The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced more state tournament venues for the 2021-22 school year and beyond.
The COVID-19 pandemic imposed alterations to multiple traditional state tournament venues during the 2020-21 school year.
The OHSAA individual wrestling state tournament will return to the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University for the next three years, with an option for a two-year extension, according to a Monday afternoon press release. The 2021 state individual wrestling tournament was hosted at Highland, Marion Harding and Hilliard Darby high schools.
The wrestling state tournament will start on Friday, March 11, 2022.
The volleyball state tournament will return to the Nutter Center at Wright State University in Dayton. The 11,200-set venue has hosted the volleyball state tournament since 1991, sans last year due to the pandemic, when it was played at Vandalia Butler High School.
The 2021 OHSAA field hockey state tournament will remain at Thomas Worthington High School, where it was held in 2020. The OHSAA would like to thank Upper Arlington High School for hosting the event since 2002.
The state tournament agreements with the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus and NorthStar Golf Club in Sunbury have been extended for the next two years, while the agreement with the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, home of the prestigious Western and Southern Open, has been extended for the next three years to host the OHSAA girls and boys tennis state tournaments.
“We are very excited to announce these state tournament venues because of the experience they will give our student-athletes, schools and communities,” OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute said. "We would like to thank all those who operate venues and have an important part in these partnerships and support of high school sports in Ohio.”
In June, it was announced that the state football championships would be moving back to Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton.
All OHSAA sports and confirmed state tournament venues:
Fall
Golf – The Ohio State University Golf Club and NorthStar Golf Club
Girls Tennis – Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Field Hockey – Thomas Worthington High School
Cross Country – Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park, Columbus
Soccer – Announcement Coming Soon
Volleyball – Wright State University, Dayton
Football – Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton
Winter
Swimming & Diving – Branin Natatorium, Canton
Gymnastics – Hilliard Bradley High School
Bowling – Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl
Ice Hockey – Nationwide Arena, Columbus
Wrestling – Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University
Girls and Boys Basketball – University of Dayton Arena
Spring
Boys Tennis – Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Lacrosse – TBA
Softball – Firestone Stadium, Akron
Track & Field – TBA
Baseball – TBA
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