by PER the OHSAA
MEDIA ADVISORY: OHSAA Spring Tournament Information
Spring Sports Information, Brackets and Tournament Coverage
Girls Flag Football | 7th-8th Grade Track and Field | Boys Tennis | Boys Volleyball
Softball | Track and Field | Girls Lacrosse | Boys Lacrosse | Baseball
Tickets for All Tournament Contests
Fans can visit www.OHSAA.org/tickets for OHSAA tournament tickets in all sports.
OHSAA Spring State Tournaments
Media Information and State Tournament Credentials: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials
Girls Flag Football – May 16 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
7th-8th Grade Track and Field – May 16 at Hilliard Darby High School
Boys Tennis – May 28-29 at Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Boys Volleyball – May 29-30 at Pam Evans Smith Arena, Wittenberg University, Springfield
Softball – June 3-7 at Firestone Stadium, Akron
Track & Field – June 4-7 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Lacrosse – June 6 (boys) and 7 (girls) at Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus
Baseball – June 11-14 at Canal Park, Akron and Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium, Canton
OHSAA Radio Network Coverage of Softball and Baseball State Tournaments
The OHSAA Radio Network will have the call for all 21 games from the softball and baseball state tournaments. Affiliates have reduced or waived fees during their own regional and state tournament broadcasts. Please contact Tim Stried at the OHSAA for details.
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 sport pages at OHSAA.org and on the brackets for team sports.
OHSAA News and Media Center: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media
The source for press releases, state tournament media credentials, photography and media regulations, tournament broadcast rates, record books, historical information and more.
NFHS Network and Broadcast Information
The NFHS Network will provide live video streaming coverage of the boys volleyball, track and field, softball, lacrosse and baseball state tournaments. Broadcasts are available at: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/ohsaa
The NFHS Network has exclusive rights to live video broadcasts of those named spring tournament events. If a contest is covered by the NFHS Network, local broadcast media outlets can provide a live audio-only broadcast or a tape-delayed video broadcast (if the facility can accommodate additional broadcasts). Local media outlets can become production partners of the NFHS Network, which result in payment from the NFHS Network and waived fees from the OHSAA. Please contact Tim Stried for more information.
Live audio broadcasts are permitted for all OHSAA tournament contests per the rights fee chart linked below. Live video broadcasts are permitted for sectional, district and regional spring sports tournament contests. OHSAA tournament broadcast rates are posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/TournamentBroadcastRates.pdf
Attention Broadcasters: PSAs Available
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
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.
Additional Links
– Working with the Media – OHSAA Brochure: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/WorkingWithMedia.pdf
– OHSAA Respect the Game Campaign: https://www.ohsaa.org/Respect-the-Game
Ohio Prep Sports Media Association
– OPSMA Home: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/OPSWA
– 2026 Hall of Fame Class: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/mcpherson-messerschmidt-and-puskar-elected-to-opsma-hall-of-fame
– April 2026 Member Memo: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/OPSWA/20260408opsmamemo.pdf
– December 2025 Member Memo: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/OPSWA/20251230MemberUpdate.pdf
– 2025 Contest Winners: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/ohio-prep-sports-media-association-contest-award-winners
– 2025 Contest Winners: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/ohio-prep-sports-media-association-contest-award-winners
– 2025 Hall of Fame Class: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/puskas-todor-and-wilson-elected-to-opsma-hall-of-fame
