The Southeastern Panthers make their first football playoff appearance since 2001 when they host the Crusaders of Steubenville Catholic Central, Friday night.
The visiting Crusaders are (7-3) heading into the Division 6/Region 23 OHSAA Playoff Quarterfinal, while the Panthers are coming off their best football regular season in school history at (10-0) and a Scioto Valley Conference Gold Football for a (7-0) conference record.
Both teams have great speed among their skilled position players, but the Crusaders might have the edge in physical player size on the offensive and defensive lines.
Pre-sale tickets for the game are available at Southeastern High School now through Friday during school hours, as well as the community bond-fire pep rally Wednesday night at 7:30pm. Athletic Director Rick Strausbaugh will also have them available at the Southeastern Volleyball Regional Tournament match at Logan High School, on Thursday night.
WKKJ Sports Director Mike Smith spoke with both coaches for their pregame interviews, which you can hear in this preview story, as well as in the Herrnstein Hyundai Game Pregame Show at 7:10pm Friday on 94 Country WKKJ and world-wide on our iHeart Radio ap for WKKJ.
Listen to our coaches interviews on the link found below...
The (8-2) Unioto Shermans, runner-up in the SVC this fall, will travel to (10-0) Licking Valley Friday for a 7:30pm kickoff. The Shermans are making their second straight trip the the OHSAA playoffs. Score updates on this game will be given to WKKJ's broadcast of the Southeastern-Steubenville Catholic Central game.