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PAC-7 winter sports awards: 2023-24 boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling

Northwest's Ian Ziegler shoots over the outstretched arm of Canfield's Ben Weaver in a Division II district semifinal Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Louisville High School.
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Northwest's Ian Ziegler and Tuslaw's Jacob Lyons led the local honorees on the 2023-24 PAC-7 winter sports all-league teams. 

Ziegler is the PAC-7 Boys Basketball Player of the Year, while Lyons is the PAC-7 Wrestler of the Year. 

Ziegler averaged 19.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for Northwest, which finished in third place in the league standings at 10-4 behind CVCA (14-0) and Triway (11-3). The 6-foot-3 senior forward, who also was the Division II player of the year for the District 4 coaches association, shot 59.2 percent from the floor. 

Triway's Ben Holt is the PAC-7 boys basketball coach of the year. League champion CVCA was shut out of the boys basketball individual honors. 

2023-24 PAC-7 Boys Basketball 

CVCA's Luke McQuillen, left, has a shot blocked by Canton South's Julius Kimbrough during the second half, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
  • First Team: Drew Bishko, Triway, senior; Carson Colucci, Fairless, senior; Taj Gibson, Orrville, senior; Brayden Holt, Triway, sophomore; Brady Johnson, Manchester, senior; Julius Kimbrough, Canton South, senior; Charley Levak, CVCA, sophomore; Niles Nuru, CVCA, junior; Tristan Pennington, Northwest, sophomore; LaVelle Sharpe Jr., CVCA, senior; Spiros Smith, Tuslaw, senior; Ian Ziegler, Northwest, senior. 
  • Player of the Year: Ian Ziegler, Northwest. 
  • Coach of the Year: Ben Holt, Triway. 
  • Honorable Mention: Chase Badger, Northwest, junior; Tavon Castle, Canton South, senior; Tony Collins, CVCA, sophomore; Cale Drown, Triway, senior; Malakhi Gray, Orrville, freshman; Giovanni Moore, Fairless, senior; Parker Reinhart, Tuslaw, freshman; Marko Zuza, Manchester, senior. 
Tuslaw’s Destiny Dulkoski blocks the shot of Central Catholic’s Lily Belden on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.

Tuslaw won a share of the girls basketball league title with CVCA, which swept the individual honors with Joi Williams earning player of the year and Andy O'Keefe earning coach of the year. 

2023-24 PAC-7 Girls Basketball 

CVCA’s Joi Williams looks to the basket for two during the first half of a high school basketball game against Hathaway Brown, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
  • First Team: Abby Ankenman, Orrville, senior; Destiny Dulkoski, Tuslaw, junior; Elizabeth Fisher, CVCA, junior; Hunter Guinn, CVCA, junior; Doriana Hastings-Peterson, Canton South, junior; Summer Hastings-Peterson, Canton South, junior; Kendall Lower, Northwest, junior; Breanna McCabe, Tuslaw, junior; Malia Mizeres, Tuslaw, junior; Zoey Steele, Fairless, senior; Caitlin Titler, Triway, senior; Mackenzie Westfall, Manchester, senior; Joi Williams, CVCA, junior; Leah Wirth, Triway, senior. 
  • Player of the Year: Joi Williams, CVCA. 
  • Coach of the Year: Andy O'Keefe, CVCA. 
  • Honorable Mention: Sarah Bronowski, CVCA, junior; Britney Butzer, Orrville, junior; Sydney Comer, Canton South, senior; Madison Mayer, Manchester, senior; Aubrey Meggyesy, Northwest, sophomore; Emma Rowbotham, Tuslaw, senior; Clara Snavely, Fairless, junior; Payton Snyder, Triway, sophomore. 
Tusky Valley's T.J. Wilson, bottom, wrestles Tuslaw's Jacob Lyons during day two of the Ohio High School Athletic Association 2024 State Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 9 at The Ohio State University Jerome Schottenstein Center, in Columbus.

Lyons was a four-time PAC-7 champion and won more than 150 career matches for the Mustangs. He finished seventh at 150 pounds in the Division III state tournament.  Canton South's Joe Retherford is the PAC-7 Wrestling Coach of the Year after leading the Wildcats to the league title. It was South's second straight league championship. 

2023-24 PAC-7 Wrestling 

  • First Team: 106 pounds, Dom Prosperi, Canton South, sophomore; 113, Kaden Lawson, Tuslaw, sophomore; 120, Rocco Czarnecki, CVCA, senior; 126, Evan Kusmits, Manchester, junior; 132, Dylan Hart, CVCA, junior; 138, Troy McVicker, Fairless, sophomore; 144, Lucas Nair, Northwest, sophomore; 150, Jacob Lyons, Tuslaw, senior; 157, Jake Livingston, Manchester, sophomore; 165, Tyler Pugh, Canton South, senior; 175, Guhner Eberhardt, Tuslaw, freshman; 190, Jaden Fellouzis, Canton South, senior; 215, Collin Sullivan, Fairless, junior; 285, David Grimes, CVCA, junior. 
  • Wrestler of the Year: Jacob Lyons, Tuslaw. 
  • Coach of the Year: Joe Retherford, Canton South. 
  • Honorable Mention: 106 pounds, Caleb Jones, CVCA, freshman; 113, Joe Slatzer, Fairless, senior; 120, Aaron Workinger, Northwest, junior; 126, Bradyn Wolfe, Northwest, senior; 132, Ethan Haer, Tuslaw, sophomore; 138, Phil Partin, Manchester, freshman; 144, Carter Moore, Manchester, freshman; 150, Seth Kinser, Orrville, junior; 157, AJ Nichols, Canton South, senior; 165, Ayden Meade, Manchester, sophomore; 175, Kai McBride, Fairless, senior; 190, Chad Griffith, Northwest, senior; 215, Ethan Fricke, Canton South, senior; 285, DeAngelo Spear, Canton South, sophomore.