A big "Thank you" to State Tournament hosts Jason Habig at Hathaway Brown School and Rich Kawolics at Laurel School and Brent Brossman and Joe Miller at John Carroll University, as well as their tournament staffs of parents, custodians, cooks, bus drivers and security. Another big "Thank you" to all the coaches, judges and students -- and, of course, the Executive Committee and Ben Stewart.  You made this tournament run very smoothly.

2010 State Tournament Results can be found on the State Tournament>Registration page.

OHSSL District Tournament Motions

As many of you know, only Youngstown, Cleveland and Tarhe Trails have been able to complete their District Tournament competition because of inclement weather, specifically snow! Both Akron and Canton got in one day of competition and had to cancel and reschedule the second day; Greater Miami Valley had to cancel and reschedule the entire tournament. The Executive Committee, through emails and phone calls, made the following decision:

Fred Snook moved to "allow ANY school that was shut out completely to attend another district's tournament in events that have yet to be run. (Schools can't enter events that may have already started, such as in Canton.)" There was a second, and the motion passed.

Linda Miller, Executive Director, contacted the chairpersons of Akron, Canton, and GMV Districts and then contacted the coaches of the seven schools that had not been permitted to attend the tournaments due to the snow. As of this writing, only one school is taking the opportunity to go to another District.

Greater Miami Valley was able to run some rounds on Monday night and is finishing tonight (2/11). Akron is running Saturday (2/13) and Canton on Tuesday (2/16).

On Wednesday (2/10) Paul Moffitt moved " that we temporarily suspend the rules for this year only so that any student who meets the following three criteria be allowed to qualify for the OHSSL State Tournament.

1. Student was prevented from school administration from attending his or her own District Finals.

2. Student did not attend substitute District Finals tournament.

3. Student advances to final round in his or her event, as prescribed in the State Manual, at the NFL District Tournament."

This motion was seconded, and the vote passed. NFL Chairs will be notified of the schools who were shut out of their home district tournaments and the one school that is attempting to attend another District Tournament.

State Tournament 2010:

Coaches, judges and students can begin to find information regarding State Tournament 2010 on the web site -- go to the State Tournament tab. Please continue to check these pages as information will be added periodically for the next month. General information regarding the Time Schedule and Contestants' Information Sheet and parking can be downloaded now, as well as a hotel list and a driving map of the three tournament sites.

The Class of 2010 Hall of Fame inductees are Trish Sanders of Notre Dame Academy and Paul Moffitt of Sylvania Southview HS, both in Tarhe Trails District.

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