Football

Two of the most impressive football teams in The Morning Journal’s Western coverage area were Perkins and Division VI state champion St. Paul.

So it’s no mystery as to why both teams are sending players to the next level.

Eric Schweiterman’s heroics helped win his team a state title. Now he’ll try to translate that to a stellar college career at Ashland University. Joining him from Perkins will be Tyler Owens.

Perkins also is sending a player to a Division I school. Standout defensive lineman and purveyor of SBC quarterback nightmares, Nico Caponi signed his National Letter of Intent with Akron Wednesday.

Also continuing his career to the college level for Perkins will be Adam Ferback, who is heading to Walsh University.

Rounding out the local players who will play college football is Amherst’s Cody Balko, who joins Elyria Catholic’s Jared Schuster at Notre Dame College.

Elyria’s Trynell Davis and Cameron Koepp will play at The Univeristy of Findlay.

Girls basketball

It’s not just a good year for Avon Lake girls basketball on the court. The Shoregals will send Lindsey Nock to Denison University to play basketball. Nock signed her National Letter of Intent Wednesday in the Avon Lake High School Media Center.

Soccer

Joining Nock and Pittsburgh football signee Dan Schnieder in the media center at Avon Lake was soccer standout Tani Lopez. Lopez will continue her career at Ashland University.

Westlake’s Natalie Bechtel is signing with Ohio University and AJ Suever is signing with Rensselaer Polytechnical.

On the boys side, Alex Obbey of Amherst has signed on to play at the University of Louisville.

Others

Perhaps one of the area’s most impressive signings was Perkins’ Matthew Hoty, who has signed on to join The University of Tennessee’s track and field team. Hoty was a state champion for Perkins the last two springs in the shotput and holds the Ohio Division II record with a distance of 64 feet and 8.25 inches.

Rounding out the five Perkins athletes to sign letters of intent was swimmer Katie Quinn, who continues her career at Clarion University in Pennsylvania.

Courtesy of Morning Journal Staff