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Akron East and Cleveland Benedictine will face off in the first round of the OHSAA Division III football playoffs.

Both teams enter the matchup with 8-2 overall records for the season.

Akron East recently won the Akron City Series championship, while Benedictine is coming off a win against St. Vincent-St. Mary.

This is the eighth playoff appearance for Akron East and the 27th for Cleveland Benedictine, which has won seven state titles.

The OHSAA football playoffs have arrived and there is one game in Week 11 in the city of Akron on Oct. 31 .

No. 6 seed Akron East and No. 11 seed Cleveland Benedictine will meet in a Division III, Region 9 first-round game at Ellet.

East and Benedictine are both 8-2 overall. The Dragons won the Akron Public Schools City

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