Avon Lake High School

Great Pizza Bake-Off Event and the Awards went to….

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Wow, thank you to all the 300+ pizza lovers and Rotary supporters who came to Avon Lake High School on Homecoming Thursday for the North Coast Rotary and Avon Lake City Schools’ 17th annual Great Pizza Bake-Off!

We also want to thank Doug Maurer, our Coordinator, and our amazing event sponsors, Avon Lake City Schools, Brian Kyles Landscapes of Distinction, Greenspace Construction Services, Minuteman Press, Peter & Co. Jewelers, and Rich Benoit and Jinnyn Tata and our pizzerias. They all made this event possible!

Jack Dibee kept the energy high as emcee! Student volunteers from ALHS Key Club and North Coast Interact helped out the Rotary club members with check-in, cookies, drinks, and fun activities for the kids.

And guess who won the awards? Here they are: 

People’s Choice – Big M! 

Master Pizza – Best Pepperoni! 

Domino’s Pizza – Best Crust!

Dirte Pi – Best Specialty!  

Pizza Hut won the Pro’s Choice Award!  

(Guests vote for their overall favorite – the People’s Choice Award and for Best Pepperoni, Best Specialty and Best Crust.  The Pro’s Choice Award is selected by our mystery guest who samples every single pizza!)  

Pizza BakeOff Fundraiser North Coast Rotary

Proceeds from our Great Pizza Bake-off fund community and youth initiatives.  Thank you again!

See more:Did you enjoy Pizza and More on Homecoming Thursday September 25, 2025 Avon Lake High School Commons?

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR PIZZA FUNDRAISER!

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Mark your calendars for our 17th annual Great Pizza Bake-off at Avon Lake High School happening on Homecoming Thursday, September 25, 2025. We’d love for you to join us in support of our youth and community initiatives! Avon Lake schools we support Students of the Month recognition, 7th and 8th grade Essay contests, High School Students Speech contest, Leadership programs and scholarships.

Scholarship Awardees

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Scholarship awardees from Avon High School, Avon Lake High School and Brookside High School joined our June rotary meeting. We heard highlights of each awardee’s achievements and each awardee spoke about their college plans. 

Lincoln Barnhart from Brookside High School was awarded the Service Above Self scholarship selected from students participating in the Rotary youth program Interact.  Zuriah Radeff-Koonce a Brookside High School senior was awarded a Service Above Self scholarship.  

Avon Lake senior, Mary Bigenho was awarded two scholarships, one funded by the Weems family and a Service Above Self Bon Russell Memorial Scholarship.  

Avon High School Principal Kristina Buller introduced Ishani Kishorepuria who was awarded the Jane Kuzman Memorial Scholarship for Service Above Self.  

With donations and revenue from fundraisers, North Coast Rotary (formerly Avon/ Avon Lake Rotary) has awarded scholarships to graduating seniors for decades.  The scholarship amount began at $500 each, increased in 2009 to $750 each and increased to $1000 each since 2012.  Rotarian Gina Eschke coordinates the program.  

Great Pizza and Fun at ALHS Bake-Off in Support of Rotary’s Youth and Community Initiatives

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North Coast Rotary thanks our community supporters, Avon Lake City Schools, Lorain County Community College, Avon Lake Public Library, First Federal of Lakewood, a host of sponsors and our pizzerias for a very successful fundraiser!  

Rotarians, Interactors, Key Club, Emcees Jack Dibee and Joelle Magyar made the evening flow smoothly.  The pictures say it all. Thank you! 

Congratulations to the Winners at the Great Pizza Bakeoff at ALHS

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Old School Best Pepperoni Award
Pizza Hut Excellence Award
Dirte Pi Best Specialty Awardee
Domino’s Excellence Award
Pro’s Choice Awardee Master Pizza
People’s Choice Award to Big M

Our 400 or so guests voted Big M Pizza to receive the Peoples’ choice award!

Dirte Pi, the newest pizzeria in Avon Lake, won the Best Specialty pizza award.

The Best Pepperoni pizza award went to Parker’s Old School Pizza!

The Pro’s choice awardee was Master Pizza.   

Awards of Excellence went to Pizza Hut for their cheesesteak pizza and Domino’s for their spinach and feta pizza. 

A big THANK YOU to our participating pizzerias for their support of this fundraiser for youth and community initiatives. 

Scholarship Awardees Thank Rotary

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Graduates from Avon, Avon Lake and Brookside High Schools who were each awarded North Coast Rotary $1000 Service Above Self scholarships, met with Rotarians to thank them at a recent Rotary meeting.  Awardees are:  Amelia Tomak, Avon – Jane R. Kuzman Memorial Scholarship; Ellamarie Green, Avon Lake – Bon R. Russell Memorial Scholarship; Mikhail Pyltsov, Avon Lake – Marilyn Weems Memorial Scholarship; Robert DeLuca, Brookside, awarded the Service Above Self Scholarship and Alexandra Rion, Brookside Interact Scholarship.  Congratulations and best wishes in their college endeavors!

A big THANK YOU Avon Lake!

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The 14th Homecoming Great Pizza Bake-Off ended yesterday just in time for the big game! 

Pizzeria winners were ROMEO’s Peoples’ Choice (Overall Favorite); MASTER PIZZA Pro’s Choice; PIZZA HUT for Best Sauce; DOMINO’S for Best Pepperoni and OLD SCHOOL for Best Specialty pizza. 

14th Annual Homecoming Great Pizza BakeOff

Rotarians, Key Club members, Interact Club members and Avon Lake school staff worked together to provide a welcoming environment for several hundred guests to enjoy samples of pizza, raffles and kids fun – facepainting and more.  

A big thank you to our Foundation’s main sponsors: Ford Motor Company, Peter & Co. Jewelers, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Brian Kyles Landscapes of Distinction, Buckeye Bank and Carol Murphy of Keller Williams Realty.  

Funds raised from this event will support scholarships, youth and community initiatives.