It happens every week during the high school football season : Social media is flooded with spam posts that claim to offer links to live online broadcasts of various games.
There are legitimate ways, however, to livestream games. Some cost a subscription fee.
The USA Today Network, which includes The Dispatch, has an affiliate partnership with the NFHS Network . The National Federation of State High School Associations is the governing body that sets high school rules nationwide. It also livestreams events online and through its app.
Which central Ohio high school football teams are on NFHS Network?
The Dispatch surveyed central Ohio athletic directors, asking where fans could livestream their schools' football games. Schools on NFHS for football include:
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Big Walnut
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DeSales
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Dublin Coffman
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Lancaster
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New Albany
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Pickerington Central
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Pickerington North
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Thomas Worthington
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Westerville South
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Westerville Central
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Westerville North
Other schools have a portion of their games on NFHS, such as when they visit a school that livestreams on the site. This button takes you to an NFHS webpage that includes a search for games in Ohio. You will see this button in our high school football stories this season.
Watch Ohio high school football in 2024
Other options to livestream Columbus-area high school football
Some schools will livestream games on fan.hudl.com, including Berne Union, Central Crossing, Fairbanks, Grandview Heights, Grove City Christian, Highland, Hamilton Township, Hilliard Bradley, Hilliard Davidson, Liberty Union, Marysville, Newark, North Union, Utica, Watkins Memorial, Whitehall, Worthington Christian and Worthington Kilbourne.
Buckeye Valley and Hilliard Darby's livestreams are available through Team 1 Sports, which is affiliated with hudl.
Other schools stream via YouTube, including Bexley, Bloom-Carroll, Teays Valley and Westfall. Centerburg and East Knox are on YouTube via the OH Report's channel.
Madison-Plains streams on its athletic department's website.
For fans of the four Olentangy teams, go to your school's website and click on the "livestreams" link under the athletics drop-down menu.
When in doubt, check with your school's athletic department. If you're going to click on a livestream link posted on social media, make sure it's one that has been shared by your school.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: OHSAA: How to watch, stream high school football games in 2024

