CANTON — The opening week of the Ohio high school football season continues tonight in Stark County, as 20 games feature county teams.
We'll have score updates here of throughout tonight. All games kick off at 7.
The 2026 regular season kicked off Thursday, Aug. 20, with two games featuring Stark County teams.
Miss any of our recent coverage? Here are our breakdowns and predictions of Week 1 games plus a look at perhaps the state's top opener, the Massillon-Glenville game, in addition to news and notes from around the Federal League
Read on for the full state scoreboard. We'll have Friday night's box scores and photo galleries from select Friday games by the end of the night.
Watch Ohio High School Football Live on the NFHS Network all season
OHSAA football scores | Friday, Aug. 21- Warren Harding at Canton McKinley|Click here for live updates
- Central Catholic at Perry|Click here for live updates
- GlenOak at Dover
- Buchtel at Hoover|Click here for live updates
- North Ridgeville at Lake
- Green at Indian Valley
- Glenville at Massillon|Click here for live updates
- Alliance at Northwest
- New Philadelphia at Louisville
- Canton South at Garaway
- Smithville at Tuslaw
- Rocky River at Manchester
- Marlington at Warrensville Heights
- United Local at Minerva
- West Branch at St. Clairsville
- Carrollton at East Liverpool
- East Canton at Chippewa
- St. Thomas Aquinas at Strasburg
- Trinity at Malvern
- Waynedale at Tuscarawas Valley
- All games kick off at 7 p.m.
.oembed-frame {width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;border:0;}
.scorestream-widget-container iframe {height:100%;}Thursday's Stark County football box scoresJACKSON 34, CHARDON 13
- Jackson - 10 - 3 - 7 - 14 — 34
- Chardon - 7 - 6 - 0 - 0 — 13
- C—Platz 76 run (Highman kick)
- J—Yoder 26 pass from Muhleman (Biviano kick)
- J—FG Biviano 39
- C—Platz 70 run (kick failed)
- J—FG Biviano 31
- J—Snyder 14 pass from Muhleman (Biviano kick)
- J—Maurer 1 run (Biviano kick)
- J—Yoder 54 pass from Muhleman (Biviano kick)
- TEAM STATS
- JCK — CRD
- First downs — 18—17
- Rushes-Yards — 24-102—45-332
- Comp-Att-Int — 19-32-0—3-11-0
- Passing Yards — 256—48
- Fumbles-Lost — 0-0—1-1
- Penalties-Yards — 5-40—7-41
- Total yards — 358—380
- Records — 1-0—0-1
FAIRLESS 44, SANDY VALLEY 6
- Fairless - 20 - 24 - 0 - 0 — 44
- S.Valley - 0 - 6 - 0 - 0 — 6
- F—Brown 16 pass from Ritterbeck (Robinson kick)
- F—Ritterbeck 5 run (pass failed)
- F—Ritterbeck 2 run (Robinson kick)
- SV—Overly 1 run (kick blocked)
- F—Brown 9 pass from Ritterbeck (Robinson kick)
- F—Brown 30 pass from Ritterbeck (Robinson kick)
- F—FG Robinson 35
- F—Kirby 4 run (Robinson kick)
- TEAM STATS
- FRL — SV
- First downs — 21—7
- Rushes-Yards — 33-178—20-36
- Comp-Att-Int — 13-16-0—7-13-2
- Passing Yards — 162—133
- Fumbles-Lost — 1-0—2-2
- Penalties-Yards — 10-52—4-25
- Total yards — 340—169
- Records — 1-0—0-1
- Our statewide USA Today Network sports writers voted on the state's top 25 players. Click here to see the full list and who made the cut from Stark County.
- CantonRep.com sports writer Josh Weir ranks the best teams in the Stark County area each week. Click here to view our preseason power poll.
- Our CantonRep.com sports writers predicted the 2026 state champs. Click here to view who they pick in each of the seven divisions.
- Also, our CantonRep staff predicted the league champions in four conferences featuring Stark-area teams. Click here to view our predictions.
Ohio high school football's 10-game regular season leads up to the OHSAA state playoffs, which begin in October and culminate with all seven state championship games being played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. This year's title games are Dec. 3-5 — the sixth straight year all of the title games are being played in Canton.
Who makes the OHSAA football playoffs?The top 12 teams in each region in the final report will qualify for the OHSAA state playoffs in pursuit of a trip to the OHSAA state championship games. The top four teams in each region get a first-round bye before hosting a second-round game. Seeds 5-8 will host first-round playoff games against seeds 9-12.
Stark County football final 2025 league standingsFederal League standings- x-McKinley 9-3, 6-0
- Hoover 9-3, 4-2
- Lake 7-4, 3-3
- Green 6-6, 3-3
- Jackson 6-6, 3-3
- Perry 5-5, 2-4
- GlenOak 2-8, 0-6
- x-denotes won outright league title
- Massillon 9-4
- Louisville 6-5
- Central Catholic 1-9
- St. Thomas Aquinas 0-10
- x-Triway 10-2, 5-1
- Manchester 8-4, 4-2
- Northwest 6-5, 4-2
- Orrville 7-5, 3-3
- Canton South 5-6, 3-3
- Tuslaw 4-6, 1-5
- Fairless 4-6, 1-5
- x-denotes won outright league title
- x-West Branch 10-2, 5-0
- Alliance 8-3, 4-1
- Salem 7-5, 3-2
- Carrollton 4-6, 2-3
- Minerva 5-5, 1-4
- Marlington 3-6, 0-5
- x-denotes won outright league title
- x-Newcomerstown 7-4, 5-0
- East Canton 10-2, 4-1
- Malvern 7-5, 3-2
- Strasburg 8-4, 2-3
- Buckeye Trail 1-9, 1-4
- Tusc. Cent. Cath. 2-8, 0-5
- x-denotes won outright league title
- x-Indian Valley 12-0, 5-0
- Garaway 11-3, 4-1
- Ridgewood 9-3, 3-2
- Claymont 6-5, 2-3
- Tusky Valley 2-8, 1-4
- Sandy Valley 0-10, 0-5
- x-denotes won outright league title
The Canton Repository sports department can be contacted via email at sports@cantonrep.com.
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Ohio High School Football Live Score Updates Tonight, OHSAA Week 1
Our editors independently choose our recommendations. Some content is produced with paid support from a third party, however our editorial decisions remain independent. If you buy through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices and availability may change.
Leave a Comment