Hardesty roundup: New OHSAA format gives the underdog a chance

Hardesty roundup: New OHSAA format gives the underdog a chance

- Tom Hardesty

As expected, the opening round of the OHSAA’s new football playoff format of 16 teams per region qualifying for the postseason featured one mauling of a 16 seed after another last weekend.

Except one. While 1 seeds were laying waste to 16s all over the state, the unthinkable happened in Division IV, Region 14, when 16 seed Milan Edison defeated top-seeded Bellevue 23-22 to secure its place in Ohio high school football history.

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