The most compelling matchup of the area’s 2024 high school football regular season schedule is set for Friday night, when a battle of unbeatens to decide the Northern Buckeye Conference championship has Eastwood visiting Oak Harbor.
The host Rockets (8-0, 5-0 NBC) enter as defending conference champions and as the preseason pick of NBC coaches to repeat that title this year. The visiting Eagles (8-0, 5-0) were the 2023 NBC runners-up and were picked to finish second this year.
Here is a look at Friday’s showdown…