The Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame officially inducted 15 new members Sunday during an enshrinement ceremony held at DiVieste’s Banquet Center in Warren.

The TCSHOF’s 22nd class include; Ed Baldwin (multi-sports), Gino Camelli (boxing), Anthony Carsone (football, track and field), Douglas Dennis (wrestling), Clyde Hall (baseball), Tyrone Hicks (football, track and field), William Kollar (football), Bert Kovack (football), Chad Krispinsky (sports broadcasting), Scott MacMillan (soccer), Jess Matheson (body building, judge), Terry Nicopolis (boxing), Jim Pappada (football), Dennis Rossi (basketball), De’Veon Smith (football).

Bo Marchionte served as the event’s guest speaker. Marchionte is known locally as “Marathon Man,” a name he earned from his running exploits.

Marchionte, a 1990 Niles McKinley High graduate, has logged over 10,000 consecutive days of running, a streak which ranks 68th in the United States and 72nd worldwide. Marchionte’s runs range from 3 to 15 miles, with the vast majority of his runs exceeding double digit miles.

Marchionte began his streak on Jan. 4, 1998.

Baldwin (posthumous selection) was a standout athlete at McDonald from 1949-53, where he participated in football, baseball, basketball and track. In football, he earned All-Ohio status as a senior. On the baseball diamond, he earned tryouts with both the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.

Baldwin was highly recruited by several football powerhouses, including the University of Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Tennessee. He eventually opted for Mount Union, where he set multiple rushing and scoring records as a freshman.

Camelli, a 1961 graduate of East, began his career in boxing while in the United States Army. When he hung up his gloves, he turned to refereeing the sport.

Camelli refereed over 200 local amateur bouts, then in 1991 he became a professional referee, overseeing more than 50 professional bouts.

A professional boxing and UFC-MMA timekeeper as well, Camelli most recently served as chief timekeeper for two world title fights in 2022.

Carsone graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1954, where he played football and baseball. He went on to play football at Ohio Northern, where he earned all-league honors.

After earning his master’s degree in education at Westminster College, Carsone was hired by the Hubbard School District, where he served as an assistant football coach from 1960-66. He served one season (1967) as Hubbard’s head football coach. From 1960-71, he was Hubbard High School’s track and field coach and from 1968-71, served as the Eagles’ cross country head mentor.

Carsone is also credited with starting the school’s cross country program.

Dennis graduated from Warren G. Harding High in 1973, where he was a three-year wrestling letterwinner. He went on to wrestle at Muskingum University.

Dennis spent over 40 years in education as a teacher, supervisor, executive director of special education and also served as a head football coach at Turner Middle School. He was also a Youth Director at the Warren YMCA.

Dennis was a head varsity wrestling coach at Warren Western Reserve. When the program was eliminated in 1982, Dennis formed a highly-successful wrestling program at the club sport level.

Hall (posthumous selection) was a legendary football and basketball player at Brookfield, where he graduated in 1926. Hall attended Kent State, where he played football, basketball and baseball. There, he earned 12 total letters – a record which still stands today.

Hall became a longtime area teacher, coach and athletic director. He also worked as a baseball umpire and a referee in football and basketball.

Hicks helped lead the 1974 Warren G. Harding football team to a state championship. In his senior season he rushed for over 1,000 yards despite missing two games, en route to being named to the Parade Magazine High School Football All-American Team.

Hicks played at Ohio State, where he earned a pair of letters. When his collegiate eligibility expired, he played the 1980 season for both the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, and was a part of the Cleveland Browns squad in 1981. He also earned numerous honors in track and field at both WGH and OSU.

Kollar, a 1970 WGH graduate, was a three-year letterwinner for the Panthers football team. At Montana State University, Kollar was a three-time All-Big Sky Conference honoree, a conference Most Valuable Player selection as a junior and he twice earned Little All-American honors.

Kollar was a first-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1974. That year, he was named to the NFL All-Rookie team and played eight years in the league. He later served as an assistant coach for several teams in the NFL, including Denver, where as a defensive line coach he earned a Super Bowl ring in 2016.

Kovack, a 1967 Chalker graduate, earned letters in football, basketball, baseball and track and field at the high school level.

During Kovack’s junior season he scored 78 points in seven games in what was the Wildcats’ first football team. As a senior he led Trumbull County in scoring (120 points) while rushing for 870 yards. Against Western Reserve, he scored five touchdowns. He also earned All-Northeast Ohio honors as a defensive back.

Kovack was also a standout in basketball, baseball and track and field.

Krispinsky becomes the 14th media member to be named to the TCSHOF. A 1996 graduate of Cardinal Mooney, Krispinsky is best known for his work

as executive producer for WKBN-27 TV/FOX and Youngstown/WYTV-33 Game of the Week telecasts, where he also handles play-by-play duties. He also serves as the main sports anchor during his station’s 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.

Krispinsky was also the radio voice of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and has extensively covered Youngstown State and other area colleges, while also focusing on regional professional sports organizations.

MacMillan began his coaching career at Niles McKinley High School in 1993 as an assistant and junior varsity coach. Following stints at Lordstown and Hubbard High Schools, he returned to Niles where he is the girls varsity coach. This year, the Red Dragons posted their first undefeated season (16-0-1) and are headed to the state regionals today after winning a district title.

MacMillan’s record at the high school level is 291-74-14. In addition to coaching, MacMillan is involved in a multitude of soccer organizations throughout the state.

Matheson becomes the first body building judge to be enshrined into the TCSHOF. The 1980 Howland High graduate began his buddy building career in 1988, and competed yearly until 2001.

During his career as a bodybuilder, he won numerous local, state and national competitions. Matheson began his judging career in 1993 for the National Physique Committee International Federation of Body Builders, and from 2000-12, judged the Arnold Schwarzenegger Amateur Classic. Today, he still judges shows throughout the Midwest.

Nicopolis (1970 Warren Western Reserve graduate) played football in high school until an injury sidelined him during his sophomore season. At the age of 17 he took up boxing, where as an amateur, he posted a 22-3 record. During this time he became a sparring partner to Ernie Shavers, Tim Witherspoon and Leon Spinks.

As a professional, Nicopolis was victorious in five fights before he decided to step away. He remained in the sport as a ring announcer and as a boxing commissioner at the city and state level. He later served as promoter and trainer.

Pappada, a 1968 Niles graduate, was a stellar center and linebacker with the Red Dragons. During his time at Niles, the Dragons went 23-5-2, including a 10-0 season in 1966.

Pappada served as the head football coach at two area schools (Mineral Ridge, Jackson-Milton). His 1998 Rams team won the Inter-County League championship. He is a two-time Trumbull County Coaches Association “Coach of the Year,” winning the award in both 1978 and again in 1998.

Pappada later served as an assistant coach at various schools. He was at Harding in 1990 when they won a state title. He was at JFK in 2006 when they were state runners-up. He also served as President of the Trumbull County Coaches Association for over 30 years and remains on their executive board.

Rossi was a 1972 graduate of Warren John F. Kennedy, where he enjoyed basketball success as a player and coach.

As a player, Rossi was co-captain of the Eagles his senior year in 1971-72 under first-year head coach Don Andres (Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2009), earning All-Ohio, Class AA honorable mention. For his play, he was named the team’s “Most Valuable Player,” “Best Defensive Player” and was named to the Northeast Ohio All-Star team.

From 1992-97, Rossi guided the JFK program. In 1993-94 he led the Eagles to the final Mahoning Valley Conference championship. In 1996-97 he led the Eagles to a 20-0 season, earning an Associated Press state crown. That year the Eagles were ranked No. 1 from the first week until the final week of the regular season.

Rossi earned Division III Northeast Ohio Coach of the Year honors in 1997 and twice was named Trumbull County Coach of the Year.

A 2013 Howland High Graduate, Smith is regarded as one of the all-time best running backs in Ohio. At the time of his graduation, Smith set the Trumbull County career rushing record with 6,686 yards. He scored 82 career touchdowns.

As a senior in 2012, Smith rushed for 1,883 yards and 27 touchdowns en route to Associated Press Division II All-Ohio first-team honors. He was named Ohio’s Division II Player of the Year.

At the University of Michigan, Smith played in 49 games (starting 26), carried the ball 470 times for 2,161 yards, scored 22 touchdowns and was a two-time All-Big TenConference Honorable Mention pick.

His post-college career includes playing for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins (2017-18), AAF’s Orlando Apollos (2018-19), was the XFL’s leading rusher in 2020, and from 2023 to the present, has played for the Arlington Renegades of the UFL where he helped them to the 2023 championship.