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East Catholic’s Joey Montalvo Voted High School on SI’s Top Receiver in Connecticut

Montalvo is a senior for the Eagles this season

Kevin L. Smith

East Catholic High School Athletics

Joey Montalvo, a senior at East Catholic High School, has been voted High School on SI’s top receiver in Connecticut heading into the 2025 season.

Montalvo received 47.75% of the votes to take the top spot. Final poll results can be viewed here.

A Division I prospect, Montalvo finished with 1,548 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns, four rushing scores, three kick return TDs and a passing TD for the Eagles last year. On defense, he had 56 tackles and four interceptions.

East Catholic went 9-2 in 2024. The team opens its 2025 campaign against Woodland Regional on Friday.

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Kevin L. Smith
KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a Rochester (NY) native and a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sportswriter in 2013. Since then, he’s held sportswriter and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport (PA), Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com | Post-Standard, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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