OHSAA releases football regional final parings

COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and host sites for the football regional finals on Friday, Nov. 21. All games will kick off at 7 p.m. The regional playoffs follow bracket format. Rebracketing will occur for the state semifinals on Nov. 28. The state championship games will be hosted at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton from Dec. 4-6. All 28 regional championship games will be covered by either Spectrum or the NFHS Network. Neutral sites receive a rental stipend from the OHSAA and also keep revenue from concessions, parking and 50-50 raffles. The OHSAA selects and pays for the officiating crews. Many factors go into determining locations for each game, and rarely can an available site be found that is exactly halftime between the two participating schools. Once a potential site is determined, the school must be available and willing to host a game on the requested night. Of note to the area, the Division IV Region 14 championship game between No. 1 Shelby (12-0) and No. 2 Galion (11-1) will be played at Arlin Field in Mansfield. Norwalk faced the Tigers in Week 3 of the regular season and scrimmaged Shelby on Aug. 15. The Div. III Region 10 title game — which is also Norwalk's region — will be contested at Clyde High School between No. 5 Rocky River (11-2) and No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic (9-4). In Div. VI Region 22, No. 2 Hopewell Loudon (11-1) from the SBC River Division and No. 9 Carey (9-4) from the Northern 10 Conference is slated for Donnell Stadium in Findlay. In Div. VII Region 25, No. 1 McDonald (12-0) faces No. 3 Mogadore (11-1) at Macedonia Nordonia. McDonald defeated Monroeville last week. Tickets for all playoff games will be available on Mondays at ohsaa.org/tickets. OHSAA football regional final playoff pairings Pairings shown with regional seed. All games begin at 7 p.m. DIVISION IRegion 1No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (10-2) vs. No. 2 Mentor (12-0) at Parma Byers Field at Robert Boulton StadiumRegion 2No. 1 Middletown (10-2) vs. No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (9-4) at Trotwood-Madison High School Attorney Michael L. Wright SportsPlexRegion 3No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (12-0) vs. No. 2 Pickerington Central (11-1) at Columbus Historic Crew StadiumRegion 4No. 1 Cincinnati Elder (12-0) vs. No. 3 Cincinnati St. Xavier (9-2) at Mason High School Tri-Health/Beacon Stadium DIVISION IIRegion 5No. 1 Akron Hoban (10-1) vs. No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (10-1) at Bedford High School Bearcat StadiumRegion 6No. 1 Medina Highland (12-0) vs. No. 3 Avon (11-1) at Brunswick High School Brunswick Auto Mart StadiumRegion 7No. 1 Sunbury Big Walnut (11-1) vs. No. 3 Massillon Washington (9-3) at Zanesville High School Sulsberger StadiumRegion 8No. 1 Cincinnati Anderson (12-0) vs. No. 3 Trotwood-Madison (8-3) at West Chester Lakota West High School Firebird Stadium DIVISION IIIRegion 9No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA (11-0) vs. No. 4 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (10-1) at Twinsburg High School Tiger StadiumRegion 10No. 5 Rocky River (11-2) vs. No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic (9-4) at Clyde High School Robert J. Bishop Jr. StadiumRegion 11No. 1 Columbus Bishop Watterson (11-0) vs. No. 3 Steubenville (9-2) at Newark High School White FieldRegion 12No. 1 London (12-0) vs. No. 2 Tipp City Tippecanoe (12-0) at Fairborn High School Skyhawk Stadium DIVISION IVRegion 13No. 1 Perry (10-2) vs. No. 2 Cleveland Glenville (9-3) at Ravenna High School Portage Community Bank Stadium/Harry Gilchrist FieldRegion 14No. 1 Shelby (12-0) vs. No. 2 Galion (11-1) at Mansfield Arlin FieldRegion 15No. 1 New Lexington (11-1) vs. No. 2 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (11-0) at Coshocton High School Stewart FieldRegion 16No. 1 Cincinnati Indian Hill (12-0) vs. No. 2 Germantown Valley View (11-1) at Fairfield High School Alumni Stadium DIVISION VRegion 17No. 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (9-2) vs. No. 2 Girard (12-0) at Canfield South Range High School Rominger Athletic ComplexRegion 18No. 1 Liberty Center (12-0) vs. No. 3 Genoa Area (11-1) at Fostoria High School Memorial StadiumRegion 19No. 1 Wheelersburg (12-0) vs. No. 3 Nelsonville-York (12-0) at Hamilton Township High School Alumni StadiumRegion 20No. 2 Lewistown Indian Lake (10-2) vs. No. 8 Richwood North Union (9-4) at Marysville High School IMPACT Stadium DIVISION VIRegion 21No. 1 Kirtland (12-0) vs. No. 7 Sugarcreek Garaway (10-2) at Louisville High School Leopard StadiumRegion 22No. 2 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (11-1) vs. No. 9 Carey (9-4) at Findlay Donnell StadiumRegion 23No. 3 West Jefferson (11-1) vs. No. 5 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (12-1) at Marengo Highland High School Covrett Stadium Fishburn Family FieldRegion 24No. 5 Coldwater (9-4) vs. No. 6 Anna (10-3) at Piqua High School Alexander Stadium DIVISION VIIRegion 25No. 1 McDonald (12-0) vs. No. 3 Mogadore (11-1) at Macedonia Nordonia High School Boliantz StadiumRegion 26No. 3 Leipsic (11-1) vs. No. 4 Columbus Grove (9-3) at Lima Shawnee High School Shawnee StadiumRegion 27No. 1 Jeromesville Hillsdale (11-1) vs. No. 11 Danville (8-5) at West Lafayette Ridgewood High School Generals StadiumRegion 28No. 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (12-0) vs. No. 2 St. Henry (11-1) at Wapakoneta High School Mercy Health VFW Post 8445 Field