Cubs, Freddies learn playoff sites
Lucas, Fredericktown learn where they'll be playing their regional championship football games
Cubs, Freddies learn playoff sites Lucas, Fredericktown learn where they'll be playing their regional championship football games Check out this story on mansfieldnewsjournal.com: https://ohne.ws/1NULjbM
Jon Spencer, Reporter Published 3:03 p.m. ET Nov. 15, 2015 | Updated 3:40 p.m. ET Nov. 15, 2015
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MANSFIELD – The path to the Final Four will go through Tiffin and Newark for the Mansfield area's two remaining high school football playoff participants.
In a Division VII regional final, No. 3 seed Lucas (11-1) will tangle with top-seeded McComb (11-1) at Tiffin Columbian's Frost-Kalnow Stadium on Friday at 7:30 p.m. In a Division VI regional final, eighth-seeded Fredericktown (10-2) will oppose No. 3 Grandview Heights (11-1) at Newark's White Field on Saturday at 7 p.m.
At stake in both games are berths in the state semifinals.
Scott Spitler's Lucas Cubs earned the right to play for a regional championship by outlasting two-time state champ Tiffin Calvert in a wild 44-35 shootout last Friday at Bellevue. Now the Cubs get the region's No. 1 contender in McComb, a 19-time playoff participant.
In first-round play, Lucas routed No. 6 West Unity Hilltop 51-6 at home, while McComb nearly fell at home to eighth-seeded Convoy Crestview before prevailing 27-26. The semifinals went much easier as McComb earned its trip to Tiffin with a 35-12 win over No. 4 Leipsic.
Will Hartley's Fredericktown Freddies, making their eighth playoff appearance and looking for a third trip to the Final Four, upset No. 1 seed and unbeaten Beverly Fort Frye 13-0 in the first round and then rallied from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to stun Paint Valley 29-28 Saturday night.
That set up a date with Grandview Heights, a five-time playoff participant. Heights opened the post-season by knocking off No. 6 Hannibal River 56-15 and then held on for a 14-6 win over No. 2 Lucasville Valley in the quarters.