Which central Ohio high school football teams won in Week 1 of the 2026 OHSAA season? See the scores below, and check out our Aug. 21 live blog for coverage of Hilliard Bradley-Big Walnut, Olentangy Orange-Olentangy Berlin and Upper Arlington-Olentangy.
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OHSAA scores from Week 1 of Ohio high school football season
Aug. 21
Beechcroft 27, KIPP Columbus 21 (OT)
Bellville Clear Fork 28, Granville 14
Berlin Center Western Reserve 41, Whetstone 14
Berne Union 40, Bidwell River Valley 6
Big Walnut 32, Hilliard Bradley 7
Bloom-Carroll 21, Caledonia River Valley 9
Centerburg 35, Utica 14
Chillicothe 34, Circleville 0
Chillicothe Zane Trace 46, Logan Elm
DeSales 31, Youngstown Ursuline 7
Delaware Hayes 21, Buckeye Valley 7
Dublin Coffman 51, Hartley 27
Duncan Falls Philo 50, Heath 21
East 14, Walnut Ridge 0
East Knox 19, Northridge 14
Gahanna Lincoln 35, Pickerington Central 3
Grove City 28, Canal Winchester 27
Groveport 14, Africentric 6
Hamilton Township 14, Whitehall 13
Highland 28, Fredericktown 7
Hilliard Darby 20, Lancaster 15
Hilliard Davidson 30, Mansfield Sr. 6
Johnstown 34, Vermillion 14
Jonathan Alder 41, West Liberty-Salem 10
Lakewood St. Edward 15, Olentangy Liberty 12
Licking Valley 28, Thornville Sheridan 13
Linden-McKinley 20, Bexley 0
Marion Harding 21, Mount Vernon 17
Martins Ferry 42, Mount Gilead 19
Millersport 14, Portsmouth Sciotoville East 0
New Albany 17, London 14
New Lexington 33, Fairfield Union 14
Newark 16, Licking Heights 12
Newark Catholic 28, Chillicothe Huntington 27
North Union 49, Marion Pleasant 7
Olentangy Berlin 21, Olentangy Orange 6
Pickerington North 31, Troy 14
Ready 41, Eastmoor Academy 0
St. Charles 42, Central Crossing 7
Toledo Whitmer 42, Reynoldsburg 23
Thomas Worthington 30, Dublin Scioto 28
Upper Arlington 40, Olentangy 7
Watterson 35, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 0
West 14, Franklin Heights 9
West Jefferson 29, Amanda-Clearcreek 12
Westerville Central 21, Marion-Franklin 0
Westerville North 31, Marysville 9
Westerville South 20, Dublin Jerome 13
Westland 33, Teays Valley 28
Woodsfield Monroe Central 33, Liberty Union 12
Worthington Christian 30, Grove City Christian 3
Worthington Kilbourne 42, Watkins Memorial 0
Aug. 20
North Robinson Colonel Crawford 45, Fairbanks 21
Versailles 21, Harvest Prep 18
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