MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Fall State Tournaments Information

October 4, 2018

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass

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October 4, 2018

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Fall State 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 much 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.

OHSAA Fall Sports State Tournaments

Media Information and Credentials: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials

No Registration Application Required For:

Division II & III Golf – Oct. 12 & 13 at OSU Scarlet (BD2) and Gray (GD2) Golf Courses and NorthStar Golf Club (BD3), Sunbury

Division I Golf – Oct. 19 & 20 at OSU Scarlet (BD1) and Gray (GD1) Golf Courses

Girls Tennis – Oct. 19 & 20 at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (indoor facilities TBA if raining)

Field Hockey – Nov. 2 & 3 at Upper Arlington High School

Registration Application (see credentials link above) Required For:

Cross Country – Nov. 3 at National Trail Raceway in Hebron (application deadline is Tues., Oct. 30 at 6 p.m.)

Volleyball – Nov. 8-10 at Wright State University’s Nutter Center (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 6 at noon)

Soccer Finals – Nov. 9 (girls) & 10 (boys) at MAPFRE Stadium, Columbus (application deadline is Thurs., Nov. 8 at noon)

Football – Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton

Application deadline: Tues., Nov. 27 at noon
Radio stations: Learn more about the OHSAA Radio Network’s coverage of the football state championships (see additional note below). Affiliates can have waived broadcast fees throughout the playoffs by carrying two or more state championship broadcasts.

Regional and State Tournament Pairings

Golf state tournament qualifiers will be posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Golf/Golf-2018/2018-Boys-Girls-Golf-State-Tournaments-Coverage

The OHSAA will post girls tennis state tournament brackets on Monday, Oct. 15, on the tennis page at OHSAA.org. Regional tournament pairings in soccer and volleyball will be announced on Sunday, Oct. 28. The football playoff qualifiers will also be announced on Sunday, Oct. 28.

Spectrum Sports is the Official Television Partner of the OHSAA

Spectrum Sports will provide exclusive television play-by-play coverage of the OHSAA football state championships and other selected football playoff games. Games not televised by Spectrum, including tournament contests in other fall sports, are available for other stations to provide tape-delay telecasts/webcasts. Rights fees apply. Please contact Tim Stried for details.

Broadcast rates for tape-delayed video and stations that are not OHSAA Radio Network affiliates are posted at: https://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/News/Media/TournamentBroadcastRates.pdf

OHSAA Radio Network Set for Football State Championships

The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast all seven football state championship games. There is no charge for stations to carry network broadcasts and affiliates can have waived broadcast fees throughout the football playoffs by carrying two or more state championship games from the network. Program logs are created for each game so local stations can insert their own inventory if they desire (24 local avails per game). The network broadcasts are available through Skyview Satellite and an online stream. Contact Tim Stried or visit https://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio

Football Playoff Credentials and Press Box Seating

In consultation with the OHSAA’s Media Advisory Committee, a priority seating scale has been established for press boxes during the football playoffs. Host sites are asked to adhere to the scale according to the media list submitted by the two schools participating at their site. The memo is posted at: https://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Football/FBMediaPressBoxMemo.pdf

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 histories and state record books.

Feature Stories Request

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

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