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Ohio High School Athletic Association Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. Football Weekly Release December 1, 2013 4080 Roselea Place • Columbus, Ohio 43214 • 614-267-2502• Fax: 614-267-1677 • www.ohsaa.org Contact: Tim Stried, Director of Information Services, [email protected] Welcome to the State Championships Ticket Information After 10 weeks of the regular-season and four weeks of the playoffs, Fans are encouraged to buy their playoff tickets in advance at the the OHSAA football postseason has now reached the state champi- participating schools, which get to keep a percentage of the reve- onships. 714 schools played football this season and 224 qualified nue. For regional playoff games, tickets are $7 presale and $9 at the for the playoffs. Now only 14 schools are still playing football this gate. For the state semifinals and state finals, tickets are $8 presale first week in December. and $10 at the gate. Ticket packages for the state championship games are available from www.OHSAAfootball.com/tickets. For the 24th-straight year, the state championship games return to historic Canton Fawcett Stadium and Massillon Paul Brown Tiger In the Beginning… to Seven Divisions Stadium, where the finals have been hosted since 1990. In 2014 When the OHSAA created the football playoffs in 1972, there were and 2015, the finals move to Ohio Stadium in Columbus (see later three divisions (called Class A, AA and AAA) and only one playoff notes). qualifier per region (12 total playoff qualifiers). Now in its 42nd year, the postseason has expanded to seven divisions and 224 total With the expansion to seven divisions this year, the championships playoff qualifiers. Expansion occurred in 1980 to five divisions and will begin on Thursday night, followed by three games Friday and two qualifiers per region, and then again in 1985 to four qualifiers three games Saturday (see next note). per region. In 1994, a sixth division was added, while in 1999, the number of qualifiers per region increased to eight. Setting Up the State Championships For the first time in the 42 years of the OHSAA football playoffs, the OHSAA Football by the Numbers time slots for the state championship games were not announced 714 – High schools in Ohio that played football in 2013 until after the state semifinals. This was due to one state cham- 7 – Divisions for the playoffs pionship game on Thursday night and the OHSAA’s desire to wait 72 – Schools in Division I until the match-ups were set to decide which game would be on 108 – Schools in Division II through VII Thursday night, mainly due to geography. It was known that the 32 – Playoff qualifiers per division Thursday night championship game would come from one of the 2 – Regions in Division I (16 playoff qualifiers per region) divisions that played its playoff games on Friday nights (Divisions II, 4 – Regions in Divisions II through VII (8 qualifiers per region) III, IV and VI). 224 – Total playoff qualifiers 31.4 – Percentage of football schools that qualify for the playoffs The schedule for the state championship games is as follows. Please see the notes on pages 2 and 3 for team-by-team information. Monday Media Teleconference Available The OHSAA will once again conduct a media teleconference featur- Home Team Listed First ing the 14 head coaches of the state finalists. The teleconference is Thursday, Dec. 5 Monday and begins at 10:30 a.m. with Division VII. Each coach will 7 p.m. at Massillon – Div. III: Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (14-0) vs. be available for 15 minutes. A replay will be available. Media shall Trotwood-Madison (11-2) contact Tim Stried ([email protected]) for more information. Friday, Dec. 6 Championships and Playoff Games on TV 11 a.m. at Canton – Div. VI: Kirtland (14-0) vs. Haviland Wayne Fox/SportsTime Ohio (STO) will televise the state championship Trace (13-1) games live. The games will be available on Time Warner Cable (TWC) 3 p.m. at Massillon – Div. IV: Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (10-4) channel 99 in southwest Ohio. STO and TWC are the official tele- vs. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (13-1) vision partners of the OHSAA and televised several playoff games 7 p.m. at Canton – Div. II: Cleveland Glenville (13-1) vs. Loveland every weekend. (14-0) Championships on the OHSAA Radio Network Saturday, Dec. 7 Now in its fourth year, the OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast the 11 a.m. at Massillon – Div. V: Columbus Bishop Hartley (13-1) vs. football state championship games. Stations are welcome to carry Coldwater (12-2) any broadcast and can have their own broadcast rights fees during 3 p.m. at Canton – Div. I: Mentor (13-1) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop the playoffs reduced or eliminated by opting into an affiliate plan to Moeller (13-1) carry some of the championship games. 7 p.m. at Massillon – Div. VII: Glouster Trimble (14-0) vs. Maria Stein Marion Local (14-0) OHSAA Weekly Football Release - December 1, 2013 Noting the State Championship Match-Ups Twitter Bytes from @OHSAASports Seeds to Advance to the State Championships Friday Night, Nov. 29 Going back to the seeding process determined by the final computer #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Loveland vs. Zanesville game tonight was only the fourth ratings on November 3, the 14 state finalists are comprised of six state semifinal in #OHSAA history to go into double-overtime No. 1 seeds, three No. 2 seeds, two No. 3 seeds, two No. 5 seeds #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Trot.-Madison was unranked & outside playoff field head- and one No. 7 seed. See page 8 for the chart listing the seeds to win ing into Week 10. Now Rams will face #1 Akron SVSM in state final state titles since the playoffs were expanded in 1999. #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Youngstown Cardinal Mooney is now third school with 60+ playoff wins (Newark Catholic 69, Cleveland St. Ignatius 66) Proving the Pollsters #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. II state final appearances & titles: Cleveland Glenville (2nd app., 0 titles) vs. Loveland (1st app.): FRIDAY 7 PM Of the 14 state finalists, all were ranked in the final Associated Press #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. IV state final appearances & titles: Mooney (12th Top 10 regular-season poll except for Youngstown Cardinal Mooney app., 8 titles) vs. Clinton-Massie (2nd app., 1 title): FRIDAY 3 PM (Div. IV) and Trotwood-Madison (Div. II). Of the seven divisions, #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. VI state final appearances & titles: Kirtland (3rd app., three of the No. 1-ranked teams have advanced to the state finals, 1 title) vs. Haviland Wayne Trace (1st app.): FRIDAY 11 AM including Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (Div. III), Kirtland (Div. VI) and #OHSAA FOOTBALL: D-III state final appearances & titles: Akron SVSM (7th app., 5 titles) vs. Trot.-Madison (5th app., 1 title): THURS 7 PM Maria Stein Marion Local (Div. VII). See the pairings on page 5 for #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Loveland (D-II) & Wayne Trace (D-VI) had 1 playoff win in the AP rank of all the finalists. school history before this season. Both advance to state final #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. II state championship will be Cleveland Glenville (13- Defending State Champions 1) vs. Loveland (14-0): FRIDAY, 7 PM, CANTON FAWCETT STADIUM Five of the six state champions from 2012 have reached the state #OHSAA FOOTBALL: D-IV state final will be Mooney (10-4) vs. Clinton-Massie (13-1): FRIDAY, 3 PM, MASSILLON PAUL BROWN TIGER STADIUM finals with a chance to repeat. Only Toledo Central Catholic (won #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. VI state championship will be Kirtland (14-0) vs. Div. II last year; was Div. III this year) was bounced from the playoffs Haviland Wayne Trace (13-1): FRIDAY, 11 AM, CANTON FAWCETT STADIUM before the final weekend. Last year’s other state champions includ- #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. III state final: Akron SVSM (14-0) vs. Trotwood-Madi- ed Cin. Archbishop Moeller in Div. I, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in son (11-2): THURSDAY, 7 PM, MASSILLON PAUL BROWN TIGER STADIUM Div. III, Clarksville Clinton-Massie in Div. IV, Coldwater in Div. V and #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Divisions II, III, IV & VI state championship days, times & Maria Stein Marion Local in Div. VI (now in Div. VII). locations have been set & will be tweeted tonight at 10:45 PM #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. II state championship will be Cleveland Glenville (13- 1) vs. Loveland (14-0). Day & time TBA (possibly tonight) Noting the Rematches #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. VI state championship will be Kirtland (14-0) vs. Only one state championship game features teams that have met in Haviland Wayne Trace (13-1). Day & time TBA (possibly tonight) the last few years. That is in Div. V where Coldwater and Columbus #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. IV state final will be Youngs. Cardinal Mooney (10-4) Bishop Hartley meet again after Coldwater traveled to Hartley in vs. Clinton-Massie (13-1). Day & time TBA (possibly tonight) #OHSAA FOOTBALL: D-III state final will be Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (14-0) Week 2 of the 2013 regular-season and won, 41-16. vs. Trotwood-Madison (11-2). Day & time TBA (possibly tonight) MAC Builds on Success Saturday Night, Nov. 30 With Coldwater (Div. V) and Marion Local (Div. VII) advancing to the #OHSAA FOOTBALL: D-VII state final will be Marion Local (14-0) vs. Trimble state finals, the Midwest Athletic Conference is represented in the (14-0): SATURDAY, 7 PM at MASSILLON PAUL BROWN TIGER STADIUM final weekend of the season for the 11th consecutive season. The #OHSAA FOOTBALL: Div. I state final will be Cin. Arch.