Shelby Whippets playoffs: How does football postseason work?
Shelby Whippets playoffs: How does football postseason work?
Staff Report
Now that the 10-0 Shelby Whippets are in the state football playoffs -- hosting Elida in a first-round game at 7 p.m. Friday in Shelby -- how does the postseason work?
Here's the details from the Ohio High School Athletic Association:
-- The top eight seeds in each region will serve as hosts for the first-round games.
-- For the third consecutive season, the top 16 schools in each region qualified for the postseason, giving playoff berths to 448 schools.
Shelby is the No. 2 seed in Division IV Region 14.
Here are the OHSAA Football First-Round Playoff Pairings involving Shelby's bracket. (Pairings shown with regional seed). All games are on Friday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., unless indicated otherwise:
Division IV Region 14
16. Upper Sandusky (5-5) at 1. Sandusky Perkins (9-1)
15. Elida (3-7) at 2. Shelby (10-0) at Whippet Athletic Complex
14. Bellville Clear Fork (4-6) at 3. Ontario (9-1)
13. Napoleon (5-5) at 4. Lorain Clearview (8-2)
12. Lodi Cloverleaf (5-5) at 5. Bay Village Bay (6-4)
11. Tontogany Otsego (5-5) at 6. Clyde (7-3)
10. Ottawa-Glandorf (5-5) at 7. Galion (7-3)
9. Caledonia River Valley (5-5) at 8. Vermilion (8-2)
The regional playoffs will follow.
-- Second-round games will be played on Friday, Nov. 8, at the better seeded team’s venue.
-- Neutral sites will be used beginning in the third round on Friday, Nov. 15, and the regional finals on Friday, Nov. 22.
-- The state semifinals will be on Friday, November 29, with the state championship games then hosted at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton Dec. 5-7.
Tickets: Tickets for all playoff games will be available on Mondays at www.ohsaa.org/tickets.
Details on state championship game tickets are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/ohsaa-announces-football-state-championships-schedule-and-tickets
More details are available via https://www.ohsaa.org