(From the OHSAA)

The 2025 football season kicks off this week for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

The 10-week regular season will end on Saturday, October 25, with playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, October 26.  

 A total of 706 high schools will play 11-man football this season in Ohio.

The top 12 schools in each region – a total of 336 statewide – will qualify for the playoffs in late October.

The Findlay Trojans will kick off the season on Friday, August 22 against Pine-Richland High School from Pennsylvania at 7 p.m. at Donnell Stadium.

Liberty-Benton kicks off the season by hosting Ottawa-Glandorf on Friday, August 22 at 7 p.m.