Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football now!
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Q&A with Avon Lake offensive lineman/defensive lineman Maxwell Riley
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Training/practicing with my team. Also working out at T3 Performance.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“Making good weight gain while maintaining speed.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“Time will tell but hopefully it will be pretty good.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Probably our rival Avon.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think Storm Miller from Strongsville.”
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Q&A with Highland defensive tackle Ryan Zywiec
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I have been lifting every day along with speed training at a place called “Hutch” Monday through Saturday, along with d-line training at a place called “T3” on Sundays.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel like my pass rush has improved the most since last season.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“Our team is going to be even better than last year’s; I feel like we can win a state title.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like the week 1 matchup against Hudson will be the toughest matchup because of the week one loss last year, but hopefully that doesn’t happen this year.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one specific.”
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Q&A with Defiance wide receiver/running back Anthony Wilder Jr.
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Lots of lifting and working on my catching.”
What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My catching.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team has improved and will do great.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Wapakoneta.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Mikey Hale from Bath.”
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Q&A with North Ridgeville left tackle JD Radway
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I’ve been in the gym every day working up at the field.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I’ve improved my speed going up to the field and cutting 36 pounds off.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We are going to be good this year, we return 16 of our 22 [starters] from last year and we all have been working on the field in the weight room.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Avon.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t know who it could be, we match really well with everyone in the SWC and we have people that can defend anyone we play.”
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Q&A with Waverly quarterback Mason Kelly
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason I focused on lifting weights as well as my throwing mechanics to try to improve my game the best I could.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I have definitely improved in my strength this offseason. I was able to put on some weight and I definitely think it will be beneficial for me during the season.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We have a strong group of guys and we’re excited to get back out there and have a great year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Mount Healthy is on our schedule for Week 10 again this year and they definitely have some talent so I think they are a good competition but so are we.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As far as an individual player we play many teams with talent so it’s hard to say who will be the toughest player that we face. We just want to go out and show what we can do this year.”
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Q&A with Avon Lake offensive lineman/defensive lineman Maxwell Riley
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Training/practicing with my team. Also working out at T3 Performance.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“Making good weight gain while maintaining speed.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“Time will tell but hopefully it will be pretty good.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Probably our rival Avon.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think Storm Miller from Strongsville.”
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Q&A with Highland defensive tackle Ryan Zywiec
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I have been lifting every day along with speed training at a place called “Hutch” Monday through Saturday, along with d-line training at a place called “T3” on Sundays.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel like my pass rush has improved the most since last season.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“Our team is going to be even better than last year’s; I feel like we can win a state title.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like the week 1 matchup against Hudson will be the toughest matchup because of the week one loss last year, but hopefully that doesn’t happen this year.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No one specific.”
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Q&A with Defiance wide receiver/running back Anthony Wilder Jr.
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Lots of lifting and working on my catching.”
What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My catching.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team has improved and will do great.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Wapakoneta.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Mikey Hale from Bath.”
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Q&A with North Ridgeville left tackle JD Radway
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I’ve been in the gym every day working up at the field.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I’ve improved my speed going up to the field and cutting 36 pounds off.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We are going to be good this year, we return 16 of our 22 [starters] from last year and we all have been working on the field in the weight room.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Avon.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t know who it could be, we match really well with everyone in the SWC and we have people that can defend anyone we play.”
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Q&A with Waverly quarterback Mason Kelly
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason I focused on lifting weights as well as my throwing mechanics to try to improve my game the best I could.”
What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I have definitely improved in my strength this offseason. I was able to put on some weight and I definitely think it will be beneficial for me during the season.”
How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We have a strong group of guys and we’re excited to get back out there and have a great year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Mount Healthy is on our schedule for Week 10 again this year and they definitely have some talent so I think they are a good competition but so are we.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As far as an individual player we play many teams with talent so it’s hard to say who will be the toughest player that we face. We just want to go out and show what we can do this year.”
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