Facebook Votes Needed to Feature Homecoming Game on Billboards

A preview, real-time statistics and attendee's comments from the will be featured on Summit County billboards if the matchup gets enough votes on Facebook.

Stow was as the Akron General Sports Medicine Billboard Game of the Week in September when the . 

To vote all you have to do is log on to Facebook and go to the Billboard Game of the Week Facebook page.

Be sure to share the poll with your friends as well, here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/questions/123054797798221/?qa_ref=qd

As of Monday afternoon, when voting opened, Stow vs. Hudson was in the lead with 20 votes. Other matchups included in the poll: Buchtel vs. North; Ellet vs. Firestone; Walsh vs. Hoban. 

The winner will be announced on Facebook Thursday.

If Stow wins, there are six digital billboards that the game will be advertised on:

• I-277 west of S.R. 93 in Manchester
• Two billboards I-77 north of S.R. 162 on Copley Road (one facing south and one facing north)
• Two billboards on S.R. 8 north of I-76 (one facing north and one facing south)
• I-76 west of S.R. 91 on Canton Road

Clear Channel Outdoor, which manages the billboards and the program, estimates that about 1.5 million see the digital billboards during commutes. 

After the game, the billboard will announce the winning team as well as some highlights and headlines from the game, said Clear Channel Outdoor's Akron/Canton Area Manager Megan Waite.

Possible things posted on the billboard will be "leading scorers, leading rushers, props to the cheerleaders or marching bands ... just some statements to actually highlight the game and some of the athletes and other important students involved in the excitement," she .