Ohio high school football playoffs 2023: Division VI brackets, matchups, predictions for regional semifinals

Get all the information for the 2023 Division VI Ohio high school football playoffs on SBLive

The OHSAA football playoffs continues last week with 224 teams vying for a state title throughout Ohio's seven divisions.

We are now down to 112 teams, with four teams left in each region and 16 teams remaining in each division.

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All regional semifinal games will be played on Friday, Nov. 10 at a neutral site determined by the OHSAA. The state semifinal pairings will be announced following the regional finals..

The seven OHSAA football State championship games will be played in Canton at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium from Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

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Here, we will take a look at the teams remaining in each region of Division VI, along with the matchups and predictions of the regional semifinals and a reminder of our prediction on who will win each region, which was made prior to the beginning of the postseason.

Stay with SBLive Ohio for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2023 OHSAA football playoffs.

Division VI, Region 21

Teams remaining: 1. Kirtland, 3. Mogadore5. Cuyahoga Heights10. Mineral Ridge

Regional semifinal matchups and locations:

1 Kirtland (11-1) vs. 5 Cuyahoga Heights (10-1) at Macedonia Nordonia High School Boliantz Stadium

3 Mogadore (9-2) vs. 10 Mineral Ridge (8-4) at Salem High School Sebo Stadium

Predicted regional semifinal winners: Kirtland and Mogadore

Predicted region winner: Kirtland

Division VI, Region 22

Teams remaining: 1. Columbus Grove, 2. Bluffton, 4. Carey6. Ottawa Hills

Regional semifinal matchups and locations:

1 Columbus Grove (10-2) vs. 4 Carey (10-2) at Fostoria High School Memorial Stadium

2 Bluffton (11-1) vs. 6 Toledo Ottawa Hills (11-1) at Napoleon High School Buckenmeyer Stadium

Predicted regional semifinal winners: Carey and Bluffton 

Predicted region winner: Bluffton

Division VI, Region 23

Teams remaining: 1. Garaway, 2. West Jefferson, 3. Fort Frye, 4. Northmor

Regional semifinal matchups and locations:

1 Sugarcreek Garaway (12-0) vs. 4 Galion Northmor (10-2) at Heath High School

2 West Jefferson (11-1) vs. 3 Beverly Fort Frye (9-2) at Lancaster High School Fulton Field

Predicted regional semifinal winners: Garaway and West Jefferson 

Predicted region winner: Garaway

Division VI, Region 24

Teams remaining:  2. Versailles, 3. Cincinnati Country Day, 5. Tri-Village, 8. Anna

Regional semifinal matchups and locations:

5 New Madson Tri-Village (11-1) vs. 8 Anna (7-5) at Lima Senior Spartan Stadium

2 Versailles (10-2) vs. 3 Cincinnati Country Day (12-0) at Xenia High School Doug Adams Stadium

Predicted regional semifinal winners: Tri-Village and Versailles 

Predicted region winner: Versailles

-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh

(Feature photo: Kirtland defenders wrap up a Marion Local ball carrier during the 2022 Division VI state championship game. photo credit: Jeff Harwell)


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RYAN ISLEY, SBLIVE SPORTS

Ryan Isley is a regional editor at SBLive Sports for the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ryan, a native of Akron, Ohio, has been following and covering high school sports in Ohio for more than 20 years, including the St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball teams that featured NBA superstar LeBron James. Ryan joined the SBLive staff full-time in May, 2022 after freelancing for SBLive Sports for nearly nine months, beginning with his experience covering Bishop Sycamore, which was featured in a documentary in the summer of 2023. You can reach Ryan at ryan@scorebooklive.com