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Stow, Falls Football Game Featured on Billboards: Game of the Week

The rivalry will be featured on six Summit County billboards in the area after receiving the most Facebook votes in a poll.

The other teams didn't even have a chance against the Bulldogs and Tigers!

The  versus game received 73 more votes than the three other matchups on a Billboard Game of the Week Facebook poll

Friday's matchup will now be featured on six digital billboards in Summit County, beginning today. 

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This is the  to be featured as the Akron General Sports Medicine Billboard Game of the Week.

There are six digital billboards that the game will be advertised on:

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  • 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. 

The billboard design will run today, tomorrow and  This is the .

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 said.

Going to the game? Share photos with Stow Patch by emailing Local Editor Amanda Harnocz at amanda.harnocz@patch.com or upload them to this post from you .


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