December 3, 2024

2023 Greater Cleveland Conference Preview

The Greater Cleveland Conference is going to look a bit different this fall, as Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights join to expand the league to a full eight teams. Medina returns Division I Offensive Player of the Year Danny Stoddard and two All-Ohio receivers in Austin Knowles and Jack Wojciak. Can anybody stop the Bees from winning their third straight GCC title? Here’s a quick look at the conference before action kicks off Friday night. 

 

Brunswick Blue Devils 3-8, 2-3 GCC Lost First Round vs Mentor (35-14)

Photo by Luigi Musto

 

Returning Players

 

RB/OLB John Crawford

QB Ethan Roksandich

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Avon 7 pm

8/25: @ Olmsted Falls 7 pm

9/1: vs Highland 7 pm

9/8: vs Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

9/15: @ Medina* 7 pm

9/22: vs Shaker Heights* 7 pm

9/29: @ Euclid* 7 pm

10/6: @ Mentor* 7 pm

10/13: vs Solon* 7 pm

10/20: vs Strongsville* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

 

Cleveland Heights Tigers 10-2, 5-0 LEL Lost Regional Quarterfinals vs St. Ignatius (50-49)

 

Returning Players

 

DB Marquise Davis

First Team All-Ohio

First Team All-LEL

ATH John Gordon Jr.

First Team All-LEL

LB Albert Green

Second Team All-LEL

DT Sandale Jackson

Second Team All-LEL

OT Rodney Harris

Third Team All-LEL

K Gabe McKay

Third Team All-LEL

DB Henry Perrymond

Third Team All-LEL

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Berea-Midpark 7 pm

8/26: vs Paramus Catholic (NJ) 1 pm

9/1: @ Hudson 7 pm

9/8: @ Brunswick* 7 pm

9/15: vs Mentor* 7 pm

9/22: vs Strongsville* 7 pm

9/29: @ Solon* 7 pm

10/6: vs Medina* 7 pm

10/13: vs Euclid* 7 pm

10/20: @ Shaker Heights* 7pm

*-Conference Game

 

Euclid Panthers 1-9, 0-5 GCC Missed Playoffs

Photo by Luigi Musto

 

Returning Players

 

DB/WR Jamal Jefferson Jr

Third Team All-Ohio

Honorable Mention All-GCC

 

Schedule

 

8/18: vs Austintown-Fitch 7 pm

8/25: vs Erie (PA) 7 pm

9/1: @ Massillon Perry 7 pm

9/8: vs Shaker Heights* 7 pm

9/15: @ Strongsville* 7 pm

9/22: @ Medina* 7pm

9/29: vs Brunswick* 7 pm

10/6: vs Solon* 7 pm

10/13: @ Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

10/20: @ Mentor* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

 

Medina Bees 11-2, 5-0 GCC Lost Regional Semifinals vs Mentor (42-21)

Photo by Lugi Musto

 

Returning Players

 

QB Danny Stoddard

Division I Offensive Player of the Year

GCC Offensive Player of the Year

First Team All-Ohio

WR Austin Knowles

First Team All-Ohio

First Team All-GCC

WR Jack Wojciak

Second Team All-Ohio

First Team All-GCC

DB Tallen Hulvey

Honorable Mention All-Ohio

DL Nathan Nunn

Honorable Mention All-Ohio

First Team All-GCC

S Cooper Josefczyk 

Honorable Mention All-GCC

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Stow-Munroe Falls 7 pm

8/25: vs Olentangy 7 pm

9/1: vs Wadsworth 7 pm

9/8: @ Mentor* 7 pm

9/15: vs Brunswick* 7 pm

9/22: vs Euclid* 7 pm

9/29: @ Strongsville* 7pm

10/6: @ Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

10/13: vs Shaker Heights* 7 pm

10/20: @ Solon* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

 

Mentor Cardinals 9-4, 4-1 GCC Lost Regional Finals vs St. Edward (27-0)

Photo by Luigi Musto

 

Returning Players

 

QB Scotty Fox

Third Team All-Ohio

First Team All-GCC

K Dylan Tackett

Honorable Mention All-Ohio

S Caden Markowski

Honorable Mention All-GCC

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Massillon Jackson 7 pm

8/25: vs St. Ignatius 7 pm

9/1: vs Riverside 7 pm

9/8: vs Medina* 7 pm

9/15: @ Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

9/22: @ Solon* 7 pm

9/29: vs Shaker Heights* 7 pm

10/6: vs Brunswick* 7 pm

10/13: @ Strongsville* 7 pm

10/20: vs Euclid* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

 

Shaker Heights Red Raiders 3-7, 3-3 LEL Missed Playoffs

 

Returning Players

 

DB/WR Ayden Murray

LEL Defensive MVP

First Team All-LEL

WR/DB Trey McNutt

First Team All-LEL

RB Cornell Beard

First Team All-LEL

OLB Stephen Henderson

Second Team All-LEL

QB Abdullah Ahmad

Second Team All-LEL

WR Damion Cunningham

Second Team All-LEL

RB/DT Justin Russell

Third Team All-LEL

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Willoughby South 7 pm

8/25: vs Brush 7 pm

9/1: vs Solon* 7 pm

9/8: @ Euclid* 7 pm

9/14: vs Maple Heights 7 pm

9/22: @ Brunswick* 7 pm

9/29: @ Mentor* 7 pm

10/6: vs Strongsville* 7 pm

10/13: @ Medina* 7 pm

10/20: vs Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

*Conference Game

 

Solon Comets 6-5, 3-2 GCC Lost First Round vs Hudson (31-0)

 

Returning Players

 

WR Brian McQuaide

First Team All-GCC

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Olmsted Falls 7 pm

8/25: @ Strongsville* 7 pm

9/1: @ Shaker Heights* 7 pm

9/8: @ Nordonia 7 pm

9/14: vs Mayfield 7 pm

9/22: vs Mentor* 7 pm

9/29: vs Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

10/6: @ Euclid* 7 pm

10/13: @ Brunswick* 7 pm

10/20: vs Medina* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

 

Strongsville Mustangs 3-8, 1-4 GCC Lost First Round vs Medina (42-7)

 

Returning Players

 

DB Jackson Griffin

Honorable Mention All-GCC

 

Schedule

 

8/18: @ Avon Lake 7 pm

8/25: vs Solon* 7 pm

9/1: @ Berea-Midpark 7 pm

9/8: vs Benedictine 7 pm

9/15: vs Euclid* 7 pm

9/22: @ Cleveland Heights* 7 pm

9/29: vs Medina* 7 pm

10/6: @ Shaker Heights* 7 pm

10/13: vs Mentor* 7 pm

10/20: @ Brunswick* 7 pm

*-Conference Game

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