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Nine senior players received special awards during Sunday's Big Red Football Banquet, held in the Crimson Commons. The 2022 Big Red finished at 12-3, suffering a heart-breaking loss to Cincinnati Wyoming in the Division IV semifinals. Reno Saccoccia's squad earned a 22nd consecutive trip to the Ohio post-season and captured the program's 19th regional championship. Thanks to a victory in the season opener against Louisville, Saccoccia became Ohio's all-time winningest high school football coach. Players honored were seated, from the left, Kyjhaun Hopkins, Legends of Big Red Football Award; Zach Smith, Program Player Award and Special Teams Player of the Year; Dorian Thorn, Dave Hindman Sr. Big Red Hustling 8 Award; and Tylik Sims, Abe Bryan/Punque Cartledge Award; and standing, Phaeton Hill, Dave Hindman Sr. Big Red Hustling 8 Award; Kellen Marshall, Doctors Press/Macedonia/Giannamore Award; Cam Daley, Doctors Press/Macedonia/Giannamore Award; Spenser Ostovich, Dan Keenan Leadership Award and Calvin Jones Award; and Bryce Huff, Doctors Press/Macedonia/Giannamore Award. – Ed Looman