Ohio High School Playoff Kickoff Special 2016

Submitted by djbc on Sun, 10/30/2016 - 7:16pm
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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.
- Three Regular Season Rivalry Re-Matches are in Week 11: Whitehall at Bexley (Bexley won regular season meeting), Olentangy Orange at Olentangy Liberty (Liberty won regular season meeting), and Hilliard Davidson at Dublin Coffman (Davidson won regular season meeting)