Six 11-0 Teams, Three Games, Three Losses Coming: Ohio's Regional Semifinals Tonight Include Perry vs. Garfield, Barnesville vs. Girard and Shelby vs. Perkins

Six 11-0 Teams, Three Games, Three Losses Coming: Ohio's Regional Semifinals Tonight Include Perry vs. Garfield, Barnesville vs. Girard and Shelby vs. Perkins

Three Ohio regional semifinals Friday night match unbeaten teams. Division V Region 17 has four 11-0 semifinalists, and Shelby puts a 27-game home winning streak up against Sandusky Perkins.

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Somewhere in Ohio on Friday night, three football teams are going to lose for the first time. Three of the state's regional semifinals match 11-0 against 11-0, and one region, Division V's Region 17, has nothing but unbeaten teams left, according to State Line Sports Network's bracket breakdown.

Winners move on to regional finals at neutral sites on Nov. 20. The state championships are Dec. 3 to 5 in Canton.

Garrettsville Garfield (11-0) at Perry (11-0): 362 Rushing Yards a Game Against a Shutout Defense

Top-seeded Perry, No. 2 in the final Associated Press Division V state poll, hosts at Alumni Stadium at 7 p.m. The Pirates beat Canton Central Catholic 37-0 last week, led 23-0 after one quarter and allowed 95 total yards. Quarterback Nate Trefzger has thrown for 1,508 yards and 14 touchdowns, and Perry has won 19 of its last 20 games, the Record-Courier reported.

Garfield, ranked 10th in that poll, brings the run game. Junior Ryder Cain has 1,613 yards and 27 touchdowns on 167 carries, and he ran for 248 yards and six scores in last week's 48-14 win over Conneaut, per the Weekly Villager. The G-Men average 362.5 rushing yards a game and have not allowed more than 14 points in their last 10. The last time these two met in this round, in 2023, Perry won 42-14 and went on to the state title.

Girard (11-0) at Barnesville (11-0): Trey Toliver Has 43 Touchdowns

The other half of Region 17 is in Belmont County, where Barnesville, No. 3 in the AP poll, hosts No. 4 Girard. Senior running back Trey Toliver is the reason to watch. He carried 28 times for 276 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-18 win over Martins Ferry, The Intelligencer reported, with scoring runs of 21, 60, 20 and 27 yards.

That put Toliver past 2,370 rushing yards and at 43 touchdowns for the season, and past 5,700 yards for his career, according to the Daily Jeffersonian, which lists him as the school's all-time leading rusher. Girard got here by scoring 35 on Youngstown Cardinal Mooney.

Sandusky Perkins (11-0) at Shelby (11-0): First Meeting Since 1979

In Division IV's Region 14, Shelby has allowed 94 points in 11 games and has won 27 straight at home, according to Richland Source. Quarterback Michael Shepherd has completed 68 percent of his passes for 1,861 yards and 19 touchdowns and leads the Whippets in rushing with 705 yards and 18 more scores. Brady Bowman has 61 catches for 1,013 yards.

Perkins counters with quarterback Grant Kuhnle, who has thrown 24 touchdown passes against two interceptions, and linebacker Boden Ballinger's 120 tackles. Shelby was tied for second and Perkins fourth in the final AP Division IV poll. Shelby beat Firelands 42-3 last week and held it to minus-7 rushing yards. Perkins beat Bellevue 42-14. The two schools have not played each other since 1979. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

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