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St. Ignatius (#16 USA Today) showed that it doesn't matter how you start the season, it's how you end it. Saturday the Wildcats, who lost its season opener to Glenville, finished with their 14th straight win to capture Ohio's Division I title with a 28-20 win over Elder (#18 USA Today) before 20,000 at Canton's Fawcett Stadium. The championship is the 10th for St. Ignatius. Click here for game story.
After a 1-2 start, Aurora ripped-off twelve straight wins that catapulted the Greenmen to Ohio's Division III championship. Aurora beat Columbus Eastmoor Academy 21-10 Saturday for the championship on Saturday. Click here for the game story.
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Youngstown Ursuline traded-in its 2007 silver medal for a gold medal on Saturday as it shutout Liberty-Benton 21-0 Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium in Massillon to capture the 2008 Ohio Division V high school football championship. It was the first shutout in a championship game since 1985. Click here for game story.
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Between the two schools there are eleven Ohio state football championships. Tonight St. Ignatius (#16 USA Today) squares-off with Elder (#18 USA Today) to decide who's the best Division 1 team in the state. St. Ignatius (13-1) has won nine state titles while Elder (13-1) has won two. Elder won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. St. I's last title was in '0l.
Click here for a look at a breakdown of the game from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Friday's Ohio Division II high school football championship between defending state champ Cincinnati Anderson and Sylvania Soutview came down to the last minute. Alex Pidcock's 16-yard touchdown pass to Paul Murphey with 32-seconds to go giving the Cougars a 29-25 win. It was the school's first ever state football championship. Click here for game story.
Archbishop Alter used a strong defensive effort on its way to the Ohio Division IV high school football championship. The Knights beat Steubenville 21-6 Friday at Canton's Fawcett Stadium. Click here for game story.
Delphos St. John has gone from a 2-8 team last year to Ohio's Division VI champ this year. The Blue Jays captured the school's fifth crown Friday with a 34-14 win over Boscom-Hopewell-Louden. BHL actually led 14-7, but the Blue Jays roared back with 27 unanswered points to take the win. Click here for game story.
Defending state champ Anderson faces Sylvania Southview Friday night in the Ohio Division II high school football championship in Massillon. Sylvania Southview brings a perfect 14-0 record into the game, while Anderson (12-2) has been on a roll since two early season losses. Click here for a preview from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nationally-ranked Elder (#19 USA Today) and St. Ignatius (#17 USA Today) will collide next Saturday for Ohio's Division 1 state championship. Elder beat Pickerington Central 24-10 to advance to the title game, while St. Ignatius beat North Canton Hoover 34-7. Click here to go to the Ohio High School Football Huddle.
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, November 22, 2008
Semifinals
USA Today Super 25 #18 St. Ignatius 34 N. Canton Hoover 7 #19 Elder 24 Pickerington Central 10
Division 1 Cin. Elder 24, Pickerington Cent. 10 Cle. St. Ignatius 34, N. Canton Hoover 7 Click here for game story
Division 3 Aurora 20, Sunbury Big Walnut 14 Click here for game story Cols. Eastmoor 14, Newark Licking Valley 10
Division 5 Findlay Liberty-Benton 35, Maria Stein Marion Local 0 Youngs. Ursuline 35, Baltimore Liberty Union 6
The road wasn't easy, but Cincinnati Anderson is back to defend it's Ohio Division 2 high school football championship. Friday night, the Redskins knocked-off the Associated Press' #1 team Columbus DeSales 14-10 avenging a 38-17 regular season home loss to DeSales. Anderson (12-2) will now face Sylvania Southview (14-0) next Saturday in the state championship game at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.
Some would say that two Ohio Division 1 state championship games have been played over the last two weeks. Last week St. Ignatius avenged a season opening loss to Glenville to move into Saturday night's state quarterfinal round. Tonight, Elder (#20 USA Today Super 25) ended Colerain's season with a 27-20 win in double overtime. The two teams entered the game ranked #1 and #2 in the Cincinnati-area. Click here for a game story.
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Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, November 15, 2008
Division 3 Quarterfinals Aurora 28, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 7 Sunbury Big Walnut 24, Avon 15 Newark Licking Valley 35, Dover 28 Cols. Eastmoor 23, Circleville Logan Elm 0
Division 5 Quarterfinals Youngs. Ursuline 18, Kirtland 17 Findlay Liberty-Benton 28, Hamler Patrick Henry 0 Baltimore Liberty Union 13, Cols. Ready 3 Maria Stein Marion Local 21, W. Jefferson 14
Anderson(11-2) got a little revenge Friday night beating Winton Woods 24-21 to advance to the Ohio Division 2 state semifinals. The Redskins won it with just 23.5 seconds to go when junior running back Kyle Slater scored on a 3-yard touchdown run. During the regular season Winton Woods (11-2) beat Anderson 23-13. Click here for a game story.
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, November 14, 2008
Quarterfinals
Division 2 Akron Hoban 17 Tallmadge 14 Click here for game story Sylvania Southview 28 Medina Highland 21 Click her for game story Cincinnati Anderson 24 Winton Woods 21 Columbus St. Francis de Sales 38 Louisville 21
Division 4 Steubenville 35 Perry 17 Click here for game story Genoa 40 Ottawa-Glandorf 21 New Lexington 21 Martins Ferry 14 Archbishop Alter 31 Coldwater 21
Division 6 St. John's 38 Ada 28 Lehman Catholic 28 Mechanicsburg 13 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 42 St. Paul 21 Malvern 38 River 14
Elder (#20 USA Today Super 25) will renew its post-season rivalry with Colerain for the first time since 2004 on Saturday when the two meet for the Division 1 Region 1 championship at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium. A crowd of around 20,000 is expected to watch as these to Cincinnati-area giants via for the right to move-on to the Ohio state semifinals.
From 2000-2004, the Cardinals and Panthers met six times, including five playoff appearances. Elder knocked the Cards out of the playoffs in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The Panthers went on to win state titles in '02 and '03. Colerain won the 2000 and 2004 playoff games, and won the state crown in '04.
For more on the playoff rivalry between the two, click here.
One Ohio showdown down, one more to go...or at least one until the Division 1 state championship game. Nationally-ranked Elder (11-1) will face Colerain next Saturday for the right to go to the state semifinals. Elder (#19 USA Today Super 25), which beat Colerain (11-1) earlier this year to knock the Cardinals out of the national rankings, advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard fought 13-10 win over Clayton Northmont on Saturday. Colerain shutout Huber Heights Wayne 23-0 to move-on. To read about the Elder win that sends the Panthers to their first regional championship game since 2003, click here. To read about Colerain's victory, click here.
Meanwhile, in the northeast part of the state, the Battle for Cleveland Round Two went to St. Ignatius (11-1) Saturday night. St. Ignatius beat #18 Glenville 8-0 avenging a season opening loss to the Tarblooders. St. Ignatius began the season ranked #16 by USA Today.
Glenville vs. St. Ignatius – Regional semifinal
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, November 8, 2008
USA Today Super 25 St. Ignatius 8 #18 Glenville 0 #19 Elder 13 Clayton Northmont 10
Division 1 Region 1 Strongsville 17, Mentor 3 Cleveland St. Ignatius 8 Cleveland Glenville 0 Region 2 Can. GlenOak 28, Brunswick 3 N. Can. Hoover 13, Twinsburg 10 Region 3 Pickerington Cent. 24, Cols. Upper Arlington 16 Hillard Davidson 21 Worthington Kilbourne 7 Region 4 Cin. Colerain 23, Huber Hts. Wayne 0 Cin. Elder 13, Clayton Northmont 10
Division 3 Region 9 Aurora 14, Hubbard 7 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 21, Chagrin Falls 17 Region 10 Avon 13, Tiffin Columbian 6 Sunbury Big Walnut 17, St. Marys Memorial 12 Region 11 Dover 35, Can. South 14 Newark Licking Valley 41, Poland Seminary 7 Region 12 Cols. Eastmoor 28, Thornville Sheridan 6 Circleville Logan Elm 28 Thornville Sheridan 6
Division 5 Region 17 Kirtland 41, Columbiana Crestview 13 Youngs. Ursuline 35, Gates Mills Gilmour 7 Region 18 Findlay Liberty-Benton 42, Archbold 10 Hamler Patrick Henry 21, Bucyrus Wynford 0 Region 19 Cols. Ready 17, Portsmouth W. 0 Baltimore Liberty Union 14 Wheelersburg 7 Region 20 W. Jefferson 20, Cin. Hills Christian Academy 10 Maria Stein Marion Local 20 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 10
If you want to check-out Saturday night's big Ohio high school football game between nationally-ranked Glenville and St. Ignatiusclick here to go to ohiohssports.com. These two met in the season opener and Glenville (11-0) won 20-17, which knock St. Ignatius (10-1) out of the USA Today Super 25. The Tarblooders are currently ranked #19 by USA Today. Also, return to The High School Football Huddle later tonight for a game recap.
Mayfield's (10-2) magical season came to an end Friday night with a 16-13 overtime loss to Akron's Archbishop Hoban (8-4) in the Division 2 Region 5 semifinals. The top-seeded Wildcats , who shutout six straight opponents this year, entered the game ranked #5 by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and #10 in the Associated Press Ohio high school football rankings. Next Friday fourth-seeded Hoban will play sixth-seed Tallmadge (9-3) for the regional championship and a berth in the state semifinals. Click here to read a Hoban-Mayfield recap.
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Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, November 7, 2008
Division 2 Region 5 Akr. Hoban 16, Mayfield 13, OT Tallmadge 27, Madison 7
Division 2 Region 6 Medina Highland 35, Powell Olentangy Liberty 0 Click here for game recap Sylvania Southview 38, Lexington 24
Ohio High School Football Playoffs Regional Semifinals
Division I All games Saturday, 7 p.m.
Huber Hts. Wayne (8-3) vs. Cin. Colerain (10-1), Nippert Stadium Cleve. Glenville (11-0) vs. Cleve. St. Ignatius (10-1), Lakewood Stadium Mentor (9-2) vs. Strongsville (10-1), Parma Byers Field Twinsburg (9-2) vs. N. Canton Hoover (10-1), Canton Fawcett Stadium Brunswick (10-1) vs. Canton GlenOak (9-2), Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Worthington Kilbourne (9-2) vs. Hilliard Davidson (10-1), Dublin Coffman Stadium Pickerington Central (11-0) vs. Upper Arlington (10-1), Gahanna Lincoln Stadium Cin. Elder (10-1) vs. Clayton Northmont (10-1), Nippert Stadium
Division II All games Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Akron Hoban (7-4) vs. Mayfield (10-1), Solon Stewart Field Talmadge (8-3) vs. Madison (8-3), Bedford Stewart Field at Bearcat Stadium Medina Highland (10-1) vs. Powell Olentangy Liberty (8-3), Ashland Community Stadium Lexington (11-0) vs. Sylvania Southview (11-0), Tiffin Frost-Kalnow Stadium Cols. Marion-Franklin (10-1) vs. Cols. DeSales (11-0), Dublin Scioto Stadium Logan (11-0) vs. Louisville (11-0), Zanesville John D. Sulsberger Memorial Stadium Kings Mills Kings (8-3) vs. Cin. Winton Woods (10-1), Princeton Mancuso Field Cin. Anderson (9-2) vs. New Carlisle Tecumseh (11-0), Centerville Stadium
Division III All games Saturday, 7 p.m.
Chagrin Falls (8-3) vs. Cuya. Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-2), Solon Stewart Field Hubbard (9-2) vs. Aurora (9-2), Warren Mollenkopf Stadium Tiffin Columbian (9-2) vs. Avon (11-0), Kalahari Field at Huron Memorial Stadium St. Marys Memorial (9-2) vs. Sunbury Big Walnut (9-2), Indian Lake Stadium Canton S. (8-3) vs. Dover (10-1), Canton Central Catholic Lowell Klinefelter Field Poland Seminary (9-2) vs. Newark Licking Val. (10-1), New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium Cols. Eastmoor Acad. (10-1) vs. Thornville Sheridan (11-0), DeSales Alumni Stadium Chillicothe (8-3) vs. Circleville Logan Elm (11-0), Teays Valley Viking Stadium
Division IV All games Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Youngs. Mooney (9-2) vs. Steubenville (11-0), Canton Fawcett Stadium Perry (10-1) vs. Mass. Tuslaw (10-1), Twinsburg Tiger Stadium Genoa Area (11-0) vs. Fostoria (10-1), Fremont Don Paul Stadium at Harmon Field Marion Pleasant (10-1) vs. Ottawa-Glandorf (7-4), Findlay Donnell Stadium Belmont Union Local (10-1) vs. Martins Ferry (10-1), Steubenville Reno Field at Harding Stadium Ironton (8-3) vs. New Lexington (10-1), Jackson Holzer Field; Day Oakwood (8-3) vs. Coldwater (11-0), Piqua Alexander Stadium Purk Field Kettering Alter (9-2) vs. Hamilton Badin (8-3), Dayton Welcome Stadium
Division V All games Saturday, 2 p.m.
Bucyrus Wynford (11-0) vs. Hamler Patrick Henry (11-0), Bowling Green State University Doyt Perry Stadium. Gates Mills Gilmour (10-1) vs. Youngs. Ursuline (11-0), Stow Bulldog Stadium Kirtland (11-0) vs. Columbiana Crestview (10-1), Niles Bo Rein Stadium Archbold (9-2) vs. Findlay Liberty-Benton (11-0), Bowling Green State University Doyt Perry Stadium Cols. Ready (7-2) vs. Portsmouth W. (11-0), Logan Chieftain Stadium Balt. Liberty-Union (10-1) vs. Wheelersburg (10-1), Jackson Holzer Field W. Jefferson (9-2) vs. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (11-0), Kettering Roush Stadium. Waynesville (9-2) vs. Maria Stein Marion Local (9-2), Sidney Memorial Stadium.
Division VI All games Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Mogadore (10-1) vs. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (11-0), Mansfield Madison Ram Field McDonald (11-0) vs. Norwalk St. Paul (11-0), Medina Ken Dukes Stadium Pandora-Gilboa (10-1) vs. Ada (11-0), Lima Bath Stadium Delphos St. John's (9-2) vs. Carey (10-1), Kenton Robinson Field Glouster Trimble (9-2) vs. Hannibal River (11-0), Marietta Don Drumm Stadium Shadyside (9-2) vs. Malvern (11-0), East Liverpool Patterson Field Covington (9-2) vs. Mechanicsburg (11-0), Troy Memorial Stadium Spring. Cath. Cent. (8-3) vs. Sidney Lehman Cath. (9-1), Clayton Northmont Good Samaritan Stadium.
As is usually the case in the Cleveland and Cincinnati areas of Ohio high school football, it's hard to make it to the Division 1 state championship game because of the quality of teams in the state's two biggest cities.
That will be the case this year as four top-notch teams...Glenville (#18 USA Today Super 25), Elder (#19 USA Today), St. Ignatius and Colerain all worthy of taking home a Division 1 championship trophy. In the case of Glenville and St. Ignatius, the season will come to a close for one of the Cleveland-area schools tomorrow when they meet for the second time this season.
St. Ignatius began the season in the USA Today poll, but lost to Glenville 20-17. Since that loss, both teams have run the table.
Click here to read about the Glenville/St. Ignatius match-up.
Click here to read aobut tomorrow's game's between Elder/Clayton Northmont and Coletain/Huber Heights Wayne.
While nationally-ranked Glenville and Elder cruised to easy first round wins in the Ohio state football playoffs, Colerain, which spent several weeks in the national polls, survived a scare to advance to next week's Region 4 semifinals. The top ranked Cardinals beat Moeller 17-10 when linebacker Tyon Dixon returned a fumble 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. According to a report in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Moeller head coach John Rodenberg wasn't happy with the call, believing that the fumble came after the play ended.
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, November 1, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #18 Glenville 35 Brecksville-Broadview Heights 8 #19 Elder 52 Centerville 27
Division 1 Regional Quarterfinals Region 1 Cle. Glenville 35, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 8 Cle. St. Ignatius 37, Lakewood St. Edward 0 Mentor 31, Willoughby S. 2 Strongsville 35, Euclid 28 Region 2 Brunswick 14, Macedonia Nordonia 10 Can. GlenOak 14, Can. McKinley 7 N. Can. Hoover 14, Massillon Washington 7 Twinsburg 20, Amherst Steele 11 Region 3 Cols. Upper Arlington 28, Marysville 16 Hilliard Davidson 38, Grove City 7 Pickerington Cent. 38, Delaware Hayes 21 Worthington Kilbourne 14, Cols. Brookhaven 6 Region 4 Cin. Colerain 17, Cin. Moeller 10 Cin. Elder 52, Centerville 27 Clayton Northmont 28, Kettering Fairmont 27 Huber Hts. Wayne 52, Cin. Woodward 0
Division 3 Regional Quarterfinals Region 9 Aurora 30, Chardon NDCL 14 Chagrin Falls 21, Youngs. Liberty 0 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 24, Mogadore Field 21 Hubbard 40, Ravenna 12 Region 10 Avon 7, Defiance 0 St. Marys Memorial 21, Tipp City Tippecanoe 14 Sunbury Big Walnut 18, Clyde 17 Tiffin Columbian 21, Bellevue 18 Region 11 Can. South 20, Canal Fulton Northwest 7 Dover 45, New Philadelphia 0 Newark Licking Valley 37, Rayland Buckeye 6 Poland Seminary 27, Granville 24 Region 12 Chillicothe 31, Canal Winchester 7 Circleville Logan Elm 21, Cols. Bexley 14 Cols. Eastmoor 48, Germantown Valley View 19 Thornville Sheridan 33, Franklin 7
Division 5 Regional Quarerfinals Region 17 Columbiana Crestview 41, Apple Creek Waynedale 12 Gates Mills Gilmour 48, Creston Norwayne 21 Kirtland 63, N. Lima S. Range 7 Youngs. Ursuline 27, Cuyahoga Hts. 7 Region 18 Archbold 26, Liberty Center 6 Bucyrus Wynford 40, Sherwood Fairview 34 Findlay Liberty-Benton 34, Delphos Jefferson 0 Hamler Patrick Henry 38, Ashland Crestview 7 Region 19 Baltimore Liberty Union 15, Nelsonville-York 14 Cols. Ready 21, Johnstown-Monroe 17 Portsmouth W. 26, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 7 Wheelersburg 14, Minford 6 Region 20 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 43, Lees Creek E. Clinton 21 Maria Stein Marion Local 13, Anna 3 W. Jefferson 20, Casstown Miami E. 7 Waynesville 34, W. Liberty-Salem 9
The Ohio high school football playoffs began Friday night and the most disappointed team has to be formally unbeaten Clearview (10-1) in Division 4, which lost to Ottawa Glandorf 56-12. The season for Clearview was done by halftime as Ottawa Glandorf hopped out to a 42-0 second quarter lead.
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, October 31, 2008
Division 2 Regional Quarterfinals Region 5 Akr. Hoban 21, Warren Howland 10 Madison 35, E. Cle. Shaw 0 Mayfield 27, Kent Roosevelt 7 Tallmadge 24, Parma Padua 17 Region 6 Lexington 28, Lodi Cloverleaf 10 Medina Highland 35, Avon Lake 23 Powell Olentangy Liberty 34, Tol. Cent. Cath. 7 Sylvania Southview 28, Lewis Center Olentangy 14 Region 7 Cols. DeSales 20, Cols. Watterson 17 Cols. Marion-Franklin 34, Cols. Beechcroft 28, 2OT Logan 23, Dublin Jerome 7 Louisville 60, Cols. Independence 24 Region 8 Cin. Anderson 55, Trenton Edgewood 7 Cin. Winton Woods 58, Day. Dunbar 12 Kings Mills Kings 27, Cin. Turpin 24 New Carlisle Tecumseh 44, Mt. Orab Western Brown 21
Division 4 Regional Quaterfinals Region 13 Massillon Tuslaw 28, Leavittsburg LaBrae 0 Perry 41, Wooster Triway 7 Steubenville 61, Coshocton 29 Youngs. Mooney 14, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 6 Region 14 Fostoria 33, Sparta Highland 12 Genoa Area 47, Huron 21 Marion Pleasant 20, Pemberville Eastwood 7 Ottawa-Glandorf 56, Lorain Clearview 12 Region 15 Quarterfinal Belmont Union Local 25, St. Clairsville 6 Ironton 41, Williamsport Westfall 31 Martins Ferry 20, Cols. Hartley 6 New Lexington 42, Pomeroy Meigs 14 Region 16 Coldwater 42, Cin. N. College Hill 0 Day. Oakwood 12, Plain City Jonathan Alder 10 Hamilton Badin 33, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 27 Kettering Alter 35, Brookville 7
Division 6 Regional Quarterfinals Region 21 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 41, Columbiana 14 McDonald 21, Berlin Center Western Reserve 7 Mogadore 30, Leetonia 14 Norwalk St. Paul 56, E. Can. 7 Region 22 Ada 56, W. Unity Hilltop 8 Carey 35, McComb 28 Delphos St. John's 24, Arlington 7 Pandora-Gilboa 49, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 0 Region 23 Glouster Trimble 26, Caldwell 7 Hannibal River 38, Zanesville Rosecrans 7 Malvern 49, Bridgeport 14 Shadyside 14, Beallsville 3 Region 24 Covington 56, Lockland 12 Mechanicsburg 42, Hamilton New Miami 0 Sidney Lehman 42, Ansonia 7 Spring. Cath. Cent. 28, Portsmouth Sciotoville 19
After being ranked as high as #18 by USA Today, Ohio's defending Division I high school football champ finds itself on the outside looking in at the playoffs. St. Xavier lost 17-14 to Moeller (6-4) on Saturday ending the Bombers 2008 season with a 4-6 record. The win game Moeller the eighth and final spot playoff spot in Division I Region 4. St X (4-6) misses the playoffs for the first time since 2003, and ends with a losing record for the first time since '96.
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, October 25, 2008
Akr. Ellet 21, Akr. East 0 Andover Pymatuning Valley 30, Youngs. Christian 23 Carey 35, Fremont St. Joseph 7 Cin. Moeller 17, Cin. St. Xavier 14 Cle. S. 14, Cle. JFK 7 Cle. St. Ignatius 34, Lakewood St. Edward 12 Cle. VASJ 41, Garfield Hts. Trinity 7 Cols. DeSales 35, Cle. Benedictine 21 Cols. Grandview Hts. 47, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 6 Danville 14, Howard E. Knox 13 Ft. Loramie 40, Linsly, W.Va. 0 Landmark Christian 24, Franklin Middletown Christian 12 Lorain Admiral King 30, Lorain Southview 12 Massillon Washington 17, Can. McKinley 0 Parma Padua 26, Parma Hts. Holy Name 0 Portsmouth Sciotoville 40, Portsmouth Notre Dame 6 Racine Southern 30, Reedsville Eastern 18 Richmond Edison 34, Wintersville Indian Creek 13 St. Bernard Roger Bacon 17, Cin. Purcell Marian 13 Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 25, Bowerston Conotton Valley 14 Youngs. Mooney 28, Cols. Watterson 0 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 20, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 6
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle The Ohio high school football regular season came to a close Friday night and so did Mayfield's streak of six straight shutouts. Mayfield beat Hudson 21-6 to improve to 9-1 and win the Northeast Ohio Conference River Division, but the Wildcats defense was scored upon with 35 seconds to go in the game, which ended Mayfield's streak of 29 scoreless quarters. Next week Mayfield will begin its quest for a Division II state championship.
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, October 24, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #18 Glenville 40 Cleveland East 0 #19 Elder 49 Western Hills 20
Around Ohio Ada 28, Lima Cent. Cath. 21 Akr. Garfield 49, Akr. Buchtel 20 Akr. Hoban 24, Chardon NDCL 14 Alliance Marlington 26, Beloit W. Branch 6 Anna 16, Maria Stein Marion Local 6 Ansonia 48, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 13 Apple Creek Waynedale 35, W. Salem NW 0 Ashland Crestview 57, Plymouth 0 Ashville Teays Valley 27, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 7 Athens 20, Wahama, W.Va. 0 Attica Seneca E. 12, Tiffin Calvert 7 Aurora 47, Wickliffe 19 Avon 45, Bay Village Bay 6 Avon Lake 33, Amherst Steele 13 Baltimore Liberty Union 31, Cols. Harvest Prep 14 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 42, Fostoria St. Wendelin 12 Batavia Clermont NE 31, Williamsburg 14 Beallsville 40, Beverly Ft. Frye 6 Bedford 26, Warrensville Hts. 13 Bellbrook 16, Milton-Union 6 Bellefontaine 54, Riverside Stebbins 0 Belmont Union Local 32, Barnesville 6 Berea 17, Middleburg Hts. Midpark 14 Blanchester 12, Batavia 3 Bloom-Carroll 24, Circleville 6 Bloomdale Elmwood 27, Millbury Lake 20 Bowling Green 37, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 20 Bradford 45, New Paris National Trail 14 Bridgeport 24, Cameron, W.Va. 6 Brunswick 31, Medina 7 Bucyrus 28, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 14 Bucyrus Wynford 56, Crestline 22 Burton Berkshire 16, Middlefield Cardinal 13 Caldwell 27, Sarahsville Shenandoah 0 Cambridge 34, Byesville Meadowbrook 13 Can. Cent. Cath. 17, Louisville Aquinas 12 Can. GlenOak 9, Massillon Perry 6 Can. South 28, Carrollton 7 Canal Fulton Northwest 15, Alliance 14 Carlisle 36, New Lebanon Dixie 28 Casstown Miami E. 48, Arcanum 0 Centerville 41, Kettering Fairmont 13 Chesterland W. Geauga 29, Beachwood 0 Cin. Colerain 42, Cin. Oak Hills 0 Cin. Elder 49, Cin. Western Hills 20 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 24, Cin. Country Day 13 Cin. Indian Hill 27, Cin. Wyoming 24 Cin. La Salle 56, Day. Marshall 0 Cin. Madeira 64, N. Bend Taylor 14 Cin. Mariemont 34, Cin. Deer Park 6 Cin. N. College Hill 33, Lockland 7 Cin. NW 30, Hamilton Ross 24 Cin. Summit Country Day 46, Cin. Christian 22 Cin. Sycamore 34, Mason 10 Cin. Taft 22, Cin. Hughes 6 Cin. Turpin 42, Wilmington 21 Cin. Winton Woods 26, Cin. Glen Este 21 Circleville Logan Elm 16, Canal Winchester 13, OT Clarksville Clinton-Massie 15, Plain City Jonathan Alder 7 Clayton Northmont 41, Beavercreek 7 Cle. Glenville 40, Cle. East 0 Cle. John Adams 36, Cle. E. Tech 0 Cle. John Marshall 28, Cle. Lincoln W. 14 Cle. Rhodes 26, Cle. Collinwood 12 Clyde 67, Oak Harbor 0 Coldwater 38, New Bremen 0 Collins Western Reserve 56, Ashland Mapleton 8 Cols. Beechcroft 29, Cols. Northland 0 Cols. Bexley 40, Heath 27 Cols. Briggs 42, Cols. West 12 Cols. Brookhaven 38, Cols. Mifflin 0 Cols. East 16, Cols. Linden McKinley 0 Cols. Marion-Franklin 53, Cols. South 0 Cols. Ready 52, Cols. Hartley 6 Cols. St. Charles 23, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 7 Cols. Walnut Ridge 34, Cols. Independence 7 Cols. Whetstone 53, Cols. Centennial 0 Columbus Grove 42, Bluffton 12 Copley 24, Wadsworth 12 Cortland Lakeview 36, Warren Champion 10 Covington 42, Tipp City Bethel 19 Creston Norwayne 36, Smithville 10 Crooksville 33, Philo 0 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 21, Akr. Manchester 14 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 21, Warren Harding 9 Cuyahoga Hts. 34, Independence 7 Dalton 34, Doylestown Chippewa 19 Day. Carroll 24, Cin. McNicholas 0 Defiance 35, Celina 14 Defiance Tinora 35, Hicksville 13 DeGraff Riverside 35, Lima Perry 0 Delphos Jefferson 62, Spencerville 7 Delphos St. John's 40, Ft. Recovery 27 Dola Hardin Northern 40, Vanlue 7 Dover 30, New Philadelphia 7 E. Can. 20, Mogadore 14 E. Cle. Shaw 34, Euclid 23 Eastlake N. 24, Ashtabula Lakeside 21 Edgerton 39, Antwerp 21 Elyria 28, Lakewood 21 Elyria Cath. 34, Cle. Cent. Cath. 0 Fairport Harbor Harding 45, Newbury 22 Findlay 49, Napoleon 28 Findlay Liberty-Benton 42, Cory-Rawson 0 Fostoria 50, Upper Sandusky 0 Frankfort Adena 23, Chillicothe Zane Trace 13 Franklin 17, Day. Oakwood 14 Fredericktown 33, Loudonville 7 Fremont Ross 26, Sandusky 20 Galion 24, Shelby 20 Galion Northmor 10, Cardington-Lincoln 0 Garrettsville Garfield 35, Windham 0 Gates Mills Gilmour 31, Geneva 0 Gates Mills Hawken 34, Richmond Hts. 27 Genoa Area 45, Tontogany Otsego 9 Gibsonburg 28, Elmore Woodmore 14 Granville 36, Hebron Lakewood 20 Greenville 17, New Richmond 7 Grove City 12, Pickerington N. 7 Grove City Cent. Crossing 13, Galloway Westland 0 Grove City Christian 66, Fairfield Christian 6 Groveport-Madison 20, Gahanna Lincoln 0 Hamilton 35, Fairfield 7 Hamilton Badin 42, Middletown Fenwick 0 Hamler Patrick Henry 47, Wauseon 10 Hannibal River 56, New Matamoras Frontier 12 Haviland Wayne Trace 17, Holgate 8 Hillsboro 12, Greenfield McClain 0 Holland Springfield 40, Perrysburg 24 Huron 41, Castalia Margaretta 20 Ironton 31, Vincent Warren 6 Johnstown-Monroe 28, Johnstown Northridge 0 Kent Roosevelt 19, Norton 13, OT Kenton 48, Van Wert 7 Kettering Alter 56, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 7 Kings Mills Kings 21, Cin. Walnut Hills 0 Kirtland 63, Orwell Grand Valley 6 Lancaster Fairfield Union 25, Amanda-Clearcreek 12 Leavittsburg LaBrae 47, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 0 Lebanon 33, Miamisburg 14 Lees Creek E. Clinton 47, Cin. Clark Montessori 7 Leipsic 42, Arcadia 6 Lewistown Indian Lake 55, Spring. NW 0 Lexington 10, Ashland 9 Liberty Center 21, Archbold 14 Lima Shawnee 28, Ottawa-Glandorf 10 Lisbon Beaver 15, Akr. North 14 Lodi Cloverleaf 20, Medina Highland 14, 2OT Logan 23, Chillicothe 13 London 30, London Madison Plains 7 Lorain Clearview 32, Columbia Station Columbia 14 Louisville 27, Minerva 0 Loveland 27, Milford 7 Macedonia Nordonia 32, Garfield Hts. 12 Madison 28, Painesville Riverside 7 Malvern 50, Magnolia Sandy Valley 6 Mansfield Sr. 26, Mansfield Madison 0 Mantua Crestwood 41, Ravenna SE 22 Maple Hts. 18, Shaker Hts. 2 Marion Harding 32, Lima Sr. 7 Marion Pleasant 40, Marion Elgin 6 Marysville 13, Dublin Scioto 10 Massillon Tuslaw 27, Navarre Fairless 6 Mayfield 21, Hudson 6 Mechanicsburg 10, W. Liberty-Salem 7 Medina Buckeye 47, Sheffield Brookside 0 Middletown 29, Cin. Princeton 28 Milan Edison 41, Sandusky St. Mary 14 Milford Center Fairbanks 31, Waynesfield-Goshen 27 Millersburg W. Holmes 18, Bellville Clear Fork 14 Minford 10, Lucasville Valley 7 Mogadore Field 45, Akr. Coventry 7 Morral Ridgedale 20, Caledonia River Valley 14 Morrow Little Miami 53, Batavia Amelia 27 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 28, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 25 Mt. Orab Western Brown 41, Portsmouth 12 N. Can. Hoover 26, Massillon Jackson 7 N. Lewisburg Triad 34, Cedarville 7 N. Ridgeville 14, Grafton Midview 13 New Albany 3, Mt. Vernon 0 New Carlisle Tecumseh 54, Spring. Kenton Ridge 7 New Concord John Glenn 46, McConnelsville Morgan 6 New London 44, Greenwich S. Cent. 14 New Middletown Spring. 15, Lisbon David Anderson 12 Newark Cath. 34, Whitehall-Yearling 8 Northwood 54, Oregon Stritch 6 Norwalk St. Paul 56, Monroeville 14 Olmsted Falls 48, N. Olmsted 31 Ontario 28, Lucas 12 Orange 18, Chagrin Falls Kenston 7 Oregon Clay 46, Tol. Libbey 13 Orrville 31, Wooster 0 Oxford Talawanda 6, Norwood 0 Parma 21, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 6 Parma Normandy 35, N. Royalton 21 Pemberville Eastwood 31, Kansas Lakota 6 Peninsula Woodridge 38, Atwater Waterloo 0 Perry 27, Chagrin Falls 14 Poland Seminary 14, Canfield 7 Pomeroy Meigs 48, Belpre 8 Proctorville Fairland 41, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 6 Ravenna 25, Akr. Springfield 12 Rayland Buckeye 27, Brooke, W.Va. 3 Reading 35, Cin. Finneytown 12 Richfield Revere 21, Barberton 6 Rocky River 26, Fairview 7 Rocky River Lutheran W. 19, Brooklyn 0 Salineville Southern 14, Wellsville 12 Sandusky Perkins 48, Port Clinton 6 Sherwood Fairview 67, Defiance Ayersville 21 Sidney Lehman 24, Lafayette Allen E. 7 Spring. Cath. Cent. 18, Jamestown Greeneview 6 St. Clairsville 21, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 16 St. Henry 21, Minster 13 St. Marys Memorial 68, Elida 20 St. Paris Graham 25, Spring. Greenon 19, 2OT Steubenville 34, Cardinal O'Hara, Pa. 14 Stewart Federal Hocking 30, Waterford 0 Stow-Munroe Falls 24, Cuyahoga Falls 6 Streetsboro 33, Rootstown 0 Strongsville 24, Solon 0 Sugar Grove Berne Union 53, Millersport 0 Sugarcreek Garaway 57, Strasburg-Franklin 8 Sunbury Big Walnut 48, Cols. Franklin Hts. 7 Swanton 69, Lakeside Danbury 19 Sycamore Mohawk 55, N. Baltimore 18 Sylvania Northview 34, Rossford 0 Sylvania Southview 42, Maumee 12 Tallmadge 31, Green 14 Thornville Sheridan 7, New Lexington 0 Tiffin Columbian 26, Bellevue 14 Tipp City Tippecanoe 49, Spring. Shawnee 14 Tol. Bowsher 23, Tol. Rogers 16, OT Tol. Cent. Cath. 37, Tol. Waite 12 Tol. Ottawa Hills 26, Tol. Christian 23 Tol. St. John's 36, Tol. St. Francis 17 Tol. Start 21, Tol. Scott 12 Tol. Whitmer 48, Tol. Woodward 6 Trenton Edgewood 27, Cin. Mt. Healthy 21 Trotwood-Madison 27, Vandalia Butler 25 Troy 48, Sidney 14 Twinsburg 28, Lyndhurst Brush 7 Uniontown Lake 48, Dresden Tri-Valley 26 Urbana 34, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 0 Utica 29, Centerburg 0 Vermilion 27, Oberlin Firelands 0 W. Carrollton 27, Goshen 9 W. Chester Lakota W. 20, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 19 W. Jefferson 28, Pataskala Licking Hts. 0 W. Lafayette Ridgewood 48, Newcomerstown 0 W. Unity Hilltop 39, Edon 14 Wapakoneta 29, Lima Bath 14 Weir, W.Va. 18, Uhrichsville Claymont 15 Wellston 46, Albany Alexander 15 Willard 28, Norwalk 13 Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 34, Lore City Buckeye Trail 0 Wooster Triway 57, Can. Timken 0 Youngs. Ursuline 34, Akr. SVSM 7 Zanesville W. Muskingum 20, Zanesville Maysville 6
Sunday, October 19, 2008
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle
One year after winning Ohio's Division I championship, St. Xavier, which began the year in several national high school football rankings, is looking at not making the post-season. The Bombers fell to 4-5 Saturday after losing to another state power St. Ignatius 19-16 in overtime.
Click here for a game recap from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, October 18, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #19 Glenville 47 East Tech 0 #20 Elder 48 Benedictine 14
Around Ohio Baltimore Liberty Union 41, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 0 Bellaire 17, Wintersville Indian Creek 7 Cin. Elder 48, Cle. Benedictine 14 Cin. Moeller 33, Lakewood St. Edward 29 Cle. Glenville 47, Cle. E. Tech 0 Cle. St. Ignatius 19, Cin. St. Xavier 16, OT Cols. Ready 43, Kiski, Pa. 0 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 49, Canisius, N.Y. 14 E. Cle. Shaw 22, Warrensville Hts. 21, 3OT Gates Mills Gilmour 56, Painesville Harvey 13 Hamilton Badin 21, Day. Chaminade-Julienne 7 Lima Cent. Cath. 35, Lafayette Allen E. 0 Madonna, W.Va. 47, Toronto 6 Martins Ferry 21, New Concord John Glenn 10 Norwalk St. Paul 34, New London 6 Parma Hts. Holy Name 41, Cle. Cent. Cath. 20 Portsmouth Notre Dame 26, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 20 Sandusky St. Mary 21, Port Clinton 14 Shaker Hts. 25, Cle. Hts. 13 Sidney Lehman 35, Cin. Clark Montessori 0 Sugarcreek Garaway 34, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 14 Tol. St. Francis 35, Tol. Scott 8 Warren JFK 47, Lorain Southview 0 Wickliffe 41, Beachwood 20
Mayfield pitched its sixth straight shutout Friday night beating Nordonia 28-0. Mayfield hasn't allowed a point since losing to Olmsted Falls on September 5. For a game recap from the Cleveland Plainer Dealer, click here.
Highlights Hamilton vs. MIddletown
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, October 17, 2008
Ada 24, Delphos Jefferson 15 Akr. Coventry 18, Akr. Springfield 0 Akr. Ellet 48, Can. Cent. Cath. 21 Akr. Garfield 56, Akr. Kenmore 14 Akr. Manchester 60, Can. Timken 28 Akr. North 46, Akr. East 13 Akr. SVSM 41, Hunting Valley University 20 Albany Alexander 43, McArthur Vinton County 20 Alliance Marlington 21, Canal Fulton Northwest 19 Anna 40, Versailles 0 Antwerp 35, Holgate 6 Apple Creek Waynedale 33, Doylestown Chippewa 13 Arcanum 39, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 6 Archbold 49, Wauseon 10 Arlington 42, Dola Hardin Northern 21 Ashland 24, Bellville Clear Fork 10 Ashland Crestview 48, Collins Western Reserve 24 Ashtabula Lakeside 24, Chardon 16 Ashville Teays Valley 34, Amanda-Clearcreek 24 Athens 33, Belpre 18 Attica Seneca E. 7, Fremont St. Joseph 6 Aurora 35, Orange 6 Avon 42, N. Ridgeville 7 Avon Lake 31, Westlake 14 Bainbridge Paint Valley 35, Chillicothe Zane Trace 28 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 69, N. Baltimore 14 Beallsville 50, Paden City, W.Va. 8 Bellevue 52, Willard 27 Belmont Union Local 27, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 8 Beloit W. Branch 13, Carrollton 0 Berlin Center Western Reserve 45, Lowellville 7 Blanchester 24, Batavia Clermont NE 7 Bowling Green 35, Sylvania Northview 14 Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 21, Amherst Steele 7 Brookfield 20, Warren Champion 13 Brookville 32, Franklin 7 Brunswick 49, Lakewood 17 Bryan 28, Swanton 7 Bucyrus Wynford 54, Lucas 13 Burton Berkshire 40, Orwell Grand Valley 0 Caldwell 7, Zanesville Rosecrans 0 Cambridge 34, Uhrichsville Claymont 17 Can. McKinley 21, Youngs. Boardman 20 Canal Winchester 20, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 6 Carey 60, Sycamore Mohawk 13 Carlisle 49, Camden Preble Shawnee 13 Casstown Miami E. 20, Ansonia 14 Centerville 31, Huber Hts. Wayne 14 Chagrin Falls 25, Chagrin Falls Kenston 0 Chardon NDCL 31, Mentor Lake Cath. 14 Chillicothe 57, Vincent Warren 7 Cin. Aiken 14, Cin. Shroder 9 Cin. Anderson 50, Milford 27 Cin. Colerain 35, W. Chester Lakota W. 13 Cin. Glen Este 31, Harrison 30 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 54, Cin. Summit Country Day 7 Cin. Indian Hill 55, Cin. Deer Park 12 Cin. Madeira 45, Cin. Finneytown 43 Cin. McNicholas 29, Cin. Purcell Marian 26 Cin. Mt. Healthy 14, Cin. NW 13 Cin. N. College Hill 62, Cin. Christian 19 Cin. Princeton 52, Mason 21 Cin. Sycamore 35, Cin. Oak Hills 7 Cin. Turpin 42, Batavia Amelia 0 Cin. Winton Woods 35, Loveland 12 Cin. Wyoming 43, Cin. Mariemont 21 Circleville Logan Elm 42, Bloom-Carroll 14 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 27, London Madison Plains 7 Clayton Northmont 16, Kettering Fairmont 7 Cle. JFK 15, Cle. Collinwood 12 Cle. John Adams 46, Cle. Lincoln W. 0 Cle. Rhodes 14, Cle. East 0 Cle. S. 48, Cle. John Marshall 22 Cle. VASJ 60, Bedford Chanel 12 Clyde 50, Sandusky Perkins 20 Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 61, Cheshire River Valley 6 Coldwater 48, Minster 0 Cols. Beechcroft 28, Cols. Whetstone 0 Cols. Bexley 42, Gahanna Cols. Academy 20 Cols. Briggs 30, Cols. Africentric 6 Cols. Brookhaven 38, Cols. Northland 0 Cols. DeSales 31, Cin. La Salle 21 Cols. East 15, Cols. Mifflin 14 Cols. Eastmoor 58, Cols. West 14 Cols. Grandview Hts. 13, Sugar Grove Berne Union 9 Cols. Hartley 38, Spencerville 21 Cols. Harvest Prep 26, W. Jefferson 21 Cols. Independence 51, Cols. Marion-Franklin 17 Cols. Linden McKinley 14, Cols. Centennial 12 Cols. Upper Arlington 23, Hilliard Davidson 14 Cols. Walnut Ridge 65, Cols. South 0 Cols. Watterson 40, Cols. St. Charles 34, 5OT Columbiana Crestview 41, New Middletown Spring. 7 Columbus Grove 28, Convoy Crestview 0 Cortland Lakeview 63, Salem 26 Cory-Rawson 47, Arcadia 21 Coshocton 21, New Philadelphia 20 Covington 14, Union City Mississinawa Valley 6 Crestline 21, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 6 Crooksville 14, Zanesville Maysville 7 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 36, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 0 Cuyahoga Hts. 31, Richmond Hts. 14 Dalton 19, Creston Norwayne 0 Day. Carroll 35, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 14 Day. Oakwood 41, Bellbrook 35 Defiance 47, Lima Bath 14 Defiance Ayersville 56, Haviland Wayne Trace 35 Defiance Tinora 35, Edgerton 21 DeGraff Riverside 31, Yellow Springs 28 Delaware Buckeye Valley 44, Mt. Gilead 0 Delaware Hayes 31, New Albany 28 Delphos St. John's 21, St. Henry 19 Dover 49, Greenville 20 Dublin Scioto 42, Dublin Jerome 14 E. Can. 53, Peninsula Woodridge 36 E. Palestine 38, Mineral Ridge 16 Eaton 38, Germantown Valley View 27 Elyria Cath. 28, Garfield Hts. Trinity 7 Euclid 17, Maple Hts. 0 Fairborn 33, Miamisburg 14 Fairfield 6, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 0 Findlay 45, Lima Sr. 7 Findlay Liberty-Benton 46, Pandora-Gilboa 0 Fostoria 53, Norwalk 0 Frankfort Adena 35, Chillicothe Huntington 12 Fredericktown 41, Centerburg 20 Fremont Ross 19, Napoleon 13 Ft. Loramie 38, Troy Christian 14 Galion Northmor 30, Marion Elgin 27, OT Garrettsville Garfield 24, Rootstown 0 Genoa Area 73, Millbury Lake 7 Gibsonburg 27, Tontogany Otsego 0 Glouster Trimble 71, Racine Southern 28 Goshen 23, Bethel-Tate 20 Grafton Midview 21, Bay Village Bay 7 Granville 35, Heath 21 Green 44, Barberton 7 Hamilton 34, Middletown 14 Hamilton New Miami 41, Cin. Country Day 7 Hamilton Ross 13, Oxford Talawanda 10 Hamler Patrick Henry 41, Edon 16 Hannibal River 49, Lore City Buckeye Trail 7 Hanoverton United 46, Lisbon David Anderson 14 Hebron Lakewood 34, Whitehall-Yearling 27, OT Hilliard Darby 48, Galloway Westland 20 Holland Springfield 42, Rossford 19 Hudson 31, Cuyahoga Falls 2 Huron 51, Oak Harbor 6 Independence 42, Fairport Harbor Harding 20 Ironton 43, Nelsonville-York 28 Jeromesville Hillsdale 54, W. Salem NW 27 Johnstown Northridge 21, Loudonville 10 Johnstown-Monroe 56, Howard E. Knox 21 Kansas Lakota 40, Elmore Woodmore 12 Kent Roosevelt 35, Mantua Crestwood 7 Kenton 35, St. Marys Memorial 7 Kettering Alter 48, Middletown Fenwick 0 Kings Mills Kings 35, Morrow Little Miami 27 Kirtland 62, Newbury 28 Lancaster 32, Groveport-Madison 7 Lancaster Fairfield Union 42, Circleville 21 Leavittsburg LaBrae 22, Girard 14 Lebanon 38, Xenia 13 Lees Creek E. Clinton 55, Batavia 17 Leipsic 38, McComb 37 Lexington 56, Millersburg W. Holmes 6 Liberty Center 41, Delta 3 Lima Perry 27, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 12 Lima Shawnee 28, Van Wert 7 Lisbon Beaver 28, Youngs. Chaney 14 Lockland 34, Day. Christian 7 Lodi Cloverleaf 14, Wadsworth 0 Logan 48, Jackson 7 London 52, Washington C.H. 21 Lorain Admiral King 58, Bedford 27 Lorain Clearview 39, Oberlin 7 Louisville 18, Can. South 6 Magnolia, W.Va. 28, Barnesville 0 Magnolia Sandy Valley 60, Strasburg-Franklin 14 Malvern 42, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 21 Maria Stein Marion Local 55, Ft. Recovery 7 Marietta 45, Portsmouth 14 Marion Pleasant 57, Caledonia River Valley 0 Marysville 23, Westerville N. 0 Maumee 37, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 34 Mayfield 28, Macedonia Nordonia 0 McDonald 21, Leetonia 13 Mechanicsburg 35, N. Lewisburg Triad 28 Medina Buckeye 39, LaGrange Keystone 19 Medina Highland 35, Copley 14 Mentor 25, Massillon Washington 17 Metamora Evergreen 35, Montpelier 0 Middleburg Hts. Midpark 33, N. Olmsted 16 Middlefield Cardinal 29, Gates Mills Hawken 7 Middletown Madison 52, New Lebanon Dixie 30 Milan Edison 28, Castalia Margaretta 26 Milford Center Fairbanks 73, Marion Cath. 0 Milton-Union 20, Day. Northridge 7 Minerva 21, Alliance 14 Minford 37, McDermott Scioto NW 0 Mogadore Field 38, Ravenna 18 Mogadore 35, Atwater Waterloo 6 Monroeville 41, Ashland Mapleton 14 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 14, Bucyrus 10 Mt. Orab Western Brown 28, New Richmond 14 N. Can. Hoover 14, Can. GlenOak 10 N. Lima S. Range 34, Columbiana 30 N. Royalton 31, Parma 23 New Bremen 28, Rockford Parkway 6 New Carlisle Tecumseh 23, Bellefontaine 20 New Lexington 19, Dresden Tri-Valley 7 Newark Licking Valley 42, Newark Cath. 7 Newcomerstown 20, Bowerston Conotton Valley 7 Newton Falls 47, Campbell Memorial 15 Northwood 75, Tol. Christian 14 Norton 38, Ravenna SE 21 Oak Hill 54, Crown City S. Gallia 0 Olmsted Falls 31, Berea 19 Ontario 21, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 7 Orrville 41, Mansfield Madison 7 Ottawa-Glandorf 41, Celina 0 Parkersburg Catholic, W.Va. 46, Bellaire St. John 0 Parma Hts. Valley Forge 24, Lyndhurst Brush 0 Parma Padua 20, Akr. Hoban 10 Pataskala Licking Hts. 59, Millersport 0 Pataskala Watkins Memorial 42, Cols. Franklin Hts. 7 Paulding 28, Bluffton 14 Pemberville Eastwood 14, Bloomdale Elmwood 12 Perry 21, Chesterland W. Geauga 11 Philo 21, McConnelsville Morgan 20 Pickerington Cent. 37, Grove City 19 Pickerington N. 24, Newark 6 Plain City Jonathan Alder 52, Greenfield McClain 7 Plymouth 50, Greenwich S. Cent. 49, OT Poland Seminary 28, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 7 Pomeroy Meigs 42, Wellston 20 Portsmouth Sciotoville 33, Franklin Furnace Green 7 Portsmouth W. 43, Lucasville Valley 0 Powell Olentangy Liberty 34, Westerville Cent. 6 Rayland Buckeye 18, Richmond Edison 14 Reading 40, N. Bend Taylor 7 Reynoldsburg 12, Gahanna Lincoln 10 Richwood N. Union 36, Cardington-Lincoln 0 Rocky River 21, Oberlin Firelands 13 Rocky River Lutheran W. 49, Columbia Station Columbia 6 S. Charleston SE 23, Cedarville 7 S. Point 55, Ironton Rock Hill 16 Salineville Southern 55, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 22 Sandusky 22, Marion Harding 19 Sarahsville Shenandoah 48, Beverly Ft. Frye 13 Shelby 27, Upper Sandusky 0 Sherwood Fairview 46, Hicksville 41 Smithville 50, Rittman 17 Solon 21, Medina 9 Southeastern 42, Chillicothe Unioto 22 Sparta Highland 26, Morral Ridgedale 6 Spring. Cath. Cent. 3, Spring. NE 0 Spring. Greenon 48, Spring. NW 21 Spring. Shawnee 36, Riverside Stebbins 6 Springboro 14, Trotwood-Madison 13 Springfield 30, Beavercreek 10 St. Clairsville 28, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 13 Steubenville 47, Wheeling Central, W.Va. 22 Stewart Federal Hocking 39, Corning Miller 6 Stow-Munroe Falls 48, Garfield Hts. 14 Streetsboro 70, Windham 8 Strongsville 49, Elyria 27 Struthers 48, Hubbard 14 Sunbury Big Walnut 28, Mt. Vernon 6 Sylvania Southview 42, Perrysburg 21 Tallmadge 17, Richfield Revere 7 Thomas Worthington 28, Grove City Cent. Crossing 20 Thornville Sheridan 55, Zanesville W. Muskingum 7 Tiffin Calvert 21, Fostoria St. Wendelin 7 Tiffin Columbian 41, Galion 6 Tipp City Bethel 19, Bradford 18 Tipp City Tippecanoe 40, Spring. Kenton Ridge 13 Tol. Bowsher 27, Tol. Libbey 6 Tol. Cent. Cath. 24, Tol. Whitmer 21 Tol. Ottawa Hills 29, Lakeside Danbury 6 Tol. Rogers 50, Tol. Waite 12 Tol. St. John's 47, Tol. Start 22 Trenton Edgewood 34, Norwood 24 Troy 28, Piqua 21 Twinsburg 35, Parma Normandy 17 Uniontown Lake 49, Youngs. Austintown-Fitch 14 Urbana 20, St. Paris Graham 6 Utica 21, Danville 20 Van Buren 34, Vanlue 15 Vandalia Butler 38, Sidney 7 Vermilion 27, Fairview 0 Vienna Mathews 21, Southington Chalker 12 W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 63, New Paris National Trail 44 W. Carrollton 29, Day. Marshall 14 W. Liberty-Salem 56, Jamestown Greeneview 0 W. Unity Hilltop 47, Oregon Stritch 21 Wapakoneta 38, Elida 20 Warren Harding 15, Youngs. East 14 Warren Howland 10, Youngs. Liberty 6 Warsaw River View 35, Byesville Meadowbrook 28 Washington C.H. Miami Trace 42, Hillsboro 7 Waynesfield-Goshen 60, Ridgeway Ridgemont 0 Waynesville 23, Monroe 7 Wellington 47, Sheffield Brookside 0 Wellsville 60, Sebring McKinley 6 Westerville S. 21, Lewis Center Olentangy 7 Wheelersburg 42, Waverly 0 Wheeling Park, W.Va. 41, E. Liverpool 6 Williamsburg 9, Landmark Christian 6 Williamsport Westfall 42, Piketon 12 Willoughby S. 61, Painesville Riverside 14 Wilmington 42, Cin. Walnut Hills 17 Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 59, New Matamoras Frontier 7 Wooster 38, Mansfield Sr. 13 Wooster Triway 13, Massillon Tuslaw 7 Worthington Kilbourne 30, Dublin Coffman 20 Youngs. Christian 49, Thompson Ledgemont 6 Youngs. Ursuline 10, Youngs. Mooney 7 Zanesville 12, Gallipolis Gallia 0 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 21, Navarre Fairless 13
With two weeks to go in the regular season Colerain, Middletown and Lakota West are tied atop the Greater Miami Conference. Part of three-way tie will be broken Friday night when Colerain visits Lakota West. Then Middletown, which snapped Colerain's 61-game GMC win streak earlier this month, will try to keep pace with the winner when it faces Hamilton. Below you can check-out a preview of the Middletown/Hamilton game from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ohio High School Football Scores Thursday, October 16, 2008
Akr. Buchtel 26, Akr. Firestone 18 Canfield 40, Niles McKinley 14 Cin. Sycamore 35, Cin. Oak Hills 7 Cin. Woodward 54, Cin. Hughes 14 Day. Meadowdale 44, Day. Jefferson 7 Lewistown Indian Lake 19, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 7 Madison 41, Eastlake N. 14 Massillon Jackson 28, Massillon Perry 7
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle It's been a season of up-and-downs thanks to a rash of injuries for St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH), which got back to the .500 mark on Saturday with a 13-3 win over a very good St. Edward (Cleveland, OH) team. The Bombers, who have beaten nationally-ranked Prattville (AL) and Don Bosco Prep (NJ) this season, snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 4-4 and keep its post-season playoffs hopes alive.
Click here for a game story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ohio High School Football Scores Saturday, October 11, 2008
Akr. Ellet 50, Akr. North 14 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 24, Tiffin Calvert 13 Bowerston Conotton Valley 54, Strasburg-Franklin 25 Cin. St. Xavier 13, Lakewood St. Edward 3 Cle. JFK 34, Cle. Lincoln W. 0 Cle. St. Ignatius 50, Cin. La Salle 0 Cols. St. Charles 31, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 20 Day. Chaminade-Julienne 14, Day. Carroll 13 Day. Dunbar 21, Cin. Taft 14 E. Cle. Shaw 42, Lorain Southview 12 Euclid 24, Shaker Hts. 21 Garfield Hts. Trinity 33, Cle. Cent. Cath. 12 Hudson WRA 34, North Shore Country Day, Ill. 6 Hunting Valley University 28, Warren JFK 17 Lima Cent. Cath. 31, Bluffton 0 Linsly, W.Va. 40, Lore City Buckeye Trail 0 Massillon Washington 30, Warren Harding 7 Parma Normandy 35, Lyndhurst Brush 14 Parma Padua 35, Cle. VASJ 7 Tol. Start 42, Tol. Libbey 0 Warren De La Salle, Mich. 17, Cols. Watterson 13 Youngs. Christian 28, Southington Chalker 14 Youngs. Mooney 33, Akr. SVSM 7 Zanesville Rosecrans 46, Bellaire St. John 7
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Strongsville (7-1) snapped Brunswick's (7-1) 32-game regular season win streak Friday night with 25-20. Check-out highlights of the game from the Cleveland Plain Dealer below, plus you can click here to read a game wrap.
Brunswick at Strongsville – football week 8
Highlights from Sycamore 16 Princeton 14
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, October 10, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #20 Elder 56 Covington Catholic (KY) 7
Ada 63, Lafayette Allen E. 8 Akr. Garfield 67, Akr. Firestone 13 Anna 54, New Bremen 7 Apple Creek Waynedale 35, Jeromesville Hillsdale 6 Arlington 28, Van Buren 7 Ashland 28, Mansfield Sr. 0 Ashland Crestview 56, Greenwich S. Cent. 7 Ashland Mapleton 36, New London 34 Aurora 49, Chagrin Falls 27 Avon 55, Oberlin Firelands 20 Avon Lake 36, Berea 25 Baltimore Liberty Union 42, Sugar Grove Berne Union 0 Barberton 24, Lodi Cloverleaf 10 Batavia Amelia 24, Cin. Walnut Hills 19 Batavia Clermont NE 56, Manchester 16 Beallsville 37, Bridgeport 8 Bedford 46, Cle. Hts. 21 Bellefontaine 28, Spring. Shawnee 0 Bellevue 60, Shelby 14 Bellville Clear Fork 18, Wooster 7 Belmont Union Local 34, Rayland Buckeye 21 Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 14, N. Olmsted 0 Brookville 14, Bellbrook 0 Bucyrus 28, Crestline 0 Bucyrus Wynford 41, Ontario 7 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 28, Wintersville Indian Creek 11 Caldwell 21, Beverly Ft. Frye 7 Can. GlenOak 21, Youngs. Boardman 14 Can. South 21, Alliance 14 Canal Fulton Northwest 42, Beloit W. Branch 33 Canal Winchester 42, Bloom-Carroll 13 Canfield 38, Youngs. Chaney 0 Carey 41, Attica Seneca E. 20 Casstown Miami E. 62, New Paris National Trail 0 Castalia Margaretta 55, Port Clinton 13 Chagrin Falls Kenston 27, Wickliffe 14 Chardon NDCL 20, Parma Hts. Holy Name 19 Chesapeake 28, Cheshire River Valley 14 Chesterland W. Geauga 17, Orange 9 Cin. Anderson 28, Cin. Glen Este 21 Cin. Colerain 52, Fairfield 14 Cin. Elder 56, Cov. Catholic, Ky. 7 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 27, Cin. N. College Hill 14 Cin. Indian Hill 47, Cin. Finneytown 20 Cin. Madeira 42, Cin. Deer Park 0 Cin. Mariemont 42, N. Bend Taylor 7 Cin. Mt. Healthy 34, Hamilton Ross 7 Cin. Oak Hills 31, Hamilton 29 Cin. Sycamore 16, Cin. Princeton 14 Cin. Turpin 21, Morrow Little Miami 16 Cin. Winton Woods 48, Milford 6 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 55, Washington C.H. 21 Clayton Northmont 28, Centerville 21, OT Clyde 61, Sandusky St. Mary 20 Coldwater 38, Delphos St. John's 7 Cols. Bexley 17, Newark Cath. 14 Cols. Ready 42, Ontario Trinity College, Ontario 7 Columbiana Crestview 35, Mineral Ridge 0 Conneaut 20, Ashtabula Edgewood 6 Coshocton 34, Zanesville Maysville 14 Covington 21, Arcanum 14 Creston Norwayne 21, Doylestown Chippewa 12 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 55, Can. Timken 20 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 35, Cle. Benedictine 21 Cuyahoga Hts. 56, Orwell Grand Valley 22 Dalton 49, Rittman 13 Defiance 49, Elida 0 Defiance Tinora 49, Holgate 0 Delaware Buckeye Valley 35, Sparta Highland 0 Delaware Hayes 21, Plain City Jonathan Alder 14 Delphos Jefferson 55, Troy Christian 7 Dover 69, Byesville Meadowbrook 6 Dresden Tri-Valley 28, Crooksville 22, OT E. Can. 33, Atwater Waterloo 19 E. Liverpool 26, John Marshall, W.Va. 0 E. Palestine 27, New Middletown Spring. 14 Elyria Cath. 43, Bedford Chanel 0 Findlay 28, Sandusky 3 Findlay Liberty-Benton 49, Dola Hardin Northern 0 Fostoria 42, Willard 0 Fostoria St. Wendelin 56, N. Baltimore 14 Franklin 21, Eaton 14 Fremont Ross 38, Marion Harding 21 Fremont St. Joseph 17, Sycamore Mohawk 10 Gallipolis Gallia 42, Wellston 20 Gates Mills Gilmour 33, Jefferson Area 7 Gates Mills Hawken 49, Fairport Harbor Harding 19 Geneva 42, Painesville Harvey 7 Genoa Area 59, Gibsonburg 6 Grafton Midview 42, Fairview 21 Granville 63, Whitehall-Yearling 14 Green 24, Richfield Revere 10 Greenville 53, Jay Co., Ind. 20 Hamilton Badin 38, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 21 Hamilton New Miami 30, Cin. Summit Country Day 20 Hamler Patrick Henry 35, Archbold 7 Hannibal River 41, Sarahsville Shenandoah 0 Heath 28, Gahanna Cols. Academy 10 Hicksville 21, Edgerton 20 Hilliard Davidson 14, Dublin Coffman 10 Howard E. Knox 41, Loudonville 13 Hudson 7, Garfield Hts. 0 Huron 28, Sandusky Perkins 21 Indpls Cathedral, Ind. 21, Cin. Moeller 18 Johnstown Northridge 28, Centerburg 6 Kansas Lakota 48, Tontogany Otsego 0 Kent Roosevelt 48, Akr. Springfield 21 Kettering Alter 49, Cin. McNicholas 0 Kings Mills Kings 38, Wilmington 14 Kirtland 56, Burton Berkshire 6 Lebanon 21, Fairborn 3 Lees Creek E. Clinton 21, Blanchester 6 Leipsic 45, Vanlue 12 Lewistown Indian Lake 34, St. Paris Graham 28 Lexington 48, Mansfield Madison 15 Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 24, Mason 14 Lima Shawnee 17, St. Marys Memorial 7 Lisbon Beaver 31, Salem 14 Logan 42, Vincent Warren 0 London 41, Hillsboro 18 Lorain Clearview 63, Sheffield Brookside 7 Louisville Aquinas 44, Andover Pymatuning Valley 6 Louisville 49, Alliance Marlington 22 Loveland 40, Harrison 14 Macedonia Nordonia 24, Stow-Munroe Falls 12 Madison 41, Ashtabula Lakeside 14 Magnolia Sandy Valley 40, Newcomerstown 12 Malvern 62, Sugarcreek Garaway 28 Mantua Crestwood 30, Norton 21 Maria Stein Marion Local 33, Versailles 0 Martins Ferry 34, St. Clairsville 6 Massillon Tuslaw 24, Akr. Manchester 21 Maumee 41, Sylvania Northview 13 Mayfield 35, Cuyahoga Falls 0 McComb 37, Arcadia 13 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 26, DeGraff Riverside 13 Mechanicsburg 47, Cedarville 7 Medina Highland 24, Wadsworth 21 Mentor 42, Maple Hts. 33 Milan Edison 58, Oak Harbor 8 Millersburg W. Holmes 19, Orrville 17 Minerva 27, Carrollton 7 Mogadore Field 31, Ravenna SE 6 Mogadore 35, Windham 6 Monroe 38, New Lebanon Dixie 10 Monroeville 40, Plymouth 35 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 41, Lucas 8 Mt. Gilead 26, Caledonia River Valley 6 Mt. Orab Western Brown 35, Bethel-Tate 21 N. Can. Hoover 30, Can. McKinley 20 N. Lewisburg Triad 41, Jamestown Greeneview 8 Napoleon 35, Lima Sr. 24 Navarre Fairless 20, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 7 New Lexington 28, New Concord John Glenn 3 New Philadelphia 41, Cambridge 7 New Richmond 25, Goshen 7 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 20, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 6 Newton Falls 20, Warren Champion 19, OT Northwood 40, Tol. Ottawa Hills 0 Norwalk St. Paul 55, Collins Western Reserve 13 Norwood 34, Cin. NW 21 Ottawa-Glandorf 35, Van Wert 6 Painesville Riverside 45, Chardon 7 Pandora-Gilboa 41, Cory-Rawson 14 Pataskala Watkins Memorial 24, Mt. 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St. Ignatius (#16 USA Today) showed that it doesn't matter how you start the season, it's how you end it. Saturday the Wildcats, who lost its season opener to Glenville, finished with their 14th straight win to capture Ohio's Division I title with a 28-20 win over Elder (#18 USA Today) before 20,000 at Canton's Fawcett Stadium. The championship is the 10th for St. Ignatius. Click here for game story.
After a 1-2 start, Aurora ripped-off twelve straight wins that catapulted the Greenmen to Ohio's Division III championship. Aurora beat Columbus Eastmoor Academy 21-10 Saturday for the championship on Saturday. Click here for the game story. 
Youngstown Ursuline traded-in its 2007 silver medal for a gold medal on Saturday as it shutout Liberty-Benton 21-0 Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium in Massillon to capture the 2008 Ohio Division V high school football championship. It was the first shutout in a championship game since 1985. Click here for game story.
Between the two schools there are eleven Ohio state football championships. Tonight St. Ignatius (#16 USA Today) squares-off with Elder (#18 USA Today) to decide who's the best Division 1 team in the state. St. Ignatius (13-1) has won nine state titles while Elder (13-1) has won two. Elder won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. St. I's last title was in '0l.
Friday's Ohio Division II high school football championship between defending state champ Cincinnati Anderson and Sylvania Soutview came down to the last minute. Alex Pidcock's 16-yard touchdown pass to Paul Murphey with 32-seconds to go giving the Cougars a 29-25 win. It was the school's first ever state football championship. Click here for game story.
Archbishop Alter used a strong defensive effort on its way to the Ohio Division IV high school football championship. The Knights beat Steubenville 21-6 Friday at Canton's Fawcett Stadium. Click here for game story.
Delphos St. John has gone from a 2-8 team last year to Ohio's Division VI champ this year. The Blue Jays captured the school's fifth crown Friday with a 34-14 win over Boscom-Hopewell-Louden. BHL actually led 14-7, but the Blue Jays roared back with 27 unanswered points to take the win. Click here for game story.
Defending state champ Anderson faces Sylvania Southview Friday night in the Ohio Division II high school football championship in Massillon. Sylvania Southview brings a perfect 14-0 record into the game, while Anderson (12-2) has been on a roll since two early season losses. Click here for a preview from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nationally-ranked Elder (#19 USA Today) and St. Ignatius (#17 USA Today) will collide next Saturday for Ohio's Division 1 state championship. Elder beat Pickerington Central 24-10 to advance to the title game, while St. Ignatius beat North Canton Hoover 34-7. Click here to go to the Ohio High School Football Huddle.
The road wasn't easy, but Cincinnati Anderson is back to defend it's Ohio Division 2 high school football championship. Friday night, the Redskins knocked-off the Associated Press' #1 team Columbus DeSales 14-10 avenging a 38-17 regular season home loss to DeSales. Anderson (12-2) will now face Sylvania Southview (14-0) next Saturday in the state championship game at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.
Some would say that two Ohio Division 1 state championship games have been played over the last two weeks. Last week St. Ignatius avenged a season opening loss to Glenville to move into Saturday night's state quarterfinal round. Tonight, Elder (#20 USA Today Super 25) ended Colerain's season with a 27-20 win in double overtime. The two teams entered the game ranked #1 and #2 in the Cincinnati-area. Click here for a game story.
Anderson(11-2) got a little revenge Friday night beating Winton Woods 24-21 to advance to the Ohio Division 2 state semifinals. The Redskins won it with just 23.5 seconds to go when junior running back Kyle Slater scored on a 3-yard touchdown run. During the regular season Winton Woods (11-2) beat Anderson 23-13. Click here for a game story.
Elder (#20 USA Today Super 25) will renew its post-season rivalry with Colerain for the first time since 2004 on Saturday when the two meet for the Division 1 Region 1 championship at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium. A crowd of around 20,000 is expected to watch as these to Cincinnati-area giants via for the right to move-on to the Ohio state semifinals. 
One Ohio showdown down, one more to go...or at least one until the Division 1 state championship game. Nationally-ranked Elder (11-1) will face Colerain next Saturday for the right to go to the state semifinals. Elder (#19 USA Today Super 25), which beat Colerain (11-1) earlier this year to knock the Cardinals out of the national rankings, advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard fought 13-10 win over Clayton Northmont on Saturday. Colerain shutout Huber Heights Wayne 23-0 to move-on. To read about the Elder win that sends the Panthers to their first regional championship game since 2003, click here. To read about Colerain's victory, click here.
If you want to check-out Saturday night's big Ohio high school football game between nationally-ranked Glenville and St. Ignatius click here to go to ohiohssports.com. These two met in the season opener and Glenville (11-0) won 20-17, which knock St. Ignatius (10-1) out of the USA Today Super 25. The Tarblooders are currently ranked #19 by USA Today. Also, return to The High School Football Huddle later tonight for a game recap.
Mayfield's (10-2) magical season came to an end Friday night with a 16-13 overtime loss to Akron's Archbishop Hoban (8-4) in the Division 2 Region 5 semifinals. The top-seeded Wildcats , who shutout six straight opponents this year, entered the game ranked #5 by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and #10 in the Associated Press Ohio high school football rankings. Next Friday fourth-seeded Hoban will play sixth-seed Tallmadge (9-3) for the regional championship and a berth in the state semifinals. Click here to read a Hoban-Mayfield recap.
As is usually the case in the Cleveland and Cincinnati areas of Ohio high school football, it's hard to make it to the Division 1 state championship game because of the quality of teams in the state's two biggest cities.
While nationally-ranked Glenville and Elder cruised to easy first round wins in the Ohio state football playoffs, Colerain, which spent several weeks in the national polls, survived a scare to advance to next week's Region 4 semifinals. The top ranked Cardinals beat Moeller 17-10 when linebacker Tyon Dixon returned a fumble 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. According to a report in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Moeller head coach John Rodenberg wasn't happy with the call, believing that the fumble came after the play ended.
The Ohio high school football playoffs began Friday night and the most disappointed team has to be formally unbeaten Clearview (10-1) in Division 4, which lost to Ottawa Glandorf 56-12. The season for Clearview was done by halftime as Ottawa Glandorf hopped out to a 42-0 second quarter lead.
After being ranked as high as #18 by USA Today, Ohio's defending Division I high school football champ finds itself on the outside looking in at the playoffs. St. Xavier lost 17-14 to Moeller (6-4) on Saturday ending the Bombers 2008 season with a 4-6 record. The win game Moeller the eighth and final spot playoff spot in Division I Region 4. St X (4-6) misses the playoffs for the first time since 2003, and ends with a losing record for the first time since '96.
One year after winning Ohio's Division I championship, St. Xavier, which began the year in several national high school football rankings, is looking at not making the post-season. The Bombers fell to 4-5 Saturday after losing to another state power St. Ignatius 19-16 in overtime.
Mayfield pitched its sixth straight shutout Friday night beating Nordonia 28-0. Mayfield hasn't allowed a point since losing to Olmsted Falls on September 5. For a game recap from the Cleveland Plainer Dealer, click here.
