Pete Massaro was excited about being selected to the Pennsylvania team for tonight's 51st annual Big 33 Classic all-star football game.

However, the Marple Newtown defensive end isn't content with just playing in the game that pits Pennsylvania's top high school seniors against the best seniors from Ohio.

Massaro, a Penn State recruit, wants to dominate his opponents.

"Yeah, they were talking trash," Massaro said. "They kind of disrespected us when we got introduced at the field the other day. So it has kind of been that tension all week."

Fans will find out if he will get his wish at 7 p.m. (TV on CN8) at HersheyPark Stadium.

A victory would give Pennsylvania its third straight win against its Ohio rival. Pennsylvania holds an advantage of eight games to seven in the series.

Massaro won't be the only Southeastern Pennsylvanian trying to extend the winning streak.

Central Bucks South teammates - running back Eric Reynalds (a Boston College recruit) and tight end John Jackson (Villanova) - will also dress for the game.

North Catholic defensive lineman Shahid Paulhill (Temple), Souderton defensive tackle Phillip Long (Indiana University of Pennsylvania), and Cardinal O'Hara defensive end Mark Wedderburn (Penn State) will also compete.

And like Massaro, they are eager to quiet Ohio's players.

"We are [representing] Pennsylvania," Reynolds said. "Ohio stays talking trash. But we will win. The coaches came up to us a day or two days ago and said Ohio was like, 'Yeah, we are bigger, faster, stronger.' And that we are pretty much going to get beat. No. Not at all!"

Historic moment. Reynolds and Jackson will become the first Titans to participate in the prestigious all-state game.

One of the area's newest schools, Central Bucks South is only four years old.

"It's amazing," Jackson said of making history. "We have like 50 of our friends coming up. It's great."

Owls well represented. Temple coach Al Golden will have a special interest in this contest.

Four of his recruits - Muhlenberg wideout Vaughn Carraway, Central York lineman Matt Stankiewitch, Harrisburg defensive end Adrian Robinson, and Paulhill - are members of the Pennsylvania team.

"This is the most guys that Temple has ever had in the Big 33," Paulhill said. "We are trying to represent to the fullest. That's all we talk about in the locker room. You should hear our locker room. All you hear is Temple, Pittsburgh."

Pittsburgh, with seven, has the most recruits on the Pennsylvania team, followed by Penn State (five) and Temple (four).

A familiar name. Penn State and Eagles fans may remember Michael Zordich.

After being a consensus all-American at Penn State in 1985, he played 12 seasons as a cornerback and safety in the NFL. Zordich spent his final five seasons with the Eagles.

Tonight, he will be here cheering on his son, Cardinal Mooney (Ohio) linebacker Michael Zordich Jr., and the other Ohio players. The younger Zordich is headed to Penn State.

Hall of Famers. George Stratts, the former head coach at Bishop McDevitt, Cardinal Dougherty and Cardinal O'Hara; Paul Bartolomeo, the former head coach at St. John Neuman; and Steve Lennox, the former head coach at Interboro, were among the seven coaches inducted yesterday into the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

All seven coaches will be honored at tonight's game.

Injury report. Washington Trinity linebacker Mike Yancich, headed to Penn State, will not play in the game.

He suffered a torn biceps muscle and told the Harrisburg Patriot-News he expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. Yancich was told he did not need surgery.

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