Defending champions La Salle and Pickerington Central are 1-2 in Buckeye State.
The third week of the high school football season kicks off with 10 more states set to begin play starting Thursday. Among those states is Ohio, which plans to run an abbreviated regular season with the postseason scheduled to begin Oct. 8-9 with championship games scheduled for Nov. 21.
Ohio is one of 34 states planning to play football this fall. Sixteen others plus the District of Columbia have moved their respective seasons to 2021.
In Ohio, a total of 488 games are scheduled to kick off on Thursday through Saturday.
In advance of season openers, here's a look at what you need to know about Ohio football in 2020.
Top games
La Salle (Cincinnati) at
Elder (Cincinnati), Aug. 28
St. Xavier (Cincinnati) at La Salle (Cincinnati), Sept. 4
St. Edward (Lakewood) at
Mentor, Sept. 11
St. Xavier (Cincinnati) at Elder (Cincinnati), Sept. 11
St. Edward (Lakewood) at
Washington (Massillon), Aug. 28
Top teams
1. La Salle (Cincinnati)
2.
Pickerington Central (Pickerington)3. Mentor
4. St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
5. Washington (Massillon)
Defending champions
I: Pickerington Central (Pickerington)
II: La Salle (Cincinnati)
III:
Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood)IV:
ClydeV:
KirtlandVI:
AnnaVII:
Marion Local (Maria Stein)Top recruits
National ranking per 247Sports in parenthesis
1.
Jack Sawyer, DE,
Pickerington North, (No. 3)
2.
Jayden Ballard, WR, Washington (Massillon), (49)
3.
Michael Hall Jr, DT,
Streetsboro, (54)
4.
Reid Carrico, LB,
Ironton, (69)
5.
Lorenzo Styles, WR, Pickerington Central, (106)
Returning stat leaders
Passing
Blaine Huston,
Kenton | 286-461 (62%), 4,424 yds, 38 TD
Rushing
Marquael Parks,
Orrville | 247 car., 2,286 yds, 36 TD
Receiving
Jayden Cornell, Kenton | 85 rec., 1,484 yds, 20 TD
Tyler Davis,
Triway (Wooster) | 102 rec., 1,464 yds., 16 TD
