Bishop Watterson vs. Toledo Central Catholic live score, updates, highlights from OHSAA Division III state championship game originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Two Catholic school powerhouses will meet Friday evening in Canton to decide the OHSAA Division III state football championship.It’s Bishop Watterson and Toledo Central Catholic for the crown, and it promises to be a classic.Watterson enters the game as the defending state champion and carrying a 13-0 record this season.They’re led by quarterback Drew Bellisari, a commit to Miami (OH). Bellisari is 29-0 in his career as a starting quarterback.Watterson has won three state titles overall (2002, 2010, 2024) and has been runner-up four times.MORE: Glenville returns to the top of OHSAA Division IVToledo Central Catholic carries an 11-4 record into the final and is trying to be the first state champion to have lost its first three games of a season.TCC is a five-time state champ (2005, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2023) and was runner-up to Watterson a season ago, and runner-up in 2015.They’re led by Texas A&M CB commit Victor Singleton and Notre Dame TE commit Preston Fryzel.Below, you can follow along with live updates throughout the game.MORE: LeBron James’ 10-point streak ends in the most LeBron James way possibleBISHOP WATTERSON 0, TOLEDO CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0: PREGAMERefresh for latest.PREGAME- Bishop Watterson won the coin toss and deferred. Toledo Central Catholic will receive the opening kickoff, which appears slated for a few minutes after 3 p.m.- Both teams are coached by alums, Brian Kennedy for Watterson and Greg Dempsey for Central Catholic.More news:Jahmyr Gibbs joins Barry Sanders in exclusive NFL historyWarriors’ Pat Spencer continues improbable journey from lacrosse to NBAToosii somehow committed to college football after a non-descript HS careerLegend Bey’s recruitment was a wildly weird oneGeorge Pickens blasted for miserable effortGoogle tells us what we already knew about Shedeur Sanders