{"id":200014,"date":"2025-11-30T21:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=200014"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:13:38","slug":"football-state-title-game-matchups-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/30\/football-state-title-game-matchups-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Football state title game matchups set"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Following the state semifinals Friday night, 14 schools have earned a trip to Canton for the Ohio High School Athletic Association football state championships December 4-6 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All seven championship games will be televised by Spectrum News 1, with Spectrum\u2019s coverage also streamed live at SpectrumNewsApp.com<\/a> and OHSAA.tv<\/a>. The OHSAA Radio Network will also broadcast all seven games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 OHSAA Football State Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Division II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avon (13-1) vs. Cincinnati Anderson (14-0), Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Rematch of last year\u2019s Division II championship game (Avon won 20-13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Third championship game appearance for Avon (one state title in 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fourth championship game appearance for Anderson (one state title in 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Division IV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cleveland Glenville (11-3) vs. Shelby (14-0), Friday, Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Fifth championship game appearance for Glenville (two titles, 2022 and 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • First championship game appearance for Shelby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Division III<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Toledo Central Catholic (11-4) vs. Columbus Bishop Watterson (13-0), Friday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Third-straight year these two teams have met in Division III state championship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • TCC won 27-7 in 2023 and Watterson won 19-14 in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Eighth championship game appearance for Toledo Central Catholic (five titles, most recent in 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Eighth championship game appearance for Watterson (three titles, most recent in 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

        Division I<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Cincinnati St. Xavier (11-2) vs. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (14-0), Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Eighth championship game appearance for St. Xavier (four titles, most recent in 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • First championship game appearance for Olentangy Orange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Division VII<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          St. Henry (13-1) vs. Jeromesville Hillsdale (13-1), Saturday, Dec. 6 at 10:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Ninth championship game appearance for St. Henry (six titles, most recent in 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Second championship game appearance for Hillsdale (no state titles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Division VI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Kirtland (14-0) vs. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (13-1), Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • 14th championship game appearance for Kirtland (seven titles, most recent in 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Third championship game appearance for Hopewell-Loudon (no titles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Division V<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Wheelersburg (14-0) vs. Liberty Center (14-0), Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              • Third championship game appearance for Wheelersburg (two titles, most recent in 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Sixth championship game appearance for Liberty Center (one title in 1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Submitted information COLUMBUS — Following the state semifinals Friday night, 14 schools have earned a trip to Canton for the Ohio High School Athletic Association football state championships December 4-6 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. All seven championship games will be televised by Spectrum News 1, with Spectrum\u2019s coverage also streamed live at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 22:13:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200015,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200014\/revisions\/200015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}