Top seeds survive first two rounds mostly unscathed

PERKINS TWP. — Perkins wasn't the only 1 seed with its back against the wall during a football regional quarterfinal last week. Almost all of the top seeds made it through to the semifinals, though — 26 of the 28 statewide top-seeded teams are still playing. The Pirates trailed St. Marys Memorial 21-14 at halftime in a Division IV matchup. They surged ahead with two scores bracketing an onside kick out of the intermission, then stifled two late drives by the eighth-seeded Roughriders to advance, 28-21. It was Perkins' first single-digit win in an 11-0 start to the season. "Dating back to two years ago, these guys have been down by a lot more," Perkins coach Jalen Santoro said. "Last year's (Elyria Catholic) game, last year's Huron game, two years ago (Port Clinton) game... It was good to knock the dust off on that situation, because moving forward, you're probably gonna experience that every week." Perkins travels to Marion Harding on Friday to take on fourth-seeded West Holmes, which needed a tip-drill touchdown reception to get past Galion, 22-19, in the second round. "Everybody across the board is gonna be tough," Santoro said. "My senior year, when we went to the state finals, we were lucky to get out of the first round... Obviously you've got to be really good, but to keep winning games at this level, you've got to get a little luck and have the ball bounce your way sometimes, too." The D-IV AP poll champion, Clinton-Massie, cut it even closer. C-M needed a field goal in the fourth quarter to force overtime. Archbishop McNicholas scored first in OT but missed its point-after kick, and Clinton-Massie got a touchdown of its own and made the extra point to win, 24-23, in Region 16. Two No. 1 seeds were eliminated last Friday. Milford, in D-I Region 4, lost 10-9 to ninth-seeded Mason. And in D-VI Region 24, eighth-seeded Anna knocked off Williamsburg, 52-28. Twenty of the 28 No. 2 seeds are still alive, including Edison, which will take on sixth-seeded Coldwater in Findlay on Friday. The lowest seed remaining is St. Henry, which is No. 14 in Division VII Region 28 and has upset third-seeded Riverside and 11th-seeded Fort Loramie to reach a regional semifinal. St. Paul is one of two No. 13 seeds still in the field. Joining the Flyers with that honor is D-IV Region 15's Indian Valley. Both have won against the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds to set up showdowns with No. 1 seeds — St. Paul against Dalton and Indian Valley against Steubenville. --- DIVISION I Region 1 1 St. Edward (10-1) vs. 4 Canton McKinley (9-3) at Parma Byers Field 2 Cleveland Heights (11-1) vs. 6 Medina (8-3) at Strongsville High School Region 2 1 Lewis Center Olentangy (11-1) vs. 12 Springfield (7-5) at Hilliard Darby High School 2 Delaware Olentangy Berlin (11-1) vs. at 6 Dublin Coffman (8-3) at Westerville Central High School Region 3 1 Gahanna Lincoln (12-0) vs. 4 Upper Arlington (9-3) at Thomas Worthington High School 2 Hilliard Bradley (11-1) vs. 3 Pickerington North (11-1) at Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School Region 4 9 Mason (7-5) vs. 5 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (8-4) at Cincinnati Princeton High School 2 Cincinnati Princeton (12-0) vs. 3 Lakota West (10-2) at Mason High School DIVISION II Region 5 1 Archbishop Hoban (10-1) vs. 4 Painesville Riverside (10-2) at Twinsburg High School 2 Walsh Jesuit (11-1) vs. 3 Hudson (9-2) at Ravenna Portage Community Bank Stadium Region 6 1 Avon (12-0) vs. 5 Olmsted Falls (9-3) at North Ridgeville High School 2 Anthony Wayne (10-2) vs. 3 Medina Highland (10-2) at Strobel Field Region 7 1 Massillon Washington (12-0) vs. 4 Uniontown Lake (9-3) at North Canton Hoover High School 2 Canal Winchester (11-1) vs. 3 Uniontown Green (9-3) at Dover High School Region 8 1 Cincinnati Anderson (11-1) vs. 5 Harrison (9-3) at Lakota East High School 2 Troy (11-1) vs. 3 Cincinnati Withrow (11-1) at Dayton Welcome Stadium DIVISION III Region 9 1 Youngstown Ursuline (12-0) vs. 5 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (9-3) at Marlington High School 7 Chardon (9-3) vs. 3 Aurora (11-1) at Mentor High School Region 10 1 Toledo Central Catholic (12-0) vs. 4 Mansfield Senior (10-2) at Clyde High School 7 Medina Buckeye (10-2) vs. 3 Tiffin Columbian (10-2) at Bellevue High School Region 11 1 Bishop Watterson (11-1) vs. 5 Bloom-Carroll (10-2) at Teays Valley High School 7 Bellefontaine (10-2) vs. 3 Granville (12-0) at London High School Region 12 1 Hamilton Badin (12-0) vs. 5 Wapakoneta (10-2) at Greenville High School 2 Tipp City Tippecanoe (10-2) vs. 6 Celina (10-2) at Sidney High School DIVISION IV Region 13 1 Canton South (12-0) vs. 4 Beloit West Branch (11-1) at Louisville High School 2 Lake Catholic (10-2) vs. 6 Struthers (9-3) at Berkshire High School Region 14 1 Perkins (11-0) vs. 4 Millersburg West Holmes (10-2) at Marion Harding High School 2 Cleveland Glenville (9-2) vs. 3 Shelby (10-2) at Elyria High School Region 15 1 Steubenville (11-1) vs. 13 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (9-3) at St. Clairsville High School 2 Thornville Sheridan (11-1) vs. 3 Bishop Hartley (9-2) at Newark White Field Region 16 1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (12-0) vs. 4 Kettering Archbishop Alter (9-3) at Monroe High School 7 Springfield Shawnee (11-1) vs. 6 Cincinnati Wyoming (11-1) at Trotwood-Madison High School DIVISION V Region 17 1 Perry (12-0) vs. 5 Garrettsville Garfield (12-0) at Maple Heights High School 2 Canfield South Range (11-1) vs. 6 Lorain Clearview (10-2) at Barberton High School Region 18 1 Liberty Center (12-0) vs. 4 Oak Harbor (12-0) at Oregon Clay Memorial Stadium 2 Edison (11-1) vs. 6 Coldwater (11-1) at Findlay Donnell Stadium Region 19 1 Ironton (11-1) vs. 4 Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (10-1) at Athens Joe Burrow Stadium 7 Wheelersburg (8-3) vs. 3 Barnesville (12-0) at Hamilton Township High School Alumni Stadium Region 20 1 Germantown Valley View (11-1) vs. 5 Cincinnati Purcell Marian (10-2) at Hamilton Ross High School 2 Waynesville (10-2) vs. 3 Brookville (10-2) at Centerville High School DIVISION VI Region 21 1 Kirtland (11-1) vs. 5 Cuyahoga Heights (10-1) at Macedonia Nordonia High School 10 Mineral Ridge (8-4) vs. 3 Mogadore (9-2) at Salem High School Region 22 1 Columbus Grove (10-2) vs. 4 Carey (10-2) at Fostoria High School 2 Bluffton (11-1) vs. 6 Toledo Ottawa Hills (11-1) at Napoleon High School Region 23 1 Sugarcreek Garaway (12-0) vs. 4 Northmor (10-2) at Heath High School 2 West Jefferson (11-1) vs. 3 Beverly Fort Frye (9-2) at Lancaster High School Region 24 8 Anna (7-5) vs. 5 New Madson Tri-Village (11-1) at Lima Senior Spartan Stadium 2 Versailles (10-2) vs. 3 Cincinnati Country Day (12-0) at Xenia High School DIVISION VII Region 25 1 Dalton (10-1) vs. 13 St. Paul (8-4) at Ashland High School 2 Danville (12-0) vs. 6 Lowellville (11-1) at Massillon Perry High School Region 26 1 Hopewell-Loudon (12-0) vs. 5 Hamler Patrick Henry (10-2) at Bowling Green High School 7 Lima Central Catholic (8-3) vs. 6 McComb (10-2) at Allen East High School Region 27 1 Reedsville Eastern (11-1) vs. 5 Hannibal River (10-2) at Zanesville High School 7 Waterford (8-4) vs. 3 Caldwell (9-3) at McConnelsville Morgan High School Region 28 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (12-0) vs. 5 Minster (10-2) at Lima Shawnee High School 2 Ansonia (12-0) vs. 14 St. Henry (5-7) at Piqua High School