With the 2025 fall sports season quickly approaching, it’s time to take a look at the top returning boys’ golf players in the Chagrin Valley Conference.
CHAGRIN DIVISION
Hawken senior Kevin Dang returns after earning the Chagrin Division MVP last fall.
Other first-team All-CVC returners include juniors Noah Risman and Jack Watson from Chagrin Falls.
Returning second-team all-conference selections include Perry junior Ben Dame and senior Russell Ford, West Geauga sophomore Dylan Phillips, Hawken junior Owen Khan, Chagrin Falls senior Henry Cimperman, and Orange sophomore Charlie Thomas.
Chagrin Falls senior Owen Adelman and Perry junior Bronson Denholm were honorable mention selections last fall.
LAKE DIVISION
Edgewood won the conference title last fall, and despite the graduation of CVC MVP Mason Feather, the Warriors return a host of talent this season.
Sophomore Connor Penny and seniors Carter Howard, Nick DeFazio, and Alex Sperduto earned first-team all-conference honors last fall. Senior Austin Fell was an honorable mention selection.
Returning first-team All-CVC performers include Madison senior Logan Mullins and Geneva senior Isaiah Rose.
Madison seniors Mason Elliot and Evan Smith, Geneva sophomore Matt Oros and senior Luke Kruzelak, and Jefferson junior Tristan Gilman each were named second-team All-CVC last fall.
Honorable mention selections included Conneaut senior Garritt Anderson and sophomore Brady Morrison, Geneva senior William Dushney, Jefferson seniors Tate Hudson and Logan Padgett, Lakeside senior Tanner Noble, and Madison junior Brady Ellsworth.
METRO DIVISION
Lutheran West won the conference title last fall, and the Longhorns return Metro Division MVP Ray Pavlik, a senior.
The Longhorns also return first-team All-CVC performer Trey Kemper, a senior, and sophomore Carter Holliday, who earned honorable mention all-conference honors.
Independence, who finished second in the standings, returns first-team All-CVC selection Kaden Schuette, a junior, as well as second-teamer David Crooks, also a junior.
Beachwood returns four all-conference performers in senior Lucius Venditti (first-team), senior Cameron Fauerman (second-team), senior Gavi Lappen (second-team), and senior Ethan Malek (honorable mention).
Other returning all-conference performers included Fairview sophomore Kenny Lowe, a first-teamer, Fairview junior Finn Heffron, who was named second team, and Fairview sophomore Ethan Szegedy, an honorable mention performer.
VALLEY DIVISION
Defending Valley Division champion Cardinal has left the CVC, leaving the door open for a new challenger this fall.
Berkshire placed second in the conference last season and returns three all-conference performers in senior Jake Patterson, a first-teamer, and honorable mention selections sophomore Angelo DeCarlo and junior Seth Kellogg.
Third-place Kirtland enters the 2025 season with five returning all-conference performers, including Valley Division MVP Nick Nead, a junior. Junior Ryan Green and senior Danny Shafer were named second-team All-CVC, and juniors Sammy Ridgeway and Maggie Kothera were honorable mention selections.
Harvey returns four all-conference performers in first-teamer Micah Cannon, a senior, second-team Alex Boskovic, a senior, and honorable mention selections Aiden Englehart and Julia Baker, both seniors.
Wickliffe returns a pair of honorable mention selections in junior Brett Beal and senior David Griffith.
