{
  "id": 16508668,
  "title": "OHSAA releases official Cincinnati football playoff pairings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ohsaa-releases-official-cincinnati-football-playoff-pairings",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-25T18:37:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ohsaa-releases-official-cincinnati-football-183734537.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ohio High School Athletic Association officially released its Week 11 football playoff pairings on October 25, outlining the route to the state championship games set for December 3-5 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. This is the second year of the current playoff structure, where the top 12 seeds in each region compete in the postseason. The top four seeds enjoy a first-round bye and host each game for the initial three weeks of the tournament, moving to neutral sites thereafter. Here are the Cincinnati high school football's seven divisions and regions' official seedings for the Week 11 games, with local teams bolded.\n\nIn Division I, Region 4, the top-seeded Princeton, Elder, Lakota West, and Moeller receive byes. The second-round matchups will feature Lakota East against Winton Woods, Fairfield against St. Xavier, Little Miami against Springboro, and Middletown against Lebanon.\n\nDivision II, Region 8 begins with byes for Anderson, Harrison, Trotwood-Madison, and Lima Senior. The semifinal games include Vandalia Butler facing Troy, Edgewood against Columbus West, La Salle versus Talawanda, and Withrow confronting Badin.\n\nIn Division III, Region 12, Bellbrook, Tipp City, Tippecanoe, and Chillicothe hold byes. Monroe will compete against Miami Trace, Alter versus Indian Hill, Goshen at Hughes, and Northwest versus Unioto.\n\nDivision IV, Region 16 begins with byes for Wyoming, London, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, and North College Hill. Clinton-Massie will face Urbana, New Richmond at Wilmington, Dunbar versus Valley View, and Kenton Ridge at Oakwood.\n\nDivision V, Region 20 holds byes for St. Paris Graham, Williamsburg, Miami East, and Waynesville. Preble Shawnee will compete with Summit Country Day, Greeneview at Fenwick, Greenon versus Carlisle, and Dayton Christian at Arcanum.\n\nDivision VI, Region 24 features byes for Tri-Village, Deer Park, Zane Trace, and Cincinnati College Prep. Versailles faces Portsmouth West, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place at Mechanicsburg, Covington versus Huntington, and St. Henry at Madison-Plains.\n\nLastly, Division VII, Region 28 includes byes for Marion Local, Ansonia, Riverside, and Minster. Fort Recovery faces Waynesfield-Goshen, Upper Scioto Valley at Cincinnati Country Day, Ridgemont versus New Bremen, and Tri-County North at Fort Loramie.",
  "summary": "The OHSAA released on Oct. 25 the official high school football tournament pairings. See the tournament seedings for Cincinnati's seven regions.",
  "key_points": [
    "Top 12 seeds in each region compete in postseason",
    "Cincinnati high schools receive byes in Week 11 games",
    "State championship games set for December 3-5"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}