Spring Sports Calendars
Baseball
May 4 - Sunday - Coaches’ meeting to seed teams and draw for positions on the
bracket at Gahanna Lincoln High School Cafeteria. Division
I at 2 p.m.; Division II at 3:15 p.m.; Division III at 4:15 p.m.; Division IV at 5:15 p.m.
May 12 - Division I and III Sectional Tournaments
May 13 - Division II and IV Sectional Tournaments
May 15 - Division I and III Sectional Tournaments
May 16 - Division II and IV Sectional Tournaments
All Sectional Tournament Games Start at 5 p.m.
May 19 - District
Tournament Semi-finals - Division I at Dublin Coffman and Dublin Scioto High Schools,
Division II at Hilliard Davidson High School, and Division
III at Hilliard Darby High School. All games are at 2 and 5 p.m.
May 20 -
District Tournament Semi-finals - Division I at Dublin Coffman High School, Division II at
Hilliard Davidson High School, Division III at Grove City High School, and Division IV at
Pickerington High School. All games are at 2 and 5 p.m.
May 22 -
District Tournament Finals - Division I at Dublin Coffman High School and at Dublin Scioto
High School, Division II at Hilliard Davidson High School, and Division III at Hilliard
Darby High School. All games are at 4:30 p.m.
May 23 -
District Tournament Finals - Division I at Dublin Coffman High School, Division II at
Hilliard Davidson High School, Division III at Hilliard Darby High School, and Division IV
at Pickerington High School. All games are
at 4:30 p.m.
May 30 and
31 - Regional Tournaments
June 5, 6,
& 7 - State Tournament at Cooper Stadium and at The Ohio State University.
For latest Spring Tournament up-dates and game results check the
Central District web site at www.cdab.org
Softball
April 27 - Sunday - Coaches’ meeting to seed teams and draw
for positions on the bracket at Pickerington High School. Division I at 2 p.m., Division
II at 5:15 p.m., Division III at 4:15 p.m. and Division IV at 3:15 p.m.
May 9 - Division II Sectional Tournament
May 12 - Division I Sectional Tournament
May 13 - Division II and III Sectional Tournaments
May 14 - Division I and IV Sectional Tournaments
May 15 - Division II and III Sectional Tournaments
All Sectional Tournament games start at 5 p.m.
May 19 -
District Tournament Semi-finals: Division I at Pickerington High School
May 20 - District Tournament Semi-finals: Division II, III, and IV at Pickerington High
School.
All District Tournament semi-final games start at 2 and 5 p.m.
May 21 -
District Tournament Finals: Division I at Pickerington High School
May 22 - District Tournament Finals: Division II, III, and IV at Pickerington High School
All District Tournament Final games start at 5 p. m.
May 29,
30, and 31 - Regional Tournaments
June 5, 6,
and 7 - State Tournament at Ashland Brookside
Park
Boys Tennis
May 11- Sunday -Division II Coaches’ meeting at Gahanna Lincoln High School,
Room 113 at 4 p.m.
May 12 -
Division I Coaches’ meeting at Westland High School, Room 109 at 7:30 p.m.
May 16 -
Sectional Tournaments, Division I at Grove City, Hilliard Davidson, and Westland High
Schools. Mt. Vernon, Newark, Pickerington, and Watkins Memorial are assigned to the
East District Tournament at New Philadelphia High School. Division II Sectional
Tournaments at Columbus School for Girls and
Gahanna Lincoln High School. Bloom Carroll, Fisher Catholic and Granville are assigned
to the East District Sectional Tournament at Dover Park, Dover.
May 23
& 24 - District Tournaments: Division I at Hilliard Davidson High School and Division
II at Columbus School for Girls.
Track and Field
May 9 -
Eligibility sheets and entry forms due to Tournament Managers by 4:00 p.m.
May 12 -
Division I coaches’ meeting at Gahanna Lincoln High School at 7:30 p.m.
May 13 -
Division II coaches’ meeting at Gahanna Lincoln High School at 7:30 p.m.
May 14 -
Division III coaches’ meeting at Gahanna Lincoln High School at 7:30 p.m.
May 20 -
Division I - District I Boys and Girls running event preliminaries; District II Boys and
Girls field events. All at Olentangy High
School.
- Division II - District I Boys and Girls running event preliminaries; District II Boys
and Girls field events. All at Hilliard
Davidson High School.
- Division III - Boys field events; Girls District I running event preliminaries. All
at Gahanna Lincoln High School.
May 21 - Division I - District II Boys and Girls running event preliminaries; District III
Boys and Girls field events. All at Olentangy High School.
- Division II - District I Boys and Girls field events. District II Boys and Girls
running event preliminaries. All at Hilliard Davidson High School
- Division III - Boys running event preliminaries; Girls District I field events. All
at Gahanna Lincoln High School.
May 22 -
Division I - District I Boys and Girls field events. District III Boys and girls running
preliminaries. All at Olentangy High School.
- Division III - Girls District II running event preliminaries and field events. All
at Gahanna Lincoln High School
May 24 -
Division I Boys and Girls running event finals. District I at 9:00 a.m.; District II at 12
noon; District III at 3:00 p.m. All at Olentangy High School.
- Division II Boys and Girls running event finals. District I at 10 a.m.; District II
at 2 p.m. All at Hilliard Davidson High School.
- Division III Boys and Girls running event finals at 12 noon. All at Gahanna
Lincoln H. S.
OHSAA to Employ On-Line Electronic Entry for
2003 Track and Field Tournament
Dr.
Deborah Moore, Assistant Commissioner, notified District and Regional Track and Field
Managers that On-line Electronic Entry will be used for the 2003 District Track and Field
Tournaments. The system has been under
construction for several years.
Moore said in her email
notice, “We believe we are now at the point where we can attempt this process
starting with the first level of the tournament - District - all the way through the
publishing of the final results of the state tournaments”.
Schools will be notified of
the new process via a specific message to all athletic administrators of member track and
field schools. The OHSAA web site will contain all the information that a coach will need
to enter the District Track and Field Tournament to which that school is assigned.
District Officials
Choose Athletic Director of The Year
The Central District Officials Committee has selected Jerry Bell,
Athletic Administrator, as its Athletic Director Of The Year Award. Bell was chosen from among five athletic
administrators nominated for the honor. The
award will be presented at a meeting of the District Officials Committee in the near
future.
The
Licking County Basketball Officials nominated Bell. The
Association made the following comments in its nomination. “Up this way in the COL,
Jerry Bell and his staff at Dublin Coffman do a great job of accommodating officials and
taking care of details. Jerry always
personally welcomes officials and introduces us to the individual assigned to take care of
officials. Jerry himself is a high school and NCAA Lacrosse official and knows how we like
to be treated. Jerry makes Dublin Coffman a great place to officials and handles crowd
control masterfully.”
Jerry
Bell is President of the Central District Athletic Board.
Winter Tournament Review
Upper
Arlington’s Girls Swimming and Diving team was the only Central District team to win
a state Championship in the 2003 winter tournaments. Several teams and individuals
advanced to the state level in their respective sports. Central District wrestlers won the
most individual state championships. Those
bringing home the top trophy in the following weight class
were: 103 lb. - T. J. Enright, Westland, Division I
and Frank Brown, St. Francis De Sales, Division II; 135 lb. - Aaron Martin, Watkins
Memorial, Division II; 145 lb. - Johnny Vogel, Grandview Heights, Division III; 171 lb. -
Alex Picazo, Grandview Heights, Division III; and 189 lb. - Scott Smith, Academy, Division
III. The highest finishing teams were St.
Francis De Sales, runner up in Division II and Grandview Heights, third in Division III.
Girls
and boys swimming produced the following champions.
Adam Ritter of St Charles won the 200 freestyle and Burkley Showe of Thomas
Worthington won the diving championship. Upper Arlington boys relay teams won state
championships in the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays. Upper Arlington swimmers
continued to win as the girls won two first places. Sarah
Baumert won the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley team took the state title. Chelsea Davis of Worthington Kilbourne won
the girls diving championship.
Silver
medal winners included Kris Kline of Westerville North,
Boy’s Diving, Corey Gerlach, Upper Arlington, Girls Diving, Elaine
Ferritto, Upper Arlington, IM 200, John Sands, Granville, 50 Freestyle, Joe Doyle,
Centerburg, 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Upper
Arlington boys swimmers were state runner-up.
Gymnastics
produced no winners but Upper Arlington and St. Francis De Sales teams advanced to the
State Tournament along with several other individuals.
Scholar/Athlete Scholarship
Application Form Due April 18
Scholar/Athlete
scholarship application due date for Central District scholar/athletes is Friday, April
18, 2003. The Central District Athletic Board
will award eight $1,000 scholarships, the Ohio High School Athletic Association State
Board of Control will award four $1000 Scholarships, and the Ohio High School Athletic
Association Foundation will award one $2000 scholarship.
The
Central District Scholarships will be awarded as follows:
One male and one female scholarship to each of the three Classifications,
Class A, AA, and AAA plus one male and one female applicant at large, a total of eight
scholarships. The OHSAA Foundation
Scholarship will be awarded to the top ranked applicant.
The OHSAA Scholarships will be awarded by rank order to the next two male
and two female applicants.
Applications
are to be mailed to: Phillip Harris,
Principal, Jonathan Alder High School, 6440 Killbury Rd. Plain City, Ohio 43064. Application forms may be obtained from the OHSAA
office. Check the OHSAA web site at www.ohsaa.org.
Golf Sectional & District Sites
Division I - Sectionals
at Darby Creek, Player’s Club and Granville, District
at Apple Valley
Division II - Sectionals
at New Albany Links and Player’s Club, District at Echo Springs
Division III - Sectionals
at Mill Creek and Pine Hill, District at River Greens in East District
Girls - Sectionals at
Mill Creek and Pine Hill, District at Echo Springs.
Central District Class A Board Member
Position to be Filled at April Election
The
Central District Athletic Board will get a new Class A Board Representative beginning with
the 2003-04 school year. Present Class A
Representative, Barbara Harrison, Assistant Superintendent, Canal Winchester Schools, is
not eligible to run for reelection due to Canal’s advance from Class A to Class AA.
Candidate
petitions for the election were due at the OHSAA office by 4:00 p.m. on April 1. Fran
Voll, Principal, Marion Catholic High School and Kent Homoelle, Athletic Director,
Worthington Christian High School, have filed petitions and will be on the ballot. Ballots
must be returned to the OHSAA office by April 30, 2003 by 4 p.m.
Harrison
was elected to the Board in 1985, replacing Canal Winchester Principal, William Mc Cann.
She was the first female to serve on a
District Athletic Board in the State of Ohio and the first female to serve on the State
Board of Control.
Barb
served two terms on the State Board of Control. The
first in 1993 through 95 and again from 1999 to 2001.
She was President of the State Board of Control in 2000/01 during a time of
great stress within the OHSAA. She also
served two terms as President of the Central District Board and one term as
Vice-President.
In boys basketball, Brookhaven was runner-up in Division I.
Beechcroft and the Wellington School made the final four..
In girls basketball, Brookhaven and New Albany were in the final four.
Congratulations
to those teams who won district and regional titles and to those individuals in wrestling,
swimming, and gymnastics who advanced beyond the sectional level.
District Board Meeting
Minute Highlights
The Central District Athletic Board of the Ohio High School
Athletic Association met at Del Matto’s Restaurant on April 2, 2003 and conducted the
following business.
*Tabled
until the May meeting a request from Marion Harding High School to be transferred to the
Northwest District.
*Passed
a resolution requiring track and field schools to use On Line Electronic Entry for the
2003 District Track Tournament.
*Reviewed
the recent auditor’s management letter and addressed issues in the following areas:
Credit cards, contracts for the treasurer, secretary, and web master, bank reconciliation,
ticket reconciliation, tournament receipts, check signatures, budget, revenue and
disbursements, school bonuses, and security bonds for tournament managers, secretary, and
treasurer.
*Heard
a report from Griffin Communications regarding the OHSAA Crisis Management Plan.
*Tabled
until summer conference a Board Policy recommendation to cover flash photography at
tournaments.
*Approved
a draft of a new tournament manager’s manual for 2003/04.
*Accepted
the Treasurer’s Report and approved payment of bills for the month of March.
*Passed
a motion naming Ralph Young and Galen Kyre as purchasing agents for the District Board and
authorized the Treasurer to pay bills as they become due.
Track Trivia
What Central
District Track star holds the longest standing Central District state record?
Answer: John
Zishka, Lancaster High School, Two mile run set in 1980.
The longest
standing State record is held by Scott Wall, Springfield Shawnee H. S., high jump
7’1/4” set in 1979. Source: OHSAA Record Book.
