by Per the OHSAA
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will crown its first state champions of the 2025-26 school year next week with the Division II girls and boys golf state tournaments. The Division I and III golf state tournaments will tee off next, followed by state tournaments in girls tennis, field hockey, cross country, soccer, girls volleyball and football.
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.
Fall Tournament Coverage
Golf | Girls Tennis | Field Hockey | Cross Country | Soccer | Girls Volleyball | Football
Tickets for All Tournament Contests
Fans can visit www.OHSAA.org/tickets for OHSAA tournament tickets in all 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.
OHSAA Fall State Tournaments
Media Information and State Tournament Credentials: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials
No Advance Registration Required For:
Division II Girls Golf – Oct. 6-7 at Heatherwoode Golf Club, Springboro
Division II Boys Golf – Oct. 6-7 at NCR Country Club, Kettering
Division I Girls and Boys Golf – Oct. 12-13 at Firestone Country Club, Akron
Division III Boys Golf – Oct. 13-14 at NorthStar Golf Club, Sunbury
Girls Tennis – Oct. 16-17 at Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Field Hockey – Oct. 30 & Nov. 1 at Thomas Worthington High School
Registration Applications Required For:
Cross Country – Nov. 1 at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park (application deadline is Wed., Oct. 29 at noon)
Volleyball – Nov. 6-9 at Vandalia-Butler High School, Wittenberg University and Wright State University, Irvin J. Nutter Center (application deadline is Tues., Nov. 4 at noon)
Soccer – Nov. 7-8 (girls) & 9-10 (boys) at Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus (application deadline is Thurs., Nov. 6 at noon)
Football – Dec. 4-6 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton (application deadline is Tues., Dec. 2 at noon)
OHSAA Broadcast Partners
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:
https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/BroadcastRates.pdf
Football Playoff Credentials and Press Box Seating
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
OHSAA Radio Network
OHSAA Radio Network Home: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio
Radio stations can opt into affiliate plans for the 2025 OHSAA football playoffs, which results in a waiver of broadcast fees throughout the postseason in exchange for carrying some of the state championship game broadcasts from the network. The network will produce weekly shows during the playoffs and cover all seven state championship games December 4-6, with Skyview Satellite providing distribution. Please contact Tim Stried for more information.
Attention Broadcasters: PSA’s 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
2025-26 OHSAA Handbook Available Upon Request
Media members who would like to receive a complimentary OHSAA Handbook should email their mailing address to Tim Stried at tstried@ohsaa.org 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
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.
Ohio Prep Sports Media Association
– OPSMA Home (membership list, Hall of Fame, officers, contest): https://www.ohsaa.org/news/OPSWA
Other Links:
– Working with the Media Brochure: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/News/Media/WorkingWithMedia.pdf
– News & Media Home: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media
