Hornets to host Zeps Friday in D6 playoffs
Published 11:23 pm Sunday, October 29, 2017
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
COAL GROVE — It’s time for the second season.
The Coal Grove Hornets will have an unscheduled home game this Friday thanks to qualifying for the Division VI Region 23 postseason football playoffs.
The Hornets (9-1) finished third in the region and will host the sixth-place Sarahsville Shenandoah Zeps (8-2) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in the first round.
This marks the Hornets’ 11th playoff appearance and first since 2012. The Hornets have also made it I 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2009 and 2010.
Shenandoah is making its fourth playoff trip and first since 2003. They also qualified in 2001 and 2002.
Nelsonville-York (10-0) was first in the region followed by Chillicothe Southeastern (10-0). Fort Frye (9-1) was fourth, Northmor (8-2) fifth, Shenandoah, Steubenville Catholic seventh (7-3) and Shadyside (7-3) was eighth.
The rest of Friday’s Region 23 schedule has Shadyside at Nelsonville-York, Steubenville Catholic at Southeastern and Northmor at Fort Frye.
The winner of Coal Grove and Shenandoah will play the winner of Southeastern and Steubenville Catholic while the Nelsonville-York and Shadyside winner will play the Northmor and Fort Frye winner on Friday, Nov. 10.
The survivors of the semifinals will play in the regional championship game on Friday, Nov. 17.
The regional semifinals and finals will be played at neutral sites to be determined.
Coal Grove was the only area team to qualify for the postseason.
In Region 19 of Division V, Fairland finished ninth followed by Portsmouth, Ironton, Northridge, Chesapeake and Rock Hill in that order.
Symmes Valley was 13th in Region 27 of Division VII.
Coal Grove Hornets 2017 Results
Coal Grove 51 Buffalo, W.Va. 6
Coal Grove 38 Lucasville Valley 20
Coal Grove 6 Portsmouth West 28
Coal Grove 43 South Point 0
Coal Grove 27 Chesapeake 7
Coal Grove 19 Portsmouth 14
Coal Grove 33 Gallipolis 20
Coal Grove 28 Ironton 7
Coal Grove 29 Fairland 19
Coal Grove 28 Rock Hill 7
Record: 9-1
Shenandoah Zeps 2017 Results
Shenandoah 51 Frontier 6
Shenandoah 44 Hannibal River 12
Shenandoah 28 Southern 0
Shenandoah 42 Barnesville 0
Shenandoah 28 Cameron, W.Va. 12
Shenandoah 44 Van, W.Va. 22
Shenandoah 22 Monroe Central 24
Shenandoah 8 Morgan 0
Shenandoah 8 Fort Frye 26
Shenandoah 50 Caldwell 6
Record: 8-2