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OHSAA FOOTBALL Weekly Release - October 23, 2018 Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214 | Office 614-267-2502 | Fax 614-267-1677 www.OHSAA.org | @OHSAASports | Facebook.com/OHSAASports Contact: Tim Stried, Director of Communications, [email protected] Welcome to Week 10 of the Regular-Season gate. All-session ticket books for the state championship games The final week of the 2018 OHSAA football regular season has are on sale. The top tier ticket option includes indoor access in the arrived. On Tuesday (Oct. 23), the OHSAA released the updated stadium club during and between games. A premium parking pass computer ratings through Week Nine. The regular season ends is also available for sale. Access to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is this Saturday night (Oct. 27) and the final computer ratings will included with some ticket packages. be posted late that night. Schools have until 10 AM Sunday (Oct. 28) to report any possible mistakes in the ratings. Unless there is a State Championships Schedule discrepancy, the ratings become official at noon. The state championship games return to Canton this year at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. One division will be selected to play Pairings and Weekly Notes Packets Released Sundays by 4 p.m. its state championship game on Thursday, Nov. 29 (7:30 p.m. kick- The OHSAA’s weekly playoff football notes packet, which includes off). Then there will be three state championship games on Friday, the playoff pairings, will be posted each Sunday by 4 p.m. The first Nov. 30, followed by three championship games on Saturday, Dec. regional playoff brackets, which include the contact information 1. Game times on Friday and Saturday are 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 for media coordinators at each site, will be posted online by 3 p.m. p.m. The divisional assignments will be announced after the state Monday, Oct. 29. The brackets will be updated on Friday and Satur- semifinal games. day nights throughout the playoffs. Neutral sites will be added on Sunday afternoons. About the Regionals and State Semifinals The regional playoffs follow bracket format, beginning with the Playoffs Back to Friday and Saturday Nights; All Games at 7 PM regional quarterfinals. During the first four rounds of the playoffs, all games will kick off at Regional Quarterfinals (Nov. 2 and 3): During the first round, the 7 PM. Division I, II, III and VI games will be on Fridays. Division IV, higher seed will host the playoff game at its home stadium or the V and VII games will be on Saturdays. In 2017, the OHSAA experi- stadium of its choosing. The No. 8 seed will play at the No. 1 seed, mented with having all playoff games on Friday nights. the No. 7 seed at No. 2, etc. In the Beginning… to Seven Divisions When the OHSAA created the football playoffs in 1972, there were three divisions (called Class A, AA and AAA) and only one playoff Media Information qualifier per region (12 total playoff qualifiers). Now in its 46th All Kickoffs Now at 7:00 PM year, the postseason has expanded to seven divisions and 224 total New in 2017, all playoff games will kick-off at 7:00 PM. Previously, playoff qualifiers. Expansion occurred in 1980 to five divisions and Friday playoff games kicked off at 7:30 PM. two qualifiers per region, and then again in 1985 to four qualifiers per region. In 1994, a sixth division was added, while in 1999, the Credentials for Playoff Games number of qualifiers per region increased to eight. The playoffs For the first four rounds of the playoffs, media must contact the expanded to seven divisions in 2013. host site’s media coordinator by 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Contact infor- mation for the media coordinator for each game will be posted OHSAA Football by the Numbers within the brackets at OHSAA.org. Media coordinators will work 717 – High schools in Ohio that played football in 2018 with the athletic director at the schools and follow the OHSAA’s 7 – Divisions for the playoffs press box priority seating scale. 28 – Total Regions (4 per division) 8 – Playoff qualifiers per region Playoff Games On TV 32 – Playoff qualifiers per division Spectrum will make its playoff game selections by noon on 224 – Total playoff qualifiers Mondays. Spectrum has exclusivity of the games it selects. Other 31.2 – Percentage of football playing schools that qualify games are available for tape-delay telecasts, which can be shown 72 – Schools in Division I beginning at 11:30 PM the same day of the game. 108 – Average number of schools in Division II through VII OHSAA Radio Network Programming Ticket Information On Wednesdays during the playoffs, the OHSAA Radio Network Fans are encouraged to buy their playoff tickets in advance at the will distribute a 30 minute preview show. The network will also participating schools, which keep a percentage of the revenue. broadcast all seven state championship games. Affiliates have their For regional playoff games, tickets are $8 presale and $9 at the rights fees waived throughout the playoffs. Regional Semifinals (Nov. 9 and10), Regional Finals (Nov. 16 Building on History and 17) and State Semifinals (Nov. 23 and 24): Neutral sites are se- Pages 10-16 of this release for the playoff history of each school lected by the OHSAA. There are many factors that go into determin- that is currently in playoff position entering week 10 of the 2018 ing playoff sites, such as quality of field surface, seating capacity, regular season. quality of lighting, size of locker rooms and distance from field, press box size, parking spaces available, and a separate locker room Week 10 Movers for officials. After all those factors are taken into consideration, it Many schools will need to win their final regular-season game this must be confirmed that the site is available and willing to host a weekend in order to clinch a playoff berth. The OHSAA football playoff game on the date needed. weekly release on Oct. 29 will include the list of schools that were outside the playoff field after Week 9 and moved up into the playoff On the Verge of History field thanks to victories in Week 10. Entering the 2018 season, 59 OHSAA member schools have never made the football playoffs. First Round Success Last season, four schools made the playoffs for the first time, Two schools have an amazing success rate in the first round of the including Lima Perry (Div. VII, Region 28), Galion Northmor (Div. VI, playoffs. St. Henry has been in the playoffs 16 times and is 16-0 Region 23), Eastlake North (Div. II, Region 5) and Middletown Madi- in first-round playoff games. Cincinnati Colerain is 19-0 in the first son (Div. V, Region 20). The number of first-time playoff participants round, although one of its first-round games (1995) was later for- since 2000 included four in 2017, eight in 2016, eight in 2015, 10 in feited. In addition, three schools won their first-round playoff game 2014, two in 2013, seven in 2012, eight in 2011, six in 2010, 14 in nine straight years before losing, including Germantown Valley 2009, 12 in 2008, 14 in 2007, 10 in 2006, 12 in 2005, 16 in 2004, 12 View, Mogadore and Newark Licking Valley. in 2003, 21 in 2002, 17 in 2001 and 26 in 2000. Welcome Back Speaking of Making History... The OHSAA football weekly release on Oct. 29 will include the list of While the aforementioned four schools were in the playoffs for the schools that are back in the playoffs after a long absence. In 2017, first time last year, Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller made the playoffs Milford (Div. I) was back in the playoffs for the first time since 1986, for the 34th time, which is one shy of the OHSAA record held by while Sidney (Div. II) was back for the first time since 1989. Two Newark Catholic. teams in Div. IV were also back after a long hiatus, including Pepper MOST OHSAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES ENTERING 2018 SEASON: Pike Orange (1988) and London (1989). 1. Newark Catholic, 35 In 2015, Burton Berkshire was back in the playoffs for the first 2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 34 time since 1981. In 2013, Norwalk was back in the playoffs for the 3. Ironton, 33 first time since winning the state championship in 1974. 4. Mogadore, 31 5. Steubenville, 30 First-Round Playoff Results by Seed 6-tie. Wheelersburg, 29 In the first round of the 2017 playoffs, the higher seeds (home 6-tie. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 29 teams) went 83-29. There was one No. 8 seed that won, as Reading 8. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 28 defeated Casstown Miami East 27-25 in Div. V, Region 20. In 2016, first-round hosts went 80-32 and five No. 8 seeds won, Playoff Streaks including Avon Lake in Div. II (27-26 at Avon), Akron East in Div. III Entering the 2018 season, Coldwater owns the longest active (50-37 at Marlington), Philo in Div. VI (42-7 at Heath), Garrettsville streak of qualifying for the playoffs at 21-straight years. In fact, the Garfield in Div. V (31-21 at Canfield South Range) and Columbus Cavaliers have been to the state championship game the last eight Bishop Ready in Div. VI (28-21 at Hannibal River). years to tie Newark Catholic (1980-87) for the state record of con- In 2015, first-round hosts went 81-31 and four No.