DOUBLE REDEMPTION! 🏆
THE KIRTLAND HORNETS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS! 🐝
The Hornets avenge their title game losses in 2021 & 2022 with a 32-15 win over Versailles!
The Hornets are one of 9 schools in
@OHSAASports
history with 7 football state titles.
Party at the Kirtlander! 🎉
It never gets old.
For the sixth time in ten years, the Hornets are welcomed home to Kirtland as state football champions!
What a day & what a year to be a Kirtland Hornet!
The next season starts tomorrow for you underclassmen players. 💪🏽
#HornetPride
🐝
Final score is:
Kirtland- 27
Solon- 7
A STATEMENT win for the Hornets over the D1 Comets as they extend their winning streak to 35 games, the longest in Ohio & 3rd longest in 11-man football in the United States!
#HornetPride
🐝
The greatest coach of all-time? We’ll leave that up for debate…🗣
Just know that Tiger LaVerde is the third fastest coach in ALL of high school football history to reach 200 wins at one school (218 games)!
The numbers say it all…
@TigerWoods
is NOT the only GOAT named Tiger.
From the smallest county in Ohio (by area) and the same conference (
@CVC_Athletics
), Kirtland & Perry are state champions!
The CVC has multiple state champs in a season for the first time.
September 6, 2024 will have two defending state champs from Lake County squaring off! 🗓️
Sam Kukura ‘14 has been hired as Michigan State Football’s new Assistant Director of Player Personnel.
He was most recently a Recruiting Analyst for Pittsburgh Football and previously coached at Slippery Rock, Akron, & Case Western Reserve.
Keep up the great work, Sam! 🐝
This day will go down in the history books.
Congrats to Chardon & Kirtland on winning state titles just HOURS apart!
You’ve made all of NEO & the
@NHPreps
area proud.
We’ll be rooting hard for Lake Catholic tomorrow afternoon!
#HornetPride
🐝
#TopperUp
🔨
@OHSAASports
Philip LaVerde is a
@MaxPreps
Small Town All-American. 🇺🇸
He is the fourth Kirtland Hornet to ever be named an All-American, and is the first since 2015.
Before him were Evan Madden, Matthew Finkler, and Christian Hauber.
#HornetPride
🐝
@NEOZoneHS
The LaVerde family celebrates Tiger’s 6th state title & Philip’s 2nd.
Without the LaVerde family, Kirtland would not be the way it is. Thank you guys for all you do!
The streak is over. What a magical run.
For the first time since 2017, the Kirtland Hornets have fallen.
Versailles defeats Kirtland 20-16 to win the Division V State Championship, snapping the Hornets’ America-long 55-game win streak.
KIRTLAND WINS ITS THIRD STRAIGHT STATE TITLE!
DESTINATION THREE PEAT IS COMPLETE!
Six titles in ten years. 41 straight wins.
Kirtland defeats Ironton 38-0 to win the
@OHSAASports
Division V State Championship!
#WhateverItTakes
🏆
Hornets v. Flyers.
15-0 v. 15-0.
Tiger LaVerde v. Tim Goodwin.
#2
v.
#1
.
Kirtland v. The MAC.
6 shutouts v. 11 shutouts.
69 wins in last 70 games v. 31 straight wins.
6 titles v. 12 titles.
Call it what you want, Kirtland and Marion Local face off once more on Saturday.
The Kirtland community has lost one of its influential members.
Joe Ertter, a former stat crew member & longtime Booster passed away on 3/8.
Joe helped develop the Kirtland Youth Football Program & was key to the success of
@kirtlandFB
.
Our condolences to the Ertter family.🙏
The Hornet Stat Crew sends good luck messages to Chardon, Lake Catholic, & Kirtland as they represent Lake & Geauga Counties in the state football championships this weekend.
Let’s make the
@NHPreps
area proud!
#HornetPride
🐝
#WhateverItTak3s
🏆
#TopperUp
🔨
#RightNow
🐾
Congratulations to our neighbors in Chardon on becoming the 10th school in
@OHSAASports
history to win a football & baseball state title in the same school year! 🪓
What an impressive feat! 👏
@NHPreps
@toppernation
@ChardonBaseball
Congratulations to our neighbors in Chardon for winning their state semifinal game last night and advancing to the state title!
Let’s make it a Kirtland Hornets-Chardon Hilltoppers doubleheader at Obetz next Saturday!
#HornetPride
🐝
#TopperUp
🔨
Fantastic words of wisdom for youth athletes via Kirtland’s Tiger LaVerde at Thursday’s panel discussion:
“Get off the phone, go outside, play with your friends, enjoy every second. Wiffleball, kickball, dodgeball, whatever you can do. Get off the phone and enjoy your life.” 🙌
AND THAT WILL DO IT!
Kirtland tops Manchester 42-0 & wins their 36th straight game!
Tiger LaVerde now has 200 career wins! His 200-27 career record is good enough for a winning percentage of 88.1%, the 11th HIGHEST in high school football history EVER!
#HornetPride
🐝
Congrats to Nathan Fellinger! Big Nate had his
#46
jersey retired by his teammates & coaches at the
@kirtlandFB
banquet on Sunday.
Nathan’s pride as a Kirtland Hornet has been infectious and inspiring.
As a result of his hard work,
#46
will never be worn again.
#HornetPride
🐝
Mason Sullivan shows off his hops as he hurdles his way into the end zone. Podojil-Scheslinger makes his 5th XP of the night & the Hornets lead 35-0 with 3:47 left in the half.
40 straight wins.
9 title appearances in 10 years.
Dynasty still intact.
Kirtland wins 39-13 over Otsego and will play for its third straight state title next Saturday at 2:00.
#HornetPride
🐝
🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨
Per sources, the three-time defending OHSAA State Champion Kirtland Hornets are nearing an agreement to travel to Pittsburgh & face the two-time defending PCL Champion Westinghouse Bulldogs.
This would be Kirtland’s first game outside Ohio.
@NEOhsSports
BREAKING: Tonight, Mason Rus set the all-time Kirtland football single season rushing record!
Mason passes
@Coach_Bates24
(1,937 yards) with 1,959 yards on the ground so far this season, including 161 vs. Ottawa-Glandorf.
Congratulations Mason!
@masonrus25
#HornetPride
🐝
Good luck to our neighbors, the Chardon Hilltoppers, in their Division III State title game today. 🏈
Time to make some history, and leave a lasting legacy, as
@SMitchHewitt
would say. ⏰
We’ve got your back, now go finish the job! ⛏🐝
Route 306, you have TWO regional champions!
Congrats to Kirtland & Lake Catholic on their regional title victories as they advance to the final four next weekend.
That makes THREE regional titles in Lake County!
@MentorRedline
@LCCougarFB
@kirtlandFB
🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨
• According to
@Oil_City_Sports
& ArbiterLive, Coach Tiger LaVerde & the defending state champion Hornets will be traveling to PENNSYLVANIA on Friday, September 18th next season to take on his alma mater, the Oil City Oilers!
#HornetPride
🐝
@NEOhsAthletics
Two of the greatest coaches in
@OHSAASports
history meet up before the game.
18 state title wins, 506 combined victories, and an endless number of lives impacted by these two GOATS, Tim Goodwin and Tiger LaVerde. 🐐🐐
@MLFlyers_sports
@kirtlandsports
Kirtland...meet South Range.
South Range...meet Kirtland.
The Hornets and Raiders make history this week as the two schools face off in:
1.) A boys soccer regional semifinal
2.) A girls soccer regional final
3.) A football regional final
...all in FOUR DAYS! 🤯
Our 2022 season has reached its end.
Marion Local wins 14-6 and captures its 13th state championship as a program.
Kirtland finishes an incredible year at 15-1 with its fifth state runner-up.
Our next game is August 18th at Dalton.
See you in August!
“Rogers Field on 3. 1-2-3…” 🗣
Tonight marked the final game at Rogers Field played on grass.
Under Tiger LaVerde, the Kirtland Hornets are 90-5 on their home field since he took over in 2006, and a staggering 73-1 since 2010.
We want to wish the Perry Pirates, our Lake County & Chagrin Valley Conference counterpart GOOD LUCK in the Division V State Championship! 🤝
They play their first-ever title game vs. Liberty Center on Saturday in Canton at 3pm. 🏟️
#HornetPride
🐝
#GoPirates
🏴☠️
@NEOZoneHS
WOW. What a day yesterday.
If you didn’t watch, here’s what you missed.
Another congrats to Kirtland girls soccer on bringing home their first state title & becoming the first public school EVER to win Division III!
Football will look to make it back to states tonight.
We posted a lot of content today. But the biggest shoutout of the day goes to John Kampf.
John and his co-workers went above & beyond to help put this
@NHPreps
Senior Bowl game together after a two year layoff.
The entire area appreciates your efforts greatly,
@JKampf_NH
!
DECADE OF DOMINANCE STATISTICS
• 139-7 total record
• 60-1 home record
• 48-1 away record
• 31-5 neutral record
• 31-1 non-conf. record
• 67-1 CVC record
• 41-5 playoff record
• 6-0 vs. D2 teams
• 10-0 vs. D3
• 13-0 vs. D4
• 50-3 vs. D5
• 48-4 vs. D6
• 12-0 vs. D7
We asked Tiger LaVerde last night about the legacy of Chuck Kyle and what he means to high school football in Ohio.
Kyle is retiring from
@SIHSSports
as one of the greatest coaches in HSFB history.
Congrats Coach Kyle! 👏
#Respect
🤝
The one constant over the past 17 years has been this coaching staff.
Tonight, this staff accomplished its 12TH unbeaten regular season, most in the OHSAA since 2006.
Tonight, this staff has gone 10-0 for the 10TH time, also most since 2006.
#HornetPride
🐝
@NEOZoneHS
Congratulations to Mason Sullivan on making 1st Team All-Ohio THREE straight years!
He becomes the second Kirtland football player to achieve this feat; the first being Canon Schroeder from 2011-2013.
Keep up the incredible work at the next level, Mason!
#HornetPride
🐝
Fun fact as the
#Browns
get set to take on the Chargers today.
21 years ago, Chargers head coach Brandon Staley was starting quarterback for the Perry Pirates who defeated the Kirtland Hornets 44-6 on September 15, 2000.
📸:
@NHPreps
archive
@NEOZoneHS
@mgoul
@JKampf_NH
Congratulations to Kirtland on their Northeast Lakes District Award winners, including:
Tiger LaVerde (NLD Division V Coach of the Year)
Mason Sullivan (NLD Division V Offensive Player of the Year)
Joey Grazia (NLD Division V Defensive Player of the Year)
#HornetPride
🐝
The Hornet Stat Crew wants end the night by giving a special shoutout to senior Nate Fellinger who recorded his first varsity tackle tonight!
We’re all proud of you Nate! Here, he’s pictured with Coach Eckles after the game.
#HornetPride
🐝
One year ago today, we did something AWESOME...🏆 Tonight, let’s do something AWESOME again & root the Hornets back to Canton! LET’S GOOO!
#HornetPride
#HiveForFive
🐝
🎥:
@NHPreps
BALLGAME. Kirtland defeats Fort Frye 41-6 to improve to 15-0.
The Hornets will make their 11th trip to the state title game in 12 seasons.
Next Saturday, the
#2
Kirtland Hornets square off with the
#1
Marion Local Flyers for the Division VI State Championship @ 10:30am. 🏆
Congratulations to Tiger LaVerde, the Coach of the Year!
Coach LaVerde has a 185-17 record at Kirtland over 15 years. He also won Coach of the Decade a week or so ago!
#HornetPride
🐝
Gage Sullivan, George Prusock III, Mason Rus, Will Sayle, Tommy Gogolin, Pierce Boyd, Jonathan Withrow, Phil LaVerde, & Johnny Raguz are All-Ohio selections!
Sullivan, Prusock III, and Rus are now two-time All-Ohioans.
Congratulations to all!
#HornetPride
🐝
@KLSDSupt
We congratulate
@MentorRedline
on yet another excellent season!
We also congratulate
@topperfb
on their first regional title in 17 years!
Thank you to both schools for being such great hosts for our football team during this year’s playoffs.
Go get ‘em next week Hilltoppers!
Congratulations to Will Davidson on finishing 3rd place in the 120 lb. class of the Division III State Wrestling Tournament!
And congrats to Brennon Braud & Anthony Gencarelli on making it to states!
Kirtland is very proud of you three!
#HornetPride
🐝
TOUCHDOWN KIRTLAND HORNETS!
Gage Sullivan dives full extension on 4th & 24 for the touchdown! UNREAL! The XP is good & Kirtland leads West Geauga 7-0 with 6:49 left in the first quarter.
Mason Rus is the first Kirtland Hornet football player to win the Tony Fisher Award! A very well-deserved honor!
Congratulations, Mason!
#HornetPride
🐝
@KLSDSupt
Under Tiger LaVerde, there have been:
• 48 All-Ohio special mentions
• 16 3rd Team All-Ohioans
• 24 2nd Team All-Ohioans
• 41 1st Team All-Ohioans
• 81 ALL-OHIOAN selections
• 9 Defensive Players of the Year
• 3 Offensive Players of the Year
Incredible!
#HornetPride
🐝
Congratulations to John Grazia, one of our outstanding Hornet 🐝 film crew members, on becoming a permanent deacon today. God bless you and your family.
Your
#1
Kirtland Hornets defeat the
#4
South Range Raiders 38-7 to advance to their 11TH regional final in 12 YEARS! They’ll take on the winner of
#2
Manchester and
#6
Sugarcreek Garaway at a site TBD. GO HORNETS!
#HornetPride
🐝
GAME OVER! Kirtland is the Region 17 Champs, beating South Range 38-15! 10 regional titles in 11 years!
54 straight wins is tied for the 2nd longest win streak in OHSAA history with Versailles.
The Hornets take on Ottawa-Glandorf next Saturday at a location to be determined.
The Class of 2021 turns the tassel today & enters new chapters in their lives. 🎓
The football seniors finished with:
3 State Titles
55-1 Overall Record
35-0 Regular Season Record
41 Game Win Streak
3 CVC Titles
Outscored Teams 2243-449
#HornetPride
🐝
@KLSDSupt
@NEOhsSports