Welcome back to the first ever playoff edition of The 10 Best Games to See in Ohio. It’s been an exciting season so far, and we have a great slate of games to start the postseason.
Welcome back to the first ever playoff edition of The 10 Best Games to See in Ohio. It’s been an exciting season so far, and we have a great slate of games to start the postseason.
I decided to review the 100 closest games by point spread on Drew Pasteur’s Fantastic 50 website. I also added a couple games into the respective honorable mention districts due to out-of-state opponents being featured. My apologies for having this out a little late. I’ve been ‘under the weather’ for a while now.
THE 10 BEST GAMES TO SEE IN OHIO - WEEK EIGHT By Kyle Holsinger Welcome back, readers! I opened up the selection of games to a wider range than an eight-point spread. This week, I tried to consider the top 100 closest point spreads on Drew Pasteur’s Fantastic 50 website. I hope that can make […]
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.
My apologies for getting the article out late this week. The spreadsheet that I use to compile all of the data—which will be known as The Database—is being reworked to help me make these articles and properly rank these teams.
I think I’ve got closer to getting better picks for the games. I’ve listened to all of the feedback since last season.
Welcome back for Heart of Ohio Sports’ third season of The 10 Best Games to See in Ohio.
Based off of feedback from last season, I’m focusing more this season on trying to find games that will be close in score more than ‘premier matchups’. It’s a hard task because you can’t predict the future, but I’m going to give it my best.
Midway through last season, I began to feature a game from each district as an honorable mention selection. The Northwest district’s top pick is featured in our local games so I will add an additional game to the honorable mention due to that this week. That same precedent will continue if and when it happens again.
I can’t wait to get back on the sidelines and watch some football.
Welcome back everyone for the beginning of the 2026 high school football season. I’m excited to get back on the sidelines to cover some games in the coming weeks.
During the season, I do not make any picks or predictions publicly in case I end up getting sent to cover that game on short notice. That being said, the following series of articles are my preseason predictions to win all 28 regions, and my picks for state champions in each of the seven divisions in OHSAA 11-man football this season. There will be seven articles—one for every OHSAA division.
Lots of great games this week. A lot of conference titles are up for grabs still throughout the area and state.
So, I dialed back competitiveness to 33.3% with rankings, combined wins, and top recruits to 22.2% each. We’ll see how this week turns out. My sources for the data and information used to compile the game list is JoeEitel.com, fantastic50.net, 247sports.com, and maxpreps.com along with individual school or league websites. Also, the honorable mention for the state games will now be one game per district to try to feature at least one game from each district in the state.
I read your comments and tweaked the analytics a bit. Now, the metrics are 40% competitiveness, 20% rankings, 20% combined wins, and 20% college prospects. I personally think watching some D-I prospects balling out makes for a great game—even if the game doesn’t end up close. If games ending with slim point differential is your preference then I’ll give y’all what you want. Enjoy!
