COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six boys teams and four girls teams have earned berths in the 2007 Ohio High School State Soccer Finals slated for this Friday, Nov. 9, and Saturday, Nov. 10, at Columbus Crew Stadium. In all, five champions will be crowned over the two days, with the boys Division I and III titlists decided on Friday and the boys Division II final and the girls Division I and II championship matches contested on Saturday (Division I is the large-school division in Ohio).
Friday's doubleheader will be followed by a tripleheader on Saturday. On Friday, the boys Division III match kicks things off at 3 p.m. and the nightcap will feature the Division I finalists at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the boys season concludes with the Division II title match at 11 a.m., before the girls take center stage. The girls Division II championship is at 3 p.m. and girls Division I honors will be decided at 7 p.m. This is the ninth consecutive year that the finals have been held at Crew Stadium.
Tickets for each of the five individual matches are priced at $7, while a ticket to all five games can be purchased for $25.
Both the boys and girls tournaments, which began in October, are open to all schools fielding varsity soccer teams in the state of Ohio.
2007 OHSAA STATE Soccer Championship MATCHES (CREW STADIUM)
Boys Division III Final, Friday, Nov. 9, at Crew Stadium - 3 p.m.
Springfield Catholic Central (20-1-1) vs. Gates Mills Hawken (18-1-2)
Boys Division I Final, Friday, Nov. 9, at Crew Stadium - 7 p.m.
Hilliard Davidson (18-2-2) vs. Massillon Jackson (17-2-3)
Boys Division II Final, Saturday, Nov. 10, at Crew Stadium - 11 a.m.
Kettering Alter (18-2-2) vs. Cuyahoga Valley Christian (17-1-3)
Girls Division II Final, Saturday, Nov. 10, at Crew Stadium - 3 p.m.
Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown (19-3-1) vs. Hamilton Badin (17-5-0)
Girls Division I Final, Saturday, Nov. 10, at Crew Stadium - 7 p.m.
Strongsville (18-0-4) vs. Cincinnati St. Ursula (19-1-2)
