Key Mahoning Valley-area high school football games scheduled this week
As the leaves fall, league races heat up for area football teams entering Week 9 of the high school football season.
West Branch (7-1) will host Carrollton (5-3) Friday night at Clinton Heacock Stadium with the Eastern Buckeye Conference title awaiting their winner. Both teams are unbeaten at 3-0 in league play. West Branch has won 12 straight games against Carrollton and leads that series, 35-9.
The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference has three teams tied for the conference lead in United, Lisbon and Southern Local, who are all 4-1 in EOAC play. Two of those teams will clash Friday night when Lisbon (6-2 overall) travels to Southern (6-2).
Old big-school powers Warren Harding and Massillon will clash Friday night in Tigertown. Harding is 4-4 and Massillon is 8-0 on the season.
Ursuline, which is 8-0 and the most impressive team in the area, will entertain Youngstown Chaney (4-3) in a local contest Friday.
A big Northeast 8 game Friday evening will find the talented Struthers Wildcats (6-2) hosting Niles (5-3).
In the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference, Springfield (6-2) travels to McDonald (5-3) Friday evening.
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This story was originally published October 9, 2023 at 8:25 AM.