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[LucasDavenport]

Division 6 Regional Finals

R21 — 1 Springfield (12-0) v 2 Mogadore (11-1)
R22 — 3 Howard East Knox (12-0) v 8 Carey (7-5)
R23 — 3 Archbold (11-1) v 5 Anna (11-1)
R24 — 4 Covington (10-2) v 6 Mechanicsburg (10-2)

Springfield has never won a Regional Title. They didn’t qualify last year. Mogadore lost in Week 13 last year to Kirtland 21–14. They have won 17 Regional Titles and 3 State Titles.

Howard East Knox hadn’t made the playoffs since 2005 and has never won a Regional title. They have won both of their playoff games this year by a score of 21-20. Carey started out 1-4 and finished 8th in R22 at 5-5. They won a shootout with 1 seed Western Reserve 50-41 and then a 7-0 slugfest with Hillsdale in Week 12.

Archbold beat Coldwater 27-21 in Week 11 and then revenged a week 6 loss to Liberty Center in Week 12. Anna has always been the football only black sheep of the MAC. They were 2–11 all time in the playoffs until winning twice this year. Anna beat Coldwater 49-8 in Week 8 and fellow MAC member Minster in Week 11 (47-21).

Both Covington and Mechanicsburg benefited from the MAC Schools shifting from R24 to R23 this year. Covington took out Southeastern In Week 12 to get to the Regional Final. Mechanicsburg only two losses came to the 2 D5 R20 finalists West Jefferson and West Liberty Salem.

[LucasDavenport]

Division 7 Regional Finals

R25 — 1 Cuyahoga Heights (10-1) v 2 Lucas (10-2)
R26 — 1 Leipsic (11-1) v 3 Hamler Patrick Henry (9-3)
R27 — 1 Harvest Prep (11-1) v 2 Newark Catholic (9-3)
R28 — 2 Marion Local (10-2) v 8 New Bremen (9-3)

Cuyahoga Heights has won 4 Regional Titles with most of them coming in very recent years. They won R25 last year and lost to Trimble in the State Semis. Lucas has never won a Regional Title and escaped McDonald in Week 11 in OT 21-20.

Both Leipsic and Patrick Henry lost to McComb last year in the playoffs as McComb went on to win a State Title. Patrick Henry lost all 3 of its games to playoff teams from bigger divisions including a 39-36 loss to Archbold.

Harvest Prep lost week 1 to D3 Eastmoor 13-12 and hasn’t lost since. Newark Catholic is trying to return to their glory days of 8 State Titles and 25 Regional Titles. 25!!

Marion Local who has won 10 State Titles and 17 Regional Titles has an all-time playoff record of 78-11. New Bremen has never won a Regional Title and has been towards the bottom of the MAC pecking order most years. Marion Local lost to Kirtland in the D6 State Final last year. The last year that Marion Local failed to win the Regional Title was in 2010.... which means they’ve won 8 straight Regional Finals and most of those were in D6. They needed a last minute TD to force OT last week vs Fort Loramie before pulling out a 24-21 win.

[LucasDavenport]

Did anyone notice that neither Cleveland St Ignatius nor Cincinnati Moeller made the playoffs this year?

Since 1988 one of these two schools has always been in the playoffs (and usually both) with one exception.

2015. St Ignatius went 5-4 and Moeller went 5-5.

That was the year D1 only had 2 regions and the top 16 from each region made the playoffs. St Ignatius and Moeller both finished 21st that year in their region.

Moeller went 2-8 this year and didn’t defeat an Ohio team.

Ignatius went 5-5 this year and defeated 2 Ohio teams. They beat Moeller 38-7 and Akron Hoban 42-41. The win over Hoban broke Hoban’s 31 Game winning streak that dated back to week 1 of 2017 when St Ignatius beat them 17-3.

[trojandave]

Great info, Lucas Davenport........I think that Moeller has evolved into a basketball school........back to back D1 state titles (5 total), 3 straight appearances in the D1 championship game. I remember watching Moeller vs. Massillon at Ohio Stadium in 1985 (Moeller won)......by far the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a championship game. Massillon brought a huge crowd, so big that there was a lot of orange and black in the upper deck. Moeller was a real powerhouse in the Gerry Faust days, then St.Ignatius became the next dynasty under Chuck Kyle.

[LucasDavenport]

Great info, Lucas Davenport........I think that Moeller has evolved into a basketball school........back to back D1 state titles, 3 straight appearances in the D1 championship game. I remember watching Moeller vs. Massillon at Ohio Stadium in 1985 (Moeller won)......by far the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a championship game. Massillon brought a huge crowd, so big that there was a lot of orange and black in the upper deck. Moeller was a real powerhouse in the Gerry Faust days, then St.Ignatius became the next dynasty.

Thank you Trojandave! Could this be the year that Massillon finally breaks through and wins a State Title on the field?

Last year's Champions are doing pretty well this year.

Division 1 -- St. Ed's plays Mentor in R1
Division 2 -- Akron Hoban plays Massillon Washington in R5
Division 3 -- Chagrin Falls Kenston lost to New Philadelphia in Week 11
Division 4 -- Cincinnati Wyoming plays Valley View in R16
Division 5 -- Orrville plays Oak Harbor in R18
Division 6 -- Kirtland plays Akron Manchester in R17
Division 7 -- McComb lost in Week 11 to Edgerton

The AP poll champions are also faring well this year

Division 1 -- #1 Ranked Mentor is in Week 13 as well as #2 St Ed's, #3 Pickerington Central, #4 Cincinnati Colerain, #5 Springfield, #9 Cincinnati Elder
Division 2 -- #1 Ranked Massillon Washington is in Week 13 as well as #2 Toldeo CC, #3 Akron Hoban, #4 Avon, #6 Cincinnati LaSalle, #9 Harrison
Division 3 -- #1 Ranked Bishop Hartley is in Week 13 as well as #2 Jonathan Alder, #3 Aurora, #7 Trotwood Madison, #9 Mansfield
Division 4 -- #1 Ranked Cincinnati Wyoming is in Week 13 as well as #2 Perry, #4 Licking Valley,
Division 5 -- #1 Ranked Kirtland is in Week 13 as well as #2 Ridgewood, #3 Oak Harbor, #5 Ironton, #6 Orrville, #7 West Liberty Salem, #8 West Jeff
Division 6 -- #1 Ranked Anna is in Week 13 as well as #2 Springfield, #8 Mogadore
Division 7 -- #1 Ranked Marion Local is in Week 13 as well as #3 Leipsic, #4 Harvest Prep, #6 Cuyahoga Heights, #7 Lucas, #9 Norwalk St. Paul, #10 Patrick Henry

[trojandave]

LucasDavenport: I would like to see Massillon win the state title. Perhaps no other town in Ohio has as much passion for football as does Massillon. I have been to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to watch the state championships, and that stadium is probably the mecca for Ohio high school football.

Can you imagine a high school football crowd so big that they were in the upper deck at the Horseshoe? I will never forget the size of that Massillon crowd in 1985.

[Paulcrew]

LucasDavenport: I would like to see Massillon win the state title. Perhaps no other town in Ohio has as much passion for football as does Massillon. I have been to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to watch the state championships, and that stadium is probably the mecca for Ohio high school football.

Can you imagine a high school football crowd so big that they were in the upper deck at the Horseshoe? I will never forget the size of that Massillon crowd in 1985.

good info guys. Dave it was 1982. my sophomore year as we played Akron St vincent st mary’s before the moeller massillon game. some big names on field that day...

[frankie]

Great info, Lucas Davenport........I think that Moeller has evolved into a basketball school........back to back D1 state titles (5 total), 3 straight appearances in the D1 championship game. I remember watching Moeller vs. Massillon at Ohio Stadium in 1985 (Moeller won)......by far the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a championship game. Massillon brought a huge crowd, so big that there was a lot of orange and black in the upper deck. Moeller was a real powerhouse in the Gerry Faust days, then St.Ignatius became the next dynasty under Chuck Kyle.

Ironton lost to ASVSM 20-14 the game before the Moeller - Massillon game, I watched both games. Chris Spillman played for Massillon, the Francisco brothers for Moeller. Frank Stams for ASVSM. The Shoe was orange & black for sure.

[Raider6309]

Massillon’s best player just got arrested for felonious assault in Akron. Guaranteed he plays

Massillon is of course accusing Akron Hoban of making the Akron police make up charges

[FANOSPORTS]

Massillon’s best player just got arrested for felonious assault in Akron. Guaranteed he plays

Massillon is of course accusing Akron Hoban of making the Akron police make up charges

Nothing unusual for "Metro" area teams.

[trojandave]

Thanks. Paulcrew, and you are correct on the year (1982). I should have looked it up instead of going by memory.

[LucasDavenport]

Division 1 Regional Finals.

R1 — 1 Mentor (12-0) v 2 Lakewood St Edward (11-1)
R2 — 1 Springfield (11-1) v 3 Dublin Coffman (10-2)
R3 — 2 Pick Central (11-1) v 4 Groveport Madison (10-2)
R4 — 3 Colerain (11-1) v 4 Elder (10-2)

Mentor defeated St Ed’s 29-28 in Week 1. Last year Mentor defeated St Ed’s 42-39 in Week 1 only to lose the rematch 24-14 in Week 13. St Ed’s won the Division 1 State Championship last year over Colerain.

Colerain defeated Elder 42-0 last year in Week 13. They defeated Pickerington Central in Week 14 before losing to St Ed’s. Colerain’s only loss this year was to St X who Elder beat in Week 12. Elder lost to St Ed’s in Week 4 (42-25)

Groveport Madison defeated Pickerington Central 19-14 in Week 4. Pickerington Central won the Title in 2017 over Mentor. Groveport Madison was 0-10 in 2017 and 5-5 in 2018.

Springfield’s only loss was Week 2 to (10-2) Fairfield 16-12.
Fairfield lost in Week 10 and Week 12 to Colerain
Springfield and Dublin Coffman have only 1 opponent in Common — Springfield defeated Dublin Jerome in Week 12 (37-14) Coffman beat Jerome 31-14 in Week 3.

6 of the 8 teams were in the Regional Finals last year. Springfield lost in week 12 and Groveport Madison didn’t qualify.

Mentor 36 St Ed’s 35 OT
Springfield 7 Dublin Coffman 3
Pickerington Central 23 Groveport Madison 7
Elder 28 Colerain 21

[LucasDavenport]

Division 2 Regional Finals

R5 — 1 Massillon Washington (12-0) v 3 Akron Hoban (11-1)
R6 — 1 Avon (12-0) v 2 Avon Lake (11–1)
R7 — 1 Toledo CC (12-0) v 6 Olentangy (7-5)
R8 — 1 LaSalle (10-2) v 3 Harrison (11-1)

Massillon Washington was in R7 last year and lost to Akron Hoban in the State Finals 42-28. It was Hoban’s 4th Straight Title.

Avon won R6 last year and lost to Hoban in State Semis.
Avon defeated Avon Lake 13-12 in Week 1. Last year Avon Lake lost in Week 12 to Toledo CC who moved to R7 this year. Avon defeated Toledo CC in Week 13 last year.

Toledo CC had to get repeat victories in Week 11 and 12 over Toledo St Johns and Toledo St Francis Desales. They are probably happy to see Olentangy who limped in to Week 11 at 5-5. Olentangy played 8 D1 schools in the regular season and defeated 11-0 Anthony Wayne in Week 12 (31-21). Olentangy qualified in R8 last year at 5-5 and lost to Winton Woods 49-42.

LaSalle is here after losing to Winton Woods in Week 9 but defeating St X and Elder in Weeks 8 and 10. Winton Woods finished 9th this year at 6-3. Harrison defeated Columbus Desales 42-7 in Week 12

Massillon Washington 17 Akron Hoban 14
Avon 20 Avon Lake 3
Toledo CC 35 Olentangy 14
LaSalle 45 Harrison 8

[LucasDavenport]

Division 3 Regional Finals

R9 — 4 Aurora (12-0) v 6 Chardon (10-2)
R10 — 2 Mansfield (11-1) v 5 Sandusky (9-3)
R11 — 1 Bishop Hartley (11-1) v 2 Jonathan Alder (12-0)
R12 — 4 Hamilton Badin (9-3) v 7 Trotwood Madison (9-3)

Aurora only played 1 playoff team in the regular season but knocked off Steubenville and New Philadelphia to get to week 13. Chardon defeated previously undefeated Streetsboro in Week 12.

Mansfield defeated Sandusky in Week 5 (21-14). Sandusky lost in Week 13 last year to Norwalk. They avenged that lost this year in Week 12.

Bishop Hartley and Johnathan Alder finished the year 1st and 2nd in R11 and 1st and 2nd in the AP poll. Hartley lost to Clinton-Massie and JA defeated Bloom Carroll 42-13 in Week 3.

Trotwood returns to week 13 after losing early in the playoffs last year. Their losses are to D2 Winton Woods and D1 Springfield and Springboro. Badin avenged a Week 1 loss to Ross in Week 11 and was able to get a second victory this year in Week 12 over Kettering After.

Aurora 22 Chardon 19
Mansfield 15 Sandusky 9 OT
Bishop Hartley 27 Jonathan Alder 14
Trotwood Madison 20 Hamilton Badin 7

[LucasDavenport]

Division 6 Regional Finals

R21 — 1 Springfield (12-0) v 2 Mogadore (11-1)
R22 — 3 Howard East Knox (12-0) v 8 Carey (7-5)
R23 — 3 Archbold (11-1) v 5 Anna (11-1)
R24 — 4 Covington (10-2) v 6 Mechanicsburg (10-2)

Springfield has never won a Regional Title. They didn’t qualify last year. Mogadore lost in Week 13 last year to Kirtland 21–14. They have won 17 Regional Titles and 3 State Titles.

Howard East Knox hadn’t made the playoffs since 2005 and has never won a Regional title. They have won both of their playoff games this year by a score of 21-20. Carey started out 1-4 and finished 8th in R22 at 5-5. They won a shootout with 1 seed Western Reserve 50-41 and then a 7-0 slugfest with Hillsdale in Week 12.

Archbold beat Coldwater 27-21 in Week 11 and then revenged a week 6 loss to Liberty Center in Week 12. Anna has always been the football only black sheep of the MAC. They were 2–11 all time in the playoffs until winning twice this year. Anna beat Coldwater 49-8 in Week 8 and fellow MAC member Minster in Week 11 (47-21).

Both Covington and Mechanicsburg benefited from the MAC Schools shifting from R24 to R23 this year. Covington took out Southeastern In Week 12 to get to the Regional Final. Mechanicsburg only two losses came to the 2 D5 R20 finalists West Jefferson and West Liberty Salem.

Springfield 35 Mogadore 21
East Knox 32 Carey 21
Anna 42 Archbold 7
Mechanicsburg 42 Covington 26

[LucasDavenport]

D1 State Semis.

(12-1) #3 Pickerington Central v #1 (13-0) Mentor
(12-1) #5 Springfield v #9 (11-2) Elder

D2 State Semis

(13-0) #1 Massillon Washington v #4 (13-0) Avon
(13-0) #2 Toledo CC v (11-2) #6 LaSalle

D3 State Semis

(12-1) #1 Bishop Hartley v (10-3) #7 Trotwood Madison
(13-0) #3 Aurora v (12-1) #9 Mansfield

D6 State Semis
(13-0) East Knox v (12-1) #2 Springfield
(12-1) #1 Anna v (11-2) Mechanicsburg

[VetteMan]

I can't recall the exact year but I was working in the Toledo area, and heard that Moeller was coming to town to play Toledo Whitmer. When I saw an earlier poster had mentioned his name, I think his name was Dewan Francisco was the star tailback for Moeller. I'm pretty sure that Dewan did go to Notre Dame. I think there QB went to Boston College also. I know he did have a brother on the team, but I don't remember much about him. I do still have the game program, but of course I couldn't find it now. What I really wanted to post was that Moeller just happened to have a running back on the team by the name of Barry Larkin, who I think may have been in the 10th grade. I remember Moeller winning the game mayby 30 something to 7. I could be wrong but I think Moeller may have been rated No.1 in the USA. I'll never forget the newspaper in Toledo raving about the fact that Gerry Faust had about 9 or 10 assistant coaches. With all the talk about the Stadium sizes for the high schools in the playoffs, I think that even back then that Toledo Whitmer had the largest and probably the nicest Stadium that I had ever been in.

[VetteMan]

I can't recall the exact year but I was working in the Toledo area, and heard that Moeller was coming to town to play Toledo Whitmer. When I saw an earlier poster had mentioned his name, I think his name was Dewan Francisco was the star tailback for Moeller. I'm pretty sure that Dewan did go to Notre Dame. I think there QB went to Boston College also. I know he did have a brother on the team, but I don't remember much about him. I do still have the game program, but of course I couldn't find it now. What I really wanted to post was that Moeller just happened to have a running back on the team by the name of Barry Larkin, who I think may have been in the 10th grade. I remember Moeller winning the game mayby 30 something to 7. I could be wrong but I think Moeller may have been rated No.1 in the USA. I'll never forget the newspaper in Toledo raving about the fact that Gerry Faust had about 9 or 10 assistant coaches. With all the talk about the Stadium sizes for the high schools in the playoffs, I think that even back then that Toledo Whitmer had the largest and probably the nicest Stadium that I had ever been in.

Believe it or not, the star tailback's first name just dawned on me. How I could have ever forgotten this I'll never know. I may not spell it right but here goes, Highawatha Francisco. Mayby his brothers first name was Dewan ? Frankie, I pretty sure you are the one that posted his name, if you read this you may be able to shed some light on this ?

[frankie]

vette you are correct. Hiawatha and Dewan Francisco played on that Moeller team. Larken went to Michigan to play football & baseball.
Schembechler redshirted him and he then concentrated on baseball in college. During the Faust years Moeller played the best teams in the country. They built a big stadium at Kings Island to play their home games.

[VetteMan]

vette you are correct. Hiawatha and Dewan Francisco played on that Moeller team. Larken went to Michigan to play football & baseball.
Schembechler redshirted him and he then concentrated on baseball in college. During the Faust years Moeller played the best teams in the country. They built a big stadium at Kings Island to play their home games.

Thank you very much, I should have asked you before trying to spell that first name. Lol I do have the game program, I just couldn't find it last night. Toledo Whitmer had a very good team that year, but Moeller just dominated them. That's the only time that I ever seen Moeller play, they were really something back in those days. I can't remember just when that Faust went to Notre Dame, or even how long he was there ?