MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Winter Tournaments Information

February 1, 2019

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass

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For Immediate Release – Feb. 1, 2019

Contact – Tim Stried, Director of Communications, [email protected]

MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Winter Tournaments Information

OHSAA News and Media Center: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media

The source for press releases, state tournament media credentials, photography and media regulations, OHSAA Radio Network information, tournament broadcast rates, record books, historical information and more.

Credentials for Sectional, District and Regional Tournament Contests

Please contact the site manager regarding credential requests for OHSAA sectional, district and regional tournament contests. Contact information can be found on the respective sport page at OHSAA.org and on the brackets for team sports.

Upcoming OHSAA State Tournaments

Media Information & Credential Center: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials

Credential Applications Must Be Submitted by Noon Tuesday During the Week of the State Tournament Unless Otherwise Noted

Dual Team Wrestling – Feb. 10 at St. John Arena, The Ohio State University

Swimming & Diving – Feb. 20-23 at C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton

Bowling, Div. II – March 1 & 2 at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl (no advance media registration required)

Gymnastics – March 1 & 2 at Hilliard Bradley High School

Individual Wrestling – March 7-9 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University

Ice Hockey – March 8 & 9 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Bowling, Div. I – March 8 & 9 at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl (no advance media registration required)

Girls Basketball – March 14-16 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University

Boys Basketball – March 21-23 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University

Radio stations: Learn more about the OHSAA Radio Network’s coverage of the basketball state tournaments (see additional note below).

Spectrum News 1 is the Official Television Partner of the OHSAA

Spectrum News 1 will provide exclusive television play-by-play coverage of the OHSAA girls and boys basketball state championship games. Requests to televise or webcast other state tournament contests should be sent to Tim Stried at the OHSAA. Video requests for sectional, district and regional contests should be directed to the site manager. Live video of any OHSAA postseason tournament contest is only allowed through OHSAA approval.

OHSAA Radio Network Set for Basketball State Tournaments

The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast all 12 games from girls and boys basketball state tournaments. There is no charge for stations to carry network broadcasts and affiliates can have waived broadcast fees for their own regional and state tournament broadcasts. Program logs are created for each game so local stations can insert their own inventory (24 local avails per game). Network broadcasts are available through Skyview Satellite or through an online stream. Contact Tim Stried or visit http://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio

OHSAA Radio Network Tournament Tipoff Shows Begin Feb. 13

The OHSAA Radio Network produces a series of seven weekly 25-minute basketball pregame shows, designed to have a statewide updates and information and be used prior to stations’ pregame shows of tournament game broadcasts. Host Marty Bannister sets the scene in Ohio high school basketball for that week, interviews guests and looks ahead to the state tournaments. The shows will be distributed every Wednesday morning beginning February 13.

Updated Information Posted Weekly on Sport Pages at www.OHSAA.org

Each sport page at www.OHSAA.org contains information such as state polls, tournament information, brackets (for team sports), state tournament coverage, sport-specific releases, regulations, state tournament history and state record books.

Regional and State Tournament Pairings

The OHSAA will release wrestling state tournament brackets, ice hockey state tournament pairings and girls basketball regional pairings on Sunday, March 3. Boys basketball regional pairings and girls basketball state tournament pairings will be released on Sunday, March 10. Boys basketball state tournament pairings will be released on Saturday, March 16.

Feature Stories Request

Media are asked to email Tim Stried with links to feature stories about sportsmanship or overcoming adversity for posting on the OHSAA’s social media platforms and elsewhere.

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