Ohio High School Athletic Association Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. Winter Sports Tournaments Release No. 1 (of 6) - February 20, 2011 4080 Roselea Place • Columbus, Ohio 43214 • 614-267-2502• Fax: 614-267-1677 • www.ohsaa.org Contact: Tim Stried, Director of Information Services, [email protected] OHSAA 2011 Winter Sport Tournaments Overview Week of Week of Week of Week of Week of Week of Week of Sport Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Swimming & Diving Sectional District State Wrestling Sectional District State Bowling Sectional District State Gymnastics District District State Ice Hockey District District District State Girls Basketball Sectional Sectional District Regional State Boys Basketball Sectional Sectional District Regional State OHSAA 2011 Winter Sports State Tournaments Information Wednesday, February 23 Saturday, March 12 Boys and Girls Diving - C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton Ice Hockey - Nationwide Arena, Columbus - 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - Semifinals 9:00 a.m. - Girls Div. II Diving Prelims, Semifinals & Finals 2:00 p.m. - Boys Div. II Diving Prelims, Semifinals & Finals Sunday, March 13 Ice Hockey - Nationwide Arena, Columbus - 12:00 p.m. - Finals Thursday, February 24 Boys and Girls Diving - C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton Thursday, March 17 9:00 a.m. - Girls Div. I Diving Prelims, Semifinals, Finals Girls Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 5:00 p.m. - Girls & Boys Div. II Preliminaries (All events) 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. Division II Semifinals 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. Division IV Semifinals Friday, February 25 Boys and Girls Swimming - C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton Friday, March 18 9:00 - Girls & Boys Div. I Preliminaries (All events) Girls Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 5:00 - Girls & Boys Div. II Finals (All events) 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. Division III Semifinals 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. Division I Semifinals Saturday, February 26 Boys and Girls Swimming & Diving - C.T. Branin Natatorium, Canton, Saturday, March 19 9:00 - Boys Div. I Diving Prelims, Semifinals & Finals Girls Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 5:00 - Girls & Boys Div. I Finals (All events) 10:45-Division II Final 2:00-Division IV Final Thursday, March 3 5:15-Division III Final Wrestling - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 8:30-Division I Final 3:00-Division III Preliminaries; 4:20-Division II Preliminaries; 5:45-Division I Preliminaries; 7:25-Division III Consolation Round 1; 8:00-Division II Consolation Thursday, March 24 Round 1; 8:45-Division I Consolation Round 1 Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 10:45 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Division II Semifinals Friday, March 4 5:15 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. Division IV Semifinals Wrestling - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 10:00-Division III Quarterfinals; 10:40-Division II Quarterfinals; 11:20-Division I Friday, March 25 Quarterfinals; 12:15-Division III Consolation Round 2; 1:00-Division II Consolation Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU Round 2; 1:45-Division I Consolation Round 2; 6:30-All Divisions Semifinals and 10:45 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Division III Semifinals Consolation Quarterfinals 5:15 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. Division I Semifinals Gymnastics - Hilliard Bradley H.S, 3:30-Team Competition Girls Bowling - Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl Saturday, March 26 11:00 - Team Qualifying and Individual Competition; 4:15 - Team Championship Boys Basketball - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 10:30-Division II Final Saturday, March 5 1:30-Division IV Final Wrestling - Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center, OSU 4:30-Division III Final 10:00 -All Divisions Consolation Semifinals; 11:00 - All Divisions Third, Fifth, 8:30-Division I Final Seventh Place Matches; 5:15 - Hall of Fame Ceremonies; 5:30 - Parade of Champions; 5:45 - All Divisions First Place Matches Boys Bowling - Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl 11:00 - Team Qualifying and Individual Competition; 4:15 - Team Championship Gymnastics - Hilliard Bradley High School 12:00 p.m. - Individual/All-Around Competition www.ohsaa.org 1 OHSAA Winter Release No. 1 Winter Media Memo Notes Important State Tournament Links 4. The OHSAA will send a confirmation email to media OHSAA Homepage: acknowledging receipt of credential applications. In addition, http://www.ohsaa.org please check the credential website at OHSAA.org to confirm that News & Media Home: your media outlet has been added to the ‘received’ list. http://www.ohsaa.org/news/default.asp State Tournament Credentials and Media Info: 5. The OHSAA will publish a weekly winter sports press release http://www.ohsaa.org/news/media/credentials/info.htm beginning Sunday, Feb. 20. Releases will be posted at OHSAA.org Broadcast Rates: and will not be emailed except by request. http://www.ohsaa.org/news/media/rates/BroadcastRates.pdf Photography Regulations: 6. SportsTime Ohio, the OHSAA’s official television partner, will http://www.ohsaa.org/news/media/PhotographyRegulations.pdf televise the bowling state tournament finals and the ice hockey OHSAA Radio Network: state championship game, along with all four championship http://www.ohsaa.org/news/Radio/radiohome.asp games of the girls and boys basketball state tournaments Carry the free, commercial-split network feed of any basketball state tournament game 7. Live audio (over-the-air and streaming) is permitted of any OHSAA tournament contest. Any video (television or streaming) OHSAA Winter Sports State Tournaments of an OHSAA tournament contest must be on tape-delay. Sport Dates CredentialApplication Deadline Swimming & Diving Feb. 23-26 Tuesday, Feb. 22 at noon 8. For credentials to sectional, district and regional tournament Wrestling March 3-5 Tuesday, March 1 at noon contests, please contact the tournament manager or the appointed Bowling March 4-5 No application needed media coordinator for that venue. Please visit the respective sport Gymnastics March 4-5 Wednesday, March 2 at noon Ice Hockey March12-13 Thursday, March 10 at noon pages at OHSAA.org for more information. Girls Basketball March 17-19 Tuesday, March 15 at noon Boys Basketball March 24-26 Tuesday, March 22 at noon Other General Media Notes and Links 1. Do you have a good sportsmanship feature story from your Media Notes for Winter 2011 community posted on your website? Email the link to Tim Stried 1. The OHSAA Radio Network, which will broadcast every game for posting on OHSAA.org. from the girls and boys basketball state tournaments, is a free, commercial-split radio feed available via a 48K stereo broadband 2. The OHSAA’s general media regulations are posted at: stream or a 32K telephone connection. Radio stations may carry http://www.ohsaa.org/news/media/OHSAA-Media- all or selected games at no charge. Stations are not prohibited Regulations_2010-11.pdf in any way from broadcasting games themselves (both over the air and streaming; rights fees apply). All media outlets, including 3. The OHSAA’s new “Working with the Media” brochure was mailed streaming websites, newspaper websites, etc., may post the link to all schools and emailed to all officials in September. It is posted to the network audio feed. Please contact Tim Stried for details. at http://www.ohsaa.org/news/media/WorkingwithMedia.pdf 2. Media outlets desiring photos from state tournaments are 4. OHSAA Magazine is published three times per year and mailed encouraged to contact the OHSAA’s official photographer, to media members. Media who have not been receiving OHSAA Impact Action Sports Photography. Please contact Tim Stried Magazine may request a free subscription from Tim Stried. The to coordinate, or click on the ‘Media Request Form’ link in the magazine can also be found online at http://www.ohsaa.org/ upper right corner of www.ImpactActionPhotos.com. Note that news/Magazine/maghome.asp. media may not request credentials on behalf of parents, freelance photographers, coaches or school photographers. 3. In cooperation with the Associated Press, the OHSAA is utilizing the AP Marketplace (www.apexchange.com) to upload media advisories, regional and state tournament pairings, and recaps and results from state tournament contests. Please contact Ohio Assistant Bureau Chief Nancy Nussbaum in Columbus at [email protected] or 614-885-2727 to acquire AP Marketplace login information. 2 www.ohsaa.org OHSAA Winter Release No. 1 Girls Swimming & Diving State Tournaments MEDIA CREDENTIALS INFORMATION Fax in your request form to Tim Stried at the OHSAA office 614-267-1677 QUICK INFO as soon as you know that you will be covering the state tournament. The WHAT: 35th Annual OHSAA Girls State Swimming & Diving deadline to request credentials is noon on Tuesday, February 22. Credentials Tournaments will be held at the media pass gate at the north entrance to the natatorium. WHEN: Wednesday, February 23 - Saturday, February 26 No credentials will be issued to school, student or freelance photographers. The OHSAA will post a list on its web site of those media members who WHERE: C.T. Branin Natatorium (2323 17th St. N.W., Canton) have been approved for credentials. The initial list will be posted Monday EVENT SCHEDULE: morning, February 21, and will be refreshed throughout the day on Monday Feb. 23, 9:00 a.m. - Girls Division II Diving and Tuesday (Feb. 21 and 22). Feb. 24, 9:00 a.m. - Girls Division I Diving Feb. 24, 5:00 a.m. - Girls (and Boys) Division II Prelims PHOTOGRAPHY REGULATIONS Feb. 25, 9:00 a.m. - Girls (and Boys) Division I Prelims Flash photography is not permitted during the diving portion of the championships, nor immediately before and after the start of each swimming Feb. 25, 5:00 p.m.