NEWS RELEASE – Ohio High School Athletic Association
Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass
For Immediate Release – June 2, 2019
OHSAA Baseball State Tournament Pairings and Information
State tournament begins Friday at Canal Park in Akron
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association regional baseball tournaments concluded Sunday afternoon and the OHSAA has announced the pairings for this week’s state tournament, which begins Friday at Canal Park in Akron. It marks the OHSAA’s final state tournament of the 2018-19 school year.
The divisional order of play this year at the state tournament is I, IV, II and III. Tickets are $8 at the gate. All 12 games will be on the OHSAA Radio Network and there will be a pay-per-view stream option available, as well.
Last year, the OHSAA Board of Directors approved a proposal from the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association to extend the baseball regular-season by one week, thus the sectional tournaments began a week later this year. Huntington Park in Columbus had hosted the state tournament since it opened in 2009, but its home team, the Clippers, have a homestand this week. The baseball state tournament will be at Canal Park this week and again in 2020. Canal Park is home to the RubberDucks, the minor league AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.
2019 OHSAA Baseball State Tournament Pairings
Home team listed first. All games at Canal Park, Akron.
Rankings are from final coaches association state poll.
Division I
No. 12 Springboro (26-6) vs. No. 18 Mentor (21-5), Fri., 10 a.m.
Hilliard Darby (24-7) vs. No. 19 Cleveland St. Ignatius (22-8), Fri., 1 p.m.
Div. I State Championship: Sun., 10 a.m.
Division II
No. 10 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (24-6) vs. St. Clairsville (20-10), Sat., 10 a.m.
No. 1 Dayton Chaminade Julienne (25-2) vs. Van Wert (27-2), Sat., 1 p.m.
Div. II State Championship: Sun., 4 p.m.
Division III
Coldwater (25-6) vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon (18-10), Sat., 4 p.m.
West Lafayette Ridgewood (23-9) vs. Canton Central Catholic (24-6), Sat., 7 p.m.
Div. III State Championship: Sun., 7 p.m.
Division IV
Minster (22-7) vs. No. 4 Jeromesville Hillsdale (22-2), Fri., 4 p.m.
Antwerp (19-5) vs. No. 6 Toronto (25-5), Fri., 7 p.m.
Div. IV State Championship: Sun., 1 p.m.
OHSAA Radio Network to Broadcast Baseball State Tournaments
The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast every game from the baseball state tournament June 7-9. By carrying some of the broadcasts, radio stations can have their own regional and state tournament rights fees waived. The fee waiver can be applied to individual stations, or to a cluster of stations under the same management. Please contact Tim Stried for details.
OHSAA Radio Network – 2019 Baseball State Tournament
Friday, June 7
Division I (10:00): Scott Leo, Marty Bannister and Chris Solwecki
Division I (1:00): Marty Bannister, Scott Leo and Chris Solwecki
Division IV (4:00): Todd Walker, Tim Alcorn and Ray Horner
Division IV (7:00): Tim Alcorn, Todd Walker and Ray Horner
Saturday, June 8
Division II (10:00): Marty Bannister, Todd Walker and Vanessa Richardson
Division II (1:00): Todd Walker, Marty Bannister and Vanessa Richardson
Division III (4:00): David Wilson, Todd Bell and Vanessa Richardson
Division III (7:00): Todd Bell, David Wilson and Vanessa Richardson
Sunday, June 9
Division I (10:00): Scott Leo, Marty Bannister and Vanessa Richardson
Division IV (1:00): Todd Walker, Tim Alcorn and Ray Horner
Division II (4:00): Marty Bannister, Todd Walker and Todd Bell
Division III (7:00): David Wilson, Todd Bell and TBA
Engineer and Equipment: Aaron Cassady
Producer: Ryan Baker
Tim Stried
Director of Communications
Ohio High School Athletic Association
614-267-2502, ext. 124 office
614-267-1677 fax
4080 Roselea Place
Columbus, OH 43214