Division III Football Overview: Ohio's toughest Division?

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By Matt Natali, Assistant Editor
matt@bucknuts.com
Posted Jul 15, 2009


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Steubenville and Cols. DeSales battled for the D-III state title in 2005 and are early favorites in 2009 with both back in D-III

Looking for the most competitive Division in Ohio high school football for the next two seasons? Division III might just be it. Following divisional realignment, D-III was left with some of the top teams in the state regardless of division and now boasts eight regional finalists from a year ago including six state semifinalists. Note: Individual team previews will follow over the next six weeks


PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES

GAMES OF INTEREST

Week 1:
Akron SVSM vs. Columbus Watterson, Hubbard vs. Poland Seminary, Chardon NDCL vs. Cleveland Benedictine, Youngstown Boardman vs. Youngstown Mooney, Massillon Washington vs. Akron Buchtel, Olmsted Falls vs. Parma Padua Franciscan, Canal Winchester vs. Bexley, Columbus DeSales vs. Gahanna Lincoln, Tipp City Tippecanoe vs. St. Paris Graham, Sandusky Perkins vs. Bellevue, Delaware Hayes vs. Delaware Buckeye Valley, Lima Shawnee vs. Maria stein Marion Local, Defiance vs. Napoleon, Sandusky vs. Sandusky Perkins, Canton South vs. Dover, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Newark Licking Valley, Martins Ferry vs. Rayland Buckeye Local, Thornville Sheridan vs. Bellaire, Cincinnati Indian Hill vs. Cincinnati McNicholas, Miamisburg vs. Bellbrook, Cincinnati Wyoming vs. Cincinnati hills Christian Academy, Dayton Chaminade Julienne vs. Troy, Germantown valley View vs. Dayton Dunbar, Versailles vs. Dayton Oakwood

Week 2:
Akron Hoban vs. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, New Philadelphia vs. Beloit West Branch, Hubbard vs. Warren JFK, Chagrin Falls vs. Chardon NDCL, Youngstown Mooney vs. Columbus DeSales, Cleveland Benedictine vs. Mentor Lake Catholic, Streetsboro vs. Ravenna, Clyde vs. Olmsted Falls, Columbus Watterson vs. Westerville South, Columbus St. Charles vs. Columbus Eastmoor Academy, Dover vs. Ashland, New Concord John Glenn vs. New Lexington, Rayland Buckeye Local vs. St. Clairsville, Chillicothe vs. Sunbury Big Walnut, Germantown Valley View vs. Cincinnati Indian Hill, Williamsport Westfall vs. Circleville Logan Elm, Jackson vs. Waverly, Bellbrook vs. Kettering Alter, Dayton Oakwood vs. Cincinnati Wyoming, Dayton Chaminade Julienne vs. Dayton Thurgood Marshall, Dayton Dunbar vs. Trotwood-Madison, Eaton vs. St. Henry

Week 3
Louisville vs. Akron Hoban, Akron SVSM vs. Akron Garfield, Chardon NDCL vs. Hunting Valley University School, Warren G. Harding vs. Akron Buchtel, Parma Padua Franciscan vs. Strongsville, Bexley vs. Columbus Hartley, Clyde vs. Bellevue, New Albany vs. Columbus DeSales, West Milton Milton-Union vs. Tipp City Tippecanoe, Delaware Buckeye Valley vs. Marion Pleasant, Canal Fulton Northwest vs. Mogadore Field, Canfield vs. Dover, Cambridge vs. Newark Licking Valley, New Concord John Glenn vs. Thornville Sheridan, Wilmington vs. Chillicothe, Cincinnati Indian Hill vs. Cincinnati Turpin, St. Bernard Roger Bacon vs. Cincinnati Sycamore

Week 4:
Akron Hoban vs. Akron SVSM, Poland Seminary vs. Cortland Lakeview, Youngstown Mooney vs. Warren G. Harding, Kent Roosevelt vs. Mogadore Field, Madison vs. Parma Padua Franciscan, Columbus Watterson vs. Cincinnati Winton Woods, Columbus DeSales vs. Cincinnati Anderson, Columbus Academy vs. Granville, Thornville Sheridan vs. Cambridge, Lancaster Fisher Catholic vs. Pataskala Licking Heights (Saturday at Columbus Hartley), Chillicothe vs. Zanesville, Amanda-Clearcreek vs. Circleville Logan Elm, Dayton Oakwood vs. Germantown Valley View, Brookville vs. Eaton, West Milton Milton-Union vs. Franklin, Portsmouth vs. Jackson, Dayton Carroll vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon

Week 5:
Alliance vs. Beloit West Branch, Hubbard vs. Cortland Lakeview, Youngstown Mooney vs. Mentor Lake Catholic, Cleveland Benedictine vs. Columbus Watterson,  Parma Padua Franciscan vs. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, St. Marys Memorial vs. Defiance, Sandusky St. Mary's vs. Sandusky Perkins, Louisville vs. Canal Fulton Northwest, Granville vs. Bexley, Chillicothe vs. Portsmouth, Columbus Hartley vs. Dayton Dunbar, Eaton vs. Dayton Oakwood

Week 6:
Canton Central Catholic vs. Akron SVSM, Beloit West Branch vs. Louisville, Cleveland Benedictine vs. Lakewood St. Edward, Parma Padua Franciscan vs. Mentor Lake Catholic, Columbus Watterson vs. Cincinnati LaSalle, Tiffin Columbian vs. Bellevue, Canal Fulton Northwest vs. Canton South, Granville vs. Newark Licking Valley, Ironton vs. Chillicothe, Bellbrook vs. Germantown Valley View, Dayton Oakwood vs. Brookville, Eaton vs. West Milton Milton-Union

Week 7:
Akron Hoban vs. Elyria Catholic, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Akron SVSM, Canton South vs. Beloit West Branch, Chardon NDCL vs. Parma Padua Franciscan, Warren Howland vs. Poland Seminary, Cleveland Benedictine vs. Youngstown Mooney, Streetsboro vs. Mogadore, Newark Catholic vs. Bexley, Sandusky St. Mary's vs. Clyde, Columbus DeSales vs. Columbus Watterson, Bellevue vs. Fostoria, Defiance vs. Lima Shawnee, Steubenville vs. Massillon Washington, Cambridge vs. Dover, Bellbrook vs. Eaton, Dayton Carroll vs. Dayton Chaminade Julienne, Waynesville vs. Dayton Oakwood, Germantown Valley View vs. Franklin, Ironton vs. Jackson

Week 8:
Mentor Lake Catholic vs. Akron Hoban, Akron SVSM vs. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney,  Hubbard vs. Youngstown Liberty, Steubenville vs. Poland Seminary, Youngstown Ursuline vs. Akron Buchtel, Cleveland Benedictine vs. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, Parma Padua Franciscan vs. Cleveland VASJ, Bexley vs. Columbus Academy, Cincinnati Elder vs. Columbus DeSales, Clyde vs. Sandusky Perkins, Newark Licking Valley vs. Newark Catholic, New Philadelphia vs. Cambridge, Chillicothe  vs. Jackson. Wheelersburg vs. Waverly, Brookville vs. Bellbrook, Eaton vs. Franklin, St. Bernard Roger Bacon vs. Kettering Alter

Week 9:
Akron Hoban vs. Parma Padua Franciscan, Canal Fulton Northwest vs. Beloit West Branch, Mentor Lake Catholic vs. Chardon NDCL, Youngstown Mooney vs. Youngstown Ursuline, Ravenna vs. Mogadore Field, Oak Harbor vs. Clyde, Cincinnati Elder vs. Columbus DeSales, Columbus Eastmoor Academy vs. Columbus Independence, New Carlisle Tecumseh vs. Tipp City Tippecanoe, Lima Shawnee vs. St. Marys Memorial, Columbus Academy vs. Newark Licking Valley, New Concord John Glenn vs. New Philadelphia, Dayton Oakwood vs. Bellbrook, Dayton Thurgood Marshall vs. Dayton Dunbar, Germantown Valley View vs. Eaton, Franklin vs. Brookville, Logan vs. Jackson, Dayton Chaminade Julienne vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon

Week 10:
Chardon NDCL vs. Akron Hoban, Youngstown Ursuline vs. Akron SVSM, Poland Seminary vs. Canfield, Columbus Watterson vs. Youngstown Mooney, Columbus DeSales vs. Cleveland Benedictine, Bexley vs. Newark Licking Valley, Alliance vs. Canal Fulton Northwest, Dover vs. New Philadelphia, Granville vs. Newark Catholic, Steubenville vs. Cardinal O'Hara (N.Y.), New Lexington vs. Thornville Sheridan, Logan vs. Chillicothe, Cincinnati Wyoming vs. Cincinnati Indian Hill, Bellbrook vs. West Milton Milton-Union, Dayton Chaminade Julienne vs. Kettering Alter, Dayton Oakwood vs. Franklin, Zanesville vs. Jackson

OHIO HIGH PREDICTIONS

Region 9
Youngstown Mooney over Akron Hoban 

Region 10
Columbus DeSales over Columbus Watterson 

Region 11
Steubenville over Canal Fulton Northwest 

Region 12
Waverly over Cincinnati Wyoming 

Championship
Columbus DeSales over Steubenville

 

 

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