4 runner-up Millville will lead their teams at the annual Adam Taliaferro Blue-White football game, set for 7 p.m. June 28 at Rowan University.

Lowe and Haddon Heights' Nick Lundholm will serve as quarterbacks of the White team. Lee and Cinnaminson's Dom Elly will quarterback the Blue team.

Lindenwold's Derryk Sellers will be head coach of the White. Maple Shade's Tony Nicolino will be head coach of the Blue.

The annual game, which drew 4,500 spectators in 2011, is a fund-raiser for the Adam Taliaferro Foundation, which provides financial assistance and emotional support to victims of spinal cord injuries and their families.

Taliaferro, the former Eastern High School star, was paralyzed while making a tackle for Penn State as a freshman in 2000. He has made a remarkable recovery and is an attorney for a South Jersey law firm.

The Adam Taliaferro Foundation, created in 2001, has raised nearly $1 million. The foundation also focuses on education to help prevent injuries, and provides annual scholarships to high school students.

Rosters

BLUE

John Carr, Absegami, DL

Ismail Naji, Atlantic City, WR

Sam Bell, Bridgeton, DL

Tamar Jackson, Bridgeton, DB

Steven May, Buena, DE

Brandon Roche, Burlington Township, DB

Tyler Hartman, Cherokee, OL

Quinn Mehigan, Cherokee, LB

Dominic Elly, Cinnaminson, QB

Chris Kirby, Cinnaminson, DB

Anthony Graziano, Cumberland, LB

Marcus Scott, Cumberland, DL

Jordan Allie, Delran, DB

Tyler Waller, Egg Harbor Township, DL

Kyle Groover, Florence, DL

Treshawn Roberts, Florence, TE

Bobby Barbieri, Hammonton, DB

Russ Forchion, Hammonton, RB

Aaron Scanlon, Holy Cross, DE

Lloyd Smith, Holy Cross, WR

Doug Gilbert, Lenape, OL

Trevor Terrell, Lenape, RB

Malcolm Jenkins, Maple Shade, DB

John Edwards, Middle Township, OL

Shaquille Lee, Millville, QB

Nick Tyndal, Millville, OL

Zach Frantz, Moorestown, WR

Tosin Adeyemo, Northern Burlington, RB

Hunter Pates, Northern Burlington, LB

Moral Best, Palmyra, OL

Nick Cannizzaro, Palmyra, WR

Devin Parler, Pemberton, DB

Dontaye Rivera, Pleasantville, DE

Jerry Lowe, Rancocas Valley, DB

Charles Kusowski, Riverside, OL

Frank Bobo, Seneca, PK

Alex Mourtos, Shawnee, WR

Jesse Osborne, Shawnee, OL

Mike Adams, St. Joseph, DL

Cory Litton, St. Joseph, LB

Ivan Jones, Vineland, DE

WHITE

Matt Rowand, Audubon, DL

Nick Batastini, Bishop Eustace, LB

Anthony Marcozzi, Bishop Eustace, DB

Marcus Coleman, Camden Catholic, OL

Mike Suli, Cherry Hill East, P/K

Ali Brown, Cherry Hill West, WR

Dane Kozlosky, Clearview, DB

Brandon Babilonia, Collingswood, TE

Marshall Brooks, Delsea, LB

Chris Hurban, Deptford, DB

Darius Merriweather, Eastern, DB

Matt Lindsay, Gateway, OL

Dan Klaszky, Glassboro, LB

Elliott McCummings, Gloucester Catholic, WR

Nick Lundholm, Haddon Heights, QB

David Cuneo, Haddon Township, FB

Daniel Ciemiecki, Haddonfield, DB

Kyle Sipple, Highland, OL

Connor Duffy, Kingsway, OL

Chris Lail, Kingsway, LB

Matt Barnett, Paul VI, DE

Austin I'm, Paulsboro, DL

Marvin Lee, Penns Grove, DB

Shaquille Boardley, Pennsauken, OL

Amar Williams, Pennsauken, WR

Ryan Hawthorne, Pennsville, WR

Curtis Nealer, Pitman, DL

Devin Walker, Salem, RB

Michael Johnson, Schalick, RB

Josh Goldsboro, Schalick, TE

Christian Walsh, Sterling, OL

Calvin Lowe, Timber Creek, QB

Seth Tinsley, Triton, OL

Dan Bekier, Triton, DE

Grant Wilson, Washington Township, OL

Josh Roane, West Deptford, DL

Dan Collins, Williamstown, QB

Mike Martucci, Williamstown, DT

Terrance Chambliss, Woodrow Wilson, WR

Todd Austin, Winslow Township, DE

Tyrone Bundy, Woodbury, LB

Ridge Reese, Woodstown, DB