Predictions for state football championships
The state football finals are this week and began with Thursday's Division II game between Cincinnati Winton Woods and Akron Hoban. The rest of the games are Friday and Saturday, all played in Canton.
Thisweek News asked those who cover high school sports to make predictions for the games.
Those making predictions: Ryan Baker, Steve Blackledge, Lee Cochran, Frank Direnna, Eric Frantz, Scott Gerfen, Scott Hennen, Bailey Johnson, Dave Purpura, Andy Resnik, Michael Ric, Jeff Stevenson, Jarrod Ulrey.
Division I: (13-1) Springfield vs. (13-1) Lakewood St. Edward, 7:30 p.m. Friday
Sprinfield: Baker, Cochran, Direnna, Johnson, Frantz, Rich, Resnik, Stevenson
St. Edward: Blackledge, Gerfen, Hennen, Purpura, Ulrey
Division II: (12-3) Cincinnati Winton Woods vs. (11-3) Akron Hoban, 7 p.m. Thursday
Winton Woods: Cochran, Purpura, Rich
Hoban: Baker, Blackledge, Direnna, Frantz, Gerfen, Hennen, Johnson, Resnik, Stevenson, Ulrey
Division III: (14-0) Hamilton Badin vs. (15-0) Chardon, 3 p.m. Friday Badin: Cochran, Frantz, Rich, Ulrey
Chardon: Baker, Blackledge, Direnna, Gerfen, Hennen, Johnson, Purpura,
Resnik, Stevenson
Division IV: (13-1) Clarksville Clinton-massie (11-3) Youngstown Ursuline, 10:30 a.m. Friday
Clinton-massie: Cochran, Frantz, Gerfen, Ulrey
Ursuline: Baker, Blackledge, Direnna, Hennen, Johnson, Purpura, Rich, Resnik, Stevenson
Division V: (14-1) Versailles vs. (14-0) Kirtland, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Versailles: Gerfen
Kirtland: Baker, Blackledge, Cochran, Direnna, Frantz, Hennen, Johnson, Purpura, Rich, Resnik, Stevenson, Ulrey
Division VI: (13-2) Coldwater vs. (14-1) Carey, 3 p.m. Saturday
Coldwater: Baker, Blackledge, Cochran, Direnna, Frantz, Hennen, Johnson, Purpura, Rich, Resnik, Stevenson, Ulrey
Carey: Gerfen
Division VII: (14-1) Newark Catholic vs. (15-0) Maria Stein Marion Local, 10:30 a.m. Saturday
Newark Catholic: Gerfen
Marion Local: Baker, Blackledge, Cochran, Direnna, Frantz, Hennen, Johnson, Purpura, Rich, Resnik, Stevenson, Ulrey