Steelers Lose Critical Showdown with Bengals

18-12 was the final score at Heinz Field. Stellar play by both defenses meant that the ultimate difference was a kickoff return touchdown by Cincinnati after the Steelers got the first score of the game on a field goal. Pittsburgh had 4 trips to the red zone and got merely 4 field goals to show for it. Ben wasn’t his sharpest today throwing the ball, but it was a very good defensive effort by the Bengals. They got consistent pressure, only let Ben escape the pocket a couple times all day, and did a solid job covering the receivers downfield.

So now the Steelers are 6-3 and will need help down the stretch to win the division over a 7-2 Bengals team that holds ironclad tiebreaking advantage by sweeping the season series. However the Steelers are still in good shape for a wildcard unless they get swept by Baltimore. They are 1 game (assuming they win tomorrow night in Cleveland) ahead of the Ravens, which is important because being 2nd in your division and not stuck in 3rd is of paramount importance in trying to get a wildcard berth. Also the Steelers have wins over both Denver and San Diego and are therefor on solid footing vis a vis whoever finishes 2nd in the West. With games remaining against Kansas City, Cleveland, and Oakland along with a home game against Green Bay and finishing the year at Miami, games which look at least winnable, Steeler fans don’t need to get too disconsolate about their fortunes yet. Then again, today’s loss robs of them of some of their margin for error. And this does make 3 straight games that the Steeler offense has not had tremendous success. Hopefully the trip to Arrowhead next Sunday can prove therapeutic.

Ohio High School Football Regional Final Pairings and Sites

Division I – All Games at 7 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 1
4 5 Cleveland Glenville (11-1) vs. 2 Solon (12-0), Parma Byers Field
Region 2
19 8 Canton McKinley (8-4) vs. 3 Massillon Washington (9-3), Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium (University of Akron)
Region 3
1 1 Dublin Coffman (12-0) vs. 2 Hilliard Davidson (10-1), Upper Arlington Marv Moorehead Memorial Stadium
Region 4
3 4 Cincinnati Elder (9-2), vs. 3 Cincinnati Anderson (12-0), Nippert Stadium (University of Cincinnati)

Division II – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 5
24 1 Mentor Lake Catholic (11-1) vs. 3 Ashland (11-1), Green Memorial Stadium
Region 6
8 1 Toledo St. Francis deSales (11-1) vs. 6 Maple Heights (10-2), Fremont Ross Harmon Stadium
Region 7
21 8 Columbus Marion-Franklin (10-2) vs. 3 Columbus Brookhaven (10-2), Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
Region 8
6 5 Trotwood-Madison (9-3) vs. 2 Cincinnati Winton Woods (10-2), Mason Atrium Stadium

Division III – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 9
15 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (12-0) vs. 2 Poland Seminary (10-2), Austintown-Fitch Falcon Stadium
Region 10
10 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (9-3) vs. 2 Columbus Bishop Watterson (9-3), Dublin Coffman Stadium
Region 11
11 1 Steubenville (11-1) vs. 2 Dover (11-1), Canton Fawcett Stadium
Region 12
18 8 Springfield Shawnee (9-3), 2 Cincinnati Wyoming (12-0), Dayton Welcome Stadium

Division IV – All Games at 7:00 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 13
14 1 Chagrin Falls (12-0) vs. 6 Peninsula Woodridge (10-2), Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
Region 14
23 5 Ottawa-Glandorf (10-2) vs. 3 Orrville (9-3), Tiffin Frost-Kalnow Stadium
Region 15
16 5 Coshocton (10-2) vs. 2 Ironton (10-2), Nelsonville-York Boston Stadium
Region 16
20 1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (12-0), 2 Kettering Archbishop Alter (12-0), Centerville Stadium

Division V – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 17
5 1 Cuyahoga Heights (12-0) vs. 3 Youngstown Ursuline (8-3), Aurora Veterans Stadium
Region 18
2 1 Hamler Patrick Henry (12-0) vs. 2 Defiance Tinora (11-1), Defiance Fred Brown Stadium
Region 19
22 1 Fredericktown (12-0) vs. 6 West Lafayette Ridgewood (12-0), Johnstown Chambers Memorial Stadium
Region 20
13 8 St. Henry (9-3) vs. 2 Coldwater (11-1), Wapakoneta Harmon Field

Division VI – All Games at 7:00 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 21
9 4 Bucyrus Wynford (12-0) vs. 2 Norwalk St. Paul (12-0), Ashland Community Stadium
Region 22
17 1 Delphos St. John’s (12-0) vs. 2 Ada (12-0), Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 23
12 1 Malvern (11-1) vs. 6 Grove City Christian (11-1), Zanesville Sulsberger Memorial Stadium
Region 24
7 5 Maria Stein Marion Local (7-5) vs. 7 Fort Loramie (10-2), Wapakoneta Harmon Field

Wrong on So Many Levels

And yet it makes a ton of sense too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/sports/hockey/11blades.html?th&emc=th

Unfortunately I don’t get the CBC on my cable system this far south of the border. Mostly I regret that during the early rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs or when I could go for some curling. But this sounds like it would be a blast to see!

Justice Kennedy Ignores 1st Amendment

At least in this one instance freedom of the press was not a major concern of his:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/us/11dalton.html?th&emc=th

Dude its a student newspaper. Its not likely they have the power to tarnish your standing in the world.

NFL Week 10 TV Schedule for Pittsburgh/Youngstown/Wheeling Markets

First of all there will be a game Thursday night on the NFL Network consisting of Chicago @ San Francisco with Bob Pappa and Matt Millen on the call. As for Sunday afternoon the CBS game in the local area will be at 1pm with Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. Despite it being a Fox doubleheader weekend the Pittsburgh affiliate due to NFL rules will not have a 1pm game because the Steelers are at home on the other network. Keep in mind however that Fox 53 will be permitted to come on the air at 4pm sharp to pick up the end of whichever game the network deems appropriate. Youngstown will show Detroit @ Minnesota with Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan while Wheeling shows Atlanta @ Carolina with Kenny Albert, Moose, and Goose. At 4:15 all local affiliates will show Philadelphia @ San Diego with Thom Brenneman and Brian Billick. This is not the game being featured nationally (Green Bay @ Dallas). It probably is the most compelling game locally speaking but a switch to the featured game, especially in the Youngstown market, would not shock me. And of course the NFL Red Zone Channel will offer its customary continuous live whip around the league. The Sunday Night game on NBC is New England @ Indianapolis with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth and the Monday Night game on ESPN is Baltimore @ Cleveland with Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworksi, and Jon Gruden. Last I knew the game was not yet officially sold out, but so far as I know the Youngstown area would not be affected by any blackout of the Cleveland area. I will update if I learn different. As usual this info is courtesy of the506.com and subject to change. Enjoy the games!

***UPDATE*** There will be no blackout of the Ravens/Browns Monday Night game: http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/2009/11/blackout-averted/

***UPDATE 2*** Wheeling is now slated to show Detroit @ Minnesota also at 1pm on Fox

Week 11 College Football TV Schedule

As usual this info courtesy of Awful Announcing:

Wednesday, November 11th

Toledo @ Central Michigan (ESPN2, 8pm)- Eric Collins, Ray Bentley, Robert Smith

Thursday, November 12th

Ball State @ Northern Illinois (ESPNU, 6pm)- Dan McLaughlin, Jon Berger
South Florida @ Rutgers (ESPN, 7:30pm)- Chris Fowler, Craig James, Jesse Palmer, Erin Andrews

Friday, November 13th

West Virginia @ Cincinnati (ESPN2, 8pm)- Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich
Temple @ Akron (ESPNU, 8:30pm)- Justin Kutcher, Tom Luginbill

Saturday, November 14th

Tennessee @ Mississippi (CBS, Noon)- Craig Bolerjack, Steve Buerelein
Michigan State @ Purdue (ESPN, Noon)- Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, Chris Spielman
Georgia Tech @ Duke (ESPN2, Noon)- Pam Ward, Ray Bentley
Florida State @ Wake Forest (ESPNU, Noon)- Clay Matvick, David Diaz-Infante
Northwestern @ Illinois (ESPN Classic, Noon)- Mike Morgan, Jon Berger
Texas @ Baylor (FSN, Noon)- Bill Land, Dave Lapham, Emily Jones (Will Air on FS Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Houston, Midwest, North, Ohio, South, Southwest, West; FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago, Washington; MSG+)
Houston @ Central Florida (CBS College Sports, Noon)- Matt McConnell, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Indiana @ Penn State (BTN, Noon)- Craig Coshun, Glen Mason, Anthony Herron
Michigan @ Wisconsin (BTN, Noon)- Wayne Larrivee, Chris Martin, Charissa Thompson
South Dakota State @ Minnesota (BTN, Noon)- Matt Rosen, Ron Johnson
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt (SEC Network, Noon)- Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Cara Capuano (Will Air on CSN California, MSG+2)
Louisville @ Syracuse (Big East Network, Noon)- Mike Gleason, John Congemi, Quint Kessenich (Will Air on Atlitude, CST, MASN, SNY)
Clemson @ North Carolina State (Raycom, Noon)- Tim Brant, Rick Walker, Mike Hogewood
Missouri @ Kansas State (Versus, 12:30pm)- Ron Thulin, Kelly Stouffer, Lindsay Soto
Alabama-Birmingham @ Memphis (CSS, 1pm)- Matt Stewart, Chuck Oliver, Allison Williams
Virginia Tech @ Maryland (ESPN360, 1pm)- Dave Weekley, Danny Kanell
Brigham Young @ New Mexico (MTN, 2pm)- Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler, Keenan McCardell
Texas-El Paso @ Southern Methodist (Time Warner-MetroSports, 3pm)- CJ Martin, Bruce Wiseman
Florida @ South Carolina (CBS, 3:30pm)- Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson
Iowa @ Ohio State (ABC/ESPN, 3:30pm)- Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, Holly Rowe
Nebraska @ Kansas (ABC, 3:30pm)- Ron Franklin, Ed Cunningham
Miami @ North Carolina (ABC/ESPN, 3:30pm)- Bob Wischusen, Brian Griese
Stanford @ USC (FSN, 3:30pm)- Barry Tompkins, Petros Papadakis, Michael Eaves (Will Air on FS Arizona, Florida, Midwest, North, Ohio, South, Southwest, West; FSN Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago, New England)
Idaho @ Boise State (ESPNU, 3:30pm)- Todd Harris, Charles Arbuckle
Delaware @ Navy (CBS College Sports, 3:30pm)- Tom McCarthy, Randy Cross
Washington @ Oregon State (FSN Northwest, 3:30pm)- Tom Glasgow, Steve Preece, Rashad Floyd, Angie Mentink
Boston College @ Virginia (ESPN360, 3:30pm)- Ryan Rose, John Gregory
Fresno State @ Nevada (BSN, 4pm)- Ralph Wood, Randy Rosenbloom, Guy Haberman
Louisiana-Lafayette @ Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt TV, 4:15pm)- Todd Kalas, Derek Rackley (Will Air on CSS, CST)
UCLA @ Washington State (FCS Pacific, 5pm)- Steve Physioc, Yogi Roth, Samantha Steele
Nevada-Las Vegas @ Air Force (MTN, 6pm)- James Bates, Todd Christensen, Natalie Vickers
Alabama @ Mississippi State (ESPN, 7pm)- Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Erin Andrews
Auburn @ Georgia (ESPN2, 7pm)- Mark Jones, Bob Davie
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma (FSN, 7pm)- Joel Meyers, Gary Reasons, Jim Knox (Will Air on FS Arizona, Florida, Midwest, Ohio, Southwest, West; FSN Northwest, Rocky Mountain; CSN Bay Area, Chicago+; SportSouth)
Louisiana Tech @ Louisiana State (ESPNU, 7pm)- Eric Collins, Brock Huard
Arizona @ California (Versus, 7pm)- Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, Lewis Johnson
Utah @ Texas Christian (CBS College Sports, 7:30pm)- Tom Hart, Aaron Taylor
Troy @ Arkansas (SEC Network, 7:30pm)- Doug Bell, Chris Doering (Will Air on CSS, CST)
Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh (ABC, 8pm)- Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Lisa Salters
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State (ABC, 8pm)- Mike Patrick, Craig James, Heather Cox
Wyoming @ San Diego State (MTN, 10pm)- Bill Doleman, Robert Griffith, Molly Sullivan
New Mexico State @ Hawaii (Time Warner-Oceanic, 10pm)- Bill Leahey, Russell Yamoaha
Arizona State @ Oregon (ESPN, 10:15pm)- Terry Gannon, David Norrie

Sunday, November 15th

East Carolina @ Tulsa (ESPN, 8:15pm)- Dave Lamont, JC Pearson

NFL Standings After Week 9

Perhaps a bit premature, but here are the conference rankings at the midway point (everyone has played 8 games except the Texans and Giants who will take their byes this coming week) starting with the AFC:

1. Indianapolis
2. Denver
3/4. Cincinnati/New England*
5. Pittsburgh
6. San Diego
1/2 game out of 6th: Houston**
1 game out of 6th: NY Jets, Baltimore, Jacksonville
2 games out of 6th: Miami, Buffalo
3 games out of 6th: Tennessee, Oakland
Planning for 2010: Cleveland, Kansas City

And in the NFC:

1. New Orleans
2. Minnesota
3. Dallas
4. Arizona
5/6. Philadelphia/Atlanta*
1/2 game out of 6th: NY Giants**
1 game out of 6th: Green Bay, Chicago
2 games out of 6th: Carolina, San Francisco, Seattle
3 games out of 6th: Washington
Planning for 2010: Detroit, Tampa, St. Louis

* In the case of Cincy/New England and Philly/Atlanta the teams have not played each other (Eagles and Falcons will later in the year) they have identical conference records, and its too early to parse out the tiebreakers further down the list

** I did not bother placing tied teams outside playoff position in “correct” order.

Week 11 (the games centered around Sunday November 22nd) are the first subject to the NFL’s flexible scheduling system. With the exception of Week 17 the schedule will be finalized 12 days in advance wrt the start times for the Sunday games. The NFL announced today that none of the start times for November 22nd have been altered from what was originally announced in April.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

November 10, 1975. By Gordon Lightfoot:

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.

With a load of iron ore – 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.

Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the North Wind they’d been feeling.

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,
T’was the witch of November come stealing.

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane West Wind

When supper time came the old cook came on deck
Saying fellows it’s too rough to feed ya
At 7PM a main hatchway caved in
He said fellas it’s been good to know ya.

The Captain wired in he had water coming in
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours
The searchers all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay
If they’d fifteen more miles behind her.

They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the ruins of her ice water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.

And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral
The church bell chimed, ’til it rang 29 times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.

FBS Conference Race Breakdowns

This column from espn.com gives breakdowns on the races in all the “1-A” conferences. I warn you ahead of time that the PAC10 synopsis may cause headaches:

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/category/_/name/conference-race-091109

OHSAA Football Regional Semifinal Pairing, Sites, & Kickoff Times

From ohsaa.org:

2009 OHSAA Football Tournaments – Regional Semifinal Pairings
Division I – All Games at 7 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 1
34 1 Cleveland St. Ignatius (11-0) vs. 5 Cleveland Glenville (10-1), Lakewood Stadium
42 2 Solon (11-0) vs. 3 Mayfield (10-1), Parma Byers Field
Region 2
45 8 Canton McKinley (7-4) vs. 4 Canton GlenOak (9-2), Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium (1:00 p.m.)
37 2 Twinsburg (10-1) vs. 3 Massillon Washington (8-3), Canton Fawcett Stadium
Region 3
8 1 Dublin Coffman (11-0) vs. 4 Westerville South (9-2), Upper Arlington Marv Moorehead Memorial Stadium
25 2 Hilliard Davidson (9-1) vs. 3 Pickerington Central (10-1), Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
Region 4
18 1 Cincinnati St. Xavier (9-2) vs. 4 Cincinnati Elder (8-2), Nippert Stadium (5:30 p.m.)
6 7 Middletown (10-1) vs. 3 Cincinnati Anderson (11-0), Nippert Stadium (2:30 p.m.)
Division II – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 5
5 1 Mentor Lake Catholic (10-1) vs. 4 Canfield (10-1), Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
1 2 Warren Howland (10-1) vs. 3 Ashland (10-1), Canton Central Catholic Lowell Klinefelter Field
Region 6
19 1 Toledo St. Francis DeSales (10-1) vs. 5 Avon Lake (8-3), Fremont Ross Harmon Stadium
13 2 Toledo Central Catholic (9-2) vs. 6 Maple Heights (9-2), Huron Memorial Stadium
Region 7
9 8 Columbus Marion-Franklin (9-2) vs. 4 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (9-2), Dublin Scioto Stadium
22 2 Logan (11-0) vs. 3 Columbus Brookhaven (9-2), Columbus Hamilton Township Hamilton Field
Region 8
32 1 Cincinnati Turpin (11-0) vs. 5 Trotwood-Madison (8-3), Cincinnati Princeton Viking Stadium
39 2 Cincinnati Winton Woods (9-2) vs. 3 New Carlisle Tecumseh (10-1), Centerville Stadium
Division III – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 9
2 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (11-0) vs. 4 Hubbard (10-1), Warren G. Harding Mollenkopf Stadium
44 2 Poland Seminary (9-2) vs. 3 Akron Archbishop Hoban (8-3), Uniontown Lake Blue Streak Stadium
Region 10
3 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (8-3) vs. 5 Tipp City Tippecanoe (9-2), Dayton Welcome Stadium
4 2 Columbus Bishop Watterson (8-3) vs. 3 Napoleon (9-2), Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 11
41 1 Steubenville (10-1) vs. 5 Salem (9-2), New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium
21 2 Dover (10-1) vs. 6 Canal Fulton Northwest (8-3), Canton Fawcett Stadium
Region 12
24 8 Springfield Shawnee (8-3) vs. 4 Circleville Logan Elm (9-2), Hilliard Bradley Athletic Complex
15 2 Cincinnati Wyoming (10-0) vs. 6 Monroe (9-2), Kings Mills Kings Stadium
Division IV – All Games at 7:00 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 13
46 1 Chagrin Falls (11-0) vs. 5 Cortland Lakeview (8-3), Aurora Veterans Stadium
43 2 Girard (11-0) vs. 6 Peninsula Woodridge (9-2), Uniontown Lake Blue Streak Stadium
Region 14
17 8 Pemberville Eastwood (9-2) vs. 5 Ottawa-Glandorf (9-2), Findlay Donnell Stadium (7:00 p.m.)
29 2 Genoa Area (11-0) vs. 3 Orrville (8-3), Ashland Community Stadium
Region 15
26 1 Amanda-Clearcreek (11-0) vs. 5 Coshocton (9-2), Zanesville Sulsberger Memorial Stadium
40 2 Ironton (9-2) vs. 3 Heath (9-2), Nelsonville-York Boston Stadium
Region 16
16 1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (11-0) vs. 4 Kenton (10-1), Troy Memorial Stadium
28 2 Kettering Archbishop Alter (11-0) vs. 6 Carlisle (9-2), Monroe Stadium
Division V – All Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 17
10 1 Cuyahoga Heights (11-0) vs. 5 Gates Mills Hawken (9-2), Solon Stewart Field
7 2 Columbiana Crestview (10-1) vs. 3 Youngstown Ursuline (7-3), Austintown-Fitch Falcon Stadium
Region 18
35 1 Hamler Patrick Henry (11-0) vs. 5 Jeromesville Hillsdale (9-2), Tiffin Frost-Kalnow Stadium
27 2 Defiance Tinora (10-1) vs. 3 Lima Central Catholic (9-2), Defiance Fred Brown Stadium
Region 19
47 1 Fredericktown (11-0) vs. 5 Wheelersburg (9-2), Nelsonville-York Boston Stadium
11 2 Oak Hill (11-0) vs. 6 West Lafayette Ridgewood (11-0), Lancaster Fulton Field
Region 20
48 8 St. Henry (8-3) vs. 4 West Liberty-Salem (11-0), Piqua Alexander Stadium
38 2 Coldwater (10-1) vs. 6 Anna (9-2), Wapakoneta Harmon Field
Division VI – All Games at 7:00 p.m. Saturday Unless Otherwise Noted
Crew Region 21
31 8 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (9-2) vs. 4 Bucyrus Wynford (11-0), Tiffin Frost-Kalnow Stadium
14 2 Norwalk St. Paul (11-0) vs. 3 Mogadore (10-1), Medina Ken Dukes Stadium (Friday, Nov. 13 – 7:30 p.m.)
Region 22
12 1 Delphos St. John’s (11-0) vs. 4 Leipsic (10-1), Lima Senior Stadium
20 2 Ada (11-0) vs. 3 Carey (10-1), Findlay Donnell Stadium (1:00 p.m.)
Region 23
23 1 Malvern (10-1) vs. 4 Bridgeport (10-1), Steubenville Harding Stadium
33 7 Shadyside (6-5) vs. 6 Grove City Christian (10-1), TBA
Region 24
30 8 Covington (8-3) vs. 5 Maria Stein Marion Local (6-5), Kettering Fairmont Rousch Stadium
36 7 Fort Loramie (9-2) vs. 6 South Charleston Southeastern (9-2), Dayton Welcome Stadium

And on a local note, Oak Glen did qualify for the West Virginia state playoffs in AA. They are seeded #16 and will visit #1 Wayne at 1:30pm on Saturday 11/14