The high school football season is approaching, and The Dispatch is busy working on preview stories. Here is the week-by-week 2024 schedule for central Ohio.
Week 1
Friday, Aug. 23
Area games
Africentric at West Jefferson; Akron North at Lancaster; Amanda-Clearcreek at Linden-McKinley; Beechcroft at Eastmoor Academy; Bexley at Franklin Heights; Bloom-Carroll at Chillicothe; Briggs at Grandview Heights; Canal Winchester at Thomas Worthington; Centennial at Westland; Centerburg at Utica; Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy at Columbus Academy; Cincinnati Miami Valley Christian at Grove City Christian; Circleville at Vincent Warren; Cleveland Glenville at Upper Arlington; Delaware at Buckeye Valley; DeSales at Olentangy Berlin; Dublin Coffman at Toledo Whitmer; Dublin Jerome at Westerville South; East vs. Dayton Meadowdale at Welcome Stadium; East Knox at Northridge; Fairbanks at Jonathan Alder; Fredericktown at Highland; Gibsonia (Pa.) Pine-Richland at Hilliard Davidson; Granville at Marion-Franklin; Hamilton Township at Whitehall; Hartley at Elyria Catholic; Harvest Prep at Pickerington Central; Hilliard Bradley at Groveport; Hilliard Darby at Whitehouse Anthony Wayne; Independence at Central Crossing; Johnstown at Zanesville; KIPP Columbus at McComb; Lakewood St. Edward at Pickerington North; Liberty Union at Heath; Licking Heights at Newark; Logan Elm at Chillicothe Zane Trace; Madison-Plains at Westfall; Marion Elgin at Cardington; Marion Pleasant at North Union; Marysville at Olentangy Orange; Mason at Gahanna; Mifflin at West; Millersport at New London; Mount Vernon at Marion Harding; New Albany at Lebanon; New Lexington at Fairfield Union; Newcomerstown at Berne Union; North Lewisburg Triad at Mount Gilead; Oak Hill vs. Fairfield Christian at Millersport; Olentangy at Olentangy Liberty; Reynoldsburg at Dublin Scioto; St. Charles at West Carrollton; South at Celina; Teays Valley at Grove City; Thornville Sheridan at Licking Valley; Walnut Ridge at Northland; Washington Court House at London; Watterson at Big Walnut; Westerville North at Westerville Central; Worthington Christian at Danville; Worthington Kilbourne at Watkins Memorial; Zanesville West Muskingum at Lakewood
Saturday, Aug. 24
Area games
Crooksville at Fisher Catholic; Fairfield Christian at Portsmouth Notre Dame; Ready at Newark Catholic; Youngstown East at Whetstone (2 p.m.)
Week 2
Thursday, Aug. 29
Area games
Big Walnut vs. Dayton Dunbar at Welcome Stadium (6 p.m.); Dayton Thurgood Marshall at Beechcroft (6 p.m.); East at Independence; Linden-McKinley at Walnut Ridge; South at Centennial
Friday, Aug. 30
Area games
Bellville Clear Fork at Granville; Bexley at Mifflin; Buckeye Valley at Heath; Bucyrus Wynford at East Knox; Canal Winchester at Hilliard Davidson; Cardington at Sycamore Mohawk; Centerburg at Ontario; Central Crossing at Franklin Heights; Chillicothe Unioto at Amanda-Clearcreek; Circleville at McArthur Vinton County; Cleveland Glenville at Olentangy Liberty; Coshocton at Johnstown; Danville at Utica; DeSales at Hamilton Badin; Dresden Tri-Valley at Licking Heights; Dublin Coffman at Miamisburg; Eastmoor Academy at KIPP Columbus; Fairfield Christian at Oak Hill; Fredericktown at Northridge; Glouster Trimble at Berne Union; Grandview Heights at West; Grandville (Mich.) at Pickerington North; Grove City at Westland; Grove City Christian at Franklin Furnace Green; Groveport at Gahanna; Hamilton Township at St. Charles; Harrod Allen East at Newark Catholic; Harvest Prep at Cincinnati Purcell Marian; Highland at Dalton; Hilliard Darby at Hilliard Bradley; Jonathan Alder at Columbus Academy; Lakewood at Maysville; Lewistown Indian Lake at Fairbanks; London at Chillicothe; Loudonville at Worthington Christian; Madison-Plains at Chillicothe Southeastern; Marion-Franklin at Delaware; Marysville at Perrysburg; Medina at Olentangy; Minster at Africentric; Mount Gilead at Upper Sandusky; Newark at Mount Vernon; North Union at Liberty Union; Olentangy Berlin at Upper Arlington; Olentangy Orange at Westerville North; Pickerington Central at Huber Heights Wayne; Pomeroy Meigs at Fairfield Union; Ready at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Reynoldsburg at Dublin Jerome; Teays Valley at Bloom-Carroll; Thomas Worthington at Worthington Kilbourne; Vanlue at Millersport; Wadsworth at New Albany; Watkins Memorial at Thornville Sheridan; Watterson at Dublin Scioto; Wayne (N.J.) Valley at Lancaster; West Jefferson at Bainbridge Paint Valley; Westerville Central at Westerville South; Westfall at Logan Elm; Whetstone at Briggs; Whitehall at Northland; Youngstown Ursuline at Hartley; Zanesville West Muskingum at Licking Valley
Saturday, Aug. 31
Area game
New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Central Catholic at Fisher Catholic
Week 3
Thursday, Sept. 5
Area games
Dayton Belmont at South (6 p.m.); Millersport at West; Toledo Scott at East
Friday, Sept. 6
Area games
Africentric at DeSales; Berne Union at Crooksville; Bexley at Lakewood; Bucyrus at Cardington; Caledonia River Valley at Buckeye Valley; Centennial at Hamilton Township; Chillicothe Zane Trace at North Union; Cleveland St. Ignatius at Dublin Coffman; Danville at Bascom Hopewell-Loudon; Dayton Chaminade Julienne at Hartley; Delaware at Mount Vernon; Dublin Jerome at Hilliard Davidson; Dublin Scioto at Thomas Worthington; Euclid at Whetstone; Fairbanks at Cedarville; Fairfield Christian at Stewart Federal Hocking; Fisher Catholic at Portsmouth Notre Dame; Frankfort Adena at Amanda-Clearcreek; Franklin Heights at Briggs; Gahanna at Olentangy Liberty; Grove City at Hilliard Bradley; Grove City Christian at Mount Gilead; Groveport at Big Walnut; Harvest Prep at Ashland (Ky.) Paul Blazer; Heath at Creston Norwayne; Highland at Coshocton; Independence at St. Charles; Johnstown at Granville; Jonathan Alder at Bloom-Carroll; KIPP Columbus at Cincinnati McNicholas; Lancaster at Marysville; Liberty Union at Nelsonville-York; Licking Heights at Thornville Sheridan; Licking Valley vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz; Linden-McKinley at Maple Heights; Madison-Plains at West Jefferson; Marion-Franklin at Parma Heights Holy Name; New Albany at Olentangy Berlin; Newark Catholic at Columbus Academy; North Robinson Colonel Crawford at East Knox; Northland at Dayton Carroll; Northridge at Grandview Heights; Olentangy Orange at Hilliard Darby; Pickerington North at Pickerington Central; Proctorville Fairland at Fairfield Union; Richmond (Ind.) at London; Springfield Kenton Ridge at Mifflin; Upper Arlington at Reynoldsburg; Utica at Fredericktown; Walnut Ridge at Beechcroft; Washington Court House Miami Trace at Logan Elm; Watkins Memorial at Teays Valley; Westerville Central at Bellefontaine; Westerville North vs. Watterson at Ohio Dominican; Westerville South at Olentangy; Westfall at Circleville; Westland at Central Crossing; Whitehall at Marion Pleasant; Worthington Christian at Centerburg; Worthington Kilbourne at Canal Winchester; Zanesville at Newark
Saturday, Sept. 7
Area game
Eastmoor Academy at Canton South
Week 4
Friday, Sept. 13
City League
Beechcroft at Centennial; Briggs at Marion-Franklin; Eastmoor Academy at Independence; Linden-McKinley at Northland; Mifflin at Whetstone; Walnut Ridge at Africentric; West at South
Ohio Capital Conference
Delaware at Big Walnut; Franklin Heights at Westerville North; Lancaster at Teays Valley; Newark at Groveport; Pickerington Central at Logan; Reynoldsburg at Canal Winchester; Westerville South at Dublin Scioto; Worthington Kilbourne at Westland
Mid-State League
Amanda-Clearcreek at Bloom-Carroll; Berne Union at Zanesville Rosecrans; Grove City Christian at Fairfield Christian; Hamilton Township at Fairfield Union; Logan Elm at Circleville; Millersport at Corning Miller
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Cardington at Fredericktown; East Knox at Loudonville; Galion Northmor at Centerburg; Mount Gilead at Danville
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Marion Pleasant at Highland
Area games
Central Crossing at Olentangy; Chillicothe Unioto at Westfall; Cincinnati Hills Christian at Worthington Christian; Cincinnati Purcell Marian at KIPP Columbus; Crown City South Gallia at Fisher Catholic; Dayton Thurgood Marshall at East; Dublin Coffman at Pickerington North; Grandview Heights at Bexley; Hamilton Badin vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz; Hartley at Watkins Memorial; Harvest Prep at Sandusky Perkins; Heath at Licking Valley; Hilliard Davidson at Hilliard Darby; Lakewood at Liberty Union; Licking Heights at Buckeye Valley; Marysville at Hilliard Bradley; Mount Vernon at Johnstown; New Albany at Upper Arlington; Newark Catholic at Mogadore; North Lewisburg Triad at Madison-Plains; North Union at Jonathan Alder; Northridge at Milan Edison; Olentangy Liberty at Olentangy Berlin; Olentangy Orange at Gahanna; St. Charles at Whitehall; Springfield Catholic Central at Fairbanks; Springfield Shawnee at London; Thomas Worthington at Grove City; Utica at West Lafayette Ridgewood; Washington Court House at Granville; Watterson at Tiffin Columbian; West Jefferson at Jamestown Greeneview; Westerville Central at Dublin Jerome; Wheeling (W.Va.) Linsly School at DeSales; Worthington Christian at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Zanesville at Columbus Academy
Week 5
Thursday, Sept. 19
City League
Centennial at Linden-McKinley; East at Mifflin
Area game
KIPP Columbus at Northland
Friday, Sept. 20
City League
Africentric at Briggs; Marion-Franklin at Independence; South at Walnut Ridge; West at Eastmoor Academy; Whetstone at Beechcroft
Ohio Capital Conference
Big Walnut at Westerville South; Canal Winchester at Pickerington Central; Dublin Scioto at Worthington Kilbourne; Groveport at Lancaster; Logan at Newark; Teays Valley at Reynoldsburg; Westerville North at Delaware; Westland at Franklin Heights
Mid-State League
Berne Union at Corning Miller; Bloom-Carroll at Liberty Union; Circleville at Amanda-Clearcreek; Fairfield Union at Logan Elm; Zanesville Rosecrans at Grove City Christian
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Centerburg at Loudonville; Danville at Galion Northmor; East Knox at Cardington; Mount Gilead at Fredericktown
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Highland at Marion Harding
Area games
Bainbridge Paint Valley at Westfall; Bexley vs. Landmark Eagles; Buckeye Valley at Hamilton Township; Chesapeake at Grandview Heights; Columbus Academy at St. Charles; Dayton Dunbar at Harvest Prep; DeSales vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz; Dublin Jerome at Olentangy Liberty; Fairbanks at Springfield Greenon; Gahanna at Dublin Coffman; Glouster Trimble at Worthington Christian; Granville at Utica; Grove City at Hilliard Darby; Hartley at Ironton; Heath at Mount Vernon; Hilliard Bradley at New Albany; Hilliard Davidson at Marysville; Johnstown at Watkins Memorial; Jonathan Alder at Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan; Licking Heights at Lakewood; London at St. Paris Graham; Madison-Plains at West Liberty-Salem; Marietta at Whitehall; Newark Catholic at Licking Valley; Olentangy at Westerville Central; Olentangy Berlin at Olentangy Orange; Pickerington North at Thomas Worthington; South Charleston Southeastern at West Jefferson; Stewart Federal Hocking at Millersport; Upper Arlington at Central Crossing; Urbana at North Union; Watterson at Chardon; Zanesville at Northridge
Saturday, Sept. 21
Mid-State League
Fairfield Christian at Fisher Catholic
Week 6
Thursday, Sept. 26
City League
Eastmoor Academy at Briggs; Marion-Franklin at Walnut Ridge
Friday, Sept. 27
City League
Beechcroft at Linden-McKinley; Centennial at Mifflin; Independence at South; Northland at East; West at Africentric
Ohio Capital Conference
Big Walnut at Franklin Heights; Delaware at Worthington Kilbourne; Dublin Coffman at Olentangy Liberty; Dublin Jerome at Marysville; Dublin Scioto at Westland; Gahanna at Central Crossing; Grove City at New Albany; Groveport at Teays Valley; Hilliard Davidson at Olentangy Orange; Logan at Reynoldsburg; Newark at Canal Winchester; Olentangy at Thomas Worthington; Olentangy Berlin at Hilliard Darby; Pickerington Central at Lancaster; Pickerington North at Westerville Central; Upper Arlington at Hilliard Bradley; Westerville South at Westerville North
Central Catholic League
St. Charles at DeSales; Watterson at Hartley
Central Buckeye League
Bexley at Buckeye Valley; Columbus Academy at Whitehall
Mid-State League
Amanda-Clearcreek at Hamilton Township; Bloom-Carroll at Fairfield Union; Corning Miller at Grove City Christian; Fisher Catholic at Zanesville Rosecrans; Liberty Union at Logan Elm; Millersport at Berne Union
Licking County League
Heath at Johnstown; Licking Valley at Licking Heights; Mount Vernon at Zanesville; Northridge at Newark Catholic; Utica at Lakewood; Watkins Memorial at Granville
Central Buckeye Conference
Bellefontaine at London; Jonathan Alder at Urbana; North Union at Springfield Shawnee
Ohio Heritage Conference
Cedarville at Madison-Plains; North Lewisburg Triad at Fairbanks; West Jefferson at Mechanicsburg
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Cardington at Centerburg; Galion Northmor at Fredericktown; Loudonville at Danville; Mount Gilead at East Knox
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Shelby at Highland
Area games
Circleville at Marietta; Fairfield Christian at Martins Ferry; Marion Elgin at Worthington Christian; Ready at KIPP Columbus; Westfall at Chillicothe Southeastern; Wheelersburg at Harvest Prep; Whetstone at Grandview Heights
Week 7
Thursday, Oct. 3
City League
Africentric at Marion-Franklin; Briggs at Independence; Northland at Centennial; South at Eastmoor Academy
Friday, Oct. 4
City League
Mifflin at Beechcroft; Walnut Ridge at West; Whetstone at East
Ohio Capital Conference
Canal Winchester at Teays Valley; Central Crossing at Pickerington North; Franklin Heights at Dublin Scioto; Hilliard Bradley at Hilliard Davidson; Hilliard Darby at Dublin Jerome; Lancaster at Logan; Marysville at Olentangy; New Albany at Gahanna; Newark at Pickerington Central; Olentangy Liberty at Upper Arlington; Olentangy Orange at Dublin Coffman; Reynoldsburg at Groveport; Thomas Worthington at Olentangy Berlin; Westerville Central at Grove City; Westerville North at Westland; Westerville South at Delaware; Worthington Kilbourne at Big Walnut
Central Catholic League
Hartley at DeSales
Central Buckeye League
Bexley at Columbus Academy; Whitehall vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz
Mid-State League
Fairfield Union at Liberty Union; Grove City Christian at Millersport; Hamilton Township at Circleville; Logan Elm at Bloom-Carroll; Zanesville Rosecrans at Fairfield Christian
Licking County League
Johnstown at Northridge; Lakewood at Heath; Licking Heights at Granville; Licking Valley at Zanesville; Utica at Newark Catholic; Watkins Memorial at Mount Vernon
Central Buckeye Conference
London at Jonathan Alder; Springfield Northwestern at North Union
Ohio Heritage Conference
Madison-Plains at Springfield Greenon; Mechanicsburg at Fairbanks; West Jefferson at West Liberty-Salem
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Centerburg at Mount Gilead; Danville at Cardington; Fredericktown at Loudonville; Galion Northmor at East Knox
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Galion at Highland
Area games
Amanda-Clearcreek at Lucas; Berne Union at Martins Ferry; Chillicothe Zane Trace at Westfall; Grandview Heights at Worthington Christian; Richmond Heights at Harvest Prep; St. Charles at Buckeye Valley; Watterson at KIPP Columbus
Saturday, Oct. 5
Mid-State League
Corning Miller at Fisher Catholic
Area game
Stewart Federal Hocking at Linden-McKinley
Week 8
Thursday, Oct. 10
Central Buckeye League
Whitehall at Bexley
City League
Independence at Africentric
Area game
Columbus Academy at Worthington Christian
Friday, Oct. 11
City League
East at Beechcroft; Eastmoor Academy at Walnut Ridge; Linden-McKinley at Whetstone; Mifflin at Northland; South at Briggs; West at Marion-Franklin
Ohio Capital Conference
Big Walnut at Westerville North; Central Crossing at New Albany; Dublin Scioto at Delaware; Franklin Heights at Worthington Kilbourne; Gahanna at Westerville Central; Groveport at Pickerington Central; Hilliard Bradley at Olentangy Liberty; Hilliard Davidson at Dublin Coffman; Logan at Canal Winchester; Olentangy at Hilliard Darby; Olentangy Berlin at Dublin Jerome; Pickerington North at Grove City; Reynoldsburg at Lancaster; Teays Valley at Newark; Thomas Worthington at Marysville; Upper Arlington at Olentangy Orange; Westland at Westerville South
Central Catholic League
St. Charles vs. Watterson at Ohio Dominican
Central Buckeye League
Buckeye Valley vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz
Mid-State League
Berne Union at Grove City Christian; Fairfield Christian at Corning Miller; Fairfield Union at Circleville; Fisher Catholic at Millersport; Liberty Union at Hamilton Township; Logan Elm at Amanda-Clearcreek
Licking County League
Granville at Licking Valley; Lakewood at Johnstown; Mount Vernon at Licking Heights; Newark Catholic at Heath; Northridge at Utica; Zanesville at Watkins Memorial
Central Buckeye Conference
Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan at North Union; New Carlisle Tec*mseh at London; Springfield Kenton Ridge at Jonathan Alder
Ohio Heritage Conference
Fairbanks at Springfield Northeastern; Jamestown Greeneview at Madison-Plains; North Lewisburg Triad at West Jefferson
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Centerburg at Danville; East Knox at Fredericktown; Loudonville at Cardington; Mount Gilead at Galion Northmor
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Highland at Caledonia River Valley
Area games
Bloom-Carroll at Hartley; Grandview Heights at Centennial; Harvest Prep at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary; KIPP Columbus at DeSales; Westfall at Frankfort Adena
Week 9
Thursday, Oct. 17
City League
Centennial at East; Linden-McKinley at Mifflin
Friday, Oct. 18
City League
Africentric at South; Independence at West; Marion-Franklin at Eastmoor Academy; Northland at Whetstone; Walnut Ridge at Briggs
Ohio Capital Conference
Big Walnut at Dublin Scioto; Canal Winchester at Lancaster; Delaware at Westland; Dublin Coffman at Upper Arlington; Dublin Jerome at Olentangy; Grove City at Gahanna; Hilliard Darby at Thomas Worthington; Hilliard Davidson at Olentangy Liberty; Logan at Groveport; Newark at Reynoldsburg; Olentangy Berlin at Marysville; Olentangy Orange at Hilliard Bradley; Pickerington Central at Teays Valley; Pickerington North at New Albany; Westerville Central at Central Crossing; Westerville North at Worthington Kilbourne; Westerville South at Franklin Heights
Central Buckeye League
Buckeye Valley at Columbus Academy; Ready at Bexley
Mid-State League
Amanda-Clearcreek at Fairfield Union; Circleville at Liberty Union; Fisher Catholic at Berne Union; Hamilton Township at Bloom-Carroll; Millersport at Fairfield Christian
Licking County League
Granville at Zanesville; Heath at Northridge; Johnstown at Utica; Lakewood at Newark Catholic; Licking Heights at Watkins Memorial; Licking Valley at Mount Vernon
Central Buckeye Conference
Jonathan Alder at Bellefontaine; London at Springfield Kenton Ridge; North Union at St. Paris Graham
Ohio Heritage Conference
South Charleston Southeastern at Madison-Plains; West Jefferson at Fairbanks
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Cardington at Galion Northmor; East Knox at Centerburg; Fredericktown at Danville; Loudonville at Mount Gilead
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Bellville Clear Fork at Highland
Area games
Albany Alexander at Logan Elm; Beechcroft at Whitehall; Chillicothe Huntington at Westfall; Cleveland Heights Lutheran East at St. Charles; DeSales at Cincinnati Northwest; Grandview Heights at Lucasville Valley; Harrison vs. Watterson at Ohio Dominican; Harvest Prep at Cincinnati La Salle; KIPP Columbus at Hartley; Worthington Christian at Grove City Christian
Week 10
Thursday, Oct. 24
City League
Beechcroft at Northland; South at Marion-Franklin
Friday, Oct. 25
City League
Briggs at West; East at Linden-McKinley; Eastmoor at Africentric; Walnut Ridge at Independence; Whetstone at Centennial
Ohio Capital Conference
Central Crossing at Grove City; Dublin Scioto at Westerville North; Franklin Heights at Delaware; Gahanna at Pickerington North; Groveport at Canal Winchester; Hilliard Bradley at Dublin Coffman; Lancaster at Newark; Marysville at Hilliard Darby; New Albany at Westerville Central; Olentangy at Olentangy Berlin; Olentangy Liberty at Olentangy Orange; Reynoldsburg at Pickerington Central; Teays Valley at Logan; Thomas Worthington at Dublin Jerome; Upper Arlington at Hilliard Davidson; Westland at Big Walnut; Worthington Kilbourne at Westerville South
Central Catholic League
DeSales vs. Watterson at Ohio Dominican; Hartley at St. Charles
Central Buckeye League
Columbus Academy vs. Ready at Fortress Obetz; Whitehall at Buckeye Valley
Mid-State League
Bloom-Carroll at Circleville; Fairfield Christian at Berne Union; Grove City Christian at Fisher Catholic; Liberty Union at Amanda-Clearcreek; Logan Elm at Hamilton Township; Zanesville Rosecrans at Millersport
Licking County League
Mount Vernon at Granville; Newark Catholic at Johnstown; Northridge at Lakewood; Utica at Heath; Watkins Memorial at Licking Valley; Zanesville at Licking Heights
Central Buckeye Conference
New Carlisle Tec*mseh at Jonathan Alder; North Union at Lewistown Indian Lake; Urbana at London
Ohio Heritage Conference
Fairbanks at West Liberty-Salem; Madison-Plains at Springfield Catholic Central; Springfield Northeastern at West Jefferson
Knox-Morrow Athletic Conference
Cardington at Mount Gilead; Danville at East Knox; Fredericktown at Centerburg
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Highland at Ontario
Area games
Bexley at Worthington Christian; Fairfield Union at Glen Dale (W.Va.) John Marshall; Harvest Prep at KIPP Columbus; Mifflin at Grandview Heights; Westfall at Piketon
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