Second round playoff pairings announced

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COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for the second round of the football playoffs. The top four seeds in each region earned a bye last week and will host the first-round winners this week in the regional quarterfinals on Friday, November 7. All games kick off Friday at 7 p.m. 14 area teams will be competing Friday.

The better seeded team will serve as the host through the first three rounds of the playoffs. The regional playoffs follow bracket format. Rebracketing will occur for the state semifinals.

The regional semifinals (third-round) games will be played on Friday, November 14. Neutral sites will be used beginning in the Regional Finals on Friday, November 21. The state semifinals will be on Friday, November 28, with the state championship games then hosted at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton December 4-6.

OHSAA football regional quarterfinal playoff pairings

Pairings shown with regional seed. All games on Friday, November 7, at 7 p.m., unless indicated otherwise. NWC, WBL, GMC and MAC teams, along with Lima Sr. are listed in bold.  

Division I

Region 1

No. 8 Berea-Midpark (7-4) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (8-2)

No. 7 Massillon Jackson (6-5) at No. 2 Mentor (10-0)

No. 11 Medina (4-7) at No. 3 Canton McKinley (8-2)

No. 5 Perrysburg (9-2) at No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (8-2)

Region 2

No. 8 Lebanon (8-3) at No. 1 Middletown (8-2)

No. 7 Hilliard Bradley (6-5) at No. 2 Troy (8-2)

No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (7-4) at No. 3 Findlay (6-4)

No. 5 Springfield (7-4) at No. 4 Springboro (7-3)

Region 3

No. 8 Delaware Olentangy Berlin (6-5) at No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (10-0)

No. 10 Groveport Madison (6-5) at No. 2 Pickerington Central (9-1)

No. 6 Upper Arlington (9-2) at No. 3 Pickerington North (9-1)

No. 5 Powell Olentangy Liberty (7-4) at No. 4 Lewis Center Olentangy (8-2)

Region 4

No. 8 Fairfield (6-5) at No. 1 Cincinnati Elder (10-0)

No. 7 West Chester Lakota West (7-4) at No. 2 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (7-3)

No. 6 Liberty Township Lakota East (8-3) at No. 3 Cincinnati St. Xavier (7-2)

No. 5 Cincinnati Winton Woods (9-2) at No. 4 Cincinnati Princeton (8-2)

Division II

Region 5

No. 9 Youngstown Boardman (6-5) at No. 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (8-1)

No. 7 Macedonia Nordonia (8-3) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-1)

No. 11 Uniontown Green (6-5) at No. 3 Austintown Fitch (8-1)

No. 5 Hudson (9-2) at No. 4 Uniontown Lake (7-3)

Region 6

No. 8 Brecksville-Broadview Heights (7-4) at No. 1 Medina Highland (10-0)

No. 7 Toledo St. Francis de Sales (7-4) at No. 2 Wadsworth (10-0)

No. 6 Olmsted Falls (7-4) at No. 3 Avon (9-1)

No. 5 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (7-4) at No. 4 North Ridgeville (9-1)

Region 7

No. 8 Columbus Walnut Ridge (8-3) at No. 1 Sunbury Big Walnut (9-1)

No. 7 Ashland (10-1) at No. 2 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (8-2)

No. 6 North Canton Hoover (9-2) at No. 3 Massillon Washington (7-3)

No. 5 Westerville South (9-2) at No. 4 Canal Winchester (9-1)

Region 8

No. 8 Cincinnati Withrow (9-2) at No. 1 Cincinnati Anderson (10-0)

No. 7 Harrison (8-3) at No. 2 Kings Mills Kings (9-1)

No. 6 Lima Senior (9-2) at No. 3 Trotwood-Madison (6-3)

No. 5 Cincinnati La Salle (8-3) at No. 4 Xenia (8-2)

Division III

Region 9

No. 8 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-4) at No. 1 Canfield (9-1)

No. 10 Geneva (9-2) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA (9-0)

No. 6 Akron East (9-2) at No. 3 Gates Mills Hawken (8-2)

No. 12 Maple Heights (8-3) at No. 4 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (8-1)

Region 10

No. 8 St. Marys Memorial (8-3) at No. 1 Medina Buckeye (10-0)

No. 7 Lima Shawnee (8-3) at No. 2 Wapakoneta (10-0)

No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic (7-4) at No. 3 Lexington (9-1)

No. 5 Rocky River (9-2) at No. 4 Richfield Revere (8-2)

Region 11

No. 8 Granville (8-3) at No. 1 Columbus Bishop Watterson (9-0)

No. 7 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (8-3) at No. 2 Newark Licking Valley (10-0)

No. 6 Delaware Buckeye Valley (9-2) at No. 3 Steubenville (7-2)

No. 5 Columbus Hamilton Township (9-2) at No. 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (8-2)

Region 12

No. 8 Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (7-4) at No. 1 London (10-0)

No. 7 Oxford Talawanda (10-1) at No. 2 Tipp City Tippecanoe (10-0)

No. 6 Kettering Archbishop Alter (8-3) at No. 3 Hamilton Badin (9-1)

No. 5 Washington Court House Miami Trace (10-1) at No. 4 Jackson (8-2)

Division IV

Region 13

No. 8 Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (8-3) at No. 1 Perry (8-2)

No. 10 Salem (7-4) at No. 2 Cleveland Glenville (7-3)

No. 6 Streetsboro (9-2) at No. 3 Mentor Lake Catholic (8-2)

No. 5 Norton (10-1) at No. 4 Beloit West Branch (9-1)

Region 14

No. 9 Orrville (7-4) at No. 1 Shelby (10-0)

No. 10 Lodi Cloverleaf (7-4) at No. 2 Galion (9-1)

No. 6 Sandusky Perkins (8-3) at No. 3 Napoleon (8-2)

No. 5 Bellevue (8-3) at No. 4 Lima Bath (8-2)

Region 15

No. 8 Lancaster Fairfield Union (7-4) at No. 1 New Lexington (9-1)

No. 7 Circleville (8-3) at No. 2 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (9-0)

No. 11 Johnstown (8-3) at No. 3 Plain City Jonathan Alder (9-1)

No. 5 Columbus East (10-1) at No. 4 Chillicothe Unioto (10-0)

Region 16

No. 8 Washington Court House Washington (6-5) at No. 1 Cincinnati Indian Hill (10-0)

No. 7 Cincinnati Wyoming (10-1) at No. 2 Germantown Valley View (9-1)

No. 6 Brookville (10-1) at No. 3 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (9-1)

No. 5 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (10-1) at No. 4 Cincinnati Taft (10-0)

Division V

Region 17

No. 8 Canfield South Range (7-4) at No. 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (7-2)

No. 7 Akron Manchester (8-3) at No. 2 Girard (10-0)

No. 6 Youngstown Liberty (9-2) at No. 3 Poland Seminary (8-2)

No. 5 St. Clairsville (8-3) at No. 4 Garrettsville Garfield (8-2)

Region 18

No. 9 Oak Harbor (9-2) at No. 1 Liberty Center (10-0)

No. 7 Fairview Park Fairview (9-2) at No. 2 Wooster Triway (9-1)

No. 11 Port Clinton (7-4) at No. 3 Genoa Area (9-1)

No. 5 Findlay Liberty-Benton (11-0) at No. 4 Creston Norwayne (8-2)

Region 19

No. 9 McConnelsville Morgan (8-3) at No. 1 Wheelersburg (10-0)

No. 10 Chillicothe Zane Trace (9-2) at No. 2 Gahanna Columbus Academy (8-2)

No. 11 Belmont Union Local (8-3) at No. 3 Nelsonville-York (10-0)

No. 5 Portsmouth (8-3) at No. 4 Barnesville (8-2)

Region 20

No. 8 Richwood North Union (7-4) at No. 1 Williamsburg (10-0)

No. 7 Camden Preble Shawnee (10-1) at No. 2 Lewistown Indian Lake (8-2)

No. 11 Cincinnati Mariemont (7-4) at No. 3 Casstown Miami East (9-1)

No. 5 Carlisle (9-2) at No. 4 St. Paris Graham (8-2)

Division VI

Region 21

No. 8 Wickliffe (9-2) at No. 1 Kirtland (10-0)

No. 7 Sugarcreek Garaway (8-2) at No. 2 Columbiana Crestview (10-0)

No. 6 Dalton (8-3) at No. 3 Columbia Station Columbia (9-1)

No. 5 Smithville (9-2) at No. 4 Hanoverton United (9-1)

Region 22

No. 9 Carey (7-4) at No. 1 Castalia Margaretta (9-1)

No. 10 Collins Western Reserve (9-2) at No. 2 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (9-1)

No. 6 Attica Seneca East (8-3) at No. 3 Archbold (8-2)

No. 5 Sherwood Fairview (10-1) at No. 4 Paulding (10-0)

Region 23

No. 9 West Lafayette Ridgewood (9-2) at No. 1 Centerburg (9-1)

No. 10 Caldwell (8-3) at No. 2 Beverly Fort Frye (8-1)

No. 6 Toronto (10-1) at No. 3 West Jefferson (9-1)

No. 5 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (10-1) at No. 4 Mount Gilead (9-1)

Region 24

No. 9 Portsmouth West (6-5) at No. 1 New Madison Tri-Village (10-0)

No. 7 Ironton Rock Hill (7-4) at No. 2 Springfield Northeastern (9-1)

No. 6 Anna (8-3) at No. 3 Mechanicsburg (8-2)

No. 5 Coldwater (7-4) at No. 4 St. Bernard Elmwood Place (9-1)

Division VII

Region 25

No. 8 Warren JFK (6-5) at No. 1 McDonald (10-0)

No. 7 East Canton (9-2) at No. 2 Fairport Harbor Fairport Harding (10-0)

No. 6 East Palestine (8-3) at No. 3 Mogadore (9-1)

No. 5 Malvern (7-4) at No. 4 Monroeville (8-2)

Region 26

No. 8 Edon (9-2) at No. 1 Lima Central Catholic (9-1)

No. 7 Pandora-Gilboa (8-3) at No. 2 North Baltimore (10-0)

No. 6 Sycamore Mohawk (9-2) at No. 3 Leipsic (9-1)

No. 5 Gibsonburg (8-3) at No. 4 Columbus Grove (7-3)

Region 27

No. 8 Bowerston Conotton Valley (8-3) at No. 1 Jeromesville Hillsdale (9-1)

No. 7 Strasburg-Franklin (8-3) at No. 2 Waterford (8-2)

No. 11 Danville (6-5) at No. 3 Lancaster Fisher Catholic (8-2)

No. 12 Glouster Trimble (7-4) at No. 4 Willow Wood Symmes Valley (8-2)

Region 28

No. 8 Sidney Lehman Catholic (10-1) at No. 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-0)

No. 10 New Bremen (7-4) at No. 2 St. Henry (9-1)

No. 11 Cedarville (6-5) at No. 3 Cincinnati Country Day (9-1)

No. 12 Fort Recovery (6-5) at No. 4 Beaver Eastern (10-0)

2025 Playoff Brackets, Spectrum and NFHS Network Coverage, Playoff Information and More: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Football/Football-2025/2025-OHSAA-Football-Tournament-Coverage.