With high school football season about a month away from kicking off in Ohio, here is a week-to-week schedule for all 14 schools in the Wayne/Holmes County area to check out ahead of time. Play starts Friday, August 21.
2026 Wayne County High School Football Schedule
Week 1, August 21
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Northwestern at Crestview
Dalton at Danville
East Canton at Chippewa
John F. Kennedy at Rittman
Smithville at Tuslaw
Waynedale at Tuscarawas Valley
Norwayne at Keystone
Black River at Hillsdale
West Holmes at Triway
Loudonville at Mapleton
Orrville at Wooster
Week 2, August 28
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Black River at Northwestern
Garaway at Dalton
Coventry at Rittman
Tuslaw at Chippewa
Waynedale at Fairless
Northmor at Smithville
Triway at Norwayne
Hillsdale at Lucas
Loudonville at New London
Wooster at Alliance
Orrville at Trinity
East Tech at West Holmes
Week 3, September 4
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Western Reserve at Northwestern
Dalton at Mogodare
South Central at Rittman
River View at Chippewa
New London at Waynedale
Tuslaw at Caldwell
Smithville at Black River
Garaway at Norwayne
Hillsdale at Loudonville
Wooster at Triway
West Holmes at Orrville
Week 4, September 11
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Chippewa at Northwestern
Dalton at Hillsdale
Norwayne at Rittman
Waynedale at Smithville
Tuslaw at Orrville
Northwest at Triway
Loudonville at Mount Gilead
Madison Comprehensive at Wooster
Mansfield Senior at West Holmes
Week 5, September 18
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Hillsdale at Smithville
Norwayne at Waynedale
Tuslaw at Triway
East Knox at Loudonville
Wooster at Lexington
Northwestern at Dalton
Rittman at Chippewa
Norwayne at Waynedale
Orrville at Fairless
West Holmes at Madison Comprehensive
Week 6, September 25
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Smithville at Northwestern
Chippewa at Norwayne
Waynedale at Hillsdale
Triway at Fairless
Centerburg at Loudonville
New Philadelphia at Wooster
Dalton at Rittman
Akron Manchester at Tuslaw
Dover at West Holmes
Canton South at Orrville
Week 7, October 2
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Rittman at Smithville
Norwayne at Dalton
Northwstern at Hillsdale
Triway at Canton South
Loudonville at Danville
Wooster at Dover
Toronto at Tuslaw
Chippewa at Waynedale
West Holmes at Lexington
Northwest at Orrville
Week 8, October 9
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Northwestern at Waynedale
Dalton at Chippewa
Hillsdale at Rittman
Northwest at Triway
Smithville at Norwayne
Triway at Akron Manchester
Fredericktown at Loudonville
Wooster at Mansfield Senior
Orrville at Worthington Christian
Wooster at Mansfield Senior
New Philadelphia at West Holmes
Week 9, October 16
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Chippewa at Smithville
Norwayne at Hillsdale
Canton Central Catholic at Triway
Loudonville at Cardington-Lincoln
Ashland at Wooster
Rittman at Northwestern
Waynedale at Dalton
Tuslaw at Canton South
Orrville at Akron Manchester
Week 10, October 23
All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Northwestern at Norwayne
Smithville at Dalton
Rittman at Waynedale
Hillsdale at Chippewa
Fairless at Tuslaw
Orrville at Triway
Northmor at Loudonville
West Holmes at Wooster
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: 2026 Wayne/Holmes County week-by-week high school football schedule
Reporting by James Simpson II, Wooster Daily Record / The Daily Record
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