COLUMBUS, Ohio – Earlier this week, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the new divisional breakdowns for fall-2022 and 2023 sports. On Tuesday, the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming winter sports as approved by the OHSAA board of directors was presented. The spring sports breakdown will be announced in September.
OHSAA uses enrollment data provided by the Ohio Department of Education to determine each school’s base enrollment numbers for girls and boys sports, which will be used for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. Among the OHSAA’s winter sports, only basketball utilizes competitive balance data, therefore it is reconfigured every season. Sports that do not utilize competitive balance data are reconfigured every two years.
Here is how the 2022-23 OHSAA winter sports alignments affect local schools:
Swimming and diving – two divisions for girls and boys, no competitive balance.
Boys swimming and diving – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Boys swimming and diving – Division II
East Knox – Central
Girls swimming and diving – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Girls swimming and diving – Division II
East Knox – Central
Bowling – two divisions for girls and boys, no competitive balance.
Boys bowling – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Boys bowling – Division II
Cardington-Lincoln – Central
Centerburg – Central
East Knox – Central
Fredericktown – Central
Highland – Central
Mount Gilead – Central
Utica – Central
Girls bowling – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Girls bowling – Division II
East Knox – Central
Fredericktown – Central
Mount Gilead – Central
Northmor – Central
Girls gymnastics – one division, no competitive balance: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/gymnastics
No local participation
Ice hockey – one division, no competitive balance: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/icehockey
No local participation
Boys wrestling – three divisions, no competitive balance: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/wrestling
Boys wrestling – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Boys wrestling – Division II
Highland – Central
Boys wrestling – Division III
Cardington-Lincoln – Central
Centerburg – Central
Northmor – Central
Utica – Central
Girls wrestling – one division, no competitive balance: school list will be posted this fall
Boys basketball – four divisions using competitive balance data: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/boysbasketball
Boys Basketball – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Boys basketball – Division II
Highland – Central
Boys basketball – Division III
Cardington-Lincoln moves up from Division IV
Centerburg
East Knox moves up from Division IV
Fredericktown
Northmor
Utica
Boys basketball – Division IV
Danville
Mt. Gilead moves down from Division III
Girls basketball – four divisions using competitive balance data: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/girlsbasketball
Girls basketball – Division I
Mount Vernon – Central
Girls basketball – Division II
Highland – Central
Girls basketball – Division III
Cardington-Lincoln
Centerburg
East Knox moves up from Division IV
Fredericktown
Northmor
Utica moves down from Division II
Girls Basketball – Division IV
Danville
Mount Gilead moves down from Division III
