Knox Pages reported that the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s second round of the 2026 football playoffs includes a home game for Danville and a long road trip for Fredericktown on Friday, Nov. 6. The report, published Nov. 2, said games were scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted.
Danville, the No. 2 seed in Division VII, Region 27, is 10-0 and won the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. The Blue Devils will host No. 10 Lucas, which is 6-5 and advanced by beating No. 7 Beaver Eastern 14-0.
Fredericktown, seeded eighth in Division VI, Region 23, takes a 9-2 record to top-seeded Hannibal River, which is 10-0. Knox Pages described the trip as nearly three hours and 155 miles. The Freddies advanced by defeating Newark Catholic 20-16.
The report also listed home games for Shelby, Ontario and Clear Fork. Clear Fork, the No. 4 seed in Division IV, Region 14, is 8-2 and hosts No. 5 Tontogany Otsego (8-3). Shelby (10-0) hosts No. 7 Oberlin Firelands (7-4), and Ontario (9-1) hosts No. 7 Tiffin Columbian (8-3), according to the OHSAA pairings included in the report.
Top four seeds in each region had first-round byes, and the better seed hosts through the first three rounds. Third-round regional semifinals are set for Nov. 13; neutral sites begin with regional finals Nov. 20. State semifinals are Nov. 27, and the championships are Dec. 3-5 in Canton.