Joe DiGregorio '18 Competes in Blue/Gold All Star Football Game

The Blue-Gold All Star Football Game Committee of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities announced the players for the 63rd Annual All Star Football Game this winter, a roster that included Archmere senior Joe DiGregorio. Joe was nominated by his coaches and selected based on his character and football ability.

 

The Blue-Gold High School participants play a vital role in the success of the DFRC Blue-Gold program and in the DFRC mission to enrich the lives of Delawareans with intellectual disabilities. Many of the students take part in a Hand-in-Hand program where they are matched with children and young adults, the Buddies, to share their Blue-Gold experience leading up to Game Day. Each month leading up to Game Day, there are statewide organized events - a dance party, a bowling outing, a picnic - and the Participants and Buddies often get together between events to see a movie, go to a school event, or just talk and hang out.

 

Joe competed in the 63rd DFRC Blue-Gold All Star Football Game on Saturday, June 23 at Delaware Stadium. The game and all of the events surrounding it benefit the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with intellectual disabilities. Joe was a member of the Blue Team, and the News Journal wrote of his play, "A 30-yard pass from Archmere’s Joe DiGregorio to Hodgson’s Raymond Mapp highlighted the Blue’s first scoring drive, with Salesianum quarterback Zach Gwynn sneaking in from the 1 and DiGregorio passing to Howard’s Shawn Bowman for the two-point conversion and an 8-6 lead with 4:49 remaining in the first half."

Over the years, the Blue-Gold game has raised more than $6 million.

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