News from the SWDAB

 

Executive Director Doug Ute

 

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OHSAA Contact – Tim Stried, Director of Media Relations, [email protected]

 

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will conduct its first state tournament of the fall season this week with Division II and III boys golf and Division II girls golf. Next week, the girls tennis and Division I golf state tournaments will take place. Please see the links below for state qualifiers and state tournament information.

 

Also please see below for state tournament media credential information and application forms. For OHSAA sectional, district and regional tournament contests, please contact the site manager for credentials.

 

Golf  |  Girls Tennis  |  Field Hockey  |  Cross Country  |  Soccer  |  Volleyball  |  Football

 

Fans can visit www.OHSAA.org/tickets for OHSAA tournament tickets in all sports.

 

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

 

   Division II & III Golf – Oct. 13 & 14 at OSU Scarlet (Boys Div. III) and Gray (Girls Div. II) Golf Courses and NorthStar Golf Club (Boys Div. II), Sunbury

   Girls Tennis – Oct. 19 & 20 at The College of Wooster

   Division I Golf – Oct. 20 & 21 at OSU Scarlet (Boys Div. I) and Gray (Girls Div. I) Golf Courses

   Field Hockey – Nov. 2 & 4 at Thomas Worthington High School

 

   Cross Country – Nov. 4 at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park (application deadline is Wed., Nov. 1 at noon)

   Volleyball – Nov. 9-11 at Wright State University, Irvin J. Nutter Center (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 7 at noon)

   Soccer – Nov. 10 (girls) & 11 (boys) at either Historic Crew Stadium or Lower.com Field, Columbus (application deadline is Thurs., Nov. 9 at noon)

   Football – Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 28 at noon)

 

Spectrum News 1 is the official television partner of the OHSAA and will provide exclusive television play-by-play coverage of the OHSAA football state championship games in Canton, along with selected games each weekend during the football playoffs. Spectrum’s coverage is also available at OHSAA.tv.

 

The NFHS Network is the official streaming partner of the OHSAA and will provide exclusive video streaming of selected tournament contests in field hockey, cross country, soccer, volleyball and football. NFHS Network coverage is available at: www.NFHSNetwork.com

 

If neither Spectrum nor the NFHS Network is covering a tournament contest, it is available to local media for live streaming and delayed television coverage. All games are available for live audio broadcasting.

     Broadcast rates are posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/TournamentBroadcastRates.pdf

 

In consultation with the OHSAA’s Media Advisory Committee, a priority scale has been established for press box seats during the football playoffs. Host sites are asked to follow the priority scale according to the media list submitted by the two schools participating at their site. The priority scale is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/FB-MediaPressBoxMemo.pdf

 

The OHSAA provides numerous public service announcements to promote sportsmanship, officiating, supporting school sports and more. Many of the PSAs are produced in cooperation with the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA). Audio PSAs are available for download at: https://www.ohsaa.org/RTG/PSA and video PSAs are available on the OHSAA’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/OHSAAvideos/videos

 

Media members who would like to receive a complimentary OHSAA Handbook should email their mailing address to Tim Stried at [email protected] with the subject line “Handbook Request.” The PDF version of the Handbook is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/SchoolResources/Handbook.pdf 

 

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 histories and state record books.