{"id":159331,"date":"2022-10-23T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=159331"},"modified":"2022-10-23T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T20:30:10","slug":"playoffs-cougars-to-host-wauseon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/10\/23\/playoffs-cougars-to-host-wauseon\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoffs: Cougars to host Wauseon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; It\u2019s now official \u2013 Van Wert will host Wauseon in the opening round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ohsaa-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159333\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday night at Eggerss Stadium. Van Wert (9-1) is the No. 6 seed while Wauseon (6-4) is the No. 11 seed in Division IV, Region 14. The two teams met in the opening round last year and the Cougars posted a 53-20 victory. The winner of Friday\u2019s game will face the winner between No. 3 seed Perkins and No. 14 seed River Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Paulding County teams are playoff bound as well. In Division VI, Region 22, No. 15 Wayne Trace (5-5) will travel to Olivesburg in Richland County to face No. 2 seed Ashland Crestview, while in Division VII, Region 26, No. 2 seed Antwerp (10-0) will host No. 15 seed Hardin-Northern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the full list of opening round games, with all games involving area teams in <strong>bold<\/strong>. Unless otherwise noted, all first-round games will be played on Friday, October 28, with kickoffs set for 7 p.m. The top eight seeds in each region will serve as hosts for the first-round games. Second-round games will be played on Friday, November 4, at the better seeded team\u2019s venue. Neutral sites will be used beginning in the third round, with Divisions I, II, III and V playing on Friday, November 11, and Divisions IV, VI and VII playing on Saturday, November 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division I<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Stow-Munroe Falls (1-9) at 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-1)<br>15 Strongsville (3-7) at 2 Medina (9-1)<br>14 Brunswick (3-7) at 3 Mentor (6-3)<br>13 Lorain (3-7) at 4 Cleveland Heights (9-1)<br>12 Cleveland John Marshall School of Engineering (6-4) at 5 Cleveland St. Ignatius (6-3) (site TBA)<br>11 Canton GlenOak (4-6) at 6 Canton McKinley (5-5)<br>10 Elyria (5-5) at 7 Wadsworth (6-4)<br>9 Berea-Midpark (5-5) at 8 Massillon Jackson (5-5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Lewis Center Olentangy (4-6) at 1 Dublin Jerome (8-2)<br>15 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (4-6) at 2 Springfield (8-1)<br>14 Clayton Northmont (5-5) at 3 Centerville (8-2)<br>13 Findlay (5-5) at 4 Perrysburg (9-1)<br>12 Delaware Hayes (7-3) at 5 Delaware Olentangy Berlin (7-3)<br>11 Marysville (6-4) at 6 Dublin Coffman (7-3)<br>10 Huber Heights Wayne (6-4) at 7 Kettering Fairmont (7-3)<br>9 Toledo Whitmer (7-3) at 8 Powell Olentangy Liberty (5-5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Lancaster (2-8) vs. 1 Gahanna Lincoln (9-1) at Whitehall-Yearling High School<br>15 Reynoldsburg (3-7) at 2 Upper Arlington (8-2)<br>14 Westerville North (3-7) at 3 New Albany (7-3)<br>13 Grove City Central Crossing (4-6) at 4 Pickerington Central (7-3)<br>12 Groveport Madison (5-5) at 5 Pickerington North (6-4)<br>11 Hilliard Davidson (4-6) at 6 Grove City (6-4)<br>10 Westerville Central (4-6) at 7 Hilliard Darby (5-5)<br>9 Hilliard Bradley (4-6) at 8 Thomas Worthington (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Hamilton (3-7) at 1 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (9-1)<br>15 Middletown (3-7) at 2 Cincinnati Elder (8-2)<br>14 Lebanon (4-6) at 3 West Chester Lakota West (10-0)<br>13 Cincinnati Oak Hills (5-5) at 4 Springboro (7-3)<br>12 Cincinnati Colerain (4-6) at 5 Mason (8-2)<br>11 Cincinnati West Clermont (5-5) at 6 Cincinnati Princeton (8-2)<br>10 Cincinnati Western Hills (5-5) at 7 Milford (8-2)<br>9 Cincinnati St. Xavier (4-6) at 8 Fairfield (7-3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Willoughby South (4-6) at 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (9-1)<br>15 Ashtabula Lakeside (6-4) at 2 Painesville Riverside (9-1)<br>14 Solon (6-4) at 3 Hudson (10-0)<br>13 Mayfield (6-4) at 4 Austintown-Fitch (9-1)<br>12 Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (7-3) at 5 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (6-3)<br>11 Maple Heights (6-4) at 6 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-2)<br>10 Garfield Heights (7-3) at 7 Macedonia Nordonia (8-2)<br>9 Cleveland Rhodes School of Environmental Studies (4-4) at 8 Barberton (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Westlake (5-5) at 1 Avon (9-1)<br>15 Oregon Clay (5-5) at 2 Medina Highland (10-0)<br>14 Ashland (6-4) at 3 Toledo Central Catholic (9-1)<br>13 North Ridgeville (5-5) at 4 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (9-1)<br>12 Toledo St. John\u2019s Jesuit (5-5) at 5 Olmsted Falls (8-2)<br>11 Sylvania Southview (8-2) at 6 Avon Lake (8-2)<br>10 Parma Heights Valley Forge (7-3) at 7 North Olmsted (7-3)<br>9 North Royalton (6-4) at 8 Fremont Ross (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Massillon Perry (4-6) at 1 Massillon Washington (8-1)<br>15 Dublin Scioto (4-6) at 2 Uniontown Lake (9-1)<br>14 Worthington Kilbourne (4-6) at 3 Westerville South (9-1)<br>13 Columbus Northland (5-4) at 4 Pataskala Watkins Memorial (8-2)<br>12 Uniontown Green (4-6) at 5 Sunbury Big Walnut (8-2)<br>11 Pataskala Licking Heights (5-5) at 6 North Canton Hoover (7-3)<br>10 Dover (5-5) at 7 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (5-4)<br>9 Canal Winchester (6-4) at 8 Columbus Independence (7-2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 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Academy (7-3)<br>9 Geneva (7-3) at 8 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (8-1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Copley (3-7) at 1 Parma Heights Holy Name (7-2)<br>15 Rocky River (4-6) at 2 Tiffin Columbian (8-2)<br>14 Oberlin Firelands (7-3) at 3 Clyde (7-3)<br><strong>13 Defiance (6-4) at 4 Lodi Cloverleaf (8-2)<\/strong><br>12 Ontario (6-4) at 5 Mansfield Senior (8-2)<br>11 Bay Village Bay (5-5) at 6 Norton (8-2)<br>10 Parma Padua Franciscan (5-5) at 7 Medina Buckeye (7-3)<br>9 Toledo Scott (8-2) at 8 Rocky River Lutheran West (9-1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Circleville (5-5) at 1 Thornville Sheridan (9-1)<br>15 Washington Court House Miami Trace (4-6) at 2 Jackson (8-2)<br>14 Columbus Hamilton Township (6-3) at 3 Columbus Bishop Watterson (9-1)<br>13 Plain City Jonathon Alder (6-4) at 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (8-2)<br>12 Columbus Beechcroft (6-3) at 5 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (9-1)<br>11 Chillicothe (7-3) at 6 London (7-3)<br>10 Bellefontaine (8-2) at 7 Granville (8-2)<br>9 Washington Court House (8-2) at 8 Columbus South (8-1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Cincinnati Woodward (5-5) vs. 1 Hamilton Badin (10-0) at Hamilton High School<br>15 Cincinnati Mount Healthy (5-5) at 2 Mount Orab Western Brown (9-1)<br>14 Hillsboro (4-6) at 3 Tipp City Tippecanoe (9-1)<br><strong>13 Wilmington (5-5) at 4 Wapakoneta (9-1)<\/strong><br><strong>12 Celina (6-4) at 5 Bellbrook (8-2)<\/strong><br>11 Trotwood-Madison (6-4) at 6 Dayton Chaminade Julienne (6-4)<br>10 Monroe (6-4) vs. 7 Cincinnati Hughes (6-3) at TBA<br>9 New Richmond (7-3) at 8 New Carlisle Tecumseh (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division IV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Mogadore Field (4-6) at 1 Beloit West Branch (9-1)<br>15 Akron Coventry (5-5) at 2 East Liverpool Beaver (8-2)<br>14 Hubbard (6-4) at 3 Girard (7-3)<br>13 Akron Buchtel (5-4) at 4 Peninsula Woodridge (7-3)<br>12 Streetsboro (6-4) at 5 Canal Fulton Northwest (7-3)<br>11 Poland Seminary (5-5) at 6 Jefferson Area (7-3)<br>10 Salem (6-4) at 7 Canton South (7-3)<br>9 Ashtabula Edgewood (6-4) at 8 Struthers (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Napoleon (4-6) vs. 1 Cleveland Glenville (9-0) at Collinwood High School<br>15 Shelby (5-5) at 2 Millersburg West Holmes (10-0)<br>14 Caledonia River Valley (5-5) at 3 Sandusky Perkins (9-1)<br>13 Bryan (6-4) at 4 Elyria Catholic (8-2)<br>12 Upper Sandusky (5-5) at 5 Bellville Clear Fork (9-1)<br><strong>11 Wauseon (6-4) at 6 Van Wert (9-1)<\/strong><br>10 Delaware Buckeye Valley (6-4) at 7 St. Marys Memorial (8-2)<br>9 Galion (6-4) at 8 Bellevue (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 McConnelsville Morgan (6-4) at 1 St. Clairsville (8-2)<br>15 Carrollton (7-3) at 2 Steubenville (8-2)<br>14 McArthur Vinton County (6-4) at 3 Columbus East (8-1)<br>13 Duncan Falls Philo (5-5) at 4 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (7-3)<br>12 Newark Licking Valley (5-5) at 5 Gallipolis Gallia Academy (8-2)<br>11 Cambridge (7-3) at 6 Circleville Logan Elm (8-2)<br>10 Columbus Bishop Hartley (4-6) at 7 New Lexington (8-2)<br>9 Columbus Bishop Ready (6-3) at 8 Columbus Marion-Franklin (6-3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Waverly (5-5) at 1 Cincinnati Wyoming (10-0)<br>15 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (5-5) at 2 Cincinnati Taft (8-2)<br>14 Eaton (6-4) at 3 Middletown Bishop Fenwick (7-3)<br>13 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (5-5) at 4 Chillicothe Unioto (9-1)<br>12 St. Paris Graham (5-5) at 5 Urbana (5-5)<br>11 Dayton Northridge (7-2) at 6 Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (5-5)<br>10 Kettering Archbishop Alter (5-5) at 7 Reading (7-3)<br>9 St. Bernard Roger Bacon (6-4) at 8 Springfield Shawnee (6-4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division V<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Youngstown Liberty (4-5) at 1 Canfield South Range (10-0)<br>15 Smithville (6-4) at 2 Sugarcreek Garaway (10-0)<br>14 Wooster Triway (4-6) at 3 Perry (8-2)<br>13 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (4-6) at 4 Richmond Edison (10-0)<br>12 Cadiz Harrison Central (6-4) at 5 Creston Norwayne (7-3)<br>11 Orrville (6-4) at 6 Navarre Fairless (8-2)<br>10 West Lafayette Ridgewood (7-3) at 7 Burton Berkshire (7-3)<br>9 Garrettsville Garfield (8-2) at 8 Conneaut (8-2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Port Clinton (5-5) at 1 Liberty Center (10-0)<br>15 Delta (5-5) at 2 Bloomdale Elmwood (9-1)<br>14 Fredericktown (6-4) at 3 Pemberville Eastwood (10-0)<br><strong>13 Richwood North Union (7-3) at 4 Coldwater (9-1)<\/strong><br>12 Milan Edison (6-4) at 5 Huron (8-2)<br>11 Genoa Area (6-4) at 6 Oak Harbor (9-1)<br><strong>10 Tinora (7-3) at 7 Marengo Highland (7-3)<\/strong><br>9 Findlay Liberty-Benton (7-3) at 8 Archbold (8-2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 Minford (6-4) at 1 Ironton (10-0)<br>15 Pomeroy Meigs (6-4) at 2 Canal 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The game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday night at Eggerss Stadium. 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