Most Recent Central Ohio High School Stories

OHSAA veteran Goldring to retire, Bixler and Kauffman added
Monday, July 13, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

Longtime administrator Bob Goldring will retire at the end of July and a pair of veteran school administrators have joined the OHSAA staff, OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute has announced. With Goldring’s retirement, the OHSAA has added Andy Bixler as Director of Eligibility and Student Services, and Scott Kaufman as Director of Sport Administration and Operations. [More]

OHSAA announces winter sports tournament divisions
Tuesday, June 31, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming winter sports tournaments. Boys wrestling divisional breakdowns will be announced in the fall. Ice hockey, girls gymnastics, and girls wrestling have one division. [More]

OHSAA fully sanctions girls flag football beginning with 2026-27 season
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has elevated girls flag football to a fully recognized sport for the 2026-27 school year, following a unanimous vote of the OHSAA Board of Directors at its June meeting. Girls flag football becomes the OHSAA’s 29th recognized sport. [More]

Eight schools, including Dublin Scioto, opt up to OHSAA Division I football
Monday, June 22, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

Eight schools have opted up to Division I for the 2026 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs, which has resulted in a number of shifts to Division I regional assignments that were initially announced on April 23. [More]

New Albany tops Walsh Jesuit to nab DII baseball title
Saturday, June 13, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

The New Albany Eagles scored four unearned runs in the fourth inning of their OHSAA Division II baseball championship game against Walsh Jesuit to overcome a 1-0 deficit and go on to win 4-1 at 7 17 Credit Union Park in Akron Saturday. It is New Albany’s third state title. [More]

Baseball: Missed opportunities cost Watterson against Badin in DIII final
Saturday, June 13, 2026
By Michael Rich

In a one and done tournament situation, the team that cashes in on its chances is going to be the one hoisting the hardware at the end of the night. The Watterson baseball team found itself in a position it wanted to be in on multiple occasions in the Division III state championship game on June 12 at 7 17 Credit Union Park in Akron. [More]

Baseball: Academy’s magic runs out late; Waynedale wins 2nd straight title
Friday, June 12, 2026
By Michael Rich

It took the best baseball of Columbus Academy’s season to make an improbable run to the Division V state final where it held a two-run lead over the top-ranked team in the state entering the sixth inning. But it was a five-run seventh inning that ended up being the Vikings’ undoing in a 9-5 loss to Apple Creek Waynedale. [More]