COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and neutral sites for the football state semifinals November 23 and 24. The winners will advance to the state championship games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton November 29, 30 and December 1.
During the first four rounds of the playoffs, all games will kick off at 7 PM. Division I, II, III and VI games are on Fridays. Division IV, V and VII games are on Saturdays.
OHSAA Football State Semifinal Pairings
Home team listed first. Pairings include AP state rank and record.
Division I – Games at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23
Powell Olentangy Liberty (9-4) vs. 9 Lakewood St. Edward (9-3) at Mansfield Arlin Stadium
8 Pickerington Central (11-2) vs. 1 Cin. Colerain (13-0) at Piqua Alexander Stadium
Division II – Games at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23
6 Cin. Winton Woods (12-1) vs. 3 Massillon Washington (13-0) at Gahanna Lincoln Wilbur C. Strait Field
1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (13-0) vs. 8 Avon (12-1) at Brunswick Auto Mart Stadium
Division III – Games at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23
1 Kettering Archbishop Alter (12-1) vs. Norwalk (10-3) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
7 Cols. Eastmoor Acad. (12-1) vs. 4 Chagrin Falls Kenston (12-1) at New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium
Division IV – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24
5 St. Marys Memorial (12-1) vs. 1 Cin. Wyoming (13-0) at Piqua Alexander Stadium
Girard (12-1) vs. Newark Licking Valley (10-3) at Dover Crater Stadium
Division V – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24
8 Liberty Center (12-1) vs. Orrville (11-2) at Sandusky Perkins Firelands Regional Medical Center Stadium
4 Johnstown-Monroe (12-1) vs. 3 Wheelersburg (12-1) at Jackson Holzer Field at Alumni Stadium
Division VI – Games at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23
Beverly Fort Frye (12-0) vs. 1 Kirtland (13-0) at Massillon Jackson Robert Fife Stadium
Attica Seneca East (12-1) vs. 3 Maria Stein Marion Local (12-1) at Lima Spartan Stadium
Division VII – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24
4 Fort Loramie (12-1) vs. 6 McComb (12-1) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
Cuyahoga Heights (11-2) vs. Glouster Trimble (12-1) at Sparta Highland Fishburn Family Field at Covrett Stadium