by FOXSports.com

FOX Sports Ohio's nine-game package features exclusive, live coverage of Southern Ohio's marquee match-ups this fall.

The season will open with the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown doubleheader on Thursday, August 27 when the Troy Trojans take on the Chaminade Julienne Eagles at Dayton's Welcome Stadium at 5:30pm followed by the Mason Comets verses the Trotwood-Madison Rams at 8pm. The pre-game show will begin at 5pm.

The complete schedule of the network's High School Football Game of the Week is below:

For the August 27 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown doubleheader, Michael Reghi and Jeff Piecoro will call the game action. Veteran college football broadcaster and former Cavaliers play-by-play man, Reghi currently has his own radio show on WKNR 850 in Cleveland. He has also served FOX Sports Ohio as the announcer for MAC Basketball and host of Cleveland Browns pre-season show.

A 25-year broadcast veteran, Piecoro is in his 12th season with FOX Sports Ohio and 11th season as host of the EMMY award winning Reds Live. The 1985 graduate of The University of Kentucky also played football at his alma mater for five seasons and is currently the color analyst for the University of Kentucky radio network.

For their third consecutive season, the on-air talent for the remaining games will be Brad Johansen and Dave Lapham. Johansen, who just finished his ninth season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, is also sports anchor for Cincinnati's WKRC-TV (CBS/Channel 12) and the play-by-play voice of Xavier basketball on FOX Sports Ohio.

Color analyst, Lapham, was a Bengals offensive lineman from 1974-83 and just completed his 23rd consecutive season as the analyst on Bengals radio broadcasts. He also works as a reporter/analyst for Cincinnati's WLWT-TV (NBC/Ch. 5) and is an analyst for Big 12 college games on FSN. Lapham has additionally done NFL games for NBC and FOX and has worked NFL Europe's World Bowl game on Sporting News Radio.

FOX Sports Ohio Live, presented by Grange Insurance, will kick off the action each week, providing fans with commentary, features, and in-depth pre-game coverage. The show will air at 5pm for the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown doubleheader on August 27 and will air 30 minutes before kick-off for the remainder of the schedule. The halftime show, presented by Meijer, will feature the high school marching bands.

The network is excited to announce Ray Crawford as the new pre-game show host. Bringing nearly two decades of broadcast experience, Crawford joined the network as host of Buckeye State Tailgate last year. He previously served the Columbus Sports Network where he anchored a nightly news and highlight program as well as hosted live pre-game shows for the AFL, MLS and Triple-A baseball.

Following week one, Jeff Piecoro will join Crawford on the pre-game show as co-host and also serve as sideline reporter.

Brian Hunterman will return as the pre-game and game producer.

"High school football is a way of life in Southern Ohio," said Henry Ford, Senior Vice President and General Manager, FOX Sports Ohio. "We are proud to feature some of the area's best high school football programs as we bring the quality of a full FOX Sports Ohio production when we visit their communities this fall."

Not only will FOX Sports Ohio make a weekly contribution to the athletic departments of the competing schools, but each weeks' telecasts will also promote the schools' other sports and activities through interviews with athletic directors, principals and other key faculty. And of course, no game is complete without getting the chance to see and hear the marching bands perform at halftime!