CANTON — Ohio high school football’s “Championship Weekend” is back at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium for a fifth straight year. Games kicked off Thursday evening with the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state title game at 7 p.m. Six championship games will follow the next two days, three each Friday and Saturday.
This year’s field of finalists features six 14-0 teams and one 13-0 team. Three Mr. Football finalists will play in Canton this week. Avon became a back-to-back champ Thursday and Columbus Watterson looks to join it Friday. Five others are back in Stark County after finishing as a state runner-up a year ago.
Read on for your full guide to the finals. And return throughout the weekend for the latest scores, scoring summaries, photo galleries and links to further coverage:
Watch Ohio High School Football Live on the NFHS Network all season
Thursday’s Ohio high school football state championship schedule
OHSAA Division II state final
Avon vs. Cincinnati Anderson football state championship score | Blake Elder leads Eagles to repeat
Blake Elder ties OHSAA Division II record for most touchdown passes in a state championship game
2025 OHSAA football state championships game schedule
Friday’s Ohio high school football state championship schedule
OHSAA Division IV state final
Cleveland Glenville vs. Shelby football state championship score
OHSAA Division III state final
Toledo Central Catholic vs. Columbus Watterson football state championship score
OHSAA Division I state final
Cincinnati St. Xavier vs. Olentangy Orange football state championship score
Saturday’s Ohio high school football state championship schedule
OHSAA Division VII state final
St. Henry vs. Hillsdale football state championship score
OHSAA Division VI state final
Kirtland vs. Hopewell-Loudon football state championship score
OHSAA Division V state final
Wheelersburg vs. Liberty Center football state championship score
Most OHSAA football state titles all-time
Just two of the 13 Ohio high school football programs with six or more state championships in the playoff era are in Canton this weekend — Kirtland in Division VI and St. Henry in Division VII. Here’s a look at the all-time leaders:
Most OHSAA football state runner-up finishes all-time
Ohio high school football’s 16-0 teams
Twelve Ohio teams have gone 16-0 since 2021 when playoff expansion added an extra week to the postseason. Nine programs have achieved the feat, with Marion Local doing it four times. But with the introduction of a first-round bye to the playoffs this year, don’t expect the list to grow rapidly since most 10-0 teams will receive first-round byes going forward. Here’s a look at Ohio’s 16-0 teams, year by year:
Winningest coaches in the 2025 OHSAA state championships
Four coaches with more than 250 wins in their Ohio coaching career have guided their teams to the state finals. Here’s a look at the four:
Grady Kinsey wins Ohio Mr. Football for 2025
Indian Valley running back-linebacker Grady Kinsey won Ohio’s 2025 Mr. Football Award and was recognized Thursday ahead of the first state championship game of the weekend. He rushed for more than 8,000 career yards, including leading the state the past two seasons. A year ago, his Braves won the Division IV state championship. This year, they lost to Glenville in the state semifinals.
Ohio Mr. Football finalists playing in the 2025 OHSAA football state finals
Three of the Ohio Mr. Football finalists — two gamebreaking quarterbacks and an Ohio State-bound linebacker — will be playing in Canton over the next three days.
Here’s a look at each of the three.
Levi Davis, Olentangy Orange, 6-0, 187, sr. QB.
A dynamic dual-threat weapon, Davis has been the chief catalyst for second-ranked Orange’s winningest season in history. Entering a state semifinal, Davis had completed 134 of 198 passes (67.7%) for 2,016 yards with 15 TDs and 7 interceptions and had rushed for 935 yards on 126 carries (7.4 average) with 15 TDs. A four-year starter and Ohio University football commit, Davis has passed for 7,006 yards and 51 TDs while rushing for 2,631 yards and 37 TDs in his career. Davis made second-team All-Ohio in 2024. Davis also was starting point guard for the state championship basketball team last March (and for the regional runner-up in 2023 and 2024) and in track last spring was regional champion in the long jump (23 feet, 1 1/4 inches) and runner-up in the high jump (6-6), earning All-Ohio in the latter.
Brayden DeVito, Shelby, 5-11, 175, sr., QB
United States Air Force Academy commit led the Whippets to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons and the No. 1 ranking in the final Associated Press poll in 2025. In 12 games, DeVito entered the regional championship on Nov. 21 with 2,783 yards and 35 touchdowns to just three interceptions on 165-of-221 passing (75%). He had also run 106 times for 1,009 yards and 24 TDs on the ground. DeVito had 54 total TDs in just 31 quarters of action. For his career, entering Week 14, DeVito is 700-of-1,060 passing (66 percent) for 12,440 yards (unofficially No. 4 in OHSAA history) with 120 TDs (13th in OHSAA history) and has rushed 516 times for 4,294 yards and 71 TDs with a career total of 196 TDs. On track to become a three-time All-Ohio first team selection, DeVito was also All-Ohio first team in basketball and was a state-placer in track as the first three-sport all-state player in school history.
Cincere Johnson, Glenville, 6-3, 225, sr., LB
Johnson is the Northeast Lakes District Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. Johnson, a four-star prospect according to most recruiting services, is committed to Ohio State. He led Glenville with 112 tackles, 21 TFL and 8.5 sacks during the season. The Tarblooders played a tough schedule that included defending Division II state champ Avon, Massillon, Olentangy Liberty, St. Edward and Hoban. Johnson started as a sophomore middle linebacker on Glenville’s 2023 state championship team and led the Tarblooders back to last year’s state semifinals.
What channel are the Ohio high school football state championship games on?
Spectrum News 1 will televise all seven championship games live on channel 1. The Spectrum broadcasts are also available to stream on the Spectrum News App or via OHSAA.tv.
Are the OHSAA football championship games on the radio?
OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast all seven title games. The audio version can be found here, while the video version will be posted to YouTube.
Looking back on recent OHSAA football state finals scores in Canton
2024 Ohio high school football state championship game scores
2023 Ohio high school football state championship game scores
2022 Ohio high school football state championship game scores
2021 Ohio high school football state championship game scores
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Ohio high school football playoffs scores, 2025 OHSAA state championship live updates
Reporting by Chris Beaven, Canton Repository / The Repository
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
