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NY, FH playoff bound,
SHS wins
HS FOOTBALL
Two Athens County football
teams are playoff bound as the Federal Hocking Lancers visit Johnstown-Monroe
and Nelsonville-York hosts Gahanna Columbus Academy this Saturday night at 7
p.m.
The Lancers are making their first ever playoff appearance after completing
the team's best record of 9-1 on the year and capturing its first Tri-Valley
Conference Hocking Division sole championship.
Federal Hocking is coming off a 36-13 win over Waterford and carries a
nine-game winning streak into this playoff berth. The team has scored 237
points on the year but its strength lies in its defense which has given up
just 54 points on the season. Being 5-0 in road games this season sets up an
intriguing match-up as Johnstown-Monroe is 5-0 at home this year and will
host.
The Johnnies have won two straight with momentum after a 16-12 victory over
Northridge on Friday. Johnstown-Monroe has 313 points to its credit and has
yielded 169 points. This is the team's second appearance in the playoffs,
losing its only game in 2002.
Federal Hocking is the sixth seed in the tournament while Johnstown-Monroe is
fifth.
Nelsonville-York will get to show off its brand new synthetic field on
Saturday, hoping to get out of the first round against Gahanna Columbus
Academy. The Buckeyes have been to the playoffs the last three seasons but
have lost in round one each time.
Nelsonville-York is making its 11th appearance in postseason play with a
19-12 overall mark in that time. Columbus Academy is making its 10th
appearance, winning the state championship as recent as 2003. The Vikings
made a late season move from 15th going into week nine to sixth seed after
the week 10 win over Bexley. The team has yielded 237 points but scored 387
on the year with a 3-2 record on the road.
Nelsonville-York is the third seed with 333 points scored this year and 116
points allowed. The team is 4-1 at home with seven consecutive wins,
including a 34-6 victory over Alexander on Friday.
The games will be played on Saturday with 7 p.m. start times for both.
Southern finishes with victory
The Southern Tornadoes fought through rain-soaked fields to earn a 40-8
victory over the Eastern Eagles on Saturday night, closing out the high
school football season for both teams.
Southern finishes at 6-4 on the year with a 2-3 mark in the Tri-Valley
Conference Hocking Division while Eastern ends the year at 0-10.
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