By Bill Kipouras
Staff writer
May 12, 2008 02:44 am Bill Kipouras Sean Stellato is finding out that doors shut quickly if you're a football agent and have a client who is a free agent. Case in point: Gloucester's wide body tight end, Jonathan Loyte, who wasn't offered a contract after appearing at Tampa Bay's rookie orientation camp. He has the size (6-foot-5, 268 pounds) and speed and came out of Boston College after starting out at Vanderbilt. Loyte had a great career at St. John's Prep. Stellato, a wide receiver and defensive back at Marist from Salem who kicked around the Arena Fooball League2 for five years, knows it's not easy to get a prospect into a camp, mini or otherwise. He fully appreciated Tampa Bay's invitation. "Bob Casullo, the tight end coach, told me it was strictly a numbers games. They signed four rookie free agents, but none were tight ends. Casullo feels Loyte can play. He couldn't believe that Jonathan wasn't invited to the Combine Camp in Indianapolis and said that's what hurt him in the draft," Stellato said. Loyte didn't start at BC, but Casullo did say his blocking was impressive. Stellato said that Casullo told him he could use the coach as a reference when calling other clubs. "I tried a few more today, one was the Bears, who said they'd keep him in mind. The Patriots weren't interested in anybody, they said. Miami said no room at this time. Casullo thinks Jonathan will find his niche, that he can catch on somewhere," Stellato said. "Meanwhile, Jonathan has to stay in the best of shape and keep pushing hard." nnn Bridget Dullea was sorry to be missing from Bishop Fenwick's undefeated girls lacrosse lineup and then felt even worse when the Crusaders fell for the first time at the sticks of St. Mary's of Lynn, while Dullea was on a flight home from Florida. The junior goal-scoring machine who ranks as the No. 1 female goal scorer in Eastern Massachusetts, had a valid reason for her absence. She was the maid of honor over the weekend for her sister Loren, who was married to North Shore Spirit alumnus B.J. Weed on the beach in Sarasota, Fla., in full gown. Her brother John, well known in basketball (Peabody High, Notre Dame of Fitchburg, UNH), was an usher in the wedding party. Weed said he has signed with Atlantic City in the same Can-Am League where the Spirit were successful and still folded. Loren was working as a coordinator of events for the Spirit when they met. B.J. was the centerfielder. The couple was dining in a Sarasota restaurant when the famed announcer Dick Vitale, also dining at the same restaurant, learned of the newlyweds, came over and offered his congrats, picked up their tab and presented them a copy of his book, "Broken Arrow," with his trademark signature, "Awesome Baby." Loren is currently an office manager for Dr. Richard Gilbride, a Beverly dentist. Sister Bridget now has 56 goals on the season and 112 in two years. nnn Thad Broughton, Mr. Offense at St. Mary's of Lynn and MCLA, is an applicant for the Danvers High boys basketball job. He was the JV coach at Peabody last season. Broughton netted 2,000 points in his varsity career at St.Mary's and swished No. 2,000 in the school's state championship victory at the then-FleetCenter. nnn Marblehead sophomore superstar Justin Hyte (7-0) goes big-game hunting again tomorrow when the Magicians' 9-0 tennis team challenges newly-crowned Catholic Conference champ St. John's Prep. If Hyte can take down James Houlden in the top singles attraction, it will mark the second successive year that he's taken out the Prep's No. 1 singles player. The new Magicians' coach, Elisabeth Foukal, has a lineup loaded from top to bottom and the NEC entry could throw a scare into a Prep team that has its youngest personnel in years. Of course, if it's 4-1, Prep, who will have a complaint? That's the expected result. Others who have Marblehead undefeated this far are Collin Hyte, 8-0, in first and second singles; Alec Eidelman, 8-0 in second and third singles; Chris Conn and Kyle Benovitz, 9-0 and 8-0 respectively in first doubles; and David Traynor and Chris Butterfield. Traynor is 7-1 in both doubles and singles. Butterfield is 6-1, all in second dubs. nnn In researching his former Peabody football associates on the Peabody Police Dept., Scott Wlasuk had feared he might forgot just one. That's Christos Zamakis. Wlasuk, the Tanners' new coach, really can't be blamed. Zamakis, a two-way tackle and former captain, hasn't been visible in recent times. He just finished his second tour of Iraq. He was sworn in as a full-time Peabody police officer in the past week. Zamakis acquired a degree from Salem State, was a correctional officer at Suffolk County Jail and a Peabody reserve policeman prior to heading to Iraq for the second time. Zamakis becomes the 11th PHS football grad to become one of Peabody's finest and had said it was always his dream. He is No. 8 among those who played under Wlasuk at the high school. He also re-enlisted in the National Guard where he will be an instructor in MP training, as well as possibly in Spanish. Zamakis is married to the former Dorothy Adams of Stoneham. They have a 2-year old daughter Katherine and are expecting a second child in October. Brian Sullivan, a retired 33-year member of Peabody PD, has served as Zamakis' mentor. Sullivan is a proud neighbor. Oops. There's still another member of the organization who did a football tour at Peabody, dispatcher Brian Sauk, who becomes No. 9 in the Wlasuk Grid Alumni Association. Bill Kipouras is a staff writer at The Salem News. He can be reached at 978-338-2615 or by e-mail: bkipouras@salemnews.com.
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