Leading off today: Goshen senior quarterback Andrew Deserto was released from a Poughkeepsie yesterday, three days after suffering a seizure after carrying the ball during a 34-13 loss to Roosevelt in Hyde Park.

   Coach Chip Elliott said Deserto slipped in and out of consciousness after being taken down along the Goshen sideline. He had spent most of the weekend in intensive care unit at St. Francis Hospital and underwent neurological exams.

   The Times Herald-Record reported Deserto is unlikely to return to the field this fall, leaving junior Chris Ferrelli as the QB. Ferrelli sat out last season and hasn't played since the modified level.

   Road trip: Monsignor Farrell is making the trip from New York City to Buffalo to play St. Joseph's in football this weekend. Geographically, that's about as extreme as it gets for two schools getting together.

   That's not bad as far as intersectional clashes go, but it's trumped by some international intrigue coming to Rochester. Though there have been several matchups in recent years between Buffalo-area teams and Canadian schools, this is the first time that I can recall in 30-some years of covering football that a foreign team is coming to Section 5 to play football.

   Notre Dame Catholic Secondary from Burlington, Ontario, will travel about 3½ hours Friday to take on Bishop Kearney. It's the second U.S. trip for Notre Dame, which traveled 9½ hours each way to beat Coloma, Mich., 41-14 last fall near the shore of Lake Michigan about 35 miles north of South Bend, Ind.

   Whereas Kearney has a scrimmage and one game under its belt after opening practice Aug. 16, Notre Dame will be coming in with no live experience this season. In fact, the school had to get association approval to start practice a week early because the Kearney game comes a week ahead of the normal openers in Ontario.

   "We're ready for it," Notre Dame coach Chad Wozney said by phone this afternoon. "It was a little bit of a struggle the first time, against Coloma, because (forward backfield) motion is such a part of our game. We had about 12 illegal procedure penalties that game."

   Notre Dame will travel with 46 players. But Wozney, who is in his 10th year of coaching, said that's a bit misleading because he has a no-cut policy, so several inexperienced players will need more time on the practice field before they're ready to contribute. And he has no illusions about getting first crack at some of the top

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athletes at Notre Dame.

   "Football's important here," he said. "But it's secondary to hockey."

   Speaking of Burlington, Ontario: Canisius opened with a 40-7 victory over Cardinal O'Hara last weekend thanks in large part to two players from Canada. Toronto-area native Travis Eman started making a big impression last season and ran for 120 in the 2010 opener, and now Mercer Timmis is wowing people.

   The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior from Burlington, Ontario, rushed eight times for 127 yards and three touchdowns against O'Hara.

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   "I tell you what -- he runs, and he runs violently," Canisius coach Brandon Harris told The Buffalo News. "A lot of people didn't know who he was -- kind of like ... last year about Travis. Now, I think everyone will know Mercer. He's the real deal."

   The Canisius roster also includes second-string quarterback Chris Jugovic, a junior who is also from Burlington.

   Extra points: Former Suffern distance running sensation Shelby Greany, now a sophomore at Providence College, is the covergirl for the current issue of New England Runner.