29 Mahoning Valley high school football teams currently hold playoff spots
With one week to go in the regular season, 29 greater Mahoning Valley-area football teams hold playoff positions, if the postseason were to begin today.
In Division 2, Warren Harding and Austintown Fitch hold playoff positions, while in Division 3, defending state Division 3 champion Canfield, as well as unbeaten state power Youngstown Ursuline (9-0) are in playoff positions.
Division IV is loaded with playoff hopefuls currently holding spots in West Branch, Struthers, Poland, Cardinal Mooney, Struthers, Niles, Beaver Local, Girard, East Liverpool and Hubbard.
In Division 5, defending state champ South Range, as well as Youngstown Liberty and Lakeview hold playoff positions.
Division 6 is loaded with United, Jackson-Milton, LaBrae, Brookfield, Mineral Ridge, Crestview and Columbiana who currently hold playoff spots.
In D7, six teams are in playoff spots, including Springfield, Western Reserve, Lowellville, Southern, Lisbon and McDonald.
The official OHSAA playoff qualifiers and first-round postseason matchups will be announced Sunday afternoon by the OHSAA.
Week 10 offers great matchups
In rivalry week of the high school football season as teams gear up for their final regular-season games and there are some great ones on tap.
Possibly the best rivalry battle will be in Poland where the 8-1 Bulldogs will host rival Struthers (7-2) in a big Northeast 8 battle. These are two teams which will be high-quality playoff teams come Week 11 and this is a matchup that could go either way. Mistakes could decide the outcome.
Another great Week 10 matchup will be in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference where Springfield (7-2) will travel to Lowellville to face the 8-1 Rockets. Springfield has already secured a piece of the MVAC crown, but Lowellville could claim a piece of it with a win.
Other Week 10 rivalry games will have West Branch (8-1), which is averaging an area-best 45.5 points-per-game, traveling to Sebo Stadium to play the arch-rival Salem Quakers (1-8).
An interesting big-school Week 10 game will see Austintown Fitch (5-3) traveling to Warren Harding (4-5) to play the Raiders.
West Branch picks up Chaney in football
West Branch has added Youngstown Chaney to its 2024 football schedule.
The Warriors will host the Cowboys in Week 4 of their 2024 slate at Clinton Heacock Stadium in Beloit.
Chaney replaces Ridgewood on West Branch’s schedule.
West Branch and Chaney haven’t played in football since the 1988 season. The teams have played twice before in their history.
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