Roundup: League shaping up as 3-horse race

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The race to the top of the South Central Ohio League standings on Oct. 30 appears to be a three-horse race.

There’s reigning champion Clinton-Massie at 3-0 along with fellow Clinton County squad Wilmington and Chillicothe.

Those three frontrunners have yet to face each other, so things remain wide open.

Even a one-loss Washington Senior team would appear to be in the hunt, though on the outside a bit. The Blue Lions get a chance to get in it or be relegated to also-ran status this week when Wilmington comes calling at Gardner Park.

Clinton-Massie travels to Hillsboro and Chillicothe hosts McClain.

The other league game has Miami Trace at East Clinton.

All SCOL games are scheduled to kickoff 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The only game not involving a Clinton County team has McClain crossing county borders to meet Chillicothe.

The Cavaliers escaped last week’s game against Hillsboro with a 14-6 win.

The Tigers lost to Miami Trace 32-13.

Taking a look at the league teams as far as the playoffs are concerned, it appears three teams have a shot, the trio of unbeatens.

For the first time in several weeks, Clinton-Massie moved back into the top eight. The Falcons are No. 7 in Div. IV Region 14.

Wilmington is No. 12 in Div. III Region 10 and Chillicothe is No. 9 in Div. III Region 9.

The top eight teams in each of Ohio’s 26 regions advance to the playoffs.

By Mark Huber

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Reach Mark Huber at 937-556-5765, or on Twitter @wnjsports.

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