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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will conduct its first fall state tournaments next week with girls and boys golf. The Division III boys golf state tournament returns to NorthStar Golf Club in Sunbury, while the Division II and I state tournaments have prestigious new homes. Firestone Country Club in Akron will host the girls and boys Division II state tournaments, while NCR Country Club in Kettering will host the girls and boys Division I state tournaments.  

 

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  |  Girls 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 III Boys Golf – Oct. 11-12 at NorthStar Golf Club, Sunbury

   Division II Girls and Boys Golf – Oct. 13-14 at Firestone Country Club, Akron

   Division I Girls and Boys Golf – Oct. 14-15 at NCR Country Club, Kettering

   Girls Tennis – Oct. 17-18 at The College of Wooster

   Field Hockey – Oct. 31 & Nov. 2 at Thomas Worthington High School

 

   Cross Country – Nov. 2 at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park (application deadline is Wed., Oct. 30 at noon)

   Volleyball – Nov. 7-9 at Kettering Fairmont High School, Vandalia-Butler High School, Clayton Northmont High School and Wright State University, Irvin J. Nutter Center (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 5 at noon)

   Soccer – Nov. 8-9 (girls) & 10-11 (boys) at Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus (application deadline is Thurs., Nov. 7 at noon)

   Football – Dec. 5-7 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton (application deadline is Tues., Dec. 3 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 playoff games each weekend. 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:

 

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.