The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Mayfield all in on namesake top pick
Mayfield Heights mayor enjoying city sharing moniker with Browns quarterback
Possibilities are endless for Baker Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Mayfield Road and Mayfield High.
It can’t get any better than this for the Mayfield area.
Especially if Baker Mayfield becomes a star quarterback for the Browns.
One of the most traveled roads in Northeast Ohio and the Browns’ No. 1 overall draft pick — let’s talk about a perfect fit. Mayfield meets Mayfield. They have to meet one day. The mayor of Mayfield Heights has to make it happen, but more on that in a bit.
Mayfield & Mayfield sounds like a cool name for a family law firm, but right now it’s a collection of communities, an iconic road, a mayor and the promise and hope for better days on the lakefront in the form of a Heisman Trophy-winning football phenom.
The possibilities are endless for Baker Mayfield, the towns of Mayfield Heights and Mayfield Village, Mayfield Road and Mayfield High School:
• A parade one day down Mayfield Road honoring Mayfield
• Hosting a “Mayfield Day” in the area
• Presenting Mayfield a key to the city
• A Baker Mayfield football camp at (where else?) Mayfield High School
It all seems a bit ridiculous, right? Well ...
“I will trust in the powers that be that they finally got this one right. We are planning the Super Bowl parade as we speak.” — Mayfield Heights Mayor Anthony DiCicco, having some fun with the Browns selecting Baker Mayfield No. 1 overall
“Your ideas are not that ridiculous as I have had some of the same thoughts,” Mayfield Heights Mayor Anthony DiCicco told The News-Herald.
DiCicco said he has reached out to Mayfield — through a third party — with some of his ideas.
“I will let you know if anything comes of it,” he said.
There you go. Maybe it
will be Mayfield Mania in the Mayfield area before you know it.
At Mayfield Heights City Hall (6154 Mayfield Road) the sign on the front doors has a new look. It now reads “The City of (Baker) Mayfield Heights, Ohio 1950.”
“We have been having some fun,” said DiCicco, who is seeking his second term as Mayfield Heights mayor in November.
DiCicco, 56, has lived in Mayfield Heights for 36 years, and is a 1979 graduate of Gilmour. He’s also a lifelong Browns fan and
is a current season ticketholder.
As for the pick of Mayfield? Well, duh!
“I will trust in the powers that be that they finally got this one right. We are planning the Super Bowl parade as we speak,” said DiCicco, continuing the “we are having some fun” theme.
A short drive north to Wilson Mills Road in Mayfield Village, there’s also plenty of optimism at Mayfield High School.
Mayfield Schools Superintendent Dr. Keith Kelly didn’t hold back on the
Browns’ pick of Mayfield.
“Mayfield Schools behind Baker!,” Kelly tweeted April 27.
Mayfield High School athletic director Keith Leffler was originally like a lot of Browns fans. He was hoping the team picked USC’s Sam Darnold, but after reflection, he’s warming up to Mayfield.
“The more I read about him, I’m OK with the pick,” said Leffler. “I’m hoping it’s the right pick.”
The Mayfield area would love nothing more.