Grandview Heights girls soccer hosts Fairbanks at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Bobcat Stadium. The OHSAA Division V Central 1 District Semifinal pits the No. 2-seeded Bobcats against the No. 3-seeded Panthers, with a trip to the district championship on the line.
Both teams dominated the first round on Oct. 24. Grandview Heights routed No. 7 West Jefferson 10-0, while Fairbanks blanked No. 6 Columbus Wellington School 8-0, according to the OHSAA tournament bracket.
Those lopsided results set up a matchup between two programs with nearly identical enrollments. OHSAA lists both teams with an adjusted girls soccer tournament enrollment of 136 for 2026-27. Both also competed in Division V last season. Both competed in Division V last season as well.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 1-seeded Columbus Academy faces No. 5 Baltimore Liberty Union in the other semifinal Tuesday.
Columbus Academy, based in Gahanna, carries the top seed and the largest enrollment in the Central 1 field at 159, according to the OHSAA divisional alignment records. Fairbanks, based in Milford Center, and Grandview Heights both sit well below that figure.
Grandview Heights tied Worthington Christian 3-3 on Oct. 7, according to MaxPreps. The Bobcats opened the postseason at home and hold home-field advantage again Tuesday.
The Central 1 District champion earns a spot in the Region 20 Tournament. That regional semifinal is set for Tuesday, Nov. 3, against the Southwest 3 District winner, according to the OHSAA bracket.
The winner of Tuesday's Bobcats-Panthers game plays in the district final at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.
