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Ohio high school football playoff scores | 2023 OHSAA football finals replay

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The 2023 Ohio High School Athletic Association state championship football games offered quite a bit for fans in Canton. The 14 teams that competed for titles in seven divisions included six No. 1-ranked teams, five undefeated teams, four state champions from a year ago and three state runners-up from last season. And if that's not enough, Springfield and St. Edward offered a Division I trilogy as they met for the third straight year (St. Ed's won the previous two matchups).

Read to see who won, info on all seven games, and links to further coverage, as well as video highlights and photo galleries:

Glenville vs. Kettering Alter OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Tarblooders win back-to-back championships

  • Division IV: Glenville 38, Kettering Alter 3 | FINAL

  • Alter - 0 - 3 - 0 - 0 — 3

  • Glenville - 12 - 14 - 6 - 6 — 38

    • G—Tomlinson 16 run (pass failed)

    • G—Witten 17 pass from Tomlinson (pass failed)

    • G—Witten 38 pass from Tomlinson (run failed)

    • G—FG Arcuri 23

    • G—Tomlinson 2 run (Witten pass from Tomlinson)

    • G—Jones 18 run (pass failed)

    • G—Rogers 78 pass from Tomlinson (run failed)

How Glenville won a state championship: Glenville routs Alter with running clock in OHSAA high school football state finals

Perry vs. Liberty Center OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Pirates win first championship

  • Division V: Perry 21, Liberty Center 14 | FINAL

  • Liberty - 0 - 7 - 7 - 0 — 14

  • Perry - 7 - 0 - 14 - 0 — 21

    • P—Sivon 42 pass from Moses (Lopez kick)

    • LC—T.Kruse 33 run (Rosebrook kick)

    • LC— C.Kruse 4 pass from Amstutz (Rosebrook kick)

    • P—Sivon 37 pass from Richards (Lopez kick)

    • P—Richards 60 run (Lopez kick)

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Marion Local vs. Dalton OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Flyers add to their trophy collection

  • Division VII: Dalton 0, Marion Local 38 | FINAL

    • Dalton - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 — 0

    • Marion - 14 - 17 - 7 - 0 — 38

    • ML—Otte 8 run (Bills kick)

    • ML—Heitkamp 1 run (Bills kick)

    • ML—Bruns 80 interception return (Bills kick)

    • ML—Hoelscher 64 punt return (Bills kick)

    • ML—FG Bills 19

    • ML—Otte 8 pass from Knouff (Bills kick)

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Notable Marion Local football OHSAA playoff numbers

Following their win Saturday's, here's some numbers to know on the Flyers:

  • More state titles (14) than all-time OHSAA playoff game losses (12)

  • All-time OHSAA playoff record of 102-12

  • Current winning streak is at 48 straight games, after three straight 16-0 seasons

  • Owns 7 undefeated OHSAA state playoff championship seasons, breaking a tie with St. Ignatius and Moeller for the most

  • Their 14th OHSAA state title gave their league, the vaunted Midwest Athletic Conference, 42 football state championships all-time.

St. Edward vs. Springfield OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Eagles complete three-peat

  • Division I: St. Edward 31, Springfield 21 | FINAL

    • St. Edward - 14 - 7 - 0 - 10 — 31

    • Springfield - 0 - 21 - 0 - 0 — 21

    • StE—Bullock 13 run (Moyer kick)

    • StE—White 20 run (Moyer kick)

    • S—Scott 3 run (Herron kick)

    • S—Norman 1 run (Herron kick)

    • StE—White 3 run (Moyer kick)

    • S—Norman 93 kickoff return (Herron kick)

    • StE—FG Moyer 36

    • StE—White 3 run (Moyer kick)

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St. Edward football coach Tom Lombardo joins elite company

St. Edward head coach Tom Lombardo is doused by players to celebrate winning the Division I state final vs. Springfield, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Canton.
St. Edward head coach Tom Lombardo is doused by players to celebrate winning the Division I state final vs. Springfield, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Canton.

In leading St. Edward to its third straight Division I state champion, head coach Tom Lombardo becomes just the third Ohio coach to guide his team to three straight state titles in the big-school division. The other two:

  • Gerry Faust, Cincinnati Moeller, 1975-77

  • Chuck Kyle, St. Ignatius, 1991-95

Toledo Central Catholic vs. Columbus Bishop Watterson OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Fighting Irish extend winning streak with another title

  • Division III: Tol. Central Catholic 27, Col. Watterson 7 | FINAL

    • Watterson - 7 - 0 - 0 - 0 — 7

    • TCC - 0 - 14 - 7 - 6 — 27

    • W—Uhlenhake 6 run (Kessinger kick)

    • TCC—Braswell 6 run (Hernandez kick)

    • TCC—Vaughn III 6 pass from Collins Jr. (Hernandez kick)

    • TCC—Braswell 7 run (Hernandez kick)

    • TCC—Watson 2 run (kick failed)

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Kirtland vs. Versailles OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Hornets join elite company with latest championship Friday

  • Division VI: Kirtland 32, Versailles 15 | FINAL

    • Versailles - 0 - 7 - 0 - 8 — 15

    • Kirtland - 13 - 6 - 6 - 7 — 32

    • K—LaVerde 7 run (Barisic kick)

    • K—Beers 6 run (kick failed)

    • V—Griesdorn 31 pass from Osborne (J.Gehret kick)

    • K—Beers 90 yd kickoff return (run failed)

    • K—Alfieri 2 run (run failed)

    • K—Sayle fumble recovery in end zone (Barisic kick)

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Most OHSAA football state titles

Kirtland's state championship Friday gives the Hornets seven titles all-time. That puts them on a pretty good list of Ohio teams with the o with the most championships.

  • 14 - Marion Local

  • 11 - St. Ignatius

  • 9 - Cin. Moeller

  • 8 - Newark Catholic, Young. Mooney

  • 7 - Cle. Benedictine, Coldwater, Kirtland, Versailles

  • Teams in bold won titles this year.

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Massillon vs. Hoban OHSAA football state final score, video highlights, photos | Tigers win historic championship Thursday night

  • Division II: Hoban 2. Massillon 7 | FINAL | How the game unfolded live

    • Hoban - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 — 2

    • Massillon - 0 - 7 - 0 - 0 — 7

    • M—Mylen Lenix 6 run (Keller kick)

    • H—Owens tackled in end zone

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Who are this year's returning OHSAA football state champions

The four returning state champions this year were St. Edward (Division I), Toledo Central Catholic (in Division II last year, Division III this year), Glenville (Division IV) and Marion Local (in Division VI last year, Division VII this year).

Marion Local’s Darren Meier holds up the Division VI state championship trophy after the Flyers defeated Kirtland on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
Marion Local’s Darren Meier holds up the Division VI state championship trophy after the Flyers defeated Kirtland on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

All four repeated as state champions over the weekend

Hoban (Division II), Kirtland (Division VI) and Springfield (Division I) were state runners-up a year ago. Hoban and Springfield repeated as state runners-up, while Kirtland won a championship.

Who's No. 1? Top-ranked football teams from final Associated Press state poll playing in Canton

With six No. 1 teams from the final AP state poll playing for championships this weekend in Canton, there was no shortage of heavyweights on hand. Here's a look at the six:

  • St. Edward, in Division I

  • Massillon, in Division II

  • Toledo Central Catholic, in Division III

  • Lake County Perry, in Division V

  • Kirtland, in Division VI

  • Marion Local, in Division VII

And in all six games, the poll voters got it right. No. 1-ranked teams went 6-0 over the weekend.

The lone No. 1-ranked team to not reach Canton is Clinton-Massie in Division IV. After a 10-0 regular season, the Falcons were knocked off 21-3 by Kettering Alter in the regional semifinals. Alter lost 38-3 Glenville in the D-4 title game Saturday night. Clinton-Massie won a D-4 state title in 2021 in Canton.

High school football rankings: Final 2023 Ohio Associated Press high school football state poll

2023 Ohio high school football teams seeking undefeated 16-0 seasons

Five teams arrived in Canton looking to finish off an unbeaten season by becoming a state champion. Each day of the finals featured at least one of the 15-0 teams:

  • No. 1 Massillon in Division II on Thursday night

  • No. 1 Toledo Central Catholic in Division III on Friday afternoon

  • No. 1 Maria Stein Marion Local in Division VII on Saturday morning

  • No. 1 Perry and No. 2 Liberty Center in Division V on Saturday afternoon

Massillon reached 16-0 on Thursday night becoming the fifth Ohio team do that in a season. Toledo Central Catholic joined the Tigers on Friday afternoon, and Marion Local (again) and Perry followed suit Saturday afternoon. Perry spoiled Liberty Center's pursuit of perfection. That gives Ohio eight 16-0 teams with six programs achieving the feat. Marion Local has done it three times.

Last year, South Range joined Marion Local in going 16-0. Glenville finished the season 15-0 with its title.

In 2021, Chardon and Marion Local became the first Ohio high school football teams to finish a season 16-0.

While not seeking perfection, Springfield tried to go from a 5-5 team in the regular season to a state champion in Division I when it met No. 1 St. Edward on Friday night. But despite a 21-point second quarter by Springfield, it lost to St. Ed's for a third straight year in the title game.

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All games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton

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What channel are the Ohio high school football state championship games on?

Spectrum News 1 will televise all seven championship games live on channel 1. The Spectrum broadcasts are also available on the Spectrum app and OHSAA.TV.

The OHSAA Radio Network also will broadcast all seven games.

Looking back at 2022 OHSAA football state championship scores

All games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

Thursday

Friday

St. Edward defeats Springfield for the Division I state championship at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.
St. Edward defeats Springfield for the Division I state championship at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.

Saturday

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Looking back at 2021 Ohio high school football state championship game scores

Division II – Cin. Winton Woods 21, No. 8 Hoban 10

Division IV – No. 4 Clinton-Massie 29, Youngstown Ursuline 28

Division III – No. 1 Chardon 21, No. 2 Hamilton Badin 14

Division I – No. 3 St. Edward 23, No. 5 Springfield 13

Division VII – No. 1 Marion Local 42, No. 3 Newark Catholic 7

Division VI – No. 8 Carey 26, No. 6 Coldwater 14

Division V – No. 8 Versailles 20, No. 1 Kirtland 16

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