OHSAA FOOTBALL Weekly Release - November 13, 2016 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/OHSAA

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Welcome to the Regional Finals! championship schedule for Divisions III, V and VII will be announced Regional boundary lines were drawn back in June, and now the at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26. The announcements championship games in those regions have arrived as the third will be made on the OHSAA’s twitter account (@OHSAASports) and round of the OHSAA football playoffs are this weekend. Division I, in the weekly release on Sunday, Nov. 27. II, IV and VI games are Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Division III, V and VII games are Saturday at 7 p.m. In the Beginning… to Seven Divisions When the OHSAA created the football playoffs in 1972, there were The OHSAA has selected neutral sites based on the best available three divisions (called Class A, AA and AAA) and only one playoff sites after a number of factors have been evaluated. The regional qualifier per region (12 total playoff qualifiers). Now in its 45th playoffs follow bracket format, with the top team on the bracket year, the postseason has expanded to seven divisions and 224 total designated as the home team (see brackets posted at OHSAA.org). playoff qualifiers. Expansion occurred in 1980 to five divisions and two qualifiers per region, and then again in 1985 to four qualifiers State Semifinal Pairings per region. In 1994, a sixth division was added, while in 1999, the Later this week, the OHSAA will announce how the regional cham- number of qualifiers per region increased to eight. The playoffs pions in several divisions will be paired in the state semifinals Nov. expanded to seven divisions in 2013. 25-26. The regional champion pairings in some divisions, however, will not be determined until after the regional finals this weekend. OHSAA Football by the Numbers Note that state semifinal pairings are based on geography. 716 – High schools in Ohio that played football in 2016 7 – Divisions for the playoffs Fifteen is the Number 72 – Schools in Division I Fifteen of the 28 No. 1 seeds have advanced to the regional final. 108 – Average number of schools in Division II through VII The playoffs began with 31 undefeated teams. Fifteen remain. 32 – Playoff qualifiers per division 4 – Playoff qualifiers per region Media Credentials for the Regional Finals 224 – Total playoff qualifiers The regional playoff brackets posted at OHSAA.org include the 31.3 – Percentage of football playing schools that qualify contact information for media coordinators at each site. Media are to contact the host site media coordinators before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Regional Quarterfinals (Nov. 4-5): During the first round, the higher at which time the media coordinators will determine approved cre- seed will host the playoff game at its home stadium or the stadium dentials using the OHSAA’s press box priority seating scale posted on the football page at OHSAA.org. Note that only Time Warner Ca- ble SportsChannel can provide live video, and TWC has exclusivity Media Information of the games it selects (see later note). All other play-by-play video telecasts cannot begin until 11:30 p.m. Credentials for Playoff Games For the first four rounds of the playoffs, media must contact the Playoff Format and Schedule host site’s media coordinator by 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Contact infor- Unless otherwise noted, Divisions I, II, IV and VI play at 7:30 p.m. mation for the media coordinator for each game will be posted on Fridays during the playoffs, while Divisions III, V and VII play at 7 within the brackets at OHSAA.org. Media coordinators will work p.m. on Saturdays. Occasionally, that schedule changes during the with the athletic director of the schools and follow the OHSAA’s first round is due to the host site having to share the stadium with press box priority seating scale posted at http://bit.ly/2eoqSFS another school (high school or college) or the site not having lights. Playoff Games On TV In rounds two through four, any changes are typically due to a site Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will make its playoff game se- hosting a playoff double-header. lections by noon on Mondays. TWC has exclusivity of the games it selects. Other games are available for tape-delay telecasts, which Of the four divisions that play their playoff games on Friday nights, can be shown beginning at 11:30 PM the same day of the game. one will be selected to play its state championship game on Thursday, Dec. 1. The other three will play their state champion- ship games on Friday, Dec. 2. Divisions III, V and VII will play their state championship games on Saturday, Dec. 3. The OHSAA will announce the state championship game schedule for Divisions I, II, IV and VI at approximately 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25, while the Twitter.com/OHSAASports Facebook.com/OHSAA of its choosing. The No. 8 seed will play at the No. 1 seed, the No. 7 The OHSAA found a home in Stark County, with Canton Fawcett seed at No. 2, etc. Stadium and Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium sharing the state championship games for 24 years until 2014 when the finals Regional Semifinals (Nov. 11-12), Regional Finals (Nov. 18-19) and returned to the ‘Shoe. State Semifinals (Nov. 25-26): Neutral sites are selected by the OHSAA. There are many factors that go into determining playoff The current contract for the OHSAA football state championship sites, such as quality of field surface, seating capacity, quality of games initially included two years at Ohio Stadium (2014 and lighting, size of locker rooms and distance from field, press box size, 2015), and an additional year was added for 2016 due to the stadi- parking spaces available, and a separate locker room for officials. um renovations underway in Canton. There is currently no contract After all those factors are taken into consideration, it must be con- in place for the football finals after 2016, but the OHSAA intends to firmed that the site is available and willing to host a playoff game move the finals back to Stark County for 2017 and 2018. on the date needed. Setting Up the State Championships Ticket Information Since 2013, the time slots for the state championship games are not Fans are encouraged to buy their playoff tickets in advance at the announced until the night of the state semifinals. Of the divisions participating schools, which keep a percentage of the revenue. For that play their playoff games on Friday nights during the playoffs (I, regional playoff games, tickets are $8 presale and $9 at the gate. II, IV and VI), one will be selected to play its state championship on All-session ticket books are currently on sale for the state champi- Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The schedule for the state champion- onship games at http://go.osu.edu/OHSAAFBTix. All-session ticket ship games is as follows: books in the club level, which are the chair-back seats on the west side of the stadium, are $105 each (good for all seven games) and Thursday, Dec. 1 also permit indoor access in the Huntington Club before, during and 7:30 p.m. – Either Div. I, II, IV or VI after each game. All-session reserved ticket books on the east side of the stadium, which don’t include indoor access, are $84 each. Friday, Dec. 2 Single game tickets will go on sale November 22 and cost $10 at the 10 a.m. – Either Div. I, II, IV or VI state finalist schools, or at the gate before each game for $15 (club 3 p.m. – Either Div. I, II, IV or VI level) and $12 (reserved). 8 p.m. – Either Div. I, II, IV or VI

Regional Finalists by Seed Saturday, Dec. 3 The following seeds have advanced to the regional finals: 10 a.m. – Either Div. III, V or VII No. 1 - 15 No. 2 - 7 3 p.m. – Either Div. III, V or VII No. 3 - 13 No. 4 - 7 8 p.m. – Either Div. III, V or VII No. 5 - 6 No. 6 - 3 No. 7 - 4 (Cin. Sycamore, Trotwood, Chardon NDCL, Harvest Prep) Defending State Champions No. 8 - 1 (Garrettsville Garfield) All seven state champions from 2015 have advanced to the regional finals. They include Lakewood St. Edward (Div. I), Cincinnati La Salle First Round Results by Seed (Div. II), Akron Archbishop Hoban (Div. III), Columbus Bishop Hartley the first round of the playoffs, the higher seeds (home teams) went (Div. IV), Coldwater (Div. V), Kirtland (Div. VI) and Fort Recovery (Div. 80-32. Five No. 8 seeds won at No. 1 seeds, including Avon Lake in VII). Div. II (27-26 at Avon), Akron East in Div. III (50-37 at Marlington), Philo in Div. IV (42-7 at Heath), Garrettsville Garfield in Div. V (31-21 Consecutive Playoff Wins at Canfield South Range) and Columbus Bishop Ready in Div. VI (28- Not only did Maria Stein Marion Local reach the state champion- 21 at Hannibal River). ship game for the fifth-straight year in 2015, the Flyers set a new 2016 Regional Quarterfinal Results by Seed: OHSAA record for consecutive playoff victories with 24 before No. 1 seeds: 23-5 (No. 8 seeds: 5-23) falling to Kirtland in the Div. VI state championship game. Not far No. 2 seeds: 19-9 (No. 7 seeds: 9-19) behind is fellow-MAC member and four-time defending state cham- No. 3 seeds: 21-7 (No. 6 seeds: 7-21) pion Coldwater with 22-straight playoff wins. No. 4 seeds: 17-11 (No. 5 seeds: 11-17) Last year in the first round of the playoffs, the higher seeds (home No. School Years teams) went 81-31 and four No. 1 seeds lost. In 2014, the higher * denotes streak is still active. Updated Nov. 13, 2016 seeds teams (home teams) went 88-24 and none of the No. 1 seeds 24 Maria Stein Marion Local 2011‐12‐13‐14-15 in Div. II through VII lost in the first round. 23 Cleveland St. Ignatius 1991‐92‐93‐94‐95‐96 *22 Coldwater 2012‐13‐14-15-16 Building on History 17 Youngstown Ursuline 2008‐09‐10‐12 See pages 12-19 in this release for the playoff histories of each 17 Newark Catholic 84‐85‐86‐87‐88 school that has qualified for the 2016 playoffs. 16 Delphos St. John’s 1997‐98‐99‐2000 15 Versailles 1993‐94‐95‐96 Championship Games in Ohio Stadium 13 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 1975‐76‐77‐79‐80‐81 After hosting the OHSAA state championship games in Columbus throughout the 1980s, natural grass was installed in Ohio Stadium MAC Builds on Success in Columbus in the spring of 1990 and OSU asked the OHSAA to The highly successful Midwest Athletic Conference is now 65-2 move its football state championship games to another location. in first round playoff games against non-MAC schools since the playoffs expanded to eight qualifiers per region in 1999. (The two off appearance. In those games, the playoff newcomers went 26-23 losses include a Versailles loss to Lima Central Catholic in 2005 and (.531) at home, 19-128 (.129) when playing on the road and 3-10 a Delphos St. John’s loss to Arlington in 2014.) The MAC is 49-13 (.231) when playing at a neutral site. against non-MAC schools in OHSAA regional championship games. The MAC is now 33-7 in state semifinal games against non-MAC Speaking of Making History... schools. While eight schools made the playoffs for the first time, Newark Catholic has now made the playoffs for a state record 35th time. In 2014, the MAC became the first league to have three of its OHSAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES members win football state championships in the same season 1. Newark Catholic, 35 (Coldwater in Div. V, Minster in Div. VI and Maria Stein Marion 2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 33 Local in Div. VII). The MAC had won two state championships in the 3. Ironton, 33 same season five times, but never three titles. In 2015, three MAC 4. Mogadore, 30 schools again played in state championship games, with Coldwa- 5. Steubenville, 29 ter winning in Div. V and Fort Recovery winning in Div. VII, while Marion Local fell to Kirtland in Div. VI. Those three communities, all Playoff Streaks located in Mercer County, are all less than 15 miles apart. Hugging Coldwater owns the longest active streak of qualifying for the the Ohio-Indiana state line, Mercer County has a total population of playoffs at 20 straight years. In fact, the Cavaliers have been to the 40,784 (as of 2013). state championship game the last seven years. Newark Catholic owns the record with eight straight title game appearances from The MAC currently owns 114 various OHSAA state team champion- 1980-87 followed by Cleveland St. Ignatius with six in a row from ships. 1991-96. Until 2012, Columbus St. Francis DeSales had owned the longest active streak at 18-straight years, but the Stallions missed Proving the Pollsters the playoffs that season. After Coldwater, the second-longest active Thirty four of the 70 teams that appeared in the final Associated streak is held by Mogadore at 18 straight playoff years. The all-time Press poll are still alive in the playoffs. Four of the seven teams that longest streak of consecutive years making the playoffs is 22 years won poll championships are still playing, including Toledo Central by Cleveland St. Ignatius from 1988 through 2009. Catholic (Div. III), Kettering Archbishop Alter (Div. IV), Wheelersburg (Div. V) and Maria Stein Marion Local (Div. VI). The final AP polls School Consecutive Years in Playoffs (Years) appear on page 7 of this packet. * denotes active streak Cleveland St. Ignatius 22 (1988-2009) All 70 teams that appeared in the final AP poll earned a playoff * Coldwater 20 (1997-2016) berth. Those 70 teams went 58-12 in the first round of the playoffs. Columbus St. Francis DeSales 18 (1994-2011) Of those 58 wins, 55 were home games for the ranked team, while * Mogadore 18 (1999-2016) three ranked teams won on the road in the first round, including Akron Manchester 15 (1991-2005) Trotwood-Madison (Div. III), Columbus Bishop Hartley (Div. IV), * Kettering Archbishop Alter 16 (2001-2016) Swanton (Div. V) and Fort Recovery (Div. VII). * Steubenville 16 (2001-2016) Clarksville Clinton-Massie 14 (2002-2015) Last year, the only teams to be ranked No. 1 in the final poll and go Cin. Archbishop Moeller 13 (2002-2014) on to win a state championship were Lakewood St. Edward in Div. I and Coldwater in Div. V. First Round Success Two schools have an amazing success rate in the first round of the Seven Teams Make School History playoffs. St. Henry has been in the playoffs 16 times and is 16-0 Entering the 2016 season, 70 OHSAA member schools had never in first-round playoff games. Cincinnati Colerain is 19-0, although made the football playoffs. That number shrunk by eight last week, one of its first-round games (1995) was later forfeited. In addition, as Hilliard Bradley (Div. I), Columbus West (Div. II), Akron East (Div. three schools won their first-round playoff game nine straight years III), Bellefontaine Ben Logan (Div. IV), Cincinnati Aiken (Div. V), before losing, including Germantown Valley View, Mogadore and Lakeside Danbury (VIII), McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (Div. VII) and Newark Licking Valley. Cincinnati Hillcrest Academy (Div. VII) all made the playoffs for the first time in their school’s history. Last year, another eight schools Week 10 Movers made the playoffs for the first time, including Toledo Start (Div. I), Many schools needed to win their final regular-season game to Dayton Belmont (Div. III), Lewistown Indian Lake (Div. IV), Byesville clinch a playoff berth. But several schools needed to win and get Meadowbrook (Div. IV), Magnolia Sandy Valley (Div. V), Bidwell some help to vault into the Top 8 in their region after being outside River Valley (Div. V), Bethel-Tate (Div. V) and North Jackson Jack- the playoff field last week. The biggest movers were West Liber- son-Milton (Div. VII). The number of first-time playoff participants ty-Salem in Div. IV, Region 15, which was 13th in its region last since 2000 includes eight in 2016, eight in 2015, 10 in 2014, two week, and Bay Village Bay in Div. III, Region 10, which was also 13th in 2013, seven in 2012, eight in 2011, six in 2010, 14 in 2009, 12 in last week. Elsewhere, Dayton Belmont in Div. III, Region 12, was 2008, 14 in 2007, 10 in 2006, 12 in 2005, 16 in 2004, 12 in 2003, 21 11th in its region last week and lost its Week 10 game, but moved in 2002, 17 in 2001 and 26 in 2000. up to No. 8 due to forfeitures of another team. Blanchester (Div. V, Region 20), was 11th last week and moved up to eighth in the final Since 1999 when the number of regional qualifiers was expanded ratings. Four other schools were 10th in their region last week and to 32 teams per division and the first-round game has been played moved up into the playoff field this week, including Parma Heights at the higher seed, 209 schools have made their school’s first play- Holy Name (Div. IV, Region 13), Jeromesville Hillsdale (Div. VI, Region 21), Defiance Tinora (Div. VI, Region 22) and Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (Div. VII, Region 27).

Welcome Back Several schools are back in the playoffs this year after being out of the postseason for several years. The logest of which is by Barberton, which is back for the first time since 1998. In 2015, several schools made the playoffs after long abbsences, including Burton Berkshire (Div. V, Region 15, last appearance was in 1981), Holland Springfield (Div. II, Region 4, last appearance was in 1994) and Swanton (Div. V, Region 16, last appearance was in 1995). In 2013, Norwalk was back in the playoffs for the first time since winning a state championship in 1974.

Division II Finalists Continue to Be the New Kids on the Block When the OHSAA expanded the football playoffs to seven divisions in 2013 and made Division I smaller (including only the largest 72 schools in the state), one of the resulting effects was that many schools that used to be “small” Div. I schools were now in Div. II. Since then, many Div. II schools have made their schools’ deepest playoff runs. That began with Loveland in 2013 and continued with Cincinnati La Salle in 2014. Both schools not only won their first-ever playoff games those seasons, but went on to win the Div. II state title. That fact was evidenced again in 2015 as the Div. II state semifinalist Massillon Perry made its first appearance in the “final four.”

Before the Playoffs… Historians have found that in most years since 1895, the media or a specific organization named an Ohio high school football state cham- pion. The Associated Press began its polls in 1947 and the OHSAA created the playoffs in 1972. The research of mythical state champi- ons dating back to 1895 has been compiled on the football page at OHSAA.org. 2016 Regional Final Pairings and Schedule

2016 OHSAA Football Playoffs – Regional Final Pairings Division IV – Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 Home Team Listed First. Home Team Listed First Pairings are shown with seeds and overall records. Region 13 1 Perry (12-0) vs. 7 Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (9-3) at Mentor Jerome T. Osborne Stadium Division I – Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 Home Team Listed First Region 14 Region 1 5 Columbus Bishop Hartley (9-2) vs. 2 Ottawa-Glandorf (11-1) at Belle- 4 Cleveland St. Ignatius (11-1) vs. 2 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) at Bed- fontaine AcuSport Stadium ford Bearcat Stadium Region 15 Region 2 4 Shelby (11-1) vs. 2 Steubenville (11-1) at Massillon Washington Paul 1 Powell Olentangy Liberty (12-0) vs. 3 Lorain (10-2) at Mansfield Madi- Brown Tiger Stadium son Ram Field at StarTek Stadium Region 16 Region 3 1 Cincinnati Wyoming (12-0) vs. 3 Kettering Archbishop Alter (12-0) at 1 Huber Heights Wayne (11-0-1) vs. 3 Pickerington Central (11-1) at Monroe Hornet Stadium London Bowlus Field

Region 4 Division V – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 5 Cincinnati St. Xavier (7-5) vs. 7 Cincinnati Sycamore (8-4) at Hamilton Home Team Listed First Virgil M. Schwarm Stadium Region 17 8 Garrettsville Garfield (9-3) vs. 3 Canton Central Catholic (8-3) at Union- town Lake Alumni Field Division II – Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 Home Team Listed First Region 18 Region 5 1 Creston Norwayne (11-1) vs. 3 Milan Edison (11-1) at Medina Ken 4 Hudson (10-2) vs. 3 Warren G. Harding (11-1) at Twinsburg Tiger Dukes Stadium Stadium Region 19 Region 6 1 Wheelersburg (12-0) vs. 3 Coshocton (10-1) at Athens High School R. 4 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (9-3) vs. 6 Olmsted Falls (9-3) at San- Basil Rutter Field dusky Perkins Firelands Regional Medical Center Stadium Region 20 Region 7 1 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (12-0) vs. 2 Coldwater (11-1) at 1 Massillon Perry (10-2) vs. 3 New Albany (9-3) at Mansfield Arlin Field Northmont Good Samaritan Stadium, Matt Dudon Memorial Field

Region 8 4 Miamisburg (10-2) vs. 3 Cincinnati La Salle (10-2) at Mason Dwire Field Division VI – Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 at Atrium Stadium Home Team Listed First Region 21 1 Cuyahoga Heights (12-0) vs. 3 Kirtland (11-1) at Solon Stewart Field Division III – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Home Team Listed First Region 22 Region 9 1 Hamler Patrick Henry (12-0) vs. 3 Defiance Ayersville (12-0) at Napo- 5 New Philadelphia (10-2) vs. 2 Akron Archbishop Hoban (11-1) at Canal leon Charles Buckenmeyer Stadium Fulton Northwest Jim Schalmo Field at Dr. Martin Smilek Stadium Region 23 Region 10 5 Newark Catholic (8-4) vs. 2 Beverly Ft. Frye (12-0) at Zanesville Suls- 1 Toledo Central Catholic (12-0) vs. 6 Lexington (9-3) at Tiffin Columbian berger Stadium Frost-Kalnow Stadium Region 24 Region 11 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (11-1) vs. 3 Mechanicsburg (12-0) at Sidney 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (12-0) vs. 3 Columbus Hamilton Town- Memorial Stadium ship (10-2) at Upper Arlington Marv Moorehead Stadium

Region 12 4 St. Marys Memorial (11-1) vs. 7 Trotwood-Madison (10-2) at Piqua Alexander Stadium, Purk Field 2016 Regional Final Pairings and Schedule

Division VII – Games at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Home Team Listed First Region 25 1 Norwalk St. Paul (12-0) vs. 3 Warren John F. Kennedy (11-1) at Strongs- ville Pat Catan Stadium

Region 26 1 McComb (11-1) vs. 6 Convoy Crestview (9-3) at Lima Spartan Stadium

Region 27 1 Waterford (11-1) vs. 7 Canal Winchester Harvest Preparatory (9-3) at Logan Chieftain Stadium

Region 28 5 Fort Recovery (8-4) vs. 3 Minster (8-4) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field Associated Press Final Poll, November 1, 2016

DIVISION I Division IV Division VII 1. Cincinnati Colerain (20) 10-0 246 1. Kettering Archbishop Alter 10-0 215 1. Covington 10-0 233 2. Huber Heights Wayne (1) 9-0-1 220 2. Perry 10-0 186 2. Norwalk St. Paul 10-0 230 3. Powell Olentangy Liberty (2) 10-0 192 3. Heath 10-0 172 3. McComb 9-1 183 4. Cleveland St. Ignatius (3) 9-1 175 4. Cincinnati Wyoming 10-0 170 4. Warren John F. Kennedy 9-1 180 5. Pickerington Central 9-1 148 5. Steubenville 9-1 133 5. Troy Christian 9-1 119 6. Solon 9-1 125 6. Peninsula Woodridge 10-0 96 6. Waterford 9-1 102 7. Stow Munroe-Falls 9-1 107 7. Mantua Crestwood 9-1 86 7. Monroeville 9-1 93 8. Hilliard Bradley 9-1 79 8. Cols. Bishop Hartley 8-2 78 8. Mogadore 8-2 85 9. Lakewood St. Edward 7-2 61 9. Johnstown-Monroe 9-1 73 9. Portsmouth Sciotoville Community 10-0 77 10. Dublin Jerome 9-1 52 10. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 7-2 64 10. Glouster Trimble 8-2 25 Others receiving 12 or more points: None Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Clinton Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Massie (1) 56. 12, Port Clinton 29. 13, Lew- Shadyside 20. 12, Toronto 19. Division II istown Indian Lake 20. 14, Struthers (1) 15. 1. Avon 10-0 236 2. Cincinnati Turpin 10-0 198 Division V 3. Chardon 10-0 180 1. Wheelersburg 10-0 230 4. Holland Springfield 10-0 173 2. Coldwater 9-1 222 5. Cincinnati La Salle 8-2 150 3. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy 10-0 184 6. Troy 9-1 117 4. Sugarcreek Garaway 10-0 171 7. Warren G Harding 9-1 114 5. Creston Norwayne 9-1 141 8. Aurora 9-1 99 6. Milan Edison 9-1 120 9. Grafton Midview 9-1 79 7. Pemberville Eastwood 9-1 94 10. Massillon Perry 8-2 42 8. Swanton 9-1 84 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mas- 9. Canfield South Range 9-1 76 Playoff Qualifiers By Record Since 2013 sillon Washington 22. 10. Coshocton 9-1 31 2016 2015 2014 2013 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Orwell Record Division III Grand Valley 16. 12, Carlisle 13. Teams Teams Teams Teams 1. Toledo Central Catholic 10-0 246 10-0 29 21 37 35 2. Cols. St. Francis DeSales 10-0 226 Division VI 9-0 1 1 2 1 3. Akron Hoban 9-1 181 1. Maria Stein Marion Local 9-1 233 9-0-1 1 0 0 0 4. Alliance Marlington 10-0 143 2. Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights 10-0 207 9-1 50 66 43 57 Franklin 10-0 143 3. Hamler Patrick Henry 10-0 191 8-1-1 0 0 0 0 6. Bexley 10-0 121 4. Bucyrus Wynford 10-0 161 8-1 2 6 0 1 7. Sandusky 9-1 89 5. Mechanicsburg 10-0 142 8-2 53 54 55 63 8. Wapakoneta 9-1 85 6. Kirtland 9-1 124 7-2 4 5 3 4 9. St. Marys Memorial 9-1 64 7. Defiance Ayersville 10-0 93 7-3 63 36 49 34 10. Trotwood-Madison 8-2 48 8. Beverly Ft. Frye 10-0 84 6-2 0 1 0 0 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cols. 9. Delphos Jefferson 9-1 44 2 3 1 1 Hamilton Township 14. 10. Hannibal River 10-0 34 6-3 Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, 6-3-1 0 0 0 0 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas 25. 12, New 6-4 17 22 28 22 Middletown Springfield (1) 22. 13, Chesa- 5-5 2 5 4 4 peake 14. t14, Lisbon David Anderson 12. t14, 5-4 0 1 1 0 Spencerville 12. 4-6 0 2 1 1 4-5 0 1 0 1 3-6 0 0 0 0 224 224 224 224

Playoff Qualifiers By Won-Loss Record, 2000-2012

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Record Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams 10-0 34 32 37 30 34 29 25 28 21 26 29 26 28 9-0 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 9-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-1 47 45 45 49 49 52 58 55 54 56 53 48 52 8-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-1 1 3 1 2 1 3 4 0 4 3 0 3 2 8-2 58 54 59 59 54 58 48 51 60 51 53 57 51 7-2 6 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 5 1 3 4 7-3 28 40 35 40 36 35 32 36 28 39 41 40 34 6-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 6-3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6-4 11 8 4 7 11 12 14 18 12 9 8 6 13 5-5 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 0 4 1 4 3 5 5-4 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 OHSAA Playoff Leaders OHSAA Playoff Notes OHSAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (updated for 2016 qualifiers) Fewest OHSAA Playoff Wins With a State Title 1. Newark Catholic, 35 (Entering 2016 Season) 2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 33 3 – Parma Heights Holy Name (3-2 all-time, won 1975 title) 3. Ironton, 33 3 – Garfield Heights Trinity (3-5 all-time won 1980 title) 3 – Norwalk (3-2 all-time, won 1974 title) 4. Mogadore, 30 4 – Galion (4-6 all-time, won 1985 title) 5. Steubenville, 29 4 – Warren Western Reserve (4-3 all-time, won 1972 title) T-6. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 28 5 – Fairfield (5-5 all-time, won 1986 title) T-6. Wheelersburg, 28 6 – Fort Recover (6-1 all-time, won 2015 state title) 8. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 27 6 – Brecksville-Broadview Heights (6-8 all-time, won 1983 title) 9. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 25 6 – Brookfield (6-4 all-time, won 1978 title) 10. Canton McKinley, 24 6 – Lima Senior (6-6 all-time, won 1996 title) 11. Massillon Washington, 23 6 – Lisbon David Anderson (6-4 all-time, won 1995 title) 6 – Loveland (6-3 all-time, won 2013 title) tie-12. Coldwater 22 7 – six schools (Beloit West Branch, Carey, Cincinnati Purcell Marian, Crooksville, tie-12. Orrville, 22 Nelsonville-York and Wauseon) OHSAA PLAYOFF WINS (updated Nov. 13, 2016) 1. Newark Catholic, 71 Most OHSAA Playoff Wins Without a State Title (Entering the 2016 playoffs) 2. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 68 29 – Shadyside 3. Coldwater, 67 28 – Massillon Washington 4. Maria Stein Marion Local, 64 26 – Mentor 5. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 62 26 – Newark Licking Valley 6. Steubenville, 59 25 – Pickerington Central 7. Mogadore, 57 22 – Solon 8. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 53 22 – Huber Heights Wayne 9. Delphos St. John’s, 52 21 – Cleveland Glenville 20 – Uniontown Lake 10. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 49 19 – Danville T-11. Versailles, 45 18 – Bellaire T-11. Ironton, 45 18 – Chagrin Falls 13. St. Henry 44 18 – Sidney Lehman Catholic 14. Cleveland Benedictine 43 17 – Findlay Liberty-Benton 17 – Huron OHSAA PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE (updated Nov. 13, 2016) 17 – Toledo Whitmer (minimum 50 playoff games) 16 – Dublin Coffman 1. Maria Stein Marion Local, 64-10, .865 16 – Akron Manchester 2. Delphos St. John’s, 52-11, .825 3. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 68-15, .819 Most Recent Schools to Win State Title in First Year in Playoffs 4. Coldwater, 67-15, .817 Dublin Scioto - 1995 5. St. Henry, 44-10, .815 Wauseon - 1993 Cleveland St. Ignatius - 1988 6. Versailles, 45-12, .790 Akron Buchtel - 1987 7. Cleveland Benedictine, 43-13, .768 Cincinnati Purcell Marian - 1986 8. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 62-20, .756 Galion - 1985 9. Newark Catholic, 71-25, .740 10. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, 40-15, .727 Most OHSAA State Semifinal Appearances (Entering 2016 Season) 11. Steubenville, 59-23, .720 1. Newark Catholic, 24 12. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 53-21, .716 T-2. Mogadore, 17 T-2. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 17 OHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 4. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 16 1. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 11 5. Steubenville, 15 2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 9 T-6. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 14 T-3. Maria Stein Marion Local, 8 T-6. Maria Stein Marion Local, 14 T-8. Delphos St. John’s, 13 T-3. Newark Catholic, 8 T-8. Coldwater, 13 T-3. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 8 10. Versailles, 12 6. Cleveland Benedictine, 7 T-11. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, 11 T-7. Coldwater, 6 T-11. Cleveland Benedictine, 11 T-7. Delphos St. John’s, 6 T-11. Ironton, 11 T-7. St. Henry, 6 T-7. Versailles, 6 Most OHSAA State Championship Game Appearances (Entering 2016) T-7. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, 6 1. Newark Catholic, 14 2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 13 OHSAA STATE RUNNERS-UP T-3. Cleveland St. Ignatius, 12 T-1. Ironton, 6 T-3. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 12 T-1. Newark Catholic, 6 5. Coldwater, 11 T-3. Coldwater, 5 6. Maria Stein Marion Local, 10 7. Versailles, 9 T-3. Mogadore, 5 T-8. Cleveland Benedictine, 8 T-3. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 5 T-8. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 8 T-6. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, 4 T-8. Ironton, 8 T-8. St. Henry, 8 State Champions by Regional Seed Since the OHSAA OHSAA STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS BY CONFERENCE Note: Schools are listed by current conference, in alphabetical order. Expansion to Eight Qualifiers Per Region in 1999 Akron City Series: Akron Buchtel (2) TOTAL: 2 No. 1 Seeds: 46 All-American Conference: Poland Seminary (1) TOTAL: 1 No. 2 Seeds: 24 Blanchard Valley Conference: Dola Hardin Northern (1), McComb (1) TOTAL: 2 No. 3 Seeds: 14 Central Catholic League: Columbus Bishop Hartley (3), Columbus Bishop Ready (1), Columbus Bishop Watterson (2), Columbus St. Francis DeSales (3) TOTAL : 9 No. 4 Seeds: 5 Chagrin Valley Conference: Aurora (1), Kirtland (3) TOTAL: 4 No. 5 Seeds: 5 Cincinnati Hills League: Cincinnati Wyoming (1) TOTAL: 1 No. 6 Seeds: 2 Columbus City League: Columbus Brookhaven (1) TOTAL: 1 Eastern Cincinnati Conference: Loveland (1) TOTAL: 1 No. 7 Seeds: 2 (Cle. St. Ignatius in 2001 & Piqua in 2006) Federal League: Canton McKinley (3) TOTAL: 3 No. 8 Seeds: 1 (St. Henry in 2004) Firelands Conference: Norwalk St. Paul (1) TOTAL: 1 Fort Ancient Valley Conference: Cincinnati Anderson (1), Cincinnati Winton Woods (1) TOTAL: 2 Schools to Play in Consecutive Football State Cham- Greater Catholic League: Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (9), Cincinnati Elder (2), Cin- cinnati Purcell Marian (1), Cincinnati St. Xavier (2), Dayton Chaminade Julienne (1), pionship Games in Different Divisions Hamilton Badin (1), Kettering Archbishop Alter (2), Middletown Bishop Fenwick (2), Cleveland Benedictine: 1980 (Div. III, W) and 1981 (Div. II, W) Cincinnati La Salle (2) TOTAL: 22 Greater Miami Conference: Cincinnati Colerain (1), Cincinnati Princeton (3), Fairfield Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education: 1985 (Div. IV, W) and 1986 (1) TOTAL: 5 (Div. III, W) Greater Western Ohio Conference: Lebanon (1), Piqua (1), Trotwood-Madison (1) Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education: 1991 (Div. III, L) and 1992 TOTAL: 3 (Div. IV, W) Inter Tri-County League: Lisbon David Anderson (1) TOTAL: 1 Versailles: 1993 (Div. IV, W), 1994 (Div. V, W), 1995 (Div. IV, W) and 1996 Lake Erie League: Maple Heights (1), Warren G. Harding (2) TOTAL: 3 Licking County League: Newark Catholic (8), TOTAL: 8 (Div. V, L) Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference: Marion Pleasant (3) TOTAL: 3 Columbus Bishop Watterson: 2001 (Div. II, L) and 2002 (Div. III, W) Mid-State League: Amanda-Clearcreek (2), Gahanna Columbus Academy (2), West Kenton: 2002 (Div. IV, W) and 2003 (Div. III, L) Jefferson (2) TOTAL: 6 Maria Stein Marion Local: 2006 (Div. VI, W) and 2007 (Div. V, W) Midland Athletic League: Carey (1), Tiffin Calvert (2) TOTAL: 3 Maria Stein Marion Local: 2012 (Div. VI, W) and 2013 (Div. VII, W) Midwest Athletic Conference: Coldwater (6), Delphos St. John’s (6), Fort Recovery (1), Maria Stein Marion Local (8), Minster (2), St. Henry (6), Versailles (6*) TOTAL: 35* Maria Stein Marion Local: 2014 (Div. VII, W) and 2015 (Div. VI, L) * Only one of Versailles’ state championships came while in the MAC Muskingum Valley League: Crooksville (1) TOTAL: 1 North Coast League: Akron Archbishop Hoban (1), Bedford St. Peter Chanel (1), Cleve- Best Records that Didn’t Qualify for the Playoffs land Benedictine (7), Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (1), Garfield Heights Trinity (1), Shown with division, region, record and regional computer rating finish Mentor Lake Catholic (3), Parma Heights Holy Name (1), Warren John F. Kennedy (1) TOTAL: 16 2016 North Central Conference: Galion (1) TOTAL: 1 Dresden Tri-Valley 9-1 (Div. II, Region 7, finished 9th) Northeastern Buckeye Conference: Beloit West Branch (1) TOTAL: 1 Upper Arlington 8-2 (Div. I, Region 3, finished 9th) Northern Buckeye Conference: Fostoria (2) TOTAL: 2 Akron Ellet 8-2 (Div. II, Region 5, finished 10th) Northern Lakes Leauge: Sylvania Southview (1) TOTAL: 1 Wooster 8-2 (Div. II, Region 7, finished 10th) Northern Ohio League: Norwalk (1) TOTAL: 1 Toledo Woodward 8-2 (Div. III, Region 10, finished 9th) Northwest Conference: Columbus Grove (1) TOTAL: 1 Norwood 8-2 (Div. III, Region 12, finished 10th) Northwest Ohio Athletic League: Archbold (1), Hamler Patrick Henry (1), Liberty Center Cincinnati Marietmont 8-2 (Div. IV, Region 16, finished 10th) (1), Wauseon (1) TOTAL: 4 Ohio Capital Conference: Dublin Scioto (1), Hilliard Davidson (2), Sunbury Big Walnut (1), Upper Arlington (1) TOTAL: 5 2015 Ohio Cardinal Conference: Orrville (1) TOTAL: 1 Logan 8-2 (Div. II, Region 5, finished 10th) Ohio Valley Athletic Conference: Steubenville (3), Steubenville Catholic Central (1) Akron Buchtel 8-2 (Div. III, Region 7, finished 9th) TOTAL: 4 Cleveland John Hay (Div. III, Region 8, finished 9th) Portage Trail Conference: Mogadore (3) TOTAL: 3 Zanesville Maysville (Div. IV, Region 13, finished 10th) Premier Athletic Conference: Chardon (1) TOTAL: 1 Total number of teams to win 7 or more games and miss the playoffs: 39 Sandusky Bay Conference: Clyde (1), Sandusky Perkins (1) TOTAL: 2 SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO LEAGUE: Clarksville Clinton-Massie (2) TOTAL: 2 2014 Southern Ohio Conference: Wheelersburg (1) TOTAL: 1 Shown with division, region, record and regional computer rating finish Southwestern Buckeye League: Germantown Valley View (3) TOTAL: 3 Div. VI Region 20 Gibsonburg 9-1 (10th) Southwestern Conference: Avon Lake (1), Brecksville-Broadview Heights (1), Olmsted Number of 8-2 teams to miss the playoffs: 14 Falls (1) TOTAL: 3 Number of 7-3 teams to miss the playoffs: 23 Steel Valley Conference: Youngstown Ursuline (4) TOTAL: 4 Number of 7-2 teams to miss the playoffs: 1 Three Rivers Athletic Conference: Lima Senior (1), Toledo Central Catholic (3), Toledo St. Francis deSales (2) TOTAL: 6 Tri-Valley Conference: Nelsonville-York (1) TOTAL: 1 2013 Wayne county athletic league: Creston Norwayne (1) Total: 1 Shown with division, region, record and regional computer rating finish Western Buckeye League: Defiance (1), Kenton (2), St. Marys Memorial (3) TOTAL: 6 Div. II Region 4 Toledo Bowsher 8-2 (11th) West Shore Conference: Elyria Catholic (3) TOTAL: 3 Div. II Region 5 Lewis Center Olentangy 8-2 (11th) Div. III Region 7 Norton 8-2 (12th) INDEPENDENTS: Div. III Region 10 New Richmond 9-1 (9th) Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (6), Brookfield (1), Canton Central Catholic (2), Cleveland Div. IV Region 11 Fairview Park Fairview 8-2 (10th) St. Ignatius (11), Cleveland St. Joseph (1), Ironton (2), Lakewood St. Edward (3), Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (1), Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (8) TOTAL: 35

Last undefeated team to miss the playoffs: Newcomerstown in 2001 Cincinnati Academy of Physcial Education (3, defunct) Warren Western Reserve (1, no longer an OHSAA member school)

TOTAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 229 Most-Used Playoff Host Sites in Ohio Entering the 2016 playoffs Playoff Games on TV Time Warner Cable (TWC) is the official television partner of the Dayton Welcome Stadium 163 OHSAA and will televise several playoff games every weekend. Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium 143 TWC will announce its playoff selections by noon on Mondays. Canton Fawcett Stadium 134 Akron Rubber Bowl 86 Their coverage of those games is exclusive and some games will Lima Stadium 87 be shown live. TWC will televise the state championship games Berea Baldwin Wallace George Finnie Stadium 80 live December 1, 2 and 3. During the playoffs, other telecasts can Parma Byers Field 78 begin at 11:30 PM the same night as the game. Findlay Donnell Stadium 75 Zanesville Sulsberger Memorial Stadium 64 Championships on the OHSAA Radio Network Mansfield Senior Arlin Field 62 Now in its seventh year, the OHSAA Radio Network will broad- Ohio Stadium 61 cast the football state championship games. Stations that com- Troy Memorial Stadium 58 mit to carry several state championship game broadcasts from the network will have their rights fees waived throughout the playoffs. The championship games will be available from Skyview Largest High School Stadiums in Ohio Satellite and online. Please contact Tim Stried at the OHSAA for Canton Fawcett Stadium - Under Construction 22,375 more information. Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium 16,884 Dayton Welcome Stadium 11,300 Playoff Preview Show Coming November 1 Parma Byers Field 11,200 The OHSAA Radio Network will distribute a 55-minute playoff Upper Arlington Marv Moorhead Stadium 10,750 preview show on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The show will include two Troy Memorial Stadium 10,500 local breaks and will break down each division, with pairings and The Pit - Cincinnati Elder 10,000 analysis. Austintown Fitch Greenwood Chevrolet Falcon Stadium 9,209 Steubenville Harding Stadium 9,106 Brunswick AutoMart Stadium 9,000 Mansfield Arlin Field 9,000 Piqua Alexander Stadium, Purk Field 9,000 OHSAA Football Postseason History Euclid Sparky DiBiaso Stadium 8,500 Warren Mollenkopf Stadium 8,500 Regions/ Qualifiers/ Qualifiers/ Total Playing Years Divisions Division Region Division Qualifiers Schools* Centerville Stadium 8,000 1972-79 3 4 1 4 12 715 Cincinnati Lockland Stadium 8,000 1980-84 5 4 2 8 40 720 Middletown Cris Carter Field at Barnitz Stadium 8,000 1985-93 5 4 4 16 80 719 Niles McKinley Bo Rein Stadium 8,000 1994-98 6 4 4 16 96 703 1999-2012 6 4 8 32 192 709 Lakewood First Federal Lakewood Stadium 7,500 2013- 7 2 Div. I 16 Div. I 32 224 714 Sidney Memorial Stadium 7,500 4 Div. II-VII 8 Div. II-VII Portsmouth Clark Athletic Complex 7,300 * Number at beginning of expansion

Other Historical Resources Available on the Football Page at OHSAA.org Past Tournament Results Regions/ Qualifiers/ Qualifiers/ Total Playing Years Divisions Division Region Division Qualifiers Schools* All-Time State Championship Results 1972-79 3 4 1 4 12 715 All-Time State Football Tournament Database 1980-84 5 4 2 8 40 720 1985-93 5 4 4 16 80 719 All-Time AP Poll Champions & All-Ohio Teams 1994-98 6 4 4 16 96 703 OHSAA Football State Record Book 1999-2012 6 4 8 32 192 709 2013- 7 2 Div. I 16 Div. I 32 224 714 Looking Back at the OHSAA Football Championships 4 Div. II-VII 8 Div. II-VII Early Ohio High School State Football Champions Compiled * Number at beginning of expansion

Other Historical Resources Available on the Football Page at OHSAA.org Past Tournament Results All-Time State Championship Results All-Time State Football Tournament Database All-Time AP Poll Champions & All-Ohio Teams OHSAA Football State Record Book Looking Back at the OHSAA Football Championships Early Ohio High School State Football Champions Compiled Skyview Networks to Provide Satellite Dis- Schools to Win Football and Boys Basketball State Champion- ships in the Same School Year tribution of OHSAA Radio Network Football 1972-73 Marion Pleasant Championship Broadcasts 1990-91 St. Henry Satellite provider for Ohio’s pro teams to distribute OHSAA foot- 1996-97 Cleveland Benedictine ball finals from Ohio Stadium Dec. 1-3 Schools to Win Football and Boys Basketball State Championships in the same Calendar Year COLUMBUS, Ohio – Skyview Networks, the radio broadcast satellite St. Henry in 1990, Football (14-0) and Basketball (25-1) provider for Ohio’s professional sports teams including the Cavs, Blue Cleveland St. Ignatius in 2001, Football (11-4) and Basketball (25-2) Jackets, Reds, Indians, Bengals and Browns, will once again distrib- St. Henry in 2004, Football (14-1) and Basketball (22-5) ute the OHSAA Radio Network broad-casts of the 2016 football state Lakewood St. Edward in 2014, Boys Basketball (26-2) and Football (13-2) championship games. The football championship broadcasts, which had 41 affiliates last year, return to Ohio Stadium in Columbus December 1, Schools That Have Won Football and Baseball State Championships in 2 and 3. the Same School Year 1973-74 Middletown Bishop Fenwick “Skyview Networks is pleased to partner with the OHSAA Radio 1987-88 Newark Catholic Network to deliver state championship broadcasts to its affiliates,” 1988-89 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary said Matt Stys, Vice President of Business Development for Skyview 1990-91 Hamilton Badin Networks. “The football state championships in Ohio are a prestigious 1993-94 Steubenville Catholic Central event and we are proud to add that to our client base, which includes 2001-02 Cleveland St. Ignatius hun-dreds of college and professional teams, many of which are in Ohio. 2012-13 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller The OHSAA Radio Network continues to grow every year and we look 2013-14 Coldwater forward to being a part of that growth and service.”

Specializing in news and sports programming, Skyview Networks was formed in 1995 to provide broadcast services in the form of distribution, automation, and inventory management, as well as content for the radio industry. Com-bining cutting-edge technology, extensive resources and unmatched industry expertise, Skyview Networks is the partner of choice for advertisers, radio stations and sports organizations through- out North America.

Skyview Networks is already the satellite provider of the aforemen- tioned professional teams in Ohio along with ABC News Radio and ABC Sports Radio, meaning that most stations in Ohio already have Skyview Networks receivers and can automate the broadcasts.

The OHSAA Radio Network, which has been carried by 76 stations across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, was created in 2010 to provide exceptional radio broadcasts of selected OHSAA state tournaments and partner with local affiliates to carry those broadcasts, along with public service announcements and promotional messages. Stations that carry broadcasts receive discounts or waivers for the rights fees they would normally pay to broadcast OHSAA regional and state tournaments.

Playoff Preview Show The OHSAA Radio Network will produce and distribute a football playoff preview show on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The 55 minute show will include two local breaks and will go around the state to preview each division. A link to the show will be emailed to stations for download. General Media Notes for Fall 2016

For Immediate Release – Oct. 10, 2016 OHSAA Radio Network Set for Football Championships Contact – Tim Stried, Director of Communications, [email protected] The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast all seven football state cham- pionship games Dec. 1-3. The broadcasts are free for stations to carry and can result in waived broadcast fees for local stations throughout the MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Fall Tournaments playoffs. Program logs are created for each game so local stations can Information insert their own inventory if they desire. The broadcast feed is available through Skyview Satellite, or an online link. Contact Tim Stried for more OHSAA News and Media Center: http://ohsaa.org/news-media information, or visit: http://ohsaa.org/news/radio

Your source for state tournament media credentials, press releases, feature story links, photography regulations, OHSAA Radio Network Additional Media Notes – Fall 2016 information, media regulations, tournament broadcast rates, record books, historical information and much more. Official TV Partner Time Warner Cable Sports Channel is the official TV partner of the Updated Sports Information Posted Weekly at www.OHSAA.org OHSAA, which has exclusivity over the tournament contest that it se- Each sport page at www.OHSAA.org contains information updated lects. Details are forthcoming. weekly, such as state coaches polls and tournament information and brackets (for team sports). The sport pages also contain regulations, Regional Pairings Released Oct. 30 rules changes, officiating bulletins and more. The OHSAA will release regional pairings in football, volleyball, girls In addition, the football page also contains composite schedules for soccer and boys soccer on Sunday, Oct. 30. In addition, a weekly football all schools, a statewide broadcast list, weekly polls and notebooks from playoff notes packet will be released every Sunday. the Associated Press, TV schedules and weekly computer points. State Tournament Credentials Credentials for Sectional, District and Regional Tournament Contests Media are to request credentials in advance for the cross country, Please contact the site manager for credentials to sectional, district soccer, volleyball and football state tournaments at the link above. The and regional tournament contests, as well as state semifinal contests in OHSAA will email a confirmation memo to each media outlet when pro- soccer and football. Contact information can be found on the respective cessing state tournament credential requests. The memo contains im- sport page at OHSAA.org and on the brackets for soccer, volleyball and portant information such as parking details, credential pick-up locations, football. etc. For the golf, girls tennis and field hockey state tournaments, media shall show company identification on site to pick up credentials. OHSAA Fall Sports State Tournaments Media Information and Credentials: http://ohsaa.org/news/credentials Feature Stories Request No Registration Application Required For: Media are asked to email Tim Stried links to their feature stories about Division II & III Golf – Oct. 14 & 15 at OSU Scarlet (BD2) and Gray sportsmanship or overcoming adversity for posting on the OHSAA’s (GD2) Golf Courses and NorthStar Golf Club (BD3), Sunbury social media platforms and elsewhere. Division I Golf – Oct. 21 & 22 at OSU Scarlet (BD1) and Gray (GD1) Golf Courses Not Yet a Member of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association? Click Girls Tennis – Oct. 21 & 22 at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason here for more information. (indoor facilities TBA if raining) Interested in the Rebirth of the Ohio Sportscasters Association? Click Field Hockey – Nov. 4 & 5 at Upper Arlington High School here for more information.

Registration Application Required For: Other Links: Cross Country – Nov. 5 at National Trail Raceway in Hebron (applica- - Working with the Media Brochure tion deadline is Tues., Nov. 1 at 6 p.m.) - OHSAA Magazine Volleyball – Nov. 10-12 at Wright State University’s Nutter Center - OHSAA Radio Network (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 8 at noon) - OHSAA Monday Minute Soccer Finals – Nov. 12 & 13 at MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus (applica- tion deadline is Thurs., Nov. 10 at noon) Tim Stried Note that the OHSAA soccer state championships are on Saturday Director of Communications and Sunday this year due to a United States Men’s National Team con- Ohio High School Athletic Association test at MAPFRE Stadium on Friday, Nov. 11. Office: 614-267-2502, ext. 124 Football – Dec. 1-3 at Ohio Stadium, The Ohio State University, Colum- [email protected] bus www.ohsaa.org - Application deadline: Tues., Nov. 29 at noon www.Twitter.com/OHSAASports - Radio stations: Learn more about the OHSAA Radio Network’s cover- www.Facebook.com/OHSAA age of the football state championships (see additional note below). Fax: 614-267-1677 Affiliates can have waived broadcast fees throughout the playoffs by carrying two or more state championship broadcasts. Division I, Region 1 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Lakewood St. Edward 9-2 1 2 22nd 2015 38-18 9 3 (2015) Cleveland St. Ignatius 11-1 1 4 27th 2014 68-15 14 11 (2011)

Division I, Region 2 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Finish Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Powell Olentangy Liberty 12-0 2 1 9th 2015 5-8 0 0 Lorain 10-2 2 3 2nd 2014 2-1 0 0

Division I, Region 3 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Finish Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Huber Heights Wayne 11-0-1 3 1 19th 2015 24-18 4 0 Pickerington Central 11-1 3 3 17th 2015 27-16 4 0

Division I, Region 4 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Finish Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Cincinnati St. Xavier 7-5 4 5 23rd 2015 38-20 6 2 (2007) Cincinnati Sycamore 8-4 4 7 6th 2012 3-5 0 0

Division I Regional Quarterfinal Scores Cle. St. Ignatius 35, Massillon Jackson 0 Cin. Colerain 35, Springboro 14 Cin. St. Xavier 35, Fairfield 14 Cin. Sycamore 42, Lebanon 20 Dublin Coffman 24, Hilliard Davidson 3 Dublin Jerome 42, Findlay 7 Huber Hts. Wayne 52, Lancaster 7 Lakewood St. Edward 42, Euclid 7 Lorain 34, Lewis Center Olentangy 14 Mason 21, Cin. Elder 20 Medina 38, Tol. Whitmer 31 Pickerington Cent. 35, Akr. Springfield 14 Pickerington N. 49, Hilliard Bradley 21 Powell Olentangy Liberty 24, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 17 Solon 39, Can. Glenoak 10 Stow-Munroe Falls 35, Can. McKinley 10

Division I Regional Semifinal Scores Cin. St. Xavier 29, Cin. Colerain 23 Cin. Sycamore 20, Mason 7 Cle. St. Ignatius 31, Solon 17 Huber Hts. Wayne 52, Dublin Coffman 10 Lakewood St. Edward 41, Stow-Munroe Falls 35 Lorain 30, Dublin Jerome 14 Pickerington Cent. 38, Pickerington N. 24 Powell Olentangy Liberty 45, Medina 27 Division II, Region 5 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Warren G. Harding 11-1 5 3 11th 2015 18-8 3 1 (1990) Hudson 10-2 5 4 10th 2015 13-9 2 0

Division II, Region 6 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 9-3 6 4 7th 2011 3-6 0 0 Olmsted Falls 9-3 6 6 13th 2015 14-11 2 1 (2000)

Division II, Region 7 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Massillon Perry 10-2 7 1 8th 2015 12-7 2 0 New Albany 9-3 7 3 8th 2013 14-7 2 0

Division II, Region 8 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Cincinnati La Salle 10-2 8 3 7th 2015 12-4 2 2 (2015) Miamisburg 10-2 8 4 5th 2015 2-4 0 0

Division II Regional Quarterfinal Scores Aurora 40, Barberton 13 Avon Lake 27, Avon 26 Chardon 56, Bedford 6 Cin. La Salle 23, Trenton Edgewood 21 Cin. Turpin 40, Harrison 14 Cols. Franklin Hts. 40, Pataskala Licking Hts. 32 Dublin Scioto 31, Massillon Washington 21 Hudson 29, Copley 25 Massillon Perry 21, Uniontown Lake 7 Miamisburg 28, Kings Mills Kings 24 New Albany 31, Cols. West 0 Olmsted Falls 31, Grafton Midview 28 Troy 41, Cin. Anderson 35 Warren Harding 56, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 48 Westlake 48, Holland Springfield 41, OT Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 21, Cle. Glenville 7

Division II Regional Semifinal Scores Cin. La Salle 34, Cin. Turpin 3 Hudson 14, Aurora 7 Massillon Perry 66, Cols. Franklin Hts. 28 Miamisburg 28, Troy 21 New Albany 31, Dublin Scioto 7 Olmsted Falls 49, Westlake 21 Warren Harding 49, Chardon 31 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 14, Avon Lake 6 Division III, Region 9 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Akron Archbishop Hoban 11-1 9 2 12th 2015 21-10 3 1 (2015) New Philadelphia 10-2 9 5 10th 2015 2-9 0 0

Division III, Region 10 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Toledo Central Catholic 12-0 10 1 18th 2015 27-14 5 3 (2014) Lexington 9-3 10 6 4th 2008 4-3 0 0

Division III, Region 11 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Columbus St. Francis DeSales 12-0 11 1 25th 2015 53-21 10 3 (1998) Columbus Hamilton Township 10-2 11 3 5th 2015 3-4 0 0

Division III, Region 12 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) St. Marys Memorial 11-1 12 4 16th 2008 22-12 6 3 (1993) Trotwood-Madison 10-2 12 7 12th 2015 30-10 7 1 (2011)

Division III Regional Quarterfinal Scores Akr. East 50, Alliance Marlington 37 Akr. Hoban 37, Warren Howland 0 Cols. Beechcroft 19, Cols. Eastmoor 15 Cols. Bexley 31, Whitehall-Yearling 21 Cols. DeSales 55, Thornville Sheridan 13 Cols. Hamilton Twp. 19, Chillicothe 6 Hunting Valley University 49, Bowling Green 45 Lexington 29, Clyde 28, OT New Philadelphia 17, Medina Buckeye 4 New Richmond 35, Cin. Mt. Healthy 33 Sandusky 42, Ashland 7 St. Marys Memorial 42, Day. Belmont 8 St. Vincent-St. Mary 42, Dover 7 Tipp City Tippecanoe 40, Franklin 35 Tol. Cent. Cath. 41, Bay Village Bay 7 Trotwood-Madison 41, Wapakoneta 7

Division III Regional Semifinal Scores Division III Akron Archbishop Hoban 21, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 7 Cols. DeSales 38, Cols. Beechcroft 12 Cols. Hamilton Twp. 26, Cols. Bexley 20 Lexington 30, Sandusky 19 New Philadelphia 27, Akr. East 20 St. Marys Memorial 55, Franklin 31 Tol. Cent. Cath. 56, Hunting Valley University 13 Trotwood-Madison 47, New Richmond 10 Division IV, Region 13 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Perry 12-0 13 1 13th 2015 7-12 0 0 Chardon NDCL 9-3 13 7 7th 2015 3-6 0 0

Division IV, Region 14 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Ottawa-Glandorf 11-1 14 2 13th 2015 14-12 1 0 Columbus Bishop Hartley 9-2 14 5 15th 2015 35-11 8 3 (2015)

Division IV, Region 15 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Steubenville 11-1 15 2 29th 2015 59-25 16 3 (2006) Shelby 11-1 15 4 5th 2010 4-4 0 0

Division IV, Region 16 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Cin. Wyoming 12-0 16 2 22nd 2015 17-20 4 1 (1977) Kettering Archbishop Alter 12-0 16 5 22nd 2015 39-19 9 2 (2009)

Division IV Regional Quarterfinal Scores Chardon NDCL 28, Mantua Crestwood 27 Cin. Wyoming 56, Chillicothe Unioto 0 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 26, Cin. Taft 12 Cols. Hartley 35, Plain City Jonathan Alder 21 Germantown Valley View 34, Waverly 0 Johnstown-Monroe 44, Cambridge 17 Kettering Alter 54, Cin. Indian Hill 28 Lewistown Indian Lake 34, Caledonia River Valley 7 Ottawa-Glandorf 49, Bellevue 34 Peninsula Woodridge 18, Struthers 6 Perry 49, Parma Hts. Holy Name 35 Philo 42, Heath 7 Port Clinton 41, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 28 Shelby 56, Bloom-Carroll 13 Steubenville 34, Wintersville Indian Creek 14 Youngs. Mooney 27, Hubbard 9

Division IV Regional Semifinal Scores Chardon NDCL 17, Youngs. Mooney 12 Cin. Wyoming 29, Germantown Valley View 12 Cols. Hartley 44, Port Clinton 7 Kettering Alter 28, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 0 Ottawa-Glandorf 33, Lewistown Indian Lake 28 Perry 42, Peninsula Woodridge 41 Shelby 40, Philo 12 Steubenville 26, Johnstown-Monroe 8 Division V, Region 17 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Canton Central Catholic 8-3 17 3 14th 2015 26-11 5 2 (2000) Garrettsville Garfield 9-3 17 8 5th 2010 2-4 0 0

Division V, Region 18 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Creston Norwayne 11-1 18 1 6th 2015 11-4 2 1 (2011) Milan Edison 11-1 18 4 4th 2015 5-3 1 0

Division V, Region 19 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Wheelersburg 12-0 19 1 28th 2012 30-26 6 1 (1989) Coshocton 10-1 19 3 15th 2014 13-14 1 0

Division V, Region 20 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Cin. Hills Christian Academy 12-0 20 1 12th 2015 14-11 2 0 Coldwater 11-1 20 2 22nd 2015 67-15 13 6 (2015)

Division V Regional Quarterfinal Scores Can. Cent. Cath. 28, Akr. Manchester 7 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 42, Blanchester 0 Coldwater 47, Brookville 13 Coshocton 34, Ironton 11 Creston Norwayne 28, Genoa Area 6 Garrettsville Garfield 31, Canfield S. Range 21 Jamestown Greeneview 21, Carlisle 20 Leavittsburg LaBrae 29, Wickliffe 26 Milan Edison 30, Gahanna Cols. Academy 14 Milton-Union 58, Cin. Aiken 21 Nelsonville-York 69, Chillicothe Zane Trace 22 Pemberville Eastwood 35, Marion Pleasant 28 Sugarcreek Garaway 47, Baltimore Liberty Union 14 Sullivan Black River 48, Orwell Grand Valley 24 Swanton 40, W. Salem NW 29 Wheelersburg 37, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 6

Division V Regional Semifinal Scores Can. Cent. Cath. 30, Sullivan Black River 0 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 45, Milton-Union 28 Coldwater 27, Jamestown Greeneview 24 Coshocton 23, Sugarcreek Garaway 20 Creston Norwayne 28, Swanton 21 Garrettsville Garfield 33, Leavittsburg LaBrae 28 Milan Edison 28, Pemberville Eastwood 7 Wheelersburg 38, Nelsonville-York 6 Division VI, Region 21 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Cuyahoga Heights 12-0 21 1 19th 2015 18-18 1 0 Kirtland 11-1 21 3 12th 2015 29-8 5 3 (2015)

Division VI, Region 22 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Hamler Patrick Henry 12-0 22 1 16th 2012 26-14 5 1 (2005) Defiance Ayersville 12-0 22 3 13th 2015 9-12 1 0

Division VI, Region 23 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Beverly Fort Frye 12-0 23 2 5th 2015 2-4 0 0 Newark Catholic 8-4 23 5 35th 2015 71-26 24 8 (2007)

Division VI, Region 24 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Maria Stein Marion Local 11-1 24 1 19th 2015 63-10 14 8 (2014) Mechanicsburg 12-0 24 3 13th 2015 13-12 1 0

Division VI Regional Quarterfinal Scores Barnesville 41, Chesapeake 22 Beverly Ft. Frye 44, Centerburg 6 Bucyrus Wynford 22, Gibsonburg 6 Cols. Ready 28, Hannibal River 21 Cuyahoga Hts. 24, Jeromesville Hillsdale 7 Defiance Ayersville 49, Attica Seneca E. 0 Delphos Jefferson 41, Cin. Summit Country Day 10 Hamler Patrick Henry 39, Defiance Tinora 0 Kirtland 21, Dalton 0 Liberty Center 28, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 20 Louisville Aquinas 21, Lisbon David Anderson 18 Maria Stein Marion Local 34, W. Liberty-Salem 7 Mechanicsburg 39, Casstown Miami E. 6 New Middletown Springfield 40, Columbia Station Columbia 39, 2 OT Newark Cath. 21, Bellaire 20 St. Henry 37, Spencerville 22

Division VI Regional Semifinal Scores Beverly Ft. Frye 40, Barnesville 19 Cuyahoga Hts. 34, Louisville Aquinas 0 Defiance Ayersville 30, Bucyrus Wynford 6 Hamler Patrick Henry 21, Liberty Center 3 Kirtland 35, Columbia Station Columbia 13 Maria Stein Marion Local 22, St. Henry 0 Mechanicsburg 56, Delphos Jefferson 20 Newark Cath. 20, Cols. Ready 14, OT Division VII, Region 25 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Norwalk St. Paul 12-0 25 1 18th 2015 37-16 7 1 (2009) Warren John F Kennedy 11-1 25 3 21st 2015 30-19 6 1 (1991)

Division VII, Region 26 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) McComb 11-1 26 1 20th 2015 23-18 3 1 (1983) Convoy Crestview 9-3 26 6 5th 2015 3-4 0 0

Division VII, Region 27 Region Year In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Waterford 11-1 27 1 2nd 2002 2-1 0 0 Canal Winchester Harvest Prep. 9-3 27 7 3rd 2015 3-2 0 0

Division VII, Region 28 Region Years In Last Playoff State State School Record Region Rank Tournament Appearance Record Semifinal Apps Champs (Last) Minster 8-4 28 3 15th 2015 23-12 3 2 (2014) Fort Recovery 8-4 28 5 3rd 2015 8-1 1 1 (2015)

Division VII Regional Quarterfinal Scores Arlington 21, Lucas 19 Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 40, Shadyside 37 Convoy Crestview 54, Tiffin Calvert 20 Covington 49, Cin. Hillcrest 0 Danville 55, Portsmouth Sciotoville 27 Ft. Recovery 58, Ada 21 Glouster Trimble 21, Racine Southern 6 Hicksville 33, Leipsic 16 McComb 56, Lakeside Danbury 8 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 27, Troy Christian 21 Minster 33, Sidney Lehman 15 Mogadore 55, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 6 Monroeville 55, Windham 6 Norwalk St. Paul 56, E. Can. 20 Warren JFK 38, Toronto 0 Waterford 13, Zanesville Rosecrans 9

Division VII Regional Semifinal Scores Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 44, Danville 21 Convoy Crestview 28, Arlington 7 Ft. Recovery 42, Covington 14 McComb 42, Hicksville 0 Minster 41, McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 8 Norwalk St. Paul 24, Monroeville 0 Warren JFK 16, Mogadore 3 Waterford 22, Glouster Trimble 0