Football playoffs: Middletown, Fenwick and Carlisle sitting pretty


The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its weekly football computer ratings Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Division I

Region 1

1. Cle. Glenville (7-0)

21.8674

2. Solon (7-0)

18.9

3. Austintown-Fitch (7-0)

17.3357

4. Lakewood St. Edward (7-0)

16.4694

5. Willoughby South (6-1)

14.9143

6. Strongsville (5-2)

14.3929

7. Mentor (4-3)

14.2286

8. Youngstown Boardman (5-2)

13.0318

9. North Royalton (6-1)

11.65

10. Brecksville-Broadview Hts. (5-2)

10.0429

Region 2

1. Sylvania Southview (7-0)

18.5512

2. Massillon Washington (6-1)

17.1252

3. Twinsburg (7-0)

16.7357

4. Toledo Whitmer (6-1)

15.329

5. Canton McKinley (5-2)

15.1357

6. Massillon Perry (5-2)

14.7071

7. Fremont Ross (6-1)

13.1357

8. Amherst Steele (7-0)

12.9929

9. Medina (6-1)

12.5714

10. Tol. St. John’s Jesuit (6-1)

12.5286

Region 3

1. Pickerington Central (6-0)

23.6133

2. Springfield (6-1)

17.9214

3. Westerville South (6-1)

17.9

4. Dublin Coffman (6-1)

15.3714

5. Hilliard Darby (6-1)

14.4214

6. Hilliard Davidson (7-0)

14.3571

7. Troy (6-1)

13.7071

8. Groveport-Madison (5-2)

13.1032

9. Upper Arlington (5-2)

11.8233

10. Lancaster (5-2)

10.5779

Region 4

1. Middletown (7-0)

21.7

2. Cin. LaSalle (7-0)

18.0857

3. Cin. Colerain (7-0)

17.6

4. Centerville (6-1)

17.3786

5. Cin. Moeller (6-1)

17.2429

6. Cin. St. Xavier (4-3)

14.1862

7. Northmont (5-2)

11.7643

8. Cin. Sycamore (5-2)

11.7357 9.

Hamilton (4-3)

11.1143

10. Cin. Glen Este (4-3)

10.8143

Division II

Region 5

1. Ashland (6-1)

16.6571

2. Warren Howland (7-0)

15.7193

3. Aurora (6-1)

15.5357

4. Copley (7-0)

15.5

5. Tallmadge (7-0)

15.2

6. Chesterland West Geauga (6-1)

15.0929

7. Mentor Lake Catholic (6-1)

14.2929

8. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (5-2)

13.5643

9. Kent Roosevelt (5-2)

12.7571

10. Ravenna (5-2)

12.0929

Region 6

1. Avon (7-0)

15.5857

2. Tol. Central Catholic (7-0)

14.5909

3. Maple Heights (7-0)

13.1571

4. Avon Lake (6-1)

10.9794

5. Westlake (5-2)

10.7286

6. Lexington (4-3)

10.6643

7. Olmsted Falls (4-3)

10.6357

8. Maumee (5-2)

10.0571

9. North Ridgeville (5-2)

8.8643

10. Cle. John F. Kennedy (4-3)

8.6443

Region 7

1. Cols. Marion-Franklin (7-0)

18.9071

2. Sunbury Big Walnut (7-0)

17.3214

3. New Albany (7-0)

16.9

4. Cols. St. Charles (5-2)

14.6862

5. Uniontown Lake (5-2)

14.6857

6. Dresden Tri-Valley (6-1)

12.6714

7. Canal Winchester (6-1)

12.1071

8. Zanesville (6-1)

11.3305

9. Cols. Hamilton Township (6-1)

10.9857

10. Lewis Center Olentangy (4-3)

10.8357

Region 8

1. Kings (6-1)

15.5

2. Cin. Winton Woods (6-1)

14.8571

3. Cin. Turpin (7-0)

14.5

4. Harrison (4-3)

12.4643

5. Tecumseh (6-1)

12.4286

6. Wapakoneta (6-1)

12.4214

7. Trotwood-Madison (5-2)

11.4957

8. Hamilton Ross (6-1)

10.2714

9. Ashville Teays Valley (5-2)

8.9071

10. Carroll (5-2)

8.8929

Division III

Region 9

1. Parma Padua Franciscan (5-2)

13.8857

2. Mogadore Field (5-2)

12.3214

3. Hubbard (5-2)

12.1357

4. Youngstown Mooney (4-2)

11.4466

5. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (5-2)

11.0794

6. Akron Buchtel (5-2)

10.8182

7. Poland Seminary (4-3)

9.5071

8. Hunting Valley Univ. School (5-2)

8.4714

9. Parma Hts. Holy Name (4-3)

7.0857

10. Ravenna Southeast (4-3)

5.9857

Region 10

1. Tiffin Columbian (6-1)

15.6

2. Clyde (7-0)

14.2

3. Oak Harbor (6-1)

12.9

4. Cols. Bishop Watterson (5-1)

12.5644

5. Cols. St. Francis De Sales (4-3)

12.1328

6. Cols. Eastmoor Academy (4-2)

11.7222

7. Tippecanoe (6-1)

11.6643

8. Napoleon (6-1)

11.3786

9. Elida (5-2)

10.3357

10. Shelby (5-2)

10.2786

Region 11

1. Alliance Marlington (7-0)

17.5

2. Steubenville (6-1)

17.1252

3. East Liverpool (6-1)

13.4185

4. Minerva (6-1)

12.4929

5. Salem (6-1)

12.1286

6. Thornville Sheridan (7-0)

11.6286

7. Newark Licking Valley (5-2)

10.8571

8. Richmond Edison (6-1)

10.5979

9. Pataskala Licking Hts. (5-2)

10.2714

10. Granville (5-2)

9.8357

Region 12

1. Roger Bacon (5-2)

15.25

2. Spg. Shawnee (6-1)

13.3857

3. Eaton (7-0)

13.0071

4. Cin. McNicholas (5-2)

12.8265

5. Jackson (6-1)

11.9857

6. Cin. Wyoming (6-1)

11.5286

7. Washington Court House (6-1)

9.8714

8. Gallipolis Gallia Academy (5-2)

9.8143

9. New Richmond (5-2)

9.5786

10. Kenton Ridge (5-2)

8.2071

Division IV

Region 13

1. Akron Manchester (7-0)

17.0429

2. St. Clairsville (6-1)

13.6071

3. Chagrin Falls (6-1)

13.1571

4. Campbell Memorial (6-1)

12.8929

5. Martins Ferry (5-1)

11.4722

6. Perry (5-2)

10.8571

7. Cle. Central Catholic (6-1)

10.3391

8. Canton Central Catholic (6-1)

10.2449

9. Garrettsville Garfield (5-2)

10.0429

10. Girard (5-2)

9.6143

Region 14

1. Bellville Clear Fork (6-1)

15.2429

2. Elyria Catholic (6-1)

13.65

3. Genoa Area (7-0)

11.8857

4. Orrville (5-2)

11.8429

5. Lorain Clearview (5-2)

8.4571

6. Wooster Triway (5-2)

8.3643

7. Ottawa-Glandorf (5-2)

7.7786

8. Galion (4-3)

7.6429

9. Milan Edison (4-3)

7.2429

10. Bucyrus (5-2)

7.1286

Region 15

1. Ironton (5-2)

14.2786

2. Cols. Bishop Hartley (6-1)

13.2429

3. Heath (6-1)

13.1143

4. Portsmouth West (7-0)

11.1286

5. Coshocton (6-1)

10.3143

6. Sparta Highland (5-2)

8.6929

7. Albany Alexander (6-1)

8.0214

8. Portsmouth (3-4)

8.0071

9. Williamsport Westfall (5-2)

7.7429

10. Amanda-Clearcreek (4-3)

7.0429

Region 16

1. Fenwick (7-0)

15.9286

2. Clinton-Massie (7-0)

15.6143

3. Cin. North College Hill (7-0)

15.0143

4. Jonathan Alder (6-1)

14.4786

5. Kenton (6-1)

14.35

6. Alter (6-1)

13.347

7. Carlisle (7-0)

13.0929

8. Waynesville (5-2)

12.1714

9. Valley View (5-2)

11.0462

10. Cin. Taft (5-2)

10.1643

Division V

Region 17

1. Youngstown Ursuline (7-0)

14.5612

2. Kirtland (7-0)

13.35

3. Columbiana Crestview (6-1)

10.4214

4. Creston Norwayne (6-1)

9.9714

5. Independence (6-1)

9.2714

6. Canfield South Range (6-1)

9.2357

7. Cuyahoga Heights (6-1)

9.2

8. Hanoverton United (5-2)

8.1143

9. Orwell Grand Valley (6-1)

7.5286

10. Rootstown (5-2)

6.5643

Region 18

1. Collins Western Reserve (7-0)

14.2071

2. Hamler Patrick Henry (7-0)

12.5357

3. Archbold (7-0)

10.9357

4. Defiance Tinora (7-0)

10.9071

5. Lima Central Catholic (6-1)

9.4571

6. Columbia Station (6-1)

8.8

7. Northwood (5-2)

7.7648

8. Findlay Liberty-Benton (5-2)

7.1

9. Delphos Jefferson (4-3)

6.5357

10. Jeromesville Hillsdale (6-1)

6.2571

Region 19

1. Fredericktown (7-0)

13.8929

2. Minford (5-2)

11.0429

3. Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant (6-1)

10.95

4. Oak Hill (6-1)

9.7286

5. Lucasville Valley (7-0)

9.4071

6. Woodsfield Monroe Central (5-2)

9.2799

7. Wheelersburg (5-2)

9.0929

8. Caldwell (6-1)

9.0143

9. Nelsonville-York (5-2)

8.6286

10. West Lafayette Ridgewood (7-0)

8.5786

Region 20

1. Richwood North Union (7-0)

13.6292

2. Cin. Hills Christian Academy (5-2)

11.2357

3. Cin. Summit Country Day (6-1)

9.9271

4. West Jefferson (7-0)

9.5

5. Versailles (5-2)

8.7

6. Lees Creek E. Clinton (6-1)

8.6342

7. Coldwater (4-3)

8.3286

8. Hamilton Badin (4-3)

7.9

9. Milford Center Fairbanks (5-1)

7.5556

10. Anna (4-3)

7.5429

Division vI

Region 21

1. Mogadore (7-0)

15.2749

2. Berlin Center Western Reserve (7-0)

12.6214

3. Bucyrus Wynford (7-0)

12.1786

4. Thompson Ledgemont (7-0)

10.8687

5. New Wash. Buckeye Central (7-0)

9.4786

6. Dalton (5-2)

9.3714

7. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (5-2)

8.1571

8. Monroeville (5-2)

7.9071

9. Norwalk St. Paul (5-2)

7.6643

10. McDonald (5-2)

5.4714

Region 22

1. Delphos St. John’s (7-0)

15.8786

2. McComb (7-0)

10.3214

3. Fremont St. Joseph Cent. Cath. (7-0)

9.6929

4. Edgerton (6-1)

9.4

5. Ada (6-1)

8.8857

6. Tol. Christian (5-2)

8.6

7. Leipsic (6-1)

8.5214

8. Sycamore Mohawk (6-1)

8.3143

9. Cols. Grove (4-3)

6.4143

10. Arlington (4-3)

5.9

Region 23

1. Shadyside (7-0)

11.4786

2. Newark Catholic (6-1)

10.2214

3. Malvern (4-3)

9.4357

4. Bridgeport (7-0)

9.1327

5. Willow Wood Symmes Valley (7-0)

8.8571

6. Lancaster Fairfield Chr. Acad. (7-0)

7.6

7. Glouster Trimble (4-3)

6.4444

8. Salineville Southern (6-1)

6.3429

9. Strasburg-Franklin (6-1)

5.9929

10. Reedsville Eastern (4-3)

5.0512

Region 24

1. Spg. Catholic Central (6-1)

12.4394

2. Marion Local (7-0)

11.3786

3. Covington (7-0)

10.0857

4. Lehman Catholic (6-1)

9.9357

5. Ansonia (7-0)

8.4429

6. Lockland (5-2)

8.3429

7. Fort Loramie (6-1)

8.1714

8. Fort Recovery (3-4)

4.8214

9. Waynesfield-Goshen (4-3)

4.5521

10. Minster (3-4)

3.8714

MIDDLETOWN — Three is the operative number this week in Steve Shuck’s prep football playoff projections.

Shuck, the Greater Miami Conference commissioner and publisher of Shuck’s Projections, sees Middletown qualifying in Division I, and Fenwick and Carlisle earning postseason berths in Division IV. Three weeks remain in the regular season.

Here are some of Shuck’s thoughts in divisions with area contenders:

Division I-Region 4

Shuck believes Middletown (7-0) is a lock for the playoffs, even if the Middies lose their last three games against Fairfield (2-5), Lakota East (3-4) and Princeton (3-4).

“I’m comfortable saying that,” Shuck said. “And the whole world knows they’re not going to lose those last three games and finish 7-3.”

He has Middletown finishing second in the region and hosting Butler County rival Hamilton in Week 11.

Division IV-Region 16

Fenwick (7-0) and Carlisle (7-0) are projected to finish fourth and sixth, respectively, in this region.

Shuck sees the Falcons going 9-1 (losing to Kettering Alter) and hosting North College Hill in the first round of the playoffs. He has the Indians winning out and visiting two-time defending state champion Alter in a rematch.

Fenwick faces Alter (6-1) at Franklin on Friday, then finishes against Badin (4-3) and Dayton Carroll (5-2). Shuck said one more win may be enough to put the Falcons in the postseason.

Carlisle hosts Valley View (5-2) on Friday, then closes against Preble Shawnee (3-4) and Dixie (5-2). The Indians will be in serious contention for a playoff spot even if they lose a game. They could possibly qualify at 8-2.

Valley View is projected to go 6-4, losing to unbeaten Eaton and Carlisle, and place 11th in the region. The Spartans also play Brookville (2-5) in Week 10.

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