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.
Seneca East was able to keep Carey off of the scoreboard for the first 47 minutes of Friday night’s game, but Carey’s Mace Puckett barreled through defenders on his way to a 10-yard touchdown run with 60 seconds left in the contest.
Welcome back for our seventh installment of The 10 Best Games to See in Ohio. Five of the ten games picked last week were settled by 10 points or less. Let’s get right to the featured games.
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.
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.
We are 50 days out from the kickoff of the 2026 OHSAA high school football season, and I’m back with a ‘way too early’ preview of the local landscape. The first game in the area will be Leipsic traveling to Heidelberg University’s Hoernemann Stadium to face Calvert on Thursday, August 20.
The 2025-26 school year is coming to a close, and congratulations to every graduate.
Over here at Heart of Ohio Sports, the crew has began to get restless for next fall to arrive. If you’re like us and have an early hankering for high school football then here’s a preview of 25-plus local players to look out for on the gridiron come August.
Welcome back everyone! Thanks again to Drew Pasteur's Fantastic 50, Joe Eitel, MaxPreps, 247sports, OhioHSHelmts, and many others who make this article possible. Thanks to Nate Mullins of Heart of Ohio Sports for allowing me a platform to write this article each week. Finally, thank YOU for reading. I'm considering doing a playoff edition next week, but we'll see who all gets in locally.
