Cleveland Plain Dealer Releases Pre-Season Top 25

by Jeff Fisher
Ohio High School Football Huddle

The Cleveland Plain Dealer continues to pump-out tons of high school football info as we approach the start of the 2009 season and today you can check-out the paper's great preview for the northeast part of the state. The preview looks at every team in every league.

Included in the preview is the Plain Dealer's Top 25 Pre-Season Poll.

1. St. Ignatius
2. Glenville
3. Solon
4. Mentor
5. Brunswick
6. Strongsville
7. Twinsburg
8. Avon Lake
9. Mayfield
10. Lake Catholic
11. St. Vincent-St. Mary
12. Wadsworth
13. Archbishop Hoban
14. Euclid
15. Walsh Jesuit
16. Shaw
17. Maple Heights
18. Akron Garfield
19. Padua
20. St. Edward
21. Green
22. Willoughby South
23. Madison
24. Elyrian Catholic
25. Chagrin Falls

Something's Gotta Give as #16 St. Ignatius Battles #18 Elder for Ohio Division 1 Title

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

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.

To watch the game live on the web, click here to go to OhioHSsports.com.

Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Semifinals

By Jeff Fisher
The 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.

Click here for game story.

Ohio High School Football Scores
Friday, November 21, 2008

Semifinals

Division 2
Cin. Anderson 14, Cols. DeSales 10
Sylvania Southview 31, Akr. Hoban 0

Division 4
Kettering Alter 42, Genoa Area 34 Click here for game story
Steubenville 30, New Lexington 6

Division 6
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 55, Malvern 20 Click here for game story
Delphos St. John's 32, Sidney Lehman 13

Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Regional Semifinals

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

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.

For other

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

Division 2 Region 7
Cols. DeSales 31, Cols. Marion-Franklin 23
Louisville 7, Logan 0

Division 2 Region 8
Cin. Anderson 31, New Carlisle Tecumseh 13
Cin. Winton Woods 44, Kings Mills Kings 9

Division 4 Region 13
Perry 47, Massillon Tuslaw 0 Click here for game recap
Steubenville 28, Youngs. Mooney 16

Division 4 Region 14
Genoa Area 28, Fostoria 14
Ottawa-Glandorf 28, Marion Pleasant 21, OT

Division 4 Region 15
Martins Ferry 49, Belmont Union Local 14
New Lexington 38, Ironton 6

Division 4 Region 16
Coldwater 35, Day. Oakwood 7
Kettering Alter 42, Hamilton Badin 7

Division 6 Region 21
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 30, Mogadore 0 Click here for game recap
Norwalk St. Paul 34, McDonald 0

Division 6 Region 22
Ada 42, Pandora-Gilboa 14
Delphos St. John's 21, Carey 14

Division 6 Region 23
Hannibal River 45, Glouster Trimble 15
Malvern 53, Shadyside 24

Division 6 Region 24
Mechanicsburg 40, Covington 14
Sidney Lehman 42, Spring. Cath. Cent. 6

Associated Press High School Football Rankings

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) remains #1 in Division I in the lastest Associated Press Ohio high school football rankings. Colerain received 21 of the 27 first place votes.

DIVISION I

1. Cin. Colerain (21) 4-0 264
2. Cle. Glenville (3) 4-0 218
3. Pickerington Cent. (1) 4-0 198
4. Lakewood St. Edward 4-0 170
5. Cin. St. Xavier 3-1 145
6. Dublin Coffman 4-0 110
7. Huber Hts. Wayne 4-0 98
8. Can. GlenOak (2) 4-0 94
9. Hilliard Davidson 4-0 63
10. Brunswick 4-0 43

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Youngs. Boardman 41. 12, Worthington Kilbourne 33. 13, Cle. St. Ignatius 21. 14, Cin. Elder 16.

DIVISION II

1. Cols. DeSales (17) 4-0 263
2. Louisville (7) 4-0 220
3. Tol. Cent. Cath. (1) 4-0 195
4. Logan (1) 4-0 148
5. Cin. Turpin 4-0 136
6. Lexington 4-0 129
7. Sylvania Southview (1) 4-0 104
8. Cin. Anderson (1) 3-1 96
9. E. Cle. Shaw 4-0 65
10. New Carlisle Tecumseh 4-0 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Alliance 38. 12, Lewis Center Olentangy 24. 13, Cols. Beechcroft 19. 14, Dresden Tri-Valley 14.

DIVISION III

1. Poland Seminary (22) 4-0 270
2. St. Marys Memorial (2) 4-0 197
3. Thornville Sheridan (2) 4-0 193
4. Tipp City Tippecanoe (1) 4-0 167
5. Youngs. Liberty 4-0 93
6. Canal Fulton NW 3-1 83
7. Cle. Benedictine 3-1 72
8. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (1) 3-1 62
9. Granville 4-0 46
10. Bellevue 3-1 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11 (tie), Circleville Logan Elm, Germantown Valley View 29. 13 (tie), Beloit W. Branch, Canal Winchester 28. 15, Avon 25. 16, Defiance 24. 17, Cortland Lakeview 23. 18 (tie), Canton South, Cols. Eastmoor 21. 20, New Philadelphia 19. 21, Lima Shawnee 14.

DIVISION IV

1. Coldwater (20) 4-0 267
2. Steubenville (2) 4-0 202
Youngs. Mooney (1) 3-1 202
4. Fostoria 4-0 178
5. Kettering Alter (4) 4-0 162
6. Belmont Union Local 4-0 108
7. Cols. Hartley 4-0 86
8. New Lexington 4-0 67
9. Massillon Tuslaw 4-0 46
10. Genoa Area 4-0 41

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Plain City Jonathan Alder (1) 34. 12 (tie), Coshocton, Akr. SVSM 26. 14, Marion Pleasant 14. 15 (tie), Brookville, Perry 13.

DIVISION V


1. Youngs. Ursuline (20) 4-0 260
2. St. Henry (4) 4-0 226
3. Hamler Patrick Henry 4-0 197
4. Archbold (4) 4-0 161
5. Maria Stein Marion Local 3-1 127
6. Findlay Liberty-Benton 4-0 126
7. Wheelersburg 4-0 101
8. Anna 4-0 83
9. Kirtland 4-0 45
10. Ashland Crestview 4-0 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Fredericktown 34. 12, W. Liberty-Salem 16. 13 (tie), Bainbridge Paint Valley, Cin. Hills, Delphos Jefferson 15. 16, N. Lewisburg Triad 12.

DIVISION VI

1. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (11) 4-0 244
2. Mechanicsburg (9) 4-0 215
3. Delphos St. John's (1) 4-0 198
4. Mogadore (1) 4-0 149
5. Carey 4-0 144
6. Norwalk St. Paul (3) 4-0 140
7. Ada 4-0 88
8. Cols. Africentric (1) 4-0 84
9. Newark Cath. 3-1 71
10. Malvern (1) 4-0 38

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, McDonald 36. 12, Hannibal River 31. 13, Bridgeport 28. 14, Berlin Center Western Reserve (1) 26. 15, Pandora-Gilboa 18.



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