A job well done may call for an order of his favorite cheese sticks from the local pizzeria of Peyton Fannin.
With a week to reflect on the end of his career playing fall sports, he realized its ending came with a memorable moment that defined the legacy he left of his program.
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Fannin is a senior football player at Tri-County North. He recently became the school’s all-time leader in points scored in a career during an Oct. 30 Division VII first round playoff game at Fort Loramie as part of a 144-yard rushing night.
For his efforts, Fannin was named the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week, presented by Orthopaedic Institute of Dayton, for Nov. 2-7, earning the honor through reader voting at DaytonDailyNews.com.
“It was pretty cool. I got the email, and I honestly didn’t think I would win, but I thought it was pretty cool and I was pretty happy to see it,” Fannin said.
The senior ended his football career while performing as one of the top D-VII players in Southwest Ohio. Fannin ran for 1,349 yards and scored 26 total touchdowns this season. He earned first team all-Western Ohio Athletic Conference honors on both offense and defense.
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He said he became aware he was approaching the school record for points scored leading into the season finale against rival Twin Valley South. He tied the record by the end of that night.
Fannin felt while a playoff game always has meaning, knowing any score he could get for his team had extra meaning attached he was excited about.
“It brought more excitement to it, and just hearing everyone in the crowd pop when I got it in that playoff game, it was surreal.”
Scoring a touchdown against Fort Loramie, he finished his career with 328 points with 53 total touchdowns and five two-point conversions.
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Some of those scores created other memories he’ll back on, like scoring two octopuses – a touchdown and ensuing two-point conversion on his own – against South. One of his favorites doesn’t involve getting into the right endzone. Catching the clinching interception defending his own goalline in a win at Mississinawa Valley as a junior is up there, as well as beating South again later that year.
“Being able to go out there with my friends and be able to just play, I enjoyed all four years of it,” he said. “Being able to go out there with the various numbers of people I played with, in the community, being able to go out there and have people cheer you on and just being able to play.”
Fannin said he came back to the sideline once late in his senior season and was given an incredible comparison. He was told the way he had been lined up and thought he could execute something was similar to what his coach had gotten to see up close done with Jamier Brown at Wayne.
High praise for the Preble County native.
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Being compared to 5-star recruits, leading his team to its first winning season in eight years, and setting a school record. All part of a memorable career for Fannin. He said it was one he is definitely happy about.
“We had like four or five goals. We wanted to beat everyone that we beat last year, have a winning record, make the playoffs, and we wanted to beat South, and we were able to get all of our goals done this year,” Fannin said.
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