The second round of the OHSAA football playoffs have arrived and there is one game in Week 12 in the city of Akron on Nov. 7.
No. 1 seed Archbishop Hoban and No. 9 seed Boardman will meet in a Division II, Region 5 quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. at Dowed Field.
Hoban has an 8-1 record and Boardman is 6-5. The Knights received a bye and did not a first-round playoff game last week. The Spartans earned a 38-28 win over host and No. 8 seed Painesville Riverside last week.
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Tim Tyrrell wins 150th game as Hoban football coach
The win allowed 13th-year Hoban head coach Tim Tyrrell to improve to 150-26 with the Knights. Tyrrell is 215-77 in his 24th season overall as a head coach.
Hoban tops Boardman 38-0 in OHSAA playoff game
Hoban tops Boardman 38-0 in OHSAA playoff game.
Hoban leads Boardman 38-0 in third quarter of OHSAA football playoff game
RB La'Near Folk runs 5 yards for a touchdown and Jeremy Hammel kicks the PAT to give Hoban a 38-0 lead over Boardman with 4:00 to go in the third quarter.
Folk ran for 36 yards on four carries during the drive.
Hoban leads Boardman 31-0 at halftime in OHSAA football playoff game
Jeremy Hammel kicks a 33-yard field goal as time expires in the second quarter to give Hoban a 31-0 lead over Boardman.
Brayton Feister had an 11-yard run and a 6-yard run during the drive, and Payton Cook completed a 8-yard pass to Carson Currie.
Hoban leads Boardman 28-0 in second quarter of OHSAA football playoff game
Nick Kinsey throws a 17-yard TD pass to Tony Morales-Burleson and Jeremy Hammel kicks the PAT to give Hoban a 28-0 lead over Boardman with 7:04 to go in the second quarter.
The drive included a Jance Henry 11-yard run, a Kinsey 12-yard pass to Payton Cook and a Kinsey 12-yard pass to Grady Falkenstein.
Hoban leads Boardman 21-0 at end of first quarter in OHSAA football playoff game
Nick Kinsey enters at QB and on his first play connects with John Johnson on a 68-yard TD pass as time expires in the first quarter. Jeremy Hammel kicks the PAT to give Hoban a 21-0 lead over Boardman.
Hoban leads Boardman 14-0 in first quarter of OHSAA football playoff game
Jackson Callaway returns a punt 95 yards for a touchdown and Jeremy Hammel kicks the PAT to give Hoban a 14-0 lead over Boardman with 1:36 to go in the first quarter.
Boardman recorded two first downs on its opening drive. QB Vince Butto ran for 20 yards on two carries and RB Frank Butto ran for 16 yards on two carries.
Hoban leads Boardman 7-0 in first quarter of OHSAA football playoff game
RB Jance Henry runs 2 yards for a touchdown and Jeremy Hammel kicks the PAT to give Hoban a 7-0 lead over Boardman with 6:02 to go in the first quarter.
Hoban QB Payton Cook ran for 20 yards on three carries and completed 1 of 2 passes for 10 yards during the drive. RB Brayton Feister ran twice for 45 yards, Henry ran three times for 11 yards and WR John Johnson ran once for 11 yards. WR Jackson Callway caught a pass for 10 yards.
Below is some pregame information.
Hoban vs. Boardman football series
Boardman has won all three previous matchups against Hoban, with victories in the regular season in 2010 (14-10), 2011 (35-6) and 2012 (47-26).
Hoban's history in the OHSAA football playoffs
Hoban is in the playoffs for the 11th year in a row and 21st time overall. Hoban won Division III state championships in 2015 and 2016 and Division II state championships in 2017, 2018 and 2020. The Knights were Division II state runners-up in 2021, 2022, 2023, and also made a Division III state semifinal appearance in 2002 and Division II state semifinal appearances in 2008 and 2024.
Boardman's history in the OHSAA football playoffs
Boardman is in the playoffs for the 14th time overall. The Spartans were state runners-up in 1987 and were state semifinalists in 1995.
Players to watch for the Hoban Knights football team
Payton Cook is expected to start once again at QB for Hoban with Eastern Michigan recruit Nick Kinsey and Israel "Major" Cribbs dealing with injuries. Cook, a Louisville recruit as a WR, is 8-of-12 passing for 103 yards and a touchdown. Cook also has 18 catches for 248 yards and two TDs, and has run for 57 yards and a TD on 14 carries.
RB-LB Brayton Feister has run for 795 yards and 13 touchdowns on 92 carries, and has 96 tackles (32 for loss), nine sacks, two defensive TDs, two interceptions and four forced fumbles.
Hoban also features OL Sam Greer (Ohio State recruit), DB-WR-KR-PR Elbert "Rock" Hill IV (USC recruit), DL Ace Brown (Colorado State recruit), WR-DBs Jackson Callaway and John Johnson, RB Jance Henry, LBs Patrick Kinsell and Brydon Feister, DBs Kahlil Diming and Jaiden Daniels, DL Devanaire Riley and K Jeremy Hammel.
Hill has 37 tackles (five for loss), nine interceptions, 32 pass break ups, one blocked punt, two kickoff return TDs and one punt return TD.
Henry has run for 753 yards and six TDs on 110 carries. Callaway has 16 catches for 277 yards and two TDs.
Kinsell has 51 tackles (20 for loss), 10 sacks and two forced fumbles. Brydon Feister has 86 tackles (19 for loss), four sacks and an interception. Brown has 38 tackles (19 for loss), nine sacks and recovered three fumbles. Diming has 46 tackles, two sacks, an interception and 22 pass breakups. Daniels has 18 tackles, three interceptions and 20 pass break ups. Riley has 33 tackles, eight sacks, forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles.
Hammel has made 33 of 34 PATs and 9 of 13 field goals.
Players to watch for the Boardman Spartans football team
Boardman features QB-S Vincent Butto. He has run for 952 yards and 14 TDs on 176 carries, and completed 43 of 93 passes for 585 yards with eight TDs and five INTs.
Boardman's other top players are RB-LB Ryan Smith, FB-LB Frank Butto, RB/WR Alex Battaglia, RB-KR Ryan Mitchell, LB Victor DiMargio, DL Abdel Abueenaj, DB Ray Vodhanel, DB-KR Jerry Smith, S-PR Aiden Moore, DLs Khaled Mohammed, James Mitchell and Brandon Shaw and K Oswaldo Salinas.
Smith has run for 573 yards and seven TDs on 116 carries. Mitchell has run for 393 yards and two TDs on 67 carries. Frank Butto has two rushing TDs and two receiving TDs.
Salinas has made 33 PATs and two FGs.
Hoban football's returning lettermen (33)
Hoban's football schedule and results for 2025
Boardman's football schedule and results for 2025
Who will the winner of Hoban vs. Boardman face next in the OHSAA football playoffs?
The winner of No. 1 Hoban vs. No. 9 Boardman will advance to play the winner of No. 4 Lake (7-3) vs. No. 5 Hudson (9-2) in a Division II, Region 5 semifinal game at 7 p.m. Nov. 14.
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