By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The final week of the regular season.

For some, the last Friday night ever for football. An emotional realization.

For some, the chance to capture a championship.

For some, the opportunity to secure at least a Week 11.

For all, another special night for fall football!

I will be in Rootstown, where the Rovers host the Mogadore Wildcats at Robert C. Dunn Field with the Portage Trail Conference title weighing in the balance.

Good luck to everyone tonight!

WEEK 10 SCHEDULE

Aurora at Highland

Crestwood at Grand Valley

Woodridge at Field

Brookfield at Garfield

Revere at Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore at Rootstown

Ravenna at Norton

Warren JFK at Southeast

Streetsboro at Coventry

Waterloo at Bridgeport

Pymatuning Valley at Windham

FRIDAY NIGHT’S FORECAST

All things considered, we should feel lucky that our Week 10 weather is not worse.

Expect temperatures in the low 50s or high 40s, with rain possible throughout the night.

Last week, it appeared that rain was inevitable, but it turned out to be another beautiful fall night for football.

Maybe this week’s forecast will take a turn for the better, as well.

PLAYOFF RANKINGS

Note: The top-16 teams qualify for the postseason.

• DIVISION III, REGION 9

5. Aurora (clinched first-round home game)

23. Kent Roosevelt

• DIVISION III, REGION 10

2. Norton (clinched first-round home game)

19. Cloverleaf

• DIVISION IV, REGION 13

4. Streetsboro (clinched first-round home game)

11. Woodridge (control own destiny)

19. Field

20. Ravenna

T24. Coventry (mathematically eliminated)

T26. Springfield (mathematically eliminated)

• DIVISION V, REGION 17

5. Garfield (clinched first-round home game)

21. Crestwood

• DIVISION VI, REGION 21

2. Rootstown (clinched top four, first-round home game, second-round home game)

4. Mogadore (clinched playoff spot)

15. Southeast (control own destiny)

T22. Waterloo (mathematically eliminated)

• DIVISION VII, REGION 25

22. Warren JFK

25. Windham

T28. St. Thomas Aquinas (mathematically eliminated)

STATS CORNER

• This week’s statistical leaders.
• This week’s Pigskin Picks sponsored by Keegan’s Seasonal Landscaping.
• This week’s Associated Press state poll.

STANDINGS

METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Norton 9-0, 6-0

Streetsboro 8-1, 5-1

Woodridge 5-4, 4-2

Field 3-6, 3-3

Ravenna 3-6, 3-3

Cloverleaf 4-5, 2-4

Coventry 1-8, 1-5

Springfield 0-8, 0-5

PORTAGE TRAIL CONFERENCE

Rootstown 8-0, 3-0

Mogadore 8-1, 3-0

Southeast 6-3, 1-3

Warren JFK 2-6, 1-2

St. Thomas Aquinas 0-9, 0-4

SUBURBAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Aurora 8-1, 6-0

Highland 8-1, 6-0

Barberton 5-4, 4-2

Tallmadge 4-5, 3-3

Kent Roosevelt 4-5, 2-4

Copley 1-9, 1-5

Cuyahoga Falls 2-7, 0-6

MAHONING VALLEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

GREY DIVISION

Garfield 9-0, 6-0

Crestview 4-5, 4-2

Brookfield 5-4, 4-2

LaBrae 5-4, 4-2

Liberty 4-5, 2-4

Newton Falls 3-6, 1-5

Champion 1-8, 1-5

Campbell Memorial 1-8, 0-6

MAHONING VALLEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

SCARLET DIVISION

New Middletown Springfield 7-2, 6-0

Lowellville 8-1, 5-1

Western Reserve 7-2, 5-1

Jackson-Milton 7-2, 4-2

McDonald 5-4, 2-4

Mineral Ridge 4-5, 1-5

Waterloo 2-7, 0-6

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

VALLEY DIVISION

Kirtland 8-1, 4-0

Cardinal 6-3, 3-1

Berkshire 5-4, 3-1

Painesville Harvey 4-5, 2-2

Crestwood 4-5, 0-4

Grand Valley 2-7, 0-4

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Pymatuning Valley 6-3, 3-0

Fairport 3-6, 2-1

St. John School 3-6, 1-2

Mathews 2-7, 2-2

Windham 2-7, 0-3