By TIM STRIED Director of Communications COLUMBUS, Ohio – Member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association have voted in favor of an emergency bylaw referendum on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), making Ohio the 45th state to allow NIL at the high school level. The voting period ended last Friday afternoon, November 21, with the final voting results being 447 schools in favor of the referendum and 121 schools voting against, while 247 schools abstained from voting. 

Ohio High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs Scores Friday's Regional Finals Division I Region 1 St. Edward (OH) 27, Mentor 7 Region 2 Middletown 21, Huber Hts. Wayne 14 Region 3 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 39, Pickerington Central 7 Region 4 St. Xavier (OH) 42, Cin. Elder 34 Division II Region 5 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 35, Akr. Hoban 7 Region 6 Avon 36, Medina Highland 19 Region 7 Sunbury Big Walnut 27, Massillon Washington 21 Region 8 Cin. Anderson 38, Trot

KHSAA Football Playoffs Friday's Quarterfinal Scores Class 6A Lou. Trinity 64, Madison Central 27 Ryle 28, Frederick Douglass 27, OT South Warren 49, Henderson Co. 21 St. Xavier 31, Lou. Male 14 Class 5A Lou. Atherton 49, Bowling Green 21 Owensboro 41, Lou. Fairdale 7 Pulaski Co. 49, West Jessamine 14 Woodford Co. 45, Scott County 31 Class 4A Boyle Co. 49, Covington Catholic 14 Corbin 35, Highlands (KY) 21 Franklin Co. 42, North Oldham 25 Paducah-Tilghman 48, Logan Co. 27 Cla

By TIM STRIED Director of Media Relations COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the bracket pairings for next week’s football state semifinals. The geography of the schools involved in each region is the primary factor in determining how the regional champions will be paired in the state semifinals.   A team’s regional seed, state rank and won-lost record do not factor into the state semifinal bracket pairings.   The state championship games will

OHSAA Football Regional Final Playoff Pairings Pairings shown with regional seed. All games on Friday, November 21, at 7 p.m.     Division I Region 1 No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (10-2) vs. No. 2 Mentor (12-0) at Parma Byers Field at Robert Boulton Stadium Region 2 No. 1 Middletown (10-2) vs. No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (9-4) at Trotwood-Madison High School Attorney Michael L. Wright SportsPlex Region 3 No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (12-0) vs. No. 2 Pickerington Central (11-

Ohio High School Athletic Association Regional Semifinals Friday’s Football Scores ——————— Division I Region 1 Mentor 25, Can. McKinley 24 St. Edward (OH) 38, Tol. Whitmer 6 Region 2 Huber Hts. Wayne 20, Troy 14 Middletown 14, Springfield 0 Region 3 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 21, Powell Olentangy Liberty 17 Pickerington Central 17, Cols. Upper Arlington 16 Region 4 Cin. Elder 32, Cin. Princeton 30 St. Xavier (OH) 17, Cin. Moeller 13 Division II Region 5 Akr. Hoban 35, Huds

Ohio H.S Athletic Association Regional Quarterfinal Division I Region 1 Can. McKinley 30, Medina 7 Mentor 52, Massillon Jackson 6 St. Edward (OH) 45, Berea-Midpark 14 Tol. Whitmer 17, Perrysburg 3 Troy 23, Hilliard Bradley 22 Region 2 Huber Hts. Wayne 34, Findlay 10 Middletown 31, Lebanon 0 Springfield 21, Springboro 3 Region 3 Cols. Upper Arlington 30, Pickerington North 27 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 43, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 14 Pickerington Central 42, Groveport-Madi

Kentucky High School Athletic Association Football Playoff Scores Friday, November 7 Class 6A George Rogers Clark 33, Lex. Tates Creek 6 Hopkinsville 50, Daviess Co. 20 Lex. Bryan Station 39, Lafayette 0 Lou. Ballard 35, Campbell County (KY) 21 Lou. DuPont Manual 52, Lou. Fern Creek 13 Lou. Male 56, Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park 6 McCracken County (Paducah) 46, Central Hardin 7 Ryle 48, Lou. Eastern 0 Simon Kenton 31, Oldham County 9 Class 5A Bowling Green 42, Graves Co. 0 Collins

LANCASTER— If the Fairfield Union Falcons were attorneys, they’d be defense lawyers. The Falcons’ defense held the Heath Bulldogs to just 90 total yards in a 22-3 win on Friday in the first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division 4 Region 17 playoffs. Heath (6-5) ran 15 times for just 26 yards and was 9 of 24 passing for 64 yards with an interception. The Falcons recovered 2 of 3 fumbles they forced. "We played well. We out-physicaled them for sure," said

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