ohio high school football

It is Labor Day Weekend!

The traditional Labor Day happenings are:
- The Greek Festival at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Short North
- Labor Day Festival in Canal Winchester
- Zucchini Festival at The Fortress in Obetz
- Bexley Labor Day Block Party & Bexley Brewfest on Main Street in Bexley
- The Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival at Northam Park in Upper Arlington

Other Events:
- Local Author Festival at Bexley Public Library on August 31.
- Classic Car Show in Downtown Dublin on September 1.
- A Concert for a Meaningful Labor Day on September 1 at Columbus Mennonite Church in Clintonville.

It is the final weekend of Titanic: The Exhibition at COSI, plus Actor's Theatre in Schiller Park.
It is also the first week of Ohio State Football, as they play the Akron Zips.

High School Football, Week 2 (Under Construction):
Week 2
All Games on August 30, unless noted.

(Columbus) City League:
Columbus East at Independence (August 29)
Linden McKinley at Walnut Ridge (August 29)
Centennial at Columbus South (August 29)
Dayton Thurgood Marshall at Beechcroft (August 29)
Eastmoor Academy at KIPP Columbus
Bexley at Mifflin
Grandview Heights at Columbus West
Whetstone at Briggs
Minster at Africentric
Whitehall Yearling at Northland

Central Catholic League:
Bishop Watterson at Dublin Scioto
St. Francis DeSales at Hamilton Badin
Youngstown Ursuline at Bishop Hartley
Hamilton Township at St. Charles

Ohio Capital Conference:
Olentangy Berlin at Upper Arlington (CW Columbus Friday Night Rivals)
"WoTown Showdown" - Thomas Worthington at Worthington Kilbourne
Pickerington Central at Huber Heights Wayne
Grandville (Michigan) at Pickerington North
Wayne Valley (New Jersey) at Lancaster
Canal Winchester at Hilliard Davidson
Logan at Nelsonville-York
Central Crossing at Franklin Heights
Westerville Central at Westerville South
Medina at Olentangy
Dublin Coffman at Miamisburg

Week 9 Slate: https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard.jsp?year=2023&week=9

Week 5 Slate: https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard.jsp?year=2023&week=5

THURSDAY:
Bexley at Nelsonville-York
St. Charles at Columbus Academy (both 4-0)

FRIDAY:
City League:
Mifflin at Columbus East
Walnut Ridge at Columbus South
Independence at Marion-Franklin
Briggs at Africentric
Beechcroft at Whetstone
Eastmoor Academy at Columbus West
Linden McKinley at Centennial

OCC CAPITAL:
The Battle of Hard Road – Worthington Kilbourne at Dublin Scioto
4-0 Delaware Hayes at 4-0 Westerville North
Franklin Heights at Canal Winchester
Westerville South at Big Walnut

Licking County League:
Licking Heights at Newark Catholic
Licking Valley at Hebron Lakewood
Watkins Memorial at Johnstown

Mid-State League:
Hamilton Township at Teays Valley
Logan Elm at Fairfield Union
Liberty Union at Bloom Carroll
Fisher Catholic at Fairfield Christian

OTHER GAMES:
Dublin Coffman at Westerville Central
Grove City at Marysville
Hilliard Bradley at Dublin Jerome
Hilliard Davidson at Olentangy Berlin
Gahanna Lincoln at Pickerington Central
Lancaster at Hilliard Darby
Olentangy Liberty at New Albany
Olentangy at Central Crossing
Upper Arlington at Groveport Madison
Newark at Olentangy Orange
Westland at Thomas Worthington
Pickerington North at Reynoldsburg
Northland at KIPP Columbus
Bishop Ready at DeSales
Chardon at Bishop Watterson
Lima Central Catholic at Bishop Hartley

THURSDAY GAMES:
KIPP Columbus at Eastmoor Academy
Briggs at Whetstone

FRIDAY GAMES:
Worthington Kilbourne at Thomas Worthington
Hilliard Bradley at Hilliard Darby
Westerville South at Westerville Central
Grove City at Hilliard Davidson
Franklin Heights at Westland
Chillicothe at London
Independence at Columbus East
Bishop Hartley at Bloom-Carroll
Bishop Watterson at Dublin Scioto
Centerville at Dublin Coffman
Buckeye Valley at Jonathan Alder
Dublin Jerome at Reynoldsburg
Cleveland Glenville at Olentangy Liberty
Olentangy Berlin at Olentangy Orange
St. Charles at Beechcroft
New Albany at Canal Winchester
Columbus West at Grandview Heights
Upper Arlington at Big Walnut
Westerville North at Central Crossing
Logan at Teays Valley
Hamilton Badin at DeSales
Mount Vernon at Newark
Columbus Academy at Cardington-Lincoln
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy at Bishop Ready (at Fortress Obetz)
Liberty Union at Hebron Lakewood
Licking Valley at Heath
Centennial at Columbus South
Vinton County at Circleville
Franklin Furnace Green at Grove City Christian
Perrysburg at Marysville
Mifflin at Bexley
Linden McKinley at Africentric
Gibsonia Pine-Richmond (PA) at Pickerington North
Paint Valley at West Jefferson
Dayton Christian at Worthington Christian
Licking Heights at Dresden Tri-Valley
Lancaster at Hamilton Township
Marion-Franklin at Delaware Hayes
Thornville Sheridan at Watkins Memorial
Huber Heights Wayne at Pickerington Central

SATURDAY GAMES:
Northland at Whitehall

Week 2: https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard.jsp?year=2023&week=2

Week 1 of the 2023 High School Football Season
Dayton Meadowdale at Columbus East (Thursday)

FRIDAY
Westerville Central at Westerville North
Groveport Madison at Canal Winchester
Marysville at New Albany
Whetstone at Bishop Watterson (at Ohio Dominican Panther Field)
Newark Catholic at Bishop Ready (at Fortress Obetz)
Sunbury Big Walnut at Bishop Hartley
Teays Valley at Lancaster
Buckeye Valley at Delaware Hayes
Westerville South at Dublin Jerome
Columbus West at Hilliard Davidson
Thomas Worthington at Beechcroft
Northland at Walnut Ridge
Marion-Franklin at Granville
Reynoldsburg at Upper Arlington
Franklin Heights at Bexley
Whitehall at Hamilton Township
Bloom-Carroll at Harvest Prep
Newark at Zanesville
Linden McKinley at Amanda-Clearcreek
Heath at Liberty Union
London at Washington Court House
Toledo Whitmer at Olentangy
Central Crossing at Columbus Independence
Centennial at Grandview Heights
Mifflin at KIPP Columbus
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne at Hilliard Darby
St. Charles at Chillicothe
Westland at Briggs
Watkins Memorial at Worthington Kilbourne
Olentangy Berlin at Hilliard Bradley
Dresden Tri-Valley at DeSales
West Jefferson at Africentric
Pickerington Central at Olentangy Liberty

Games from all over Ohio:
https://joeeitel.com/hsfoot/scoreboard.jsp?year=2023&week=1

Football season is here! Almost. The Regular Season of High School Football in Ohio kicks off on August 29, and ends on November 2.

In this podcast:
- Buckeye Valley jumps to the Mid-State League
- No more football for Rosecrans
- Division Re-Alignments
- Week 8; High School Football vs. THE Ohio State Buckeyes
- "Every Game is a Road Game, including the Home Games" - Bishops Watterson and Ready
- The NEW Golden Era in Bexley

Link to Central Ohio Schedules, Week by Week: https://www.thisweeknews.com/sports/20190820/friday-night-live-2019-cent...

THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Games on CW Columbus: http://cwcolumbus.com/sports/content/2019-thursday-night-lights-schedule...
August 29 - Centennial (City League North) at Grandview Heights (MSL Ohio)
Sept. 5 - Walnut Ridge (City League South) at Pataskala Watkins Memorial (Licking County League BIG)
Sept. 12 - Johnstown (LCL Small) at Newark Licking Valley (LCL Big?)
Sept. 19 - Bloom-Carroll at Hamilton Township (MSL Cardinal)
Sept. 26 - Logan at Chillicothe (SE Ohio League)
Oct. 3 - Bishop Ready at Gahanna Columbus Academy (MSL Ohio)
Oct. 10 - Columbus Independence at Marion-Franklin (City League South)
Oct. 17 - Westerville Central at Olentangy Orange (OCC Buckeye)
Oct. 24 - Worthington Kilbourne at Hilliard Bradley (OCC Cardinal)
Oct. 31 (Season Finale) - Columbus St. Francis DeSales at Bishop Hartley (CCL)

10 Weeks of High School Football have been played. And it's time for the Postseason to begin. 224 Schools. 28 Brackets. Seven Champions. The Road to the Shoe begins for 224 High School Football Teams on Friday and Saturday in the State of Ohio.

LOCAL PLAYOFF TEAMS:
DIVISION I -
Region 2: Olentangy Liberty, Dublin Jerome, Olentangy, Olentangy Orange
Region 3: Hilliard Bradley, Pickerington Central, Dublin Coffman, Hilliard Davidson, Springfield, Pickerington North, Lancaster

DIVISION II -
Region 7: New Albany, Franklin Heights, Licking Heights, Columbus West, Dublin Scioto

DIVISION III -
Region 11: DeSales, Bexley, Hamilton Township, Eastmoor Academy, Beechcroft, Chillicothe, Whitehall, Thornville Sheridan

DIVISION IV -
Region 14: Jonathan Alder, Bishop Hartley, River Valley
Region 15: Heath, Johnstown-Monroe, Bloom-Carroll
Region 16: Chillicothe Union-Scioto (Unioto)

DIVISION V -
Region 18: Columbus Academy, Marion Pleasant
Region 19: Liberty Union, Chillicothe Zane Trace

DIVISION VI -
Region 23: Newark Catholic, Centerburg, Bishop Ready

DIVISION VII -
Region 27: Danville, Harvest Prep, Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans

- Columbus City (West, Eastmoor, Beechcroft), Dublin City (Coffman, Scioto, Jerome), and Olentangy Local (Olentangy, Liberty, Orange) School Districts each have THREE schools in the playoffs; Pickerington (Central, North) and Hilliard (Bradley, Davidson) have TWO schools in the playoffs; The Diocese of Columbus is repped by DeSales, Hartley, and Ready (CCL), Newark Catholic (Licking County League), and Rosecrans
- West High School opened in 1908. This is the first time in the school's history, that they have reached the football playoffs. Hilliard Bradley is making their first playoff trip since the school opened in 2009.
- Franklin Heights reaches the playoffs for the first time since 1989.