Olentangy Orange defeated Olentangy Liberty during the semifinal round of the high school football playoffs in Ohio. It was a hard-fought battle between two schools separated by less than 10 miles.
The losing team showed utmost class in defeat!
Liberty linebacker Hudson Dorsey kept his head held high during the postgame handshake line. He encouraged the rival players to go win a high school football state championship.
Olentangy Orange played Olentangy Liberty.
Olentangy Orange High School is located in Lewis Center, Ohio, approximately 17 miles north of Columbus. Olentangy Liberty High School is located in Powell Ohio, just eight miles to the east.
These two rival programs meet every year during the regular season. The Pioneers defeated the reigning state champion Patriots by a final score of 26-14 back in October.
They met again during the postseason on Friday.
Orange moves to 12-0 with a second win three weeks against last year's D-I state champs Liberty. Pioneers advance 21-17, setting up a regional final against Pickerington Central @OOHS_Football @levi_davis13 @_treyschroeder_ @FickelLucas @NBC4FFN pic.twitter.com/NDJUYN2Ewq
— Joe Nugent (@joenuge) November 15, 2025
Orange, the No. 1 seed in Region 3 of the Ohio high school football playoffs, beat Liberty by four points in the semifinal to stay undefeated at 12-0. Treyton Schroeder secured the most important interception of his career to secure the win late in the fourth quarter.
🏈 OHSAA D1 Region 3 Semifinal
— Storied Rivals® (@StoriedRivals) November 15, 2025
Q4 – 2:31
#5 Olentangy Liberty 17
#1 Olentangy Orange 21
Treyton Schroeder comes down with possibly the biggest interception of his career! The Pioneers now have a chance to run out the clock.#OhioFBScores // @OlibFootball // @OOHS_Football pic.twitter.com/TmJQ6utZSv
The Pioneers will play in the Regional Final for the first time in school history next weekend.
Ohio high school football playoffs ends with mutual respect.
Patriots senior linebacker Hudson Dorsey’s high school football career came to a end with the loss. It was a crushing defeat. Nobody would’ve blamed him if he showed his disappointment or took a moment to gather his emotions. But that is not what happened.
Dorsey was the first player in line to shake the hands of the victors. And he told the Orange players to “go get a ring” as he made his way down the line.
In a world where negativity gets so much attention, this is the kind of thing that deserves the utmost praise. Hudson Dorsey held his head high after the final game of his career and encouraged Liberty’s rivals to go do what he couldn’t. (Even though he got a ring last year!)