By Caleb Turner ,
14 hours ago
Glenville High School in Cleveland, shown in a historic postcard view. (Columbus Metropolitan Library via DPLA, no known copyright restrictions)
Cleveland Glenville’s football season is over. Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals on Thursday, November 5, granted the Ohio High School Athletic Association an emergency stay, allowing the association to enforce its October 29 decision removing Glenville from the Division III playoffs over unresolved eligibility documentation for students who attend Ginn Academy, according to the OHSAA’s November 5 news release and USA TODAY’s November 5 reporting.
The ruling ends — at least for this postseason — a week of court orders that had twice put the Tarblooders back in the bracket. Glenville finishes 8-2 as the reigning Division IV state champion, a program that won state titles in 2025, 2023 and 2022 and was chasing a fourth championship in five years, USA TODAY reported. Hunting Valley University School, the team Glenville was scheduled to play in the first round, advances instead.
OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute said in the association’s November 5 release: “The OHSAA and our member schools are committed to...