COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has released the pairings for the football state semifinals as well as the dates for the state finals.
In total, 448 Ohio schools started the playoff journey on Oct. 28, with 28 teams remaining — 14 of them will go on to play for state titles in their respective districts. For the second year in a row, OHSAA had the top 16 teams in each of the state’s 28 regions qualify for the playoffs.
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Semi-final games will be played Friday, Nov. 25, and Saturday, Nov. 26, at neutral locations, and will begin at 7 p.m. State title games will be played Thursday – Saturday, Dec. 1-3, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton.
Semi-final games, dates, times, and locations are below.
Division I – both games Friday, 7 p.m.
Lakewood St. Edward (13-1) vs. Gahanna at Mansfield
Cincinnati Moeller (13-1) vs. Springfield (12-1) at Piqua
State Championship: Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division II – both games Friday, 7 p.m.
Massillon Washington (12-1) vs. Akron Hoban (13-1) at University of Akron
Toledo Central Catholic (13-1) vs. Kings Mills Kings (13-1) at Wapakoneta
State Championship: Thursday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division III – both games Friday, 7 p.m.
Canfield (12-1) vs. Parma Hts. Holy Name (11-2) at Euclid
Bloom-Carroll (13-1) vs. Tippecanoe (13-1) at London
State Championship: Friday, Dec. 2, 3 p.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division IV – both games Saturday, 7 p.m.
Steubenville (12-2) vs. Cincinnati Wyoming (14-0) at Historic Crew Stadium
Jefferson Area (11-3) vs. Cleveland Glenville (13-0) at Canal Fulton Northwest
State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division V – both games Friday, 7 p.m.
Ironton (14-0) vs. Germantown Valley View (13-1) at Cincinnati Princeton
South Range (14-0) vs. Liberty Center (14-0) at Clyde
State Championship: Friday, Dec. 2, 10:30 a.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division VI – both games Saturday, 7 p.m.
Marion Local (14-0) vs. Columbus Grove (12-2) at Lima
Kirtland (14-0) vs. Beverly Fort Frye (13-1) at Canfield South Range
State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 3, 10:30 a.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Division VII – both games Saturday, 7 p.m.
New Bremen (11-3) vs. Lima Central Catholic (10-4) at Wapakoneta
Warren JFK (12-1) vs. Newark Catholic (11-1) at Orrville
State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 3, 3 p.m., Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
