High School Football Playoffs Start: Who Avon, Avon Lake Play

AVON, OH — Avon High School and Avon Lake High School will both host postseason football games this Friday night.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced first-round playoff pairings, with higher-ranked seeds getting a home game. Avon finished the year as the No. 2 team in Division II, Region 6. Avon Lake was No. 5 in the same region.

The 8-2 Eagles will host St. Francis de Sales from Toledo on Friday, while Avon Lake will see St. John's Jesuit, also from Toledo, come to town.

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All Division I, Division II, and Division III first-round playoff games will be played on Friday night. Lower divisions will play Saturday. Kick-off time for the Friday contest is 7 p.m.

Here's the entire first-round playoff pairing for Region 6:

• No. 15 Toledo Waite at No. 1 Medina Highland
• No. 15 Toledo St. Francis de Sales at No. 2 Avon
• No. 15 Lakewood at No. 3 Barberton
• No. 13 North Olmsted at No. 4 Toledo Central Catholic
• No. 12 Toledo St. John's Jesuit at No. 5 Avon Lake
• No. 11 Parma Heights Valley Forge at No. 6 Olmsted Falls
• No. 10 North Royalton at No. 7 Fremont ROss
• No. 9 Cleveland Rhodes at No. 8 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne

Avon historical perspective: The Eagles have made 14 appearances in the OHSAA football playoffs, the most recent being in 2020. The team has a 26-14 overall record in those years. The most successful postseason for the Eagles was in 2011, when the team was state runner-up for Division II.

Avon Lake historical perspective: The Shoremen have made 22 postseason appearances. They're 28-21 all-time in the playoffs, including a 2003 state championship win and a 2004 runner-up performance in Division II.