Ironton will play at Athens
Published 2:09 am Monday, November 5, 2012
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
The Division IV Region 15 semifinals games will be in the same neighborhood.
The Ironton Fighting Tigers (7-3) will face the Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies (9-2) in a semifinal game at Athens High School while St. Clairsville (11-0) battles Piketon (9-2) a few miles up the road at Logan High School.
Both games will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
The winners of Friday’s game will meet in the regional championship game the following week with the survivor advancing to the state semifinals.
Ironton and Johnstown met last year in the regional semifinals and the Johnnies won 34-7.
Another game that will be played nearby but on Saturday has Oak Hill going against Liberty Union in a Division V Region 19 semifinal game at Nelsonville-York High School at 7 p.m.
Div. III will also be played on Saturday. Gallipolis plays Dayton Thurgood Marshall at Western Brown Stadium while Athens (10-1) goes against Hamilton Township (11-1) at 7:30 p.m.
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Regoinal Semifinal Pairings
Division I
Games scheduled for 7 p.m. (unless noted) on Saturday, Nov. 10
Region 1
1 Lakewood St. Edward (11-0) vs. 4 Mentor (10-1) at Parma Byers Field
2 Cle. St. Ignatius (10-1) vs. 6 North Royalton (10-1) at Lakewood Stadium
Region 2
1 Massillon Washington (10-1) vs. 5 Canton McKinley (8-2) at Kent State Univ. Dix Stadium
2 Toledo Whitmer (11-0) vs. 6 Hudson (9-2) at Sandusky Strobel Field at Cedar Point Stadium
Region 3
1 Hilliard Darby (11-0) vs. 4 Pickerington North (10-1) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
7 Hilliard Davidson (9-2) vs. 3 Lewis Center Olentangy (10-1) at Upper Arlington Marv Moorehead Memorial Stadium
Region 4
1 Cin. Colerain (11-0) vs. 4 Cin. Elder (8-3) at Univ. of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 6:00 p.m.
7 Liberty Township Lakota East (8-3) vs. 3 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (8-3) at Univ. of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 2:00 p.m.
Division II
Games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9
Region 5
8 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-4) vs. 4 Chardon (9-2) at Mentor Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
2 Kent Roosevelt (10-1) vs. 3 Aurora (10-1) at Hudson Memorial Stadium-Murdough Field
Region 6
1 Tiffin Columbian (11-0) vs. 4 Avon (10-1) at Fremont Ross Harmon Field at Don Paul Stadium
2 Toledo Central Catholic (10-1) vs. 6 Mansfield Madison (10-1) at Sandusky Perkins Firelands Regional Medical Center Stadium
Region 7
1 Dresden Tri-Valley (11-0) vs. 4 New Albany (9-2) at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium
7 Canal Winchester (9-2) vs. 3 Cols. Marion-Franklin (10-1) at Hamilton Twp. Alumni Field
Region 8
1 Cin. Turpin (11-0) vs. 4 Franklin (10-1) at Mason Dwire Field at Atrium Stadium
2 Cin. Winton Woods (8-3) vs. 6 Trotwood-Madison (9-2) at Trenton Edgewood Kumler Field
Division III
Games scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10
Region 9
1 Chagrin Falls (10-1) vs. 5 Ravenna (7-4) at Solon Stewart Field
7 Hubbard (8-3) vs. 6 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (9-2) at Austintown-Fitch Falcon Stadium
Region 10
1 Napoleon (10-0-1) vs. 4 Bryan (11-0) at Toledo Central Catholic Gallagher Athletic Complex
2 Bellevue (10-1) vs. 6 Sandusky Perkins (10-1) at Clyde Robert Bishop Jr. Stadium
Region 11
8 Poland Seminary (8-3) vs. 4 Dover (9-2) at Green Infocision Field
2 Millersburg West Holmes (10-1) vs. 3 Steubenville (9-2) at New Philadelphia Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium
Region 12
1 Dayton Thurgood Marshall (10-1) vs. 4 Gallipolis Gallia Academy (9-2) at Western Brown HS Kibler Stadium at Larosa’s Field
7 Springfield Shawnee (8-3) vs. 3 The Plains Athens (10-1) at Hamilton Twp. Alumni Field
Division IV
Games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9
Region 13
1 Brookfield (11-0) vs. 4 Akron Manchester (8-3) at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
2 Creston Norwayne (11-0) vs. 6 Youngstown Liberty (9-2) at Uniontown Lake Alumni Field
Region 14
1 Cols. Bishop Hartley (11-0) vs. 4 Richwood North Union (11-0) at Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Selby Field
2 Ottawa-Glandorf (11-0) vs. 3 Genoa Area (11-0) at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 15
1 St. Clairsville (11-0) vs. 5 Piketon (9-2) at Logan Chieftain Stadium
2 Ironton (7-3) vs. 3 Johnstown-Monroe (9-2) at Athens Scott Riggs and Family Stadium
Region 16
1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (11-0) vs. 4 Batavia (11-0) at Kings Stadium
7 West Milton Milton-Union (9-2) vs. 3 Norwood (10-1) at Kettering Fairmont Roush Stadium
Division V
Games scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10
Region 17
1 Kirtland (11-0) vs. 4 Columbiana Crestview (11-0) at Warren G. Harding Mollenkopf Stadium
7 Youngstown Ursuline (7-4) vs. 3 Cuyahoga Heights (10-1) at Infocision Field at Copley Stadium
Region 18
1 Lima Central Catholic (11-0) vs. 4 Findlay Liberty-Benton (10-1) at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
7 Hamler Patrick Henry (9-2) vs. 3 Columbia Station Columbia (10-1) at Fremont Ross Harmon Field at Don Paul Stadium
Region 19
1 Lucasville Valley (11-0) vs. 4 Bucyrus Wynford (9-2) at Reynoldsburg Raider Stadium
2 Oak Hill (9-2) vs. 6 Baltimore Liberty Union (9-2) at Nelsonville-York Boston Field
Region 20
1 Coldwater (11-0) vs. 4 West Liberty-Salem (11-0) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field
2 Cincinnati Summit Country Day (11-0) vs. 3 Covington (11-0) at Centerville Stadium
Division VI
Games scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9
Region 21
1 Mogadore (11-0) vs. 5 Berlin Center Western Reserve (9-2) at Ravenna Gilcrest Field
2 Malvern (10-1) vs. 6 Youngstown Christian School (8-2) at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary John Cistone Field – Green Street Stadium
Region 22
1 McComb (11-0) vs. 5 Tiffin Calvert (7-4) at Millbury Lake Community Stadium
2 Fremont St. Joseph Central Catholic (10-1) vs. 6 Delphos St. John’s (7-4) at Perrysburg Widdel Field at Steinecker Stadium
Region 23
1 Danville (10-1) vs. 4 Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (8-3) at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
2 Newark Catholic (9-2) vs. 3 Glouster Trimble (10-1) at Sheridan Paul Culver Jr. Stadium
Region 24
1 Ada (10-1) vs. 4 St. Henry (8-3) at Lima Stadium
2 Minster (9-2) vs. 3 Maria Stein Marion Local (9-2) at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field