Heart of Ohio Sports Observer: Unbeaten Chieftains lead a pivotal Week 6 With five weeks behind us now, the local football playoff picture is beginning to sharpen. Hopewell-Loudon remains perfect after another convincing win over an N10 opponent. Mohawk has won four straight and shares the Northern 10 lead with the Chieftains and Carey. Seneca […]

OHSAA Releases First Football Computer Ratings Football regular-season entering Week 6 COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the first official football computer ratings on Tuesday afternoon. The weekly ratings report will be released each Tuesday for the remainer of the season, leading up to the final report on Sunday, October 25.  The […]

Welcome back for another edition of The 10 Best Games to See in Ohio. As we get midway through the regular season, conference play has begun and the playoff picture is starting to develop. Last week, we had seven of the ten featured games decided by 10 points or less. Let’s hope we can improve on that.

Heart of Ohio Sports Observer Vol 5.0 Hopewell-Loudon Stays Perfect as N10 Race Takes Shape The first month of the 2026 high school football season has already produced a clear headline in the Heart of Ohio Sports coverage area: Hopewell-Loudon remains perfect. The Chieftains moved to 4-0 with a 30-22 win over Seneca East, while […]

Welcome back, y’all! Most teams are getting into their conference play, and we’re starting to see teams develop and grow from the first week of the season. 

For the first three weeks, I use teams win-loss record from last season as a factor to decide which games to pick so this is the first time this year that this year’s win-loss count has been factored.