Ohio high school football playoffs | Canton South vs Struthers score updates | South wins

TALLMADGE — The most successful, and perhaps the most memorable, high school football season in the history of Canton South reaches another milestone game tonight. The Wildcats play for a regional championship for the first time in program history when they meet Struthers. The two are playing in an OHSAA Division IV regional final. It's the latest of many firsts this season for a team led by record-setting quarterback Jack "Poochie" Snyder and featuring emerging stars throughout their unbeaten run.

As the 13-0 Wildcats seek to continue their historic season, follow along all night for live updates from their game.

Canton South beats Struthers 35-13

South is a state final four team for the first time.

Poochie Snyder, Tavon Castle answer Struthers touchdown

Two plays after he avoided a blitz and extended the Canton South drive with a fourth down run, Poochie Snyder throws a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tavon Castle.

South leads 35-13 late in the third quarter.

Struthers not done yet thanks to Anthony Carter

The Wildcats from Struthers are not done yet.

Anthony Carter's 46-yard touchdown run cuts Canton South's lead to 28-13. The extra point is missed.

Poochie Snyder scrambles out of trouble, extends Canton South lead

How did he do it?

On a play where many quarterbacks would have been sacked, Poochie Snyder extends Canton South's lead to 28-7 early in the third quarter. He scrambles out of trouble and somehow spots a wide-open Tre Wilson for a 44-yard touchdown completion.

Canton South leads 21-7 at halftime on Luke Johnson's spectacular catch

Tight end Luke Johnson hasn't caught many passes this season. The one-handed catch he made on Poochie Snyder's 2-yard touchdown pass with 34.7 seconds left in the first half to give Canton South a 21-7 lead may be huge. South gets the ball first to start the second half.

Struthers responds after falling behind by two touchdowns

For a run-heavy team like Struthers, the last thing you want to deal with is a big deficit.

Devin Graham's 1-yard touchdown run cut Struthers early 14-0 deficit in half. His 11-yard run set up the touchdown.

Poochie Snyder and Tyler Pugh extends Canton South lead

Canton South increased its lead to 14-0 when Tyler Pugh caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Poochie Snyder.

Snyder and Pugh hooked up on an 18-yard completion on fourth down to extend the drive.

Rome Cox opens the scoring for Canton South

Canton South takes advantage of a Struthers turnover and grabs a 7-0 lead on Rome Cox's 1-yard touchdown run with 1:22 left in the first quarter.

Canton South's Ma'Taeaun Frazier comes up with takeaway

Struthers appeared to have great opportunity to strike first on the opening drive. Anthony Carter's 39-yard run on the first snap pushed his team to the Canton South 31.

Struthers reached the 15, but was pushed back by a false start. On fourth-and-10, quarterback Jason Dukes had his pass intercepted by Ma'Taeaun Frazier. It was just the second interception of the season for Dukes.

Where is the Canton South vs. Struthers OHSAA football playoff game

Tonight's game is at Tallmadge High School's Larry Bagnoli Stadium. The game will kick off at 7.

What Stark County football passing records does Poochie Snyder of Canton South own?

A four-year starter for the Wildcats, Snyder enters the regional finals as Stark County's career leader in passing yards and touchdown passes. Following the win over West Branch last week, he has 10,670 career passing yards and 118 TD passes. He's thrown just 22 interceptions in 1,040 career passing attempts, with a career completion percentage of 69.8. And oh yeah, he runs the ball pretty well, too. A two-time 1,000-yard rusher, including this season, he has 2,906 career rushing yards and 43 TD runs on 319 carries.

Canton South High School football 2023 game-by-game scores

• St Clairsville W, 42-40

• Dover W, 50-40

• at Sandy Valley W, 35-27

• Orrville W, 45-14

• CVCA W, 56-28

• at Manchester W, 35-14

• at Triway W, 35-28

• Fairless W, 41-35

• at Tuslaw W, 34-3

• at Northwest W, 48-28

Playoffs

• vs. Northwest W, 35-7

• vs. Buchtel W, 27-26

• vs. West Branch W, 40-21

Struthers High School football 2023 game-by-game scores

• at Beaver Local W, 37-20

• at Geneva L, 22-31

• Brookville (Pa.) W, 48-7

• at Girard W, 35-28

• South Range L, 33-37

• Hubbard W, 41-14

• at Lakeview W, 40-6

• Young. East W, 34-8

• Niles McKinley W, 21-0

• at Poland L, 27-28

Playoffs

• 10/27, Girard W, 21-16

• 11/3, at Poland W, 14-9

• 11/10, vs. Lake Cath. W, 28-25

Canton South football's OHSAA playoff history

The Wildcats are in the playoffs for a fourth straight year and the eighth time overall. They own a 7-7 postseason record all-time, with this year's three playoff wins being the most in one season for the Wildcats. In addition to their current run from 2020-23, they also made the playoffs three straight years from 2006-08 and in 1987. They lost to eventual Division II state champion Buchtel in the first round of the '87 playoffs.

Struthers football's OHSAA playoff history

The Wildcats are in the playoffs for the second straight year and sixth time since 2016 and the 11th time overall. This year's three playoff wins pushes their all-time postseason record to 7-10.

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