Black Swamp Football Podcast

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional semifinal round of the Ohio playoffs Division I Region 1 No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (9-2) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) No. 3 Canton McKinley (9-2) at No. 2 Mentor (11-0) Region 2 No. 5 Springfield (8-4) at No. 1 Middletown (9-2) No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (8-4) at No. 2 Troy (9-2) Region 3 No. 5 Powell Olentangy Liberty (8-4) at No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (11-0) No. 6 Upper Arlington (10-2) at No. 2 Pickerington Central (10-1) Region 4 No. 4 Cincinnati Princeton (9-2) at No. 1 Cincinnati Elder (11-0) No. 3 Cincinnati St. Xavier (8-2) at No. 2 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (8-3) Division II Region 5 No. 5 Hudson (10-2) at No. 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (9-1) No. 3 Austintown Fitch (9-1) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (9-1) Region 6 No. 4 North Ridgeville (10-1) at No. 1 Medina Highland (11-0) No. 3 Avon (10-1) at No. 2 Wadsworth (11-0) Region 7 No. 4 Canal Winchester (10-1) at No. 1 Sunbury Big Walnut (10-1) No. 3 Massillon Washington (8-3) at No. 2 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (9-2) Region 8 No. 5 Cincinnati La Salle (9-3) at No. 1 Cincinnati Anderson (11-0) No. 7 Harrison (9-3) at No. 3 Trotwood-Madison (7-3) Division III Region 9 No. 4 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (9-1) at No. 1 Canfield (10-1) No. 6 Akron East (10-2) at No. 2 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA (10-0) Region 10 No. 5 Rocky River (10-2) at No. 1 Medina Buckeye (11-0) No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic (8-4) at No. 2 Wapakoneta (11-0) Region 11 No. 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (9-2) at No. 1 Columbus Bishop Watterson (10-0) No. 3 Steubenville (8-2) at No. 2 Newark Licking Valley (11-0) Region 12 No. 4 Jackson (9-2) at No. 1 London (11-0) No. 3 Hamilton Badin (10-1) at No. 2 Tipp City Tippecanoe (11-0) Division IV Region 13 No. 4 Beloit West Branch (10-1) at No. 1 Perry (9-2) No. 3 Mentor Lake Catholic (9-2) at No. 2 Cleveland Glenville (8-3) Region 14 No. 4 Lima Bath (9-2) at No. 1 Shelby (11-0) No. 6 Sandusky Perkins (9-3) at No. 2 Galion (10-1) Region 15 No. 4 Chillicothe Unioto (11-0) at No. 1 New Lexington (10-1) No. 3 Plain City Jonathan Alder (10-1) at No. 2 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (10-0) Region 16 No. 4 Cincinnati Taft (11-0) at No. 1 Cincinnati Indian Hill (11-0) No. 3 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (10-1) at No. 2 Germantown Valley View (10-1) Division V Region 17 No. 4 Garrettsville Garfield (9-2) at No. 1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (8-2) No. 3 Poland Seminary (9-2) at No. 2 Girard (11-0) Region 18 No. 5 Findlay Liberty-Benton (12-0) at No. 1 Liberty Center (11-0) No. 3 Genoa Area (10-1) at No. 2 Wooster Triway (10-1) Region 19 No. 4 Barnesville (9-2) at No. 1 Wheelersburg (11-0) No. 3 Nelsonville-York (11-0) at No. 2 Gahanna Columbus Academy (9-2) Region 20 No. 8 Richwood North Union (8-4) at No. 5 Carlisle (10-2) No. 11 Cincinnati Mariemont (8-4) at No. 2 Lewistown Indian Lake (9-2) Division VI Region 21 No. 5 Smithville (10-2) at No. 1 Kirtland (11-0) No. 7 Sugarcreek Garaway (9-2) at No. 6 Dalton (9-3) Region 22 No. 9 Carey (8-4) at No. 4 Paulding (11-0) No. 3 Archbold (9-2)at No. 2 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (10-1) Region 23 No. 5 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (11-1) at No. 1 Centerburg (10-1) No. 3 West Jefferson (10-1) at No. 2 Beverly Fort Frye (9-1) Region 24 No. 5 Coldwater (8-4) at No. 1 New Madison Tri-Village (11-0) No. 6 Anna (9-3) at No. 2 Springfield Northeastern (10-1) Division VII Region 25 No. 4 Monroeville (9-2) at No. 1 McDonald (11-0) No. 7 East Canton (10-2) at No. 3 Mogadore (10-1) Region 26 No. 4 Columbus Grove (8-3) at No. 1 Lima Central Catholic (10-1) No. 7 Pandora-Gilboa (9-3) at No. 3 Leipsic (10-1) Region 27 No. 4 Willow Wood Symmes Valley (9-2) at No. 1 Jeromesville Hillsdale (10-1) No. 11 Danville (7-5) at No. 2 Waterford (9-2) Region 28 No. 12 Fort Recovery (7-5) at No. 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (11-0) No. 11 Cedarville (7-5) at No. 2 St. Henry (10-1)

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional quarterfinal round of the Ohio High School football playoffs

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the opening round of the Buckeye State playoffs. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 10 of the area prep season with special guest Maddie (Strall) Kline of BCSN Sports. She was a standout basketball and volleyball player at St. Ursula, winning a volleyball state championship before continuing her careers at Wheeling University. She later transferred to Toledo to play volleyball.  Week 10 schedule Non-conference Toledo Christian at Cory-Rawson Muskegon Mona Shores, Mich. at Central Catholic St. Francis at Riverview, Mich. U of D Jesuit at St. John's Jesuit Waite at Napoleon Northern 8 Waldron, Mich. at Stryker St. Mary CC at Holgate NBC Eastwood at Maumee Oak Harbor at Rossford Genoa at Lake Otsego at Fostoria NLL Cardinal Bowling Green at Fremont Ross Southview at Springfield NLL Buckeye Clay at Northview Anthony Wayne at Findlay Perrysburg at Whitmer NWCC Upper Scioto Valley at North Baltimore WBL Defiance at Celina Elida at St. Marys Kenton at Van Wert Shawnee at Ottawa-Glandorf Wapakoneta at Bath BVC Ada at Leipsic Pandora-Gilboa at Riverdale Elmwood at McComb Liberty-Benton at Van Buren TAAC Montpelier at Edon Ottawa Hills at Whiteford, Mich. North Central at Hilltop MAC Anna at Parkway Minster at Fort Recovery St. Henry at Versailles Delphos St. John's at New Bremen Coldwater at Marion Local GMC Tinora at Edgerton Wayne Trace at Ayersville Hicksville at Fairview Antwerp at Paulding NWC Bluffton at Columbus Grove NWOAL Swanton at Wauseon Delta at Bryan Patrick Henry at Evergreen Liberty Center at Archbold

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to coverage area slate for week 9 with guest picker Kevin McCann, a former All-Ohio selection at Tinora before an illustrious career at the University of Findlay.  

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 8 around the Black Swamp Football coverage area. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 7 of the area prep season. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the week 6 slate of games in the Black Swamp Football coverage area with special guest Dick Cromwell, who won state titles at St. Francis in 1984 and 2001 while also being a member of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock are joined by Kenny Stabler and Brady Stabler to preview and predict week 4 of the area prep season.  

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 3 of the area season on the Black Swamp Football Podcast presented by The Gerken Companies

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 2 of the area season along with Rick Stidham and Aaron Barajas of 94.3 FM The Buck

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 1 of the area prep season along with special guest Tom Ward, an all-Ohio linebacker on the 1997 state championship Defiance team and also a standout linebacker at the University of Toledo

OHSAA Director of Media Relations Tim Stried on the change from 16 teams per region to 12 for this upcoming season. 

Lynn Grol and Tory Strock look at conferences in their coverage area and give predictions. 

OHSAA Director of Media Relations Tim Stried joins Lynn Groll and Tory Strock to answer some tough questions surrounding the organization. He touches on a recent OHSAA football survey sent to coaches, ADs and principals seeking input on the current playoff format and if a change could happen? Stried also answers OHSAA revenue sharing questions, the return to a traditional basketball Final 4, along with much more.

Black Swamp Football tackles the hot-button topic of Ohio's football playoffs with a four-part series on the six-week playoff format.  The Ohio High School Football Coaches Association pushed for a 12-team regional starting in 2021 but the proposal was not accepted by the OHSAA.  In this first episode, Lynn Groll and Scott Barrett are joined by Patrick Henry head coach Bill Inselmann, Delta head coach Mike Vicars and Eastwood head coach Sam Cotterman.  The four-part series on the state of Ohio's high school football playoffs will feature a segment with administrators/athletic directors, another with physicians and athletic trainers and another episode will feature basketball coaches and the impact a long football season has on basketball. 

Former Patrick Henry great Marc Krauss joins this episode. After winning a state football championship at PH in 2005 and also excelling on the baseball diamond, he played college baseball at Ohio University. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft and made his MLB debut with the Houston Astros in 2013. He also played for the Angels, Rays and Tigers.

Lynn Groll, Tory Strock and Neil Schuller handout their awards for the 2024 season. 

Lynn Groll, Tory Strock and Neil Schuller look ahead to the state championship's this week in Canton!  Division II – Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 PM – Cincinnati Anderson (15-0) vs. Avon (15-0) Division VII – Friday, Dec. 6, 10:30 AM – Jeromesville Hillsdale (14-1) vs. Maria Stein Marion Local (15-0)  Division III – Friday, Dec. 6, 3 PM – Columbus Bishop Watterson (15-0) vs. Toledo Central Catholic (14-1) Division I – Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 PM – Powell Olentangy Liberty (13-2) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (14-1) Division VI – Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 AM – Coldwater (14-1) vs. Kirtland (15-0) Division V – Saturday, Dec. 7, 3 PM – Liberty Center (15-0) vs. Ironton (14-1) Division IV – Saturday, Dec. 7, 7:30 PM - Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (15-0) vs. Sandusky Perkins (14-1)