CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you’re a Strongsville High School football fan, but you also don’t want to pass up an opportunity for free candy, you might have a decision to make on Friday.

With the first round of Ohio’s high school football playoffs beginning on Halloween, some communities will face overlap between tradition and supporting their teams.

For example, Strongsville opens the OHSAA playoffs on Friday night at home against Medina, with the game kicking off at 7 p.m. That’s right in the middle of Strongsville’s trick-or-treat window of 6-8 p.m.

This potential scenario will be playing out across Northeast Ohio this week.

This is the first time high school football season has bumped up against Halloween since 2020, when the season was shorted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some teams had

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