Two local football players have been named to the list of 2016 Mini Max High School Award winners.

Northwestern's Trevor Cunningham and Palmerton's Garrett Perschy were among 62 players selected from schools located in Districts 1, 3, 11 and 12 in the eastern half of the state.Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2016 season and were evaluated based on a criteria that includes football performance, academics, and community service.The Mini Max Award recipients will be honored at a dinner on Thursday, Jan. 12 at the Drexelbrook Catering Ballroom in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. The awards dinner is open to the public and tickets are available on the Club's website

www.maxwellfootballclub.org beginning on Friday, Dec. 2.The Maxwell Football Club will select one player from the group of Mini Max winners as the winner of the Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year.Other players from District 11 named to the list include Thomas Melchiorre (East Stroudsburg North), Jake Cirillo (East Stroudsburg South), Travis Stefanik (Nazareth), Major Jordan (North Schuylkill), Austin Kaulius (Notre Dame), Patrick Ferry (Parkland), Tanner Barr (Pen Argyl), Eric Frankenfield (Salisbury), Konstandinos Zaharakis (Saucon Valley), and Zach Gilbert (Whitehall).