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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?

Great Pizza Bake-off At Avon High School

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What a night!  Superintendent Ben Hodge observed, “there was a steady flow of guests” keeping the check-in table busy.  In total, over 300 people joined Rotarians at Avon High School cafeteria to enjoy delicious pizza and vote for their favorites. 

For this fundraiser, North Coast Rotary partnered with The Hope for B.E.S.T., Lori Yeager, who will receive a portion of the proceeds. 

In demand was the Lorain County Community College FabCab mini-makerspace, thanks to FabLab Team Lead Ryan Corrigan and Rotarian Cindy Kushner. 

Once the votes were counted, Rotarians Doug Maurer and Becki Russell handed out the awards: Dirte Pi won Best Pepperoni and Marco’s won Best Specialty pizza.  Our mystery sampler selected Marco’s to receive the Pro’s Choice award. For the second time in North Coast Rotary’s Great Pizza Bake-off history, the Peoples’ Choice Award was tied between Marco’s and Master Pizza. 

A big shout-out to Avon Local Schools, our guests, participating pizzerias, Rotary’s youth group Interact and the sponsors of North Coast Rotary.

The money raised from this fundraiser will go towards youth and community initiatives in our local area.  

Pizza Bake-Off at Avon High School Cafeteria on Tuesday February 11th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM / 7 PM Jazz Fusion Concert at the PAC

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Sample pizza from Dirte Pi, Master Pizza, Marco’s and Domino’s. Vote for your favorites! LCCC and their Fab Cab, a mini makerspace and Rotary’s high school youth group will be offering fun activities for kids.  Then head over to the Avon PAC for the Fusion Concert starting at 7 PM.

Bring your friends and family for a fun evening of food, community, and friendly competition!  Enter the high school through the “new” main entrance from the general parking lot.  The door is to the right of the front of the Performing Arts Center. Continue down the hallway to the cafeteria.

Hope to see you there!  You can buy tickets here or at the door:  2025 Avon High School Great Pizza Bake-Off FUNdraiser

Proceeds benefit North Coast Rotary Foundation’s youth and community initiatives. Thank you and our sponsors for your support.  

Great Pizza Bake-Off – The Votes are In!

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Were you among the almost 300 guests who enjoyed pizza at Avon Lake High School on Homecoming Thursday?  It was North Coast Rotary and Avon Lake City Schools’ 16th annual Great Pizza Bake-Off.  

The awards went to: 

People’s Choice – Big M! 

Old School – Best Pepperoni pizza! 

Master Pizza – Best Crust and an Award of Excellence, a special recognition for their years of support!  

Domino’s and Dirte Pi tied for the Best Specialty pizza award!  

Dirte Pi also won the Pro’s Choice Award!  

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

Read more and see the pictures with the following link

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. 

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.

Great Pizza Bake-Off Tonight!

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Enjoy sampling pizza, voting for your favorites, and participating in a few raffles tonight from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Avon Lake High School commons. A big thanks to our participating pizzerias: Marcos Pizza (Avon), Domino’s Pizza (Avon Lake), Romeo’s Pizza (Avon Lake), Pizza Hut (Avon Lake) and our newest area pizzeria Old School. Expect some surprises with the traditional and specialty pizzas they offer! Raffle prizes include, jewelry, autographed football, autographed cap, Red Tail golf for four, and Main Event games package. Hope to see you there!

Pizza Awards – 2019 Avon Great Pizza Bake-off

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Thank you to pizza vendors who brought their staff and served hot pizza making this North Coast Rotary fundraiser a success! Close to 500 guests had the opportunity to sample up to three delicious pizzas from each of seven vendors. All guests could vote for their favorite pizza overall (People’s Choice Award), the pizza with the Best Sauce and the Best Specialty Pizza. In addition, our “Pro” sampled all the pizzas and voted for his favorite.

After tallying hundreds of votes, President Elect Joe Matuscak announced the results.

  • Neechi’s was awarded the People’s Choice trophy.
  • The Best Sauce trophy was awarded to Master Pizza.
  • Marco’s won the Best Specialty trophy and
  • The Pro’s Choice Award went to D’Tutanelli’s.

Joe Matuscak also recognized Donato’s, Cafe Piccolo and Pizza Hut for their enjoyable pizzas and their support, and thanked Peace, Love and Little Donuts for their generous donation of donuts.