2026-27 Akron Area HS football game of the year | Dalton at Mogadore wins vote

The people have spoken, and the game between Dalton and Mogadore won the voting for the preseason Akron Area Football Game of the Year for the 2026-27 school year.

The Week 3 game with Mogadore hosting Dalton received an overwhelming 82.52% of the votes cast. A total of 1,876 votes were cast overall.

Look for more on the game below. Akron Area Athlete of the Week voting returns for the 2026-27 school year on beaconjournal.com next Tuesday.

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Mogadore (11-2) suffered just one 2025 regular-season loss — a 28-19 defeat at Dalton in Week 3. Well, Mogadore will host Dalton (9-4) this fall with a chance to turn the tables. Mogadore is 1-3 in the all-time series and hasn't defeated Dalton since a playoff triumph in 1996. Mogadore is coming off a run to the Division VII, Region 25 final, where it lost 42-21 to McDonald.

• Date - girls winner | boys winner
• Sept. 6 - Abby Alden, Archbishop Hoban soccer | Buddy Willig, Norton football
• Sept. 12 - Ava Brooks, Norton tennis | Donevan Noah, Tallmadge cross country
• Sept. 19 - Addison Hovey, Woodridge tennis | Angelo Gotto, Barberton football
• Sept. 26 - Gabriela Iler, Revere tennis | Atticus Sloan, Woodridge cross country
• Oct. 3 - Bree Carpenter, Ellet soccer | Marlin Engram Jr., East football
• Oct. 10 - Maggie Gerschutz, Wadsworth cross country | Phil Partin, Manchester football
• Oct. 17 - Makayla Martuccio, Tallmadge cross country | Anderson Seredick, Nordonia cross country
• Oct. 24 - Elizabeth Coleman, Highland golf | Crew McDaniel, Hudson cross country
• Oct. 31 - Brooklynn Hampton, Archbishop Hoban soccer | Nick Myers, CVCA soccer
• Nov. 7 - Allison Hay, Tallmadge cross country | Sam Hopp, Twinsburg cross country
• Nov. 14 - Samantha Dehrmann, Archbishop Hoban volleyball | Marty Tobin, Walsh Jesuit football
• Dec. 12 - Anna Anzevino, Hudson basketball | Mason Massouh, Revere wrestling
• Dec. 19 - Melania Cornute, St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball | George Marshall, Firestone swimming
• Dec. 27 - Sarah Schueler, Firestone swimming | Dalton Keith, Coventry wrestling
• Jan. 3 - Leannah Swiger, Springfield wrestling | Chad Rusinko, Tallmadge basketball
• Jan. 9 - Rylee Kulick, Copley swimming | Tony Canfora, Wadsworth swimming
• Jan. 16 - Haydn Paul, Nordonia basketball | Percy Robinson, Streetsboro basketball
• Jan. 23 - Ashli Pearson, Hudson basketball | Reggie Edwards, Garfield basketball
• Jan. 30 - Shaylah Jones, Buchtel basketball | DeCarlo Prince, St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball
• Feb. 6 - Sydney Ferguson, St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball | John Johnson, Archbishop Hoban basketball
• Feb. 13 - Dakota Graham, Norton basketball | Rayshawn Hamilton, Garfield basketball
• Feb. 20 - Kayla Munn, Coventry basketball | Derrick Kruger, Firestone basketball
• Feb. 27 - Stella Oliverio, Firestone swimming | Dante Kimble III, Ellet basketball
• March 6 - Rylee Jackson, Archbishop Hoban swimming | Andrew Gerstenmaier, Walsh Jesuit swimming
• March 13 - Niera Stevens, Archbishop Hoban basketball | Ian Bee, Tallmadge wrestling
• March 20 - MaKenzie Grant, Archbishop Hoban basketball | Arri Caporaletti, Archbishop Hoban basketball
• March 27 - Gianna Terlop, Walsh Jesuit | Owen Anderson, Wadsworth lacrosse
• April 3 - Ella Girard, Walsh Jesuit softball | Preston Davis, Wadsworth lacrosse
• April 10 - Cassidy Piotrowski, Ellet softball | Will Tober, St. Vincent-St. Mary baseball
• April 17 - Chloe Kroslak, CVCA flag football | Ronnie Ammons, Norton baseball
• April 24 - Caitlyn Carter, Tallmadge softball | Harrison Drvenkar, Revere track and field
• May 1 - Sophia Paonessa, Tallmadge softball | Aidan Reynolds, St. Vincent-St. Mary baseball
• May 8 - Chloe White, Manchester softball | Anthony Cardarelli, Green baseball
• May 15 - Brynn Mineard, Walsh Jesuit softball | Connor Hons, Woodridge track and field
• May 22 - Ava McLendon, Nordonia flag football | Elijah Myers, Firestone volleyball
• May 29 - Caitlyn Eland, Tallmadge softball | Zachary Karhoff, Archbishop Hoban baseball
• June 5 - Katie Lippencott, Walsh Jesuit softball | Anthony Bontempo, Tallmadge track and field
• June 12 - Allison Hay, Tallmadge track and field | Colt Andrews, Archbishop Hoban baseball
• June 19 - Zac Anderson, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy baseball
• June 26 - Girls Team of the Year: Walsh Jesuit softball
• July 3 - Boys Team of the Year: St. Vincent-St. Mary volleyball
• July 10 - Girls Coach of the Year: Charlie Schrader, Walsh Jesuit softball
• July 17 - Boys Coach of the Year: Jeff Howard, Woodridge cross country
• July 24 - Boys Athlete of the Year: Rylan Hurley, St. Vincent-St. Mary
• July 31 - Girls Athlete of the Year: Allison Hay, Tallmadge
• Aug. 14 - Preseason Football Game of the Year: Dalton at Mogadore (Week 3)

Editor's note: Winners of the Akron-Area Athlete of the Week in the spring are not eligible to win it again until the fall sports season begins. Coaches and athletic directors: Submit nominees for Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com

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