OHSAA FOOTBALL Weekly Release - November 10, 2019 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 the Second Round! stadium of its choosing. The No. 8 seed will play at the No. 1 seed, The field of 224 playoff qualifiers has been trimmed in half as 112 the No. 7 seed at No. 2, etc. schools have advanced to this week’s regional semifinals. Last Regional Semifinals (Nov. 15 and16), Regional Finals (Nov. 22 and weekend in the first round, higher seeds (host schools) went 85-27 23) and State Semifinals (Nov. 29 and 30): Neutral sites are select- and five No. 8 seeds won at the No. 1 seed in their region (see later ed by the OHSAA. There are many factors that go into determining note). playoff sites, such as quality of field surface, seating capacity, quality of lighting, size of locker rooms and distance from field, press box The highest ranked team to fall in the first round was Clarksville size, parking spaces available, and a separate locker room for offi- Clinton-Massie in Division IV, which was ranked No. 3 in the final poll cials. After all those factors are taken into consideration, it must be but fell to Germantown Valley View, 42-28. In Division IV, four of the confirmed that the site is available and willing to host a playoff game state’s Top 10-ranked teams bowed out of the playoffs.