Approvals are sport-specific for the 2024-25 school year; deadline for wrestling requests is June 25; deadline for spring sports requests is Sept. 13

COLUMBUS, Ohio (6-12-24) – The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors has approved 14 requests from 11 schools to move up to Division I in specific fall and winter sports for the 2024-25 school year. The requests were made possible by the passage of Referendum Item 1B that OHSAA member schools passed earlier this spring, which permits schools to request to move up to Division I on a sport-by-sport basis for one school year.

The movement results in a total of 24 adjustments in divisional placements across seven fall and winter sports, which includes several Division I schools moving down to Division II in specific sports.

No requests were denied. Schools have until June 25 to request to move up to Division I in wrestling, as those preliminary divisional breakdowns were just approved on June 9 by the OHSAA Board of Directors and are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/wrestling

Preliminary spring sport divisional assignments will be presented to the Board of Directors in August and schools will have until September 13 to request to move up to Division I in 2025 spring sports.

The referendum issue results were announced on May 16 and schools had until June 3 to request to move up to Division I. The OHSAA Board of Directors reviewed and approved the list during meetings this past weekend in Akron at the baseball state tournament that wrapped up the 2024-25 school year.

FALL SPORTS

Girls Tennis

  • Chagrin Falls Kenston moves to D1
  • Chardon Notre Dame Cathedral Latin moves to D1
  • Ashtabula St. John School moves to D1

No changes to representation in D1 or D2

Football

  • Westerville Central moves to D1

No schools move down to D2 as number of teams in D1 still rounds to 10%

Boys Soccer

  • Cincinnati Elder moves to D1
  • Columbus St. Charles moves to D1
  • Cincinnati Sycamore moves to D2
  • Cleveland Heights moves to D2

No changes to representation in D1 or D2

Girls Soccer

  • Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit moves to D1
  • Westerville South moves to D2

No changes to representation in D1 or D2

Girls Volleyball

  • Cleveland St. Joseph Academy moves to D1
  • Rocky River Magnificat moves to D1
  • Parma Normandy moves to D2
  • Pataskala Watkins Memorial moves to D2

 Regional Tournament Representation:

   No Change to D1

   D2: Southwest – 3; Central – 3; Northeast – 8; Northwest – 2

WINTER SPORTS (except Wrestling)

Boys Basketball

  • Cincinnati Elder moves to D1
  • Thomas Worthington moves to D2

 Regional Tournament Representation:

   No Change to D1

   D2: Central – 5; Northwest – 2; Northeast – 7; Southwest – 2

Girls Basketball:

  • Cincinnati Seton moves to D1
  • Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame moves to D1
  • Rocky River Magnificat moves to D1
  • Cleveland St. Joseph Academy moves to D1
  • Euclid moves to D2
  • Grove City Central Crossing moves to D2
  • Westerville North moves to D2
  • Cleveland John Marshall moves to D2

 Regional Tournament Representation:

   D1: Central – 5; Northeast – 4; Northwest – 1; Southwest – 6

   D2: Central – 4; Northeast – 7; Northwest – 2; Southwest – 3