The Paoli Rams football team held its 2025 season banquet on Sunday, December 7, in the high school cafeteria. Along with coaches and staff, players were able to invite family to attend, eat, and listen to the athletes’ recognition and the awards ceremony. Seniors were introduced individually by their coaches, who handed them their certificates, pins, and senior banners.
The players themselves voted on the awards’ winners; these awards were:
Most Valuable JV Offense – Derek Albertson
Most Valuable JV Defense – Wyatt Lowe
Most Valuable Skill Player – Dane Padgett
Most Valuable Offensive Lineman – Dominic Garcia
Most Valuable Defensive Lineman – Wyatt Baker
Most Valuable Linebacker – Trey Robbins
Most Valuable Defensive Back – Cooper Spires
Most Valuable Special Teams – Alvero Gavina
The coaching staff decided on the following awards, these awards were:
Most Valuable Offensive Player – Cooper Spires
Most Valuable Defensive Player – Tyler Hannon
Hammer Award, given to the defensive player who had the hardest hits – Cooper Spires
Pancake Award, awarded to an offensive player who had the toughest blocks, knocking the opponent flat on their back – Dominic Garcia
Most Valuable Player – Dane Padgett
Most Improved – Kentlee Scholl
Mental Attitude – Coen Brace
Ram Award, going to the player the coaches thought best represented Paoli football as a whole – Tyler Hannon
“Receiving this award means a lot to me because I’ve been around football and a part of this program since the second grade, helping as a ball boy, then became a player in junior high and high school,” said Hannon.
All-Conference players had been previously named, but were recognized at the banquet. Those players were: Tyler Hannon, Cooper Spires, Kade Walls, Dominic Garcia, Dane Padgett, Alvero Gavina, Justin Thornton, and Trey Robbins.
This marks coach Neil Dittmers’ final year as head coach of the football team, as he is in the process of becoming the Dean of Students.
“It was my dream job to be able to coach football and to help guide the Paoli football team. I hope that I was able to impact the players’ lives both on and off the field. I would not be in the position I’m in today without Paoli Football,” said Dittmer.
