Regional title favorites (in order) and state title picks:
R1: St Ed, A'town, Ignatius
R2: Whitmer, Spr'field, P'burg
R3: Gahanna, UA, Pick North
R4: Moeller, Princeton, Lakota West
D1 final: St Edward over Moeller
R21: South Range, Kirtland, Hillsdale
R22: Liberty Ctr, Lima CC, C'bus Grove
R23: Garaway, W. Jeff., Monroe Cent.
R24: St Henry, Versailles, Deer Park
D6 final: Liberty Center over South Range
R25: McDonald, Mogadore, Spr'field
R26: Leipsic, H-L, McComb
R27: Danville, Symmes Valley, Toronto
R28: Marion Local, New Bremen, Minster
D7 final: Marion Local over Danville
Most improved mid-sized school teams
Ottawa-Glandorf (10-0, R14 #1) 9 wins over prior 4 seasons
North College Hill (9-0, R16 #4) outscored opponents 503-3
Zanesville (5-5, R11 out) ended 26-game losing streak
Claymont (9-1, R15 #5) 1 winning season in prior 8 years
OHSAA has a few long road trips in the early rounds, but nothing like these from Nebraska.
However, I have a college friend who taught in Barrow, AK for a while, and "road trips" there require an airplane.
Having covered Coldwater/Marion Local, I know how big 50-50 raffles at HS football games can get鈥hat took place at the Archbold/Liberty Center game adds another layer!
The winner gave his money back, so $10,000 went to Pediatric ICU unit at Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital. Wow.
Heaviest regional title favorites
R27 Danville 96%
R28 Marion Local 94%
R19 Ironton 94%
R22 Liberty Center 88%
R8 Anderson 86%
R24 St Henry 83%
R16 London 82%
R9 Glenville 81%
R21 South Range 76%