FB: OHSAA regional semifinal pairings released for Nov. 9-10
November 6, 2012
By E. Shawn Aylsworth of Ohio Preps AuthorityFrom OHSAA.org
COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and neutral-site selections for the regional semifinal round of the football playoffs. The Nov. 9-10 pairings are below and can also be found in the football weekly release and notes packet, which is posted at: www.ohsaa.org/news/sports/
2012OHSAAFootballRelease3.pdf.
Notes and playoff histories of all remaining teams can be found in the football weekly release linked above. The football “Tournament Central” website, which contains the brackets, weekly press releases, ticket information, and televised games schedule, is posted at: www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/2012/TournamentCentral.htm.
The regional semifinal pairings below include the seeds, schools, and won-lost records of the qualifiers. Neutral sites were selected by the OHSAA; home teams are listed first and appear at the top of the brackets at OHSAA.org.
To the pairings (rankings are from the final Associated Press polls)!
DIVISION I (games scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 unless noted)
Region 1
1 (#2) Lakewood St. Edward (11-0) vs. 4 (#8) Mentor (10-1) at Parma Byers Field
2 (#1) Cleveland St. Ignatius (10-1) vs. 6 North Royalton (10-1) at Lakewood Stadium
Region 2
1 Massillon Washington (10-1) vs. 5 Canton McKinley (8-2) at Kent State Univ. Dix Stadium
2 (#5) Toledo Whitmer (11-0) vs. 6 Hudson (9-2) at Sandusky Strobel Field at Cedar Point Stadium
Region 3
1 (#10) Hilliard Darby (11-0) vs. 4 (#6) Pickerington North (10-1) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
7 Hilliard Davidson (9-2) vs. 3 Lewis Center Olentangy (10-1) at Upper Arlington Marv Moorehead Memorial Stadium
Region 4
1 (#3) Cincinnati Colerain (11-0) vs. 4 Cincinnati Elder (8-3) at Univ. of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 6:00 p.m.
7 Liberty Township Lakota East (8-3) vs. 3 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (8-3) at Univ. of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 2:00 p.m.
DIVISION II (games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, unless noted)
Region 5
8 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-4) vs. 4 Chardon (9-2) at Mentor Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
2 Kent Roosevelt (10-1) vs. 3 (#5) Aurora (10-1) at Hudson Memorial Stadium-Murdough Field
Region 6
1 (#3) Tiffin Columbian (11-0) vs. 4 (#9) Avon (10-1) at Fremont Ross Harmon Field at Don Paul Stadium
2 (#1) Toledo Central Catholic (10-1) vs. 6 Mansfield Madison (10-1) at Sandusky Perkins Firelands Regional Medical Center Stadium
Region 7
1 (#4) Dresden Tri-Valley (11-0) vs. 4 New Albany (9-2) at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium
7 Canal Winchester (9-2) vs. 3 Columbus Marion-Franklin (10-1) at Hamilton Twp. Alumni Field
Region 8
1 (#2) Cincinnati Turpin (11-0) vs. 4 Franklin (10-1) at Mason Dwire Field at Atrium Stadium
2 Cincinnati Winton Woods (8-3) vs. 6 (#10) Trotwood-Madison (9-2) at Trenton Edgewood Kumler Field
DIVISION III (games scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 unless noted)
Region 9
1 (#2) Chagrin Falls (10-1) vs. 5 Ravenna (7-4) at Solon Stewart Field
7 Hubbard (8-3) vs. 6 (#9) Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (9-2) at Austintown-Fitch Falcon Stadium
Region 10
1 (#1) Napoleon (10-0-1) vs. 4 (#3) Bryan (11-0) at Toledo Central Catholic Gallagher Athletic Complex
2 (#8) Bellevue (10-1) vs. 6 Sandusky Perkins (10-1) at Clyde Robert Bishop Jr. Stadium
Region 11
8 Poland Seminary (8-3) vs. 4 Dover (9-2) at Green Infocision Field
2 (#7) Millersburg West Holmes (10-1) vs. 3 Steubenville (9-2) at New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium
Region 12
1 (#3) Dayton Thurgood Marshall (10-1) vs. 4 Gallipolis Gallia Academy (9-2) at Western Brown HS Kibler Stadium at Larosa’s Field
7 Springfield Shawnee (8-3) vs. 3 The Plains Athens (10-1) at Hamilton Twp. Alumni Field
DIVISION IV (games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, unless noted)
Region 13
1 (#6) Brookfield (11-0) vs. 4 Akron Manchester (8-3) at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
2 (#3) Creston Norwayne (11-0) vs. 6 Youngstown Liberty (9-2) at Uniontown Lake Alumni Field
Region 14
1 (#1) Columbus Bishop Hartley (11-0) vs. 4 (#8) Richwood North Union (11-0) at Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Selby Field
2 (#2) Ottawa-Glandorf (11-0) vs. 3 (#5) Genoa Area (11-0) at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 15
1 (#7) St. Clairsville (11-0) vs. 5 Piketon (9-2) at Logan Chieftain Stadium
2 Ironton (7-3) vs. 3 Johnstown-Monroe (9-2) at Athens Scott Riggs and Family Stadium
Region 16
1 (#4) Clarksville Clinton-Massie (11-0) vs. 4 Batavia (11-0) at Kings Stadium
7 West Milton Milton-Union (9-2) vs. 3 Norwood (10-1) at Kettering Fairmont Roush Stadium
DIVISION V (games scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 unless noted)
Region 17
1 (#2) Kirtland (11-0) vs. 4 (#5) Columbiana Crestview (11-0) at Warren G. Harding Mollenkopf Stadium
7 (#10) Youngstown Ursuline (7-4) vs. 3 (#8) Cuyahoga Heights (10-1) at Infocision Field at Copley Stadium
Region 18
1 (#3) Lima Central Catholic (11-0) vs. 4 Findlay Liberty-Benton (10-1) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
7 Hamler Patrick Henry (9-2) vs. 3 Columbia Station Columbia (10-1) at Fremont Ross Harmon Field at Don Paul Stadium
Region 19
1 Lucasville Valley (11-0) vs. 4 Bucyrus Wynford (9-2) at Reynoldsburg Raider Stadium
2 Oak Hill (9-2) vs. 6 Baltimore Liberty Union (9-2) at Nelsonville-York Boston Field
Region 20
1 (#1) Coldwater (11-0) vs. 4 West Liberty-Salem (11-0) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field
2 Cincinnati Summit Country Day (11-0) vs. 3 (#7) Covington (11-0) at Centerville Stadium
DIVISION VI (games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, unless noted)
Region 21
1 (#1) Mogadore (11-0) vs. 5 Berlin Center Western Reserve (9-2) at Ravenna Gilcrest Field
2 (#5) Malvern (10-1) vs. 6 Youngstown Christian School (8-2) at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary John Cistone Field – Green Street Stadium
Region 22
1 (#2) McComb (11-0) vs. 5 Tiffin Calvert (7-4) at Millbury Lake Community Stadium
2 (#7) Fremont St. Joseph Central Catholic (10-1) vs. 6 Delphos St. John’s (7-4) at Perrysburg Widdel Field at Steinecker Stadium
Region 23
1 Danville (10-1) vs. 4 Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (8-3) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
2 (#9) Newark Catholic (9-2) vs. 3 Glouster Trimble (10-1) at Sheridan Paul Culver Jr. Stadium
Region 24
1 (#3) Ada (10-1) vs. 4 St. Henry (8-3) at Lima Stadium
2 Minster (9-2) vs. 3 (#6) Maria Stein Marion Local (9-2) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field