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OHSAA Releases Football Second Round Playoff Pairings

November 2, 2025
News Release – Ohio High School Athletic Association
Executive Director Doug Ute
 
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For Immediate Release – November 2, 2025
OHSAA Contact – Tim Stried, Director of Media Relations, [email protected]
 
OHSAA Releases Football Second Round Playoff Pairings  
Top four seeds in each region host first-round winners
 
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for the second round of the football playoffs. The top four seeds in each region earned a bye last week and will host the first-round winners this week in the regional quarterfinals on Friday, November 7. All games kick off Friday at 7 p.m.
 
The better seeded team will serve as the host through the first three rounds of the playoffs. The regional playoffs follow bracket format. Rebracketing will occur for the state semifinals.
 
2025 Playoff Brackets, Spectrum and NFHS Network Coverage, Playoff Information and More: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Football/Football-2025/2025-OHSAA-Football-Tournament-Coverage
 
The Regional Semifinals (third-round) games will be played on Friday, November 14. Neutral sites will be used beginning in the Regional Finals on Friday, November 21. The state semifinals will be on Friday, November 28, with the state championship games then hosted at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton December 4-6.
 
Tickets: Tickets for all playoff games will be available on Mondays at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. Details on state championship game tickets are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/ohsaa-announces-football-state-championships-schedule-and-tickets-11
 
Media Notes:
 
 
 
MaxPreps Ohio Football Home (stats, scoreboard): https://www.maxpreps.com/state/football/ohio.htm
 
 
 
OHSAA Football Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Pairings
Pairings shown with regional seed. All games on Friday, November 7, at 7 p.m., unless indicated otherwise.  
 
Division I
Region 1
No. 8 Berea-Midpark (7-4) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (8-2)
No. 7 Massillon Jackson (6-5) at No. 2 Mentor (10-0)
No. 11 Medina (4-7) at No. 3 Canton McKinley (8-2)
No. 5 Perrysburg (9-2) at No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (8-2)
 
Region 2
No. 8 Lebanon (8-3) at No. 1 Middletown (8-2)
No. 7 Hilliard Bradley (6-5) at No. 2 Troy (8-2)
No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (7-4) at No. 3 Findlay (6-4)
No. 5 Springfield (7-4) at No. 4 Springboro (7-3)
 
Region 3
No. 8 Delaware Olentangy Berlin (6-5) at No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (10-0)
No. 10 Groveport Madison (6-5) at No. 2 Pickerington Central (9-1)
No. 6 Upper Arlington (9-2) at No. 3 Pickerington North (9-1)
No. 5 Powell Olentangy Liberty (7-4) at No. 4 Lewis Center Olentangy (8-2)
 
Region 4
No. 8 Fairfield (6-5) at No. 1 Cincinnati Elder (10-0)
No. 7 West Chester Lakota West (7-4) at No. 2 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (7-3)
No. 6 Liberty Township Lakota East (8-3) at No. 3 Cincinnati St. Xavier (7-2)
No. 5 Cincinnati Winton Woods (9-2) at No. 4 Cincinnati Princeton (8-2)
 
Division II
Region 5
No. 9 Youngstown Boardman (6-5) at No. 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (8-1)
No. 7 Macedonia Nordonia (8-3) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-1)
No. 11 Uniontown Green (6-5) at No. 3 Austintown Fitch (8-1)
No. 5 Hudson (9-2) at No. 4 Uniontown Lake (7-3)
 
Region 6
No. 8 Brecksville-Broadview Heights (7-4) at No. 1 Medina Highland (10-0)
No. 7 Toledo St. Francis de Sales (7-4) at No. 2 Wadsworth (10-0)
No. 6 Olmsted Falls (7-4) at No. 3 Avon (9-1)
No. 5 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (7-4) at No. 4 North Ridgeville (9-1)
 
Region 7
No. 8 Columbus Walnut Ridge (8-3) at No. 1 Sunbury Big Walnut (9-1)
No. 7 Ashland (10-1) at No. 2 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (8-2)
No. 6 North Canton Hoover (9-2) at No. 3 Massillon Washington (7-3)
No. 5 Westerville South (9-2) at No. 4 Canal Winchester (9-1)
 
Region 8
No. 8 Cincinnati Withrow (9-2) at No. 1 Cincinnati Anderson (10-0)
No. 7 Harrison (8-3) at No. 2 Kings Mills Kings (9-1)
No. 6 Lima Senior (9-2) at No. 3 Trotwood-Madison (6-3)
No. 5 Cincinnati La Salle (8-3) at No. 4 Xenia (8-2)
 
Division III
Region 9
No. 8 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-4) at No. 1 Canfield (9-1)
No. 10 Geneva (9-2) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA (9-0)
No. 6 Akron East (9-2) at No. 3 Gates Mills Hawken (8-2)
No. 12 Maple Heights (8-3) at No. 4 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (8-1)
 
Region 10
No. 8 St. Marys Memorial (8-3) at No. 1 Medina Buckeye (10-0)
No. 7 Lima Shawnee (8-3) at No. 2 Wapakoneta (10-0)
No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic (7-4) at No. 3 Lexington (9-1)
No. 5 Rocky River (9-2) at No. 4 Richfield Revere (8-2)
 
Region 11
No. 8 Granville (8-3) at No. 1 Columbus Bishop Watterson (9-0)
No. 7 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (8-3) at No. 2 Newark Licking Valley (10-0)
No. 6 Delaware Buckeye Valley (9-2) at No. 3 Steubenville (7-2)
No. 5 Columbus Hamilton Township (9-2) at No. 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (8-2)
 
Region 12
No. 8 Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (7-4) at No. 1 London (10-0)
No. 7 Oxford Talawanda (10-1) at No. 2 Tipp City Tippecanoe (10-0)
No. 6 Kettering Archbishop Alter (8-3) at No. 3 Hamilton Badin (9-1)
No. 5 Washington Court House Miami Trace (10-1) at No. 4 Jackson (8-2)
 
Division IV
Region 13
No. 8 Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (8-3) at No. 1 Perry (8-2)
No. 10 Salem (7-4) at No. 2 Cleveland Glenville (7-3)
No. 6 Streetsboro (9-2) at No. 3 Mentor Lake Catholic (8-2)
No. 5 Norton (10-1) at No. 4 Beloit West Branch (9-1)
 
Region 14
No. 9 Orrville (7-4) at No. 1 Shelby (10-0)
No. 10 Lodi Cloverleaf (7-4) at No. 2 Galion (9-1)
No. 6 Sandusky Perkins (8-3) at No. 3 Napoleon (8-2)
No. 5 Bellevue (8-3) at No. 4 Lima Bath (8-2)
 
Region 15
No. 8 Lancaster Fairfield Union (7-4) at No. 1 New Lexington (9-1)
No. 7 Circleville (8-3) at No. 2 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (9-0)
No. 11 Johnstown (8-3) at No. 3 Plain City Jonathan Alder (9-1)
No. 5 Columbus East (10-1) at No. 4 Chillicothe Unioto (10-0)
 
Region 16
No. 8 Washington Court House Washington (6-5) at No. 1 Cincinnati Indian Hill (10-0)
No. 7 Cincinnati Wyoming (10-1) at No. 2 Germantown Valley View (9-1)
No. 6 Brookville (10-1) at No. 3 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (9-1)
No. 5 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (10-1) at No. 4 Cincinnati Taft (10-0)
 
Division V
Region 17
No. 8 Canfield South Range (7-4) at No. 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (7-2)
No. 7 Akron Manchester (8-3) at No. 2 Girard (10-0)
No. 6 Youngstown Liberty (9-2) at No. 3 Poland Seminary (8-2)
No. 5 St. Clairsville (8-3) at No. 4 Garrettsville Garfield (8-2)
 
Region 18
No. 9 Oak Harbor (9-2) at No. 1 Liberty Center (10-0)
No. 7 Fairview Park Fairview (9-2) at No. 2 Wooster Triway (9-1)
No. 11 Port Clinton (7-4) at No. 3 Genoa Area (9-1)
No. 5 Findlay Liberty-Benton (11-0) at No. 4 Creston Norwayne (8-2)
 
Region 19
No. 9 McConnelsville Morgan (8-3) at No. 1 Wheelersburg (10-0)
No. 10 Chillicothe Zane Trace (9-2) at No. 2 Gahanna Columbus Academy (8-2)
No. 11 Belmont Union Local (8-3) at No. 3 Nelsonville-York (10-0)
No. 5 Portsmouth (8-3) at No. 4 Barnesville (8-2)
 
Region 20
No. 8 Richwood North Union (7-4) at No. 1 Williamsburg (10-0)
No. 7 Camden Preble Shawnee (10-1) at No. 2 Lewistown Indian Lake (8-2)
No. 11 Cincinnati Mariemont (7-4) at No. 3 Casstown Miami East (9-1)
No. 5 Carlisle (9-2) at No. 4 St. Paris Graham (8-2)
 
Division VI
Region 21
No. 8 Wickliffe (9-2) at No. 1 Kirtland (10-0)
No. 7 Sugarcreek Garaway (8-2) at No. 2 Columbiana Crestview (10-0)
No. 6 Dalton (8-3) at No. 3 Columbia Station Columbia (9-1)
No. 5 Smithville (9-2) at No. 4 Hanoverton United (9-1)
 
Region 22
No. 9 Carey (7-4) at No. 1 Castalia Margaretta (9-1)
No. 10 Collins Western Reserve (9-2) at No. 2 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (9-1)
No. 6 Attica Seneca East (8-3) at No. 3 Archbold (8-2)
No. 5 Sherwood Fairview (10-1) at No. 4 Paulding (10-0)
 
Region 23
No. 9 West Lafayette Ridgewood (9-2) at No. 1 Centerburg (9-1)
No. 10 Caldwell (8-3) at No. 2 Beverly Fort Frye (8-1)
No. 6 Toronto (10-1) at No. 3 West Jefferson (9-1)
No. 5 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (10-1) at No. 4 Mount Gilead (9-1)
 
Region 24
No. 9 Portsmouth West (6-5) at No. 1 New Madison Tri-Village (10-0)
No. 7 Ironton Rock Hill (7-4) at No. 2 Springfield Northeastern (9-1)
No. 6 Anna (8-3) at No. 3 Mechanicsburg (8-2)
No. 5 Coldwater (7-4) at No. 4 St. Bernard Elmwood Place (9-1)
 
Division VII
Region 25
No. 8 Warren JFK (6-5) at No. 1 McDonald (10-0)
No. 7 East Canton (9-2) at No. 2 Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding (10-0)
No. 6 East Palestine (8-3) at No. 3 Mogadore (9-1)
No. 5 Malvern (7-4) at No. 4 Monroeville (8-2)
 
Region 26
No. 8 Edon (9-2) at No. 1 Lima Central Catholic (9-1)
No. 7 Pandora-Gilboa (8-3) at No. 2 North Baltimore (10-0)
No. 6 Sycamore Mohawk (9-2) at No. 3 Leipsic (9-1)
No. 5 Gibsonburg (8-3) at No. 4 Columbus Grove (7-3)
 
Region 27
No. 8 Bowerston Conotton Valley (8-3) at No. 1 Jeromesville Hillsdale (9-1)
No. 7 Strasburg-Franklin (8-3) at No. 2 Waterford (8-2)
No. 11 Danville (6-5) at No. 3 Lancaster Fisher Catholic (8-2)
No. 12 Glouster Trimble (7-4) at No. 4 Willow Wood Symmes Valley (8-2)
 
Region 28
No. 8 Sidney Lehman Catholic (10-1) at No. 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-0)
No. 10 New Bremen (7-4) at No. 2 St. Henry (9-1)
No. 11 Cedarville (6-5) at No. 3 Cincinnati Country Day (9-1)
No. 12 Fort Recovery (6-5) at No. 4 Beaver Eastern (10-0)
 
 
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