What to know | 2025 Ohio high school football season schedule, key dates

Jul 1, 2025 - 15:30

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What to know | 2025 Ohio high school football season schedule, key dates

The 2025 high school football season kicks off next month. Three weeks of practice leads up to the start of the 10-week regular season.

Here's a look at the Ohio High School Athletic Association's key dates for football, including when the state championship games will be played in Canton.

2025 Ohio high school football schedule at a glance

Mogadore running back Conner Lehner runs the ball against Rootstown on Oct. 25, 2024, in Mogadore, Ohio.

May 15 through July 31 – Summer period (see info above)
Aug. 1 – Practice begins
Week of Aug. 18 – Season begins
Aug. 22 – First Friday night of regular season
Oct. 26 – Regular season ends
Oct. 27 – Playoff qualifiers announced
Oct. 31 – Regional playoffs first round
Nov. 7 – Regional quarterfinals
Nov. 14 – Regional semifinals
Nov. 21 – Regional finals
Nov. 27 – Thanksgiving
Nov. 28 – State semifinals
Dec. 4-6 – State championships, Canton

Which Portage County-area teams made the OHSAA football playoffs in 2024?

Eight of Portage County's 12 teams made the postseason last year, with two (Aurora and Streetsboro) advancing to the regional semifinals and four more (Field, Garfield, Mogadore and Windham) winning a postseason game:

Region 9
No. 4 Aurora (11-2): W 42-6 No. 13 Bedford, W 42-14 No. 5 Geneva, L 29-10 No. 1 Ursuline
Region 13
No. 3 Streetsboro (12-1): W 42-21 No. 14 Cardinal Mooney, W 34-7 No. 6 Northwest, L 45-21 No. 2 Perry
No. 9 Field (9-3): W 24-16 at No. 8 Lutheran East, L 35-3 at No. 1 Lake Catholic
No. 16 Ravenna (4-7): L 42-14 at No. 1 Lake Catholic
Region 17
No. 4 Garfield (10-2): W 35-26 No. 13 Trinity, L 38-20 No. 5 Garaway
Region 21
No. 12 Mogadore (6-6): W 27-13 at No. 5 United, L 28-0 at No. 4 Columbia
No. 16 Rootstown (4-7): L 62-0 at No. 1 Kirtland
Region 25
No. 7 Windham (10-2): W 50-35 No. 10 Southern, L 43-14 at No. 2 Hillsdale