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Ohio High School Athletic Association Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. Football Release No. 6 (of 7) - November 25, 2012 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] 2012 OHSAA Football Tournament Schedule Friday-Saturday, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Future OHSAA Football Finals State Championship Games Friday, November 30 December 6 & 7, 2013* - Canton and Massillon Division VI - 11:00 a.m. - Massillon Division IV - 3:00 p.m. - Canton December 5 & 6, 2014* - Ohio Stadium, Columbus Division II - 7:00 p.m. - Massillon December 4 & 5, 2015* - Ohio Stadium, Columbus Saturday, December 1 Division III - 11:00 a.m. - Canton Note: The OHSAA football finals will consist of seven divisions beginning in 2013. Game times and dates are to be determined and Division V - 3:00 p.m. - Massillon could span three days. Division I - 7:00 p.m. - Canton 2012 Tournament Information WHAT: 41st Annual OHSAA Football Tournaments (State Finals/Fifth FOURTEENTH YEAR WITH 192 QUALIFIERS: This is the 14th Round) year that the OHSAA football tournament field consists of 192 total qualifiers. Each of the 24 regions qualified eight teams to the WHEN/WHERE: Friday, Nov. 30 Divisions II, IV and VI; Saturday, tournaments, which consist of five rounds. The first round is the Dec. I Divisions I, III and V; Canton Fawcett Stadium and Massillon regional quarterfinals, and teams that finish first through fourth in Paul Brown Tiger Stadium their regions in the final OHSAA computer rankings serve as hosts. Teams may choose an alternate site to host first-round games and TIMES: Games are at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. each day. do not need approval from the OHSAA to do so. In bracket order, team one hosts team eight, team four hosts team five, team two FORMAT: Thirty-two teams in six divisions (192 total schools) hosts team seven and team three hosts team six. The OHSAA will qualified for the tournaments, with selections based on the OHSAA designate neutral sites for regional semifinal, regional final and Football Computer Rankings. To qualify for the tournaments, schools state semifinal games, and no rebracketing will occur until the state must have finished first through eighth in their assigned region. semifinals. ADMISSION: $8.00 per person presale; $10.00 per person at the 2012 OHSAA Football Playoffs gate. Regional Quarterfinals 192 Teams FINAL COMPUTER RATINGS: The final computer ratings appeared Regional Semifinals 96 Teams on the football page at www.ohsaa.org Sunday morning, October Regional Finals 48 Teams 28, 2012. Regional quarterfinals pairings were announced that State Semifinals Teams afternoon. 24 State Finals 12 Teams www.ohsaa.org 1 OHSAA Football Release No. 6 FOOTBALL SCHOOLS: There were 717 football-playing schools this MEDIA INFORMATION year. The division breakdowns are: Division I: 118 schools (enrollments of 494 or more); FOOTBALL FINALS CREDENTIALS: The media credential Division II: 119 schools (enrollments of 327 through 493); application form for the state football finals is posted on the OHSAA Division III: 120 schools (enrollments of 243 through 326); website under the ‘News & Media’ tab from the main navigation bar. Division IV: 122 schools (enrollments of 172 through 242); The form must be filled out and faxed to Tim Stried at the OHSAA at Division V: 116 schools (enrollments of 120 through 171); 614-267-1677 by Noon on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Division VI: 122 schools (enrollments of 119 or less). Divisions are based on enrollments of males in grades 9 through 11 as FOOTBALL STATS: Media members around the state are reported to the State Department of Education in October 2010. The encouraged to submit any of their area statistical leaders to the 2013 season will begin the new two-year divisional alignment cycle. OHSAA in order to compile a statewide statistical leader board. Media may submit their area leaders in any format to Tim Stried by TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION: Of the current 717 member email at [email protected] or by fax at 614-267-1677. schools playing football, 87-percent have made the tournament at least once in its history. OHSAA RADIO NETWORK: The OHSAA Radio Network will carry The number of first-time participants since 2000 by year include all six football championship games. Stations have the opportunity seven in 2012, eight in 2011, six in 2010, 14 in 2009, 12 in 2008, 14 to opt into affiliate programs in conjunction with the OHSAA Radio in 2007, 10 in 2006, 12 in 2005, 16 in 2004, 12 in 2003, 21 in 2002, Network that will result in a reduction or waiver of broadcast rights 17 in 2001 and 26 in 2000. fees for football playoff games. For more information visit the There are currently 96 member schools playing football who have OHSAA Radio Network home by going to OHSAA.org under News never qualified for the state tournament. & Media or contacting Tim Stried, Director of Information Services at [email protected]. TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE: Total attendance for the OHSAA football tournaments has been over 8.1 million in the last 13 years, when the OHSAA football tournaments moved to the 192 qualifiers and five round playoff format. In 2011 the total tournament attendance (186 games) was 515,249 for an average of 2,770 per game. The state finals (six games) attendance total was 48,695 for an average of 8,116 per game. FINALS ON SPORTSTIME OHIO: SportsTime Ohio will provide exclusive coverage of the state football finals from Canton and Massillon. STO’s partnership with Time Warner Cable was forged in 2007 to deliver OHSAA programming to over 3.1 million homes statewide. PLAYOFFS ON TELEVISION: SportsTime Ohio and Time Warner Cable will televise many regional and state semifinal contests during the first four rounds of the OHSAA tournaments. STO/TWC have the exclusive first right of refusal to select contests each round of the tournaments to air on either a live or tape-delayed basis. Other Follow the OHSAA on Twitter @OHSAASports networks have the opportunity to televise regional or state semifinal contests on a tape-delayed basis only if the site can accomodate another broadcast. The television schedule appears at http://www. ohsaa.org/news/features/2012OHSAAFootballTelevisedGames. htm. OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ON TELEVISION http://www.ohsaa.org/news/features/2012OHSAAFootballTelevisedGames.htm. 2 www.ohsaa.org OHSAA Football Release No. 6 2012 OHSAA Football State Finalists Division I Toledo Whitmer Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller Head Coach: Jerry Bell Head Coach: John Rodenberg Nickname: Panthers Nickname: Fighting Crusaders 2012 Record: 14-0 (AP #3) 2012 Record: 11-3 (AP unranked) 2012 Seed: 2 2012 Seed: 3 2012 Tournament: Regionals: 7 Avon Lake (W, 28-0); 6 Hudson (W, 39-28); 1 Massillon 2012 Tournament: Regionals: 6 Huber Heights Wayne (W, 43-21); 7 Liberty Twp. Washington (W, 49-16); State Semifinal: AP #7 Mentor (W, 62-34) Lakota East (W, 46-20); 1 Cincinnati Colerain (W, 24-21); State Semifinal: AP unranked, State Final: Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (11-3, AP unranked) Pickerington North (W, 26-21) State Championships: None State Final: Toledo Whitmer (14-0, AP #3) State Semifinal Appearance: 6th (12, 11, 10, 88, 87, 79) State Championships: 7 (85, 82, 80, 79, 77, 77, 76, 75) State Final Appearance: 1st (12) State Semifinal Appearance: 14th (12, 97, 93, 89, 85, 82, 81, 80, 79, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73) All-Time Tournament Record: 19-13 State Final Appearance: 12th (12, 97, 93, 89, 85, 82, 81, 80, 79, 77, 76, 75) All-Time Tournament Record: 40-23 Region Year In Last All-Time State Record Region Finish Tournament Appearance Tournament Record Championships (Last) Toledo Whitmer (AP #3) 14-0 2 2 14th 2011 19-13 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (AP NR) 11-3 4 3 31st 2011 40-23 7 (1985) WHITMER VS. MOELLER: The 2012 state championship game finals, the others include Cincinnati Colerain, Cincinnati Elder and will be the eighth meeting between the two schools. Moeller holds Cincinnati St. Xavier. a 7-0 advantage over Whitmer in the head-to-head matchup. The two schools have not played since 1993. The latest the two schools 12TH FINAL IN 2012: Moeller is playing in its 12th state have met in the playoffs prior to 2012 was in the 1979 state football championship game and first since 1997. The Crusaders are tied for semifinal. second for most championship game appearances. Newark Catholic leads all schools with 14, followed by Moeller, Cleveland St. Ignatius REPRESENTING TOLEDO: Whitmer is looking to bring home the (12), Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (11) and Versailles (9). city of Toledo’s first Division I football state championship since 1984. Toledo St. Francis DeSales defeated North Canton Hoover LOOKING TO GO UNDEFEATED: Whitmer, 14-0, is one of only 17-14 to win the title that year. five remaining unbeaten teams in the state and is looking to go undefeated for the first time in school history. The 14 wins is also the WELCOME BACK CINCINNATI: Since 2000 the city of Cincinnati most in school history for one season, topping the 13 wins from the has sent a team to the Division I state championship game eight state semifinal team from a year ago. times. Moeller becomes the fourth team in that span to go the Division II Toledo Central Catholic Trotwood-Madison Head Coach: Greg Dempsey Head Coach: Maurice Douglass Nickname: Fighting Irish Nickname: Rams 2012 Record: 13-1 (AP #4) 2012 Record: 12-2 (AP #9) 2012 Seed: 2 2012 Seed: 6 2012 Tournament: Regionals: 7 Grafton Midview (W, 50-7); 6 Mansfield Madison (W, 2012 Tournament: Regionals: 3 Cincinnati Mt.