The Marlington Dukes climbed to the top of their playoff region in the latest OHSAA released Tuesday afternoon.
The Dukes moved to No. 1 in Division III, Region 11 after improving to 7-0 with a win over Alliance last week, while Steubenville — the region’s previous top-ranked team — lost at Massillon.
Manchester moved into sole possession of first place in the Principal's Athletic Conference with a hard-fought 34-22 victory over Triway, Friday night at James R France Stadium before a standing room only homecoming crowd.
COLUMBUS The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its weekly football computer ratings Tuesday. The weekly computer ratings are released every Tuesday afternoon beginning after the fourth week of the season, leading up to the final report released on Sunday, Oct. 31. The top eight teams in each region qualify for the regional quarterfinals.
It did not take long for Manchester to get comfortable at William E. Kurtz Stadium Friday night facing Tuslaw. In fact, the best defense for the Panthers proved to be their offense as Manchester routed Tuslaw in a 46-20 Principals Athletic Conference victory.
The teams: The Tuslaw Mustangs have found the going to be very tough to open Principals Athletic Conference play. After a 2-1 non-league mark, Tuslaw has dropped its first two PAC games to Triway (29-6) and Tusky Valley (20-14). Things don’t get any easier, either, as the Mustangs prepare to welcome the one undefeated team in the league into William E. Kurtz Stadium on Friday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the seventh weekly Associated Press poll of 2010, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
