The Ohio High School Athletic Association ( OHSAA ) is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio . The OHSAA governs eligibility of student athletes, resolves disputes, organizes levels of competition by divisional separation of schools according to attendance population, and conducts state championship competitions in all the OHSAA-sanctioned sports.
7-586: The All-American Conference is an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA)-sanctioned league created in 2008 from the merger of the Trumbull Athletic Conference and Metro Athletic Conference (formerly the Mahoning Valley Conference). 17 sports are offered throughout fall, winter and spring sports seasons. The conference has teams divided into four (4) tiers, depending on sport and includes Gold, Red, White and Blue divisions. Between
14-728: The Gold division was merged with the Red division, and in 2018, the White division formed its own conference, the Northeast 8 Conference . As of 2020, only the former Red division remains as the Blue division joined the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference . Ohio High School Athletic Association There are approximately 820 member high schools and 850 more schools in the 7th-8th grade division of
21-846: The OHSAA. Most public and private high schools in Ohio belong to the OHSAA. The Association is divided into six districts, each with its own District Athletic Board, including the Central District, East District, Northeast District, Northwest District, Southeast District, and Southwest District. The District boards conduct Sectional and District tournaments. The main OHSAA board conducts Regional and State tournaments. Member high schools are divided into three classifications (A, AA, AAA). Prior to 1989 many sports held tournaments based on these classifications. Since then, each sport individually divides into numbered divisions based on enrollment, taking into account
28-521: The Western Ohio Superintendents' Round Table had frequently discussed the need of a central organization for high school athletics. In 1906 they passed a resolution to appoint a committee, headed by George R. Eastman, the first President of the Board of Control. The first OHSAA-sponsored state tournament, Track and Field, was held on May 23, 1908, at Denison University . Columbus North became
35-414: The largest schools). Three sports have a single division: Boys' Ice Hockey, Girls' Field Hockey, and Gymnastics. Beginning with the 2024-25 School year Baseball, boys and girls basketball, softball and girls volleyball will grow from four to seven postseason divisions and boys and girls soccer will go from three to five. The OHSAA is an unincorporated, non-profit organization founded in 1907. Members of
42-499: The merger, the only schools that declined to participate in the merger were the MAC's East Liverpool High School and the TAC's Brookfield High School , with Beaver Local High School joining. At its height, the conference had teams divided into four tiers, depending on the eligible enrollment of each school as well as the sport being played, including Gold, Red, White and Blue divisions. In 2017,
49-426: The total number of schools offering that varsity sport and placing an equal number of schools in each division. The classifications (A being the smallest schools, AAA the largest) are still used to fill spots on the six District Athletic Boards (two representatives from each class). The number of divisions varies based on how many schools offer that sport. Football has the most, with seven divisions (Division I being
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