Diemer looks to to finish off senior season with Geneva on high note

Aug. 14—GENEVA — Geneva’s Hayden Diemer describes himself as a quiet, unassuming kid.

“I just like hanging out with friends, going golfing, fishing, being outdoors,” Diemer said. “I’m a quiet kid. I don’t say much.”

On the football field, however, there is nothing quiet about how the 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior plays the game.

Over the previous two seasons, Diemer has made his impact loudly on both sides of the ball as a starting halfback and outside linebacker for the Eagles, who have won 18 games during that span, including the Chagrin Valley Conference Lake Division Championship a year ago.

On offense, Diemer has rushed for a total of 1,279 yards and had 18 touchdowns on the ground, averaging over 7.5 yards per carry over his sophomore and junior seasons.

He added 242 receiving

yards on 17 receptions, including two more touchdowns through the air in Geneva’s Wing-T Offense.

“He is smart, very athletic and very explosive,” Geneva coach Don Shymske said.

That intelligence and explosion also has stood out on defense as well, where Diemer has totaled 114 tackles, three sacks, and seven interceptions, one of which was a pick-6.

“The field awareness that

he has has made him good,”

Shymske said of Diemer, who plays on most of Geneva’s special teams as well. “What we do with our outside linebackers is difficult.

“Those are the people we use to adjust things around. It is the toughest position in our defense to play, and he [Hayden] has been playing it since he was a sophomore. That speaks a lot about him.”

Perhaps much of his football IQ comes from being around the game a lot at an early age.

Hayden’s father, Steve, was a varsity assistant coach at both Edgewood and Jefferson.

“I was like the waterboy back when I was little and my dad was coaching at Edgewood,” Diemer said. “I would go on the bus rides every Friday night, and that…

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Author : Star Beacon, Ashtabula, Ohio

Publish date : 2024-08-14 13:16:00

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