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Monday, November 14, 2011

Notes from D-III prep football playoffs

By Michael Cooper | Monday, November 14, 2011, 10:57 AM

Here’s a look at some interesting facts about the regional football tournament and Shawnee’s upcoming game against Jonathan Alder.

• Jonathan Alder capitalized on mistakes in its 28-7 victory over Jackson last week. Here’s the game story from the London Madison Press.

• The Pioneers moved up from D-IV to D-III for the first time this season. They’ve made the playoffs 11 times in a row, including state runner-up in 2006. They won the D-II baseball state championship last spring.

• Last year, Jonathan Alder was knocked out by Alter, 28-14, in the D-IV regional semifinals.

• The Pioneers are averaging 36.5 points per game this season. They beat two playoff teams in the regular season, including Ironton (17-0) and Clinton-Massie (29-28 in Week 2). They’ll face Chaminade-Julienne in the D-IV regional final on Saturday.

• 48 teams total are remaining in the football playoffs, eight in each division.

• Fifteen undefeated teams remain throughout the state, including Shawnee and Jonathan Alder. Three other games will see matchups of unbeaten teams: Trotwood-Madison vs. Kings in D-II, Kenton vs. Columbus Bishop Hartley in D-IV and Bucyrus Wynford vs. Lucasville Valley in D-V.

• Five of the eight teams remaining in D-III were ranked in the final AP state poll. Jonathan Alder was third, while Chagrin Falls was fourth and were followed by Shawnee (T6), Dover (8th), Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (10th) and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (13th).

• Of the eight remaining teams, only two have won state titles. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney has won seven state titles, its last coming in 2009. Akron SVSM has won four titles, but hasn’t won since 1988.

• Shawnee and unbeaten Chagrin Falls are the only two remaining top seeds.

• The other three regional games include top-seed Chagrin Falls (12-0) vs. sixth-seed Akron SVSM in Region 9, Fifth-seed Elida (9-3) vs. third-seed Columbus Eastmoor Academy (10-2) in Region 10 and No. 4 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (8-3) vs. second-seeded Dover (11-1) in Region 11. Rebracketing may occur in the state semifinals.

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