East, Wadsworth, Highland and Streetsboro won the preseason voting for Akron-area's high school football conference champions of 2025 .

The Dragons received 61.82% of the votes cast to be the predicted champion of the City Series. Wadsworth was picked to win the Suburban League National Conference with 57.14% of the vote, Highland was the selection to win the Suburban League American Conference with 58.33% of the vote, and Streetsboro received 50.91% of the vote to win the Metro Athletic Conference. A total of 233 votes were cast overall.

The Akron Area Athlete of the Week voting continues on beaconjournal.com next Tuesday.

2025 Beaconjournal.com High School Football Preseason Reader Poll Winners

Aug. 1 - Game of Year: Hudson at Highland

Aug. 8 - Surprise Team of the Year:

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