{"id":130126,"date":"2020-04-08T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=130126"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:44:18","slug":"ohsaa-sets-restructured-spring-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/04\/08\/ohsaa-sets-restructured-spring-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"OHSAA sets restructured spring schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 New dates are set for spring sports practices, athletic events and tournaments, should Ohio schools resume classes on Monday, May 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a memo sent to superintendents, principals and athletic administrators, Ohio High School Athletic Association Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass said if schools are back in session, practices will resume on May 4 for baseball, softball, tennis and track and field, and those respective seasons would begin on Saturday, May 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/OSHAA-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86238\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the restructured format caused by COVID-19, baseball sectional tournaments will begin on May 23, followed by district tournaments the week of June 1, regional tournaments June 11 and 12, and the state tournament June 19-21, a week later than previously scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Softball sectional tournaments will begin the week of May 30, district tournaments would be played the week of June 8, regional tournaments June 15-20 and the state tournament June 25-27, three weeks later than originally scheduled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track and field district tournament is now scheduled to begin June 9, followed by the regional tournament June 17-20, and the state tournament June 26 and 27. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tennis sectional tournaments are now slated to be played May 30-June 6, followed by district tournaments June 8-13 and the state tournament June 18-20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the memo, Snodgrass said all dates are tentative, and he noted if Ohio schools are closed for the remainder of the academic year, all spring sports will be canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said if specific sites are shut down by Governor Mike DeWine, all sites would be shut down and a tournament will not be held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports COLUMBUS \u2013 New dates are set for spring sports practices, athletic events and tournaments, should Ohio schools resume classes on Monday, May 4. In a memo sent to superintendents, principals and athletic administrators, Ohio High School Athletic Association Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass said if schools are back in session, practices will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 13:38:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}