Associated Press

When Kenton coach Mike Mauk discusses his son Maty’s record-setting career, he mentions the trip to the Ohio championship game this week, an unprecedented for the school four straight Western Buckeye League titles as well as the program mark of 21 consecutive home wins.

Left unsaid was the litany of national passing records that helped make senior quarterback Maty Mauk a unanimous winner of the 25th annual Associated Press Ohio Mr. Football award.

“The bottom line is he’s been able to help our team win,” Mike Mauk said. “That’s what we’ve asked him to do and that’s what he’s done.”

Mauk joins 2002 recipient Ben Mauk, a former quarterback at Wake Forest and Cincinnati, as the only brothers to win the award.

“It’s an honor, but at the same time it couldn’t be done without the other players on the team that make me better every game,” Mauk said.

The Wildcats (14-0) play in the Division IV state championship game Saturday at 3 p.m. against Creston Norwayne (13-1) at Massillon’s Paul Brown Tiger Stadium as Mauk caps a career that includes national prep standards for passing yards (18,006), attempts (2,001), completions (1,287) and touchdowns (209).

Ben Mauk held the previous passing yards record at 17,364.

That Maty Mauk (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) followed in his brother’s footsteps is no surprise since he began playing quarterback in the midget leagues.

“He’s always had a real strong personality,” Mike Mauk said of Maty. “He’s always been active.”