Pizzo hypes up the crowd after a big play in his senior season.

Photo provided by Vincenzo Pizzo

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Lakeview High School senior Vincenzo Pizzo is a 6-foot 6-inch lineman on the football team and will continue his football career at the University of Toledo next year.

Lakeview’s football program has seen an uptick in winning over the last five years and 2025 marked one of the best seasons in program history. With the team’s success, Lakeview has also received more attention from collegiate programs.

Pizzo is the first Division 1 college football player to come out of Lakeview in more than a quarter century.

“We had a kicker… Paul Savich who was a late ’90s guy. He played at Central Michigan… And in the ’70s we had a guy that played at Minnesota,” Lakeview head coach Pat

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