COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Tuesday afternoon the state football semifinal bracket pairings for Divisions II-VII.
Those state semifinal games will be played Nov. 13-14. The OHSAA will select neutral sites for those Divisions II-VII state semifinals on Sunday.
Division II State Semifinals – Friday, Nov. 13, 7 pm
Home team listed first. Sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
Region 6 vs. Region 5
Region 7 vs. Region 8
State Championship Game: Nov. 20 or 21 at Fortress Obetz
Division II Regional Finals – Friday, Nov. 6. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first.
Region 5: 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban vs. 3 Hudson
Region 6: 1 Avon vs. 3 Avon Lake
Region 7: 1 Massillon Perry vs. 2 Massillon Washington
Region 8: 1 Cincinnati Winton Woods vs. 2. Cincinnati La Salle
Division III State Semifinals – Friday, Nov. 13, 7 pm
Home team listed first. Sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
Region 11 vs. Region 12
Region 10 vs. Region 9
State Championship Game: Nov. 20 or Nov. 21 at Fortress Obetz
Division III Regional Finals – Friday, Nov. 6. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first.
Region 9: 1 Chardon vs. 3. Canfield
Region 10: 1 Tiffin Columbian vs. 6. Parma Heights Holy Name
Region 11: 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales vs. 2. Columbus Bishop Hartley
Region 12: 4 Hamilton Ross vs. 6. Kettering Archbishop Alter
Division IV State Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 pm
Home team listed first. Sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
Region 13 vs. Region 15
Region 14 vs. Region 16
State Championship Game: Nov. 21 or 22 at Fortress Obetz
Division IV Regional Finals – Saturday, Nov. 7. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first unless otherwise noted.
Region 13: 6. Youngstown Ursuline vs. 12 Mentor Lake Catholic
Region 14: 2 Shelby vs. 5 Van Wert
Region 15: 1 St. Clairsville vs. 3. Carroll Bloom-Carroll
Region 16: 1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie vs. 3. Cincinnati Wyoming
Division V State Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 PM
Division V Pairings and sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
State Championship Game: Nov. 21 or 22 at Fortress Obetz
Division V Regional Finals – Saturday, Nov. 7. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first unless otherwise noted.
Region 17: 1 Kirtland vs. 2 Canfield South Range at Mentor High School
Region 18: 2 Tontogany Otsego vs. 5 Pemberville Eastwood
Region 19: 1 Ironton vs. 2 West Lafayette Ridgewood
Region 20: 1 St. Bernard Roger Bacon vs. 7. Springfield Shawnee
Division VI State Semifinals – Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 PM
Home team listed first. Sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
Region 23 vs. Region 21
Region 24 vs. Region 22
State Championship Game: Nov. 21 or 22 at Fortress Obetz
Division VI Regional Finals – Saturday, Nov. 7. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first.
Region 21: 1 New Middletown Springfield 3 Creston Norwayne
Region 22: 3 Sherwood Fairview vs. 4 Columbus Grove at Defiance High School
Region 23: 1 Beverly Fort Frye vs. 3 Proctorville Fairland
Region 24: 1 Coldwater vs. 2 Mechanicsburg
Division VII State Semifinals – Friday, Nov. 13, 7 PM
Home team listed first. Sites announced Sunday, Nov. 8
Region 25 vs. Region 27
Region 26 vs. Region 28
State Championship Game: Nov. 20 or 21 at Fortress Obetz
Division VII Regional Finals – Friday, Nov. 6. Pairings shown with regional seed. Home team listed first.
Region 25: 1 Warren John F. Kennedy vs. 2 Lucas
Region 26: 1 Lima Central Catholic vs. 6 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon
Region 27: 5 Newark Catholic vs. 7 Shadyside
Region 28: 1 Maria Stein Marion Local vs. 3 New Bremen
Regional seeds, records or rankings do not factor into the state semifinal bracket pairings. The brackets are not predetermined because they are based primarily on geography of the competing schools to keep travel time to a minimum.
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This weekend is the Division I state semifinals and the Divisions II-VII regional finals.
The OHSAA announced Monday the state football finals this month will be at Fortress Obetz, a multi-purpose sports complex located in Obetz on the southeast side of Columbus.
This season is the first time since 2016 the state football finals will be held in Central Ohio.
The football state championship games were held at Ohio Stadium in Columbus from 2014-2016 before moving to Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton from 2017-2019.
