Four Chagrin Valley Conference athletes were honored on Monday as the Northeast Lakes District Players of the Year.
Harvey’s Rick Coleman, Jr. was named the Offensive Player of the Year in Division III while Kirtland’s Mason Rus earned the Division V Defensive Player of the Year awards. Independence swept the offensive and defensive honors in Division VII as Kyle Zygmunt took home the Offensive Player of the Year award and Ashton Lerz claimed the Defensive Player of the Year honor.
Three CVC coaches also earned recognition as Perry’s Bob Gecewich was named the Division IV Coach of the Year while Kirtland’s Tiger LaVerde and Independence’s Rick Adams landed the Division V and VII Coach of the Year honors, respectively.
Other all-district performers from the CVC included:
Division II
First Team
- Offensive Line: Sam Petros, Lakeside
- Defensive Line: Morgan Bish, Lakeside
Honorable Mention
- Lakeside: Garrette Siebeneck, A.J. Raffa, J’Shon Sanders
Division III
First Team
- Quarterback: Rick Coleman, Jr., Harvey
- Receivers: Torry Stazzone, West Geauga; Tyshawn Vance, Harvey
- Offensive Line: Luca Gasbarrino, West Geauga
- Kicker: Joey DiLalla, West Geauga
- Defensive Line: Austin Pascoe, West Geauga
- Linebacker: Lucas Sadler, West Geauga
- Athlete: Chris Ranallo, West Geauga
Second Team
- Offensive Line: Gavin Juodenas, Geneva
- Defensive Line: Nathan Meyers, West Geauga
Honorable Mention
- Geneva: Brady Peet, Wyatt Fuduric, Clayton Queen
- Harvey: Blaise Collins, Maurice Coffee II, Forrest Smart, Davon Badley
- West Geauga: Danny Stewart
Division IV
First Team
- Running Back: Eddie Lewis, Lutheran West; Donny Hardy, Chagrin Falls
- Offensive Line: Nick D’Alessandro, Chagrin Falls; Jacob Marjak, Perry
- Kicker: Andrew Kirkpatrick, Chagrin Falls
- Defensive Line: Jadynn Anderson, Perry; Troy Peterson, Edgewood; Max Moore, Chagrin Falls
Second Team
Running Back: Dominic Johnson, Hawken; Aidan Lefelhoc, Perry
Offensive Line: Andrew Bazzone, Chagrin Falls
Kicker: Calvin Rowan, Perry
Defensive Line: Dimarion Gill, Lutheran West; Logan Cosiano, Perry
Linebacker: Zeke Lucas, Edgewood; Luke Mangini, Hawken; Grant Bell, Orange
Defensive Backs: Cole Ettinger, Chagrin Falls
Honorable Mention
Edgewood: Izaiah Harris, Seth Enos, Cody Estock
Hawken: Terrence Robinson, Chris Shea, A.J. Sands, Jordan Harrison, Danny Grajzl, Josh Lombardo
Lutheran West: Emmanuel Diaz, Elijah Burns, Keleyon Ravenel, Ja’Marrion Banks, Jonathan Bradley
Orange: Zavier Arnold
Perry: Jerad Allen, Brayden Richards, Brock Sivon
Division V
First Team
- Wide Receiver: Gage Sullivan, Kirtland
- Tight End: Pierce Boyd, Kirtland
- Offensive Line: George Prusock, Kirtland; Jonathan Withrow, Kirtland; Zac Hoskins, Brooklyn
- Kicker: Johnny Raguz, Kirtland
- Defensive Line: Lucas Stoddard, Berkshire
- Linebacker: Mason Rus, Kirtand; Philip LaVerde, Kirtland
- Defensive Back: Will Sayle, Kirtland; Tommy Gogolin, Kirtland; Jack Kuehn, Berkshire
Honorable Mention
Brooklyn: Anthony Starr
Berkshire: Josh Brown, Denton Yoder, Hunter Nicholson, Kaige Martin, Ethan McCaskey, Lucas Luoma, Mason Mendolera, Jeremy Bosher, Ethan Bryndal
Kirtland: Ramon Lescano, Daven Patel, Scott Haymer
Division VI
First Team
- Running Back: Zach Czako, Cardinal
- Offensive Line: Mike Soltis, Cardinal; John Avalon, Cardinal
- Defensive Line: Kavon Robinson-Carter, Trinity
- Linebacker: Michael Miles, Trinity
- Defensive Back: Anthony Soltis, Cardinal
Honorable Mention
- Cardinal: Ethan Detweiler, J.R. Kochy, Logan Strever, Aidan Gallagher, Andrew Tucholski, Max Soltis, Austin Strever, Maclain Robinson
- Trinity: Ian Anderson, LeJohn Woods
Division VII
First Team
- Quarterback: Michael Tommer, Independence
- Running Back: Ryan Krajewski, Cuyahoga Heights; Rory Corrigan, Independence
- Wide Receiver: Kyle Zygmunt, Independence; David Collins, Cuyahoga Heights; Evan Beacher, Independence
- Offensive Line: David Jedrzejek, Independence; Jacob Fovozzo, Cuyahoga Heights; Ethan Ciurlik, Independence; Alex Trusso, Cuyahoga Heights
- Athlete: Luke Torgerson, Cuyahoga Heights
- Kicker: Casey McGhee, Independence
- Defensive Line: Angelo Rocco, Cuyahoga Heights; Morgan Crist, Independence
- Linebacker: Ashton Lerz, Independence; Andy Jakubczak, Cuyahoga Heights; Dominic Trusso, Cuyahoga Heights
- Defensive Back: Seth Kucia, Cuyahoga Heights; Luke Pascarella, Independence
Honorable Mention
- Cuyahoga Heights: Colin Deka, Francis Connors, Jason Meadwell
