Cardinal Hayes HS senior earns college scholarship despite postponement of football season due to COVID-19

Cardinal Hayes High School senior Eli Fuentes is bound for Syracuse University.

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Sep 22, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Not even the postponement of the high school football season could prevent one of the top players in New York City from earning a college scholarship.

Cardinal Hayes High School senior Eli Fuentes is bound for Syracuse University.

The defensive end tells News 12 that it was love at first sight.

At 6 foot 4 inches and 260 pounds, Fuentes was part of the Hayes program that played in the last two New York City Catholic League championship games - winning it all last season.

He's not the latest in a recent line of "Hayesmen" to play on the Division 1 level.

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