Nine Northeast Ohio football teams advanced to the regional semifinals Friday as Kirtland, Perry, Garfield, West Geauga, Mentor, Mayfield, NDCL, University School, and Cuyahoga Heights earned playoff victories.

South's perfect season came to an end Friday as Ursuline defeated the Rebels, 41-26, in a Division III regional quarterfinal. South finished 10-1 after winning the CVC Lake Division championship in its first season in the conference.

Willoughby South Football completed a perfect 10-0 season with a 47-14 win over Lutheran West, earning the No. 1 seed in Division III, Region 9.

Willoughby South survived a fourth-quarter rally by rival Eastlake North, 21-14, to improve to 9-0 and capture the CVC Lake Division championship in its first season in the league.

Eight games, eight victories and no room for error. North and South have taken different paths to perfection, but both arrive at Friday's Civil War undefeated and chasing a CVC Lake Division championship.

Eastlake North and Willoughby South have traded periods of football dominance for more than six decades. With both teams 8-0 entering Friday's Civil War, a new chapter awaits in one of Northeast Ohio's longstanding rivalries.

Two undefeated rivals. One conference championship. Willoughby South and Eastlake North enter Friday's Civil War at 8-0, and OhioVarsity.com is counting down to the historic showdown with a weeklong special series.

South answered Chardon’s late tying touchdown with a game-winning drive as Luke Jensen threw for 345 yards in the Rebels’ 35-28 victory.

South’s defense kept the Rebels afloat through a scoreless first quarter before Scotty Balash and the offense helped ignite a 20-point second-quarter surge in a 30-7 win over Madison.

South turned up the tempo and scored 34 unanswered points after an early tie to roll past Lakeside, 41-7, in its first Chagrin Valley Conference game.

Luke Jensen threw five touchdown passes as South rolled past Brush, 45-21, to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2021.

South football improved to 2-0 with a 34-13 road win over Kent Roosevelt and now returns home with a chance to start 3-0 for the first time since 2021.

South and Kent Roosevelt enter Friday 1-0 as the Rebels’ explosive offense meets the Rough Riders’ veteran defense in their first-ever football matchup.

South piled up 486 yards of offense and pitched a shutout in a 34-0 season-opening victory at Cuyahoga Falls.

Willoughby South scored 33 unanswered points in a 33-13 rivalry win over Eastlake North in the Civil War on Thursday.