{"id":144624,"date":"2021-08-09T11:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144624"},"modified":"2021-08-09T11:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:50:13","slug":"wrestling-volleyball-back-to-osu-wsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/08\/09\/wrestling-volleyball-back-to-osu-wsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling, volleyball back to OSU, WSU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Several more state tournament venues, including volleyball and wrestling, have now been set by the Ohio High School Athletic Association for the 2021-22 school year and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2020-21 school year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced changes to several traditional state tournament venues, including volleyball, football, wrestling and boys basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are very excited to announce these state tournament venues because of the experience they will give our student-athletes, schools and communities,\u201d Doug Ute, OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute said. \u201cWe would like to thank all those who operate these venues and have an important part in these partnerships and support of high school sports in Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of particular interest, the OHSAA individual wrestling state tournament will return to the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University for the next three years, with an option for a two-year extension. That event utilizes many areas of the arena, including the large warm-up gymnasium, and is one of the few venues in Ohio that is able to accommodate nine mats on the arena floor, which led to the expansion of the state tournament in 2000. More than 15,000 fans have regularly attended the semifinals and championships sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to COVID-19, the OHSAA utilized three different high schools as sites for the 2021 individual wrestling tournament – Marengo Highland, Marion Harding and Hilliard Darby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wrestling state tournament will start on Friday, March 11, 2022, and conclude that Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also of note, the volleyball state tournament will return to the Nutter Center at Wright State University in Dayton. The 11,200-seat venue has hosted the volleyball state tournament since 1991, except for last year due to the pandemic. Vandalia Butler was the site of the 2020 state tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2021 OHSAA field hockey state tournament will remain at Thomas Worthington High School, where it was held in 2020. It previously was held at Upper Arlington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State tournament sites for track and field and baseball remain up in the air. 2021 track and field was held at Hillard Darby, Pickerington North and Westerville North, while the baseball state tournament was played at Canal Park in Akron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All OHSAA sports and confirmed state tournament venues are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golf \u2013 The Ohio State University Golf Club and NorthStar Golf Club
Girls Tennis \u2013 Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Field Hockey \u2013 Thomas Worthington High School
Cross Country \u2013 Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park, Columbus
Soccer \u2013 Announcement Coming Soon
Volleyball \u2013 Wright State University, Dayton
Football \u2013 Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swimming & Diving \u2013 Branin Natatorium, Canton
Gymnastics \u2013 Hilliard Bradley High School
Bowling \u2013 Wayne Webb\u2019s Columbus Bowl
Ice Hockey \u2013 Nationwide Arena, Columbus
Wrestling \u2013 Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University
Girls and Boys Basketball \u2013 University of Dayton Arena<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys Tennis \u2013 Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason
Lacrosse \u2013 TBA
Softball \u2013 Firestone Stadium, Akron
Track & Field \u2013 TBA
Baseball \u2013 TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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