McComb/LCC to be played in Ottawa Saturday

Now in its third week, it's time for the OHSAA football playoffs to take this show on the road. In the first two week's of the postseason, all the games were played on Friday, and were hosted by the higher-seeded team. This week, games will be at neutral sites, with the games in Division I, II, III and V being played Friday, and the D-IV, D-VI and D=VII games set for Saturday. In area games, Elmwood and Eastwood will play Friday in a Region 18 semifinal at Bowling Green High School. It will be a rematch between the Northern Buckeye Conference rivals, who met Sept. 30 in Pemberville. The Eagles won 49-48, handing the Royals their only loss of the 2022 season. Eastwood remains unbeaten. The area's other two postseason games are in Division VII. McComb (11-1) will take on Lima Central Catholic (8-4) in the Region 26 semi. The game will be played at Ottawa-Glandorf. In Division VI, Colonel Crawford -- which knocked off defending state champion Carey last week -- will play Columbus Grove at Donnell Stadium in Findlay in the Region 22 semifinal Both teams are 10-2. All games are set to start at 7 p.m. OHSAA Football Regional Semifinal Pairings Pairings shown with regional seed and record. Designated home team listed first (higher seed). Division I – all games Friday, 7 p.m. Region 1 1 Lakewood St. Edward (11-1) vs. 5 Cleveland St. Ignatius (8-3) at Euclid Community Stadium 2 Medina (11-1) vs. 3 Mentor (8-3) at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium Region 2 4 Perrysburg (11-1) vs. 8 Powell Olentangy Liberty (7-5) at Fostoria Memorial Stadium 2 Springfield (10-1) vs. 3 Centerville (10-2) at Northmont Premier Health Stadium Region 3 1 Gahanna-Lincoln (11-1) vs. 4 Pickerington Central (9-3) at St. Francis DeSales Alumni Stadium 2 Upper Arlington (10-2) vs. 3 New Albany (9-3) at Westerville Central High School Region 4 1 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (11-1) vs. 5 Mason (10-2) at Middletown Barnitz Stadium 2 Cincinnati Elder (10-2) vs. 3 West Chester Lakota West (12-0) at Princeton Jake Sweeney Automotive Stadium Division II – all games Friday, 7 p.m. Region 5 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (11-1) vs. 5 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (8-3) at University of Akron InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field 2 Painesville Riverside (11-1) vs. 3 Hudson (12-0) at Maple Heights High School Region 6 1 Avon (11-1) vs. 5 Olmsted Falls (10-2) at TBA 2 Medina Highland (12-0) vs. 3 Toledo Central Catholic (11-1) at Perkins Firelands Health Stadium Region 7 1 Massillon Washington (10-1) vs. 5 Sunbury Big Walnut (10-2) at Mansfield Senior Arlin Field 2 Uniontown Lake (11-1) vs. 3 Westerville South (11-1) at Dover Crater Stadium Region 8 1 Cincinnati Winton Woods (12-0) vs. 4 Kings Mills Kings (11-1) at Mason Atrium Stadium 3 Trenton Edgewood (11-1) vs. 10 Cincinnati Anderson (7-5) at Little Miami Panther Stadium Division III – all games Friday, 7 p.m. Region 9 1 Chardon (10-1) vs. 13 Chagrin Falls Kenston (9-3) at Boardman Stadium 2 Canfield (10-1) vs. 3 Youngstown Ursuline (10-2) at Niles McKinley Bo Rein Stadium Region 10 1 Parma Heights Holy Name (9-2) vs. 5 Mansfield Senior (10-2) at Brunswick Auto Mart Stadium 6 Norton (10-2) vs. 10 Parma Padua Franciscan (7-5) at North Royalton Serpentini Stadium Region 11 1 Thornville Sheridan (11-1) vs. 5 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (11-1) at Lancaster Fulton Field 2 Jackson (10-2) vs. 3 Columbus Bishop Watterson (11-1) at Chillicothe Herrnstein Field Region 12 1 Hamilton Badin (12-0) vs. 4 Wapakoneta (11-1) at Trotwood-Madison Miami Valley Hospital SportsPlex 2 Mount Orab Western Brown (11-1) vs. 3 Tipp City Tippecanoe (11-1) at Bellbrook Stadium – DL Holmes Field Division IV – all games Saturday, 7 p.m. Region 13 1 Beloit West Branch (11-1) vs. 13 Akron Buchtel (7-4) at Ravenna Portage Community Bank Stadium, Harry Gilchrist Field 6 Jefferson Area (9-3) vs. 7 Canton South (9-3) at South Range Reminder Athletic Complex Region 14 1 Cleveland Glenville (11-0) vs. 4 Elyria Catholic (10-2) at North Ridgeville Ranger Stadium 2 Millersburg West Holmes (12-0) vs. 6 Van Wert (11-1) at Marion Harding Ohio Health Field at Harding Stadium Region 15 4 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (9-3) vs. 9 Columbus Bishop Ready (8-3) at Newark White Field 2 Steubenville (10-2) vs. 3 Columbus East (10-1) at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium Region 16 1 Cincinnati Wyoming (12-0) vs. 13 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (7-5) at Lakota West Firebird Field 2 Cincinnati Taft (10-2) vs. 6 Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (7-5) at Princeton Jake Sweeney Automotive Stadium Division V – all games Friday, 7 p.m. Region 17 1 Canfield South Range (12-0) vs. 13 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (6-6) at Girard Arrowhead Stadium 2 Sugarcreek Garaway (12-0) vs. 3 Perry (10-2) at Solon Stewart Field Region 18 1 Liberty Center (12-0) vs. 4 Coldwater (11-1) at Lima Senior Spartan Stadium 2 Bloomdale Elmwood (11-1) vs. 3 Pemberville Eastwood (12-0) at Napoleon Buckenmeyer Stadium Region 19 1 Ironton (12-0) vs. 5 Portsmouth West (11-1) at Portsmouth Clark Athletic Complex 2 Canal Winchester Harvest Preparatory (12-0) vs. 6 Wheelersburg (9-3) at Nelsonville-York Boston Field Region 20 1 Germantown Valley View (11-1) vs. 5 Cincinnati Madeira (11-1) at Fairfield Alumni Stadium 2 West Milton Milton-Union (11-0) vs. 6 Brookville (11-1) at Xenia Doug Adams Stadium Division VI – all games Saturday, 7 p.m. Region 21 1 Kirtland (12-0) vs. 4 Dalton (10-2) at Nordonia Boliantz Stadium 2 Mogadore (10-0) vs. 6 Cuyahoga Heights (9-2) at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium Region 22 5 Columbus Grove (10-2) vs. 8 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (10-2) at Findlay Donnell Stadium 2 Ashland Crestview (12-0) vs. 3 Columbia Station Columbia (12-0) at Medina Ken Dukes Stadium Region 23 1 Beverly Fort Frye (11-1) vs. 5 Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant (8-4) Lancaster Fulton Field 2 Nelsonville-York (11-1) vs. 3 Bellaire (8-4) Philo Sam Hatfield Stadium Region 24 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (12-0) vs. 4 Versailles (9-3) at Wapakoneta Mercy Health Wapak Ford Field 2 Harrod Allen East (11-1) vs. 3 New Madison Tri-Village (11-1) at Bellefontaine AcuSport Stadium Division VII – all games Saturday, 7 p.m. Region 25 1 Warren John F. Kennedy (10-1) vs. 4 Salineville Southern (11-1) at Canfield High School 3 Danville (10-2) vs. 10 Lucas (6-6) at Clear Fork High School Region 26 1 McComb (11-1) vs. 4 Lima Central Catholic (8-4) at Ottawa-Glandorf Titan Stadium 2 Antwerp (12-0) vs. 6 Gibsonburg (10-2) at Liberty Center Kip Kern Field at Rex Lingruen Stadium Region 27 1 Newark Catholic (9-1) vs. 5 Waterford (9-3) at Logan Chieftain Stadium 2 Hannibal River (11-1) vs. 3 Caldwell (11-1) at St. Clairsville Red Devils Stadium Region 28 1 Ansonia (11-1) vs. 5 New Bremen (9-3) at Greenville Harmon Field 2 Fort Loramie (10-2) vs. 6 Minster (8-4) at Sidney Memorial Stadium