News Release – Ohio High School Athletic Association
Executive Director Doug Ute
For Immediate Release – Nov. 16, 2023
OHSAA Football Regional Finals on Spectrum, NFHS and OHSAA Radio Network
Spectrum to cover 20 regional final football games Friday night; five games on NFHS Network; OHSAA Radio Network Playoff Preview Show linked
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association football regional finals are Friday night and Spectrum will have live coverage of 20 games, with the NFHS Network broadcasting five games.
In addition, the OHSAA Radio Network has posted its weekly Playoff Preview Show for stations to download and play prior to their own pregame shows or as part of their weekly programming. The video version of the Playoff Preview Show will be posted on the OHSAA’s social media platforms on Thursday evening.
OHSAA Playoff Football on Spectrum
Spectrum News 1 will televise three regional final games, including Medina vs. Lakewood St. Edward, Upper Arlington vs. Hilliard Bradley, and Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller vs. West Chester Lakota West. In addition, Springfield and Dublin Coffman will be televised on Channel 314. Live television games available on Spectrum News 1,
http://SpectrumNewsApp.com and
http://OHSAA.tv
Spectrum will cover an additional 16 regional final games with streaming coverage at
http://spectrumnews1.com and
http://OHSAA.tv. The games include Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Akron Archbishop Hoban, Medina Highland vs. Avon, Uniontown Green vs. Massillon Washington, Cincinnati Withrow vs. Cincinnati Anderson, Chardon vs. Youngstown Ursuline, Tiffin Columbian vs. Toledo Central Catholic, Bellefontaine vs. Columbus Bishop Watterson, Celina vs. Hamilton Badin, Struthers vs. Canton South, Cleveland Glenville vs. Sandusky Perkins, Thornville Sheridan vs. Steubenville, Cincinnati Wyoming vs. Kettering Archbishop Alter, Canfield South Range vs. Perry, Coldwater vs. Liberty Center, Wheelersburg vs. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep, and Waynesville vs. Germantown Valley View
OHSAA Playoff Football on the NFHS Network
The NFHS Network is the OHSAA’s official streaming partner and is located at
www.NFHSNetwork.com. The Network will broadcast five regional championship games, including Kirtland vs. Mogadore, Columbus Grove vs. Bluffton, Sugarcreek Garaway vs. West Jefferson, Dalton vs. Danville, and Maria Stein Marion Local vs. Ansonia. The list of games is available at:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/ohsaa/football
Playoff Coverage on the OHSAA Radio Network
This week’s show goes inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its Chief Communications and Content Officer Rich Desrosiers. Show host Marty Bannister has regional reports from Tim Bray (Spectrum), Mark Williams (Portsmouth WNXT), Ryan Baker (Columbus WBNS Radio), Chris Solwecki (OHSAA Radio Network), Aaron Cassady (Marietta WMOA) and TJ Downing (Stark County Media).
The show includes one local break (2:00) after the interview at the Pro Football Hall of Fame for stations to insert their own spots.
All seven football state championship games will be broadcast by the OHSAA Radio Network. There is no fee to carry OHSAA Radio Network programming and there are 24 local avails in each game. Network game broadcasts are available through Skyview Satellite or an online feed.
Football Playoff Coverage Home and Brackets
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