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District athletic boards throughout Ohio released their boys basketball tournament pairings, Sunday.

In the Southeast District, divisions two, three and four have been announced, with the few Division 1 schools located in the geographic area of the district, being moved to play in the Central District tournaments.

Chillicothe and Teays Valley are among area teams that will play in the Central District tournaments.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions there will be no high school tournament basketball games at the Ohio University Convocation Center for the 2021 season. 

In the Southeast District, the top seeded area teams include #2 Logan Elm, #3 Hillsboro. #4 Waverly and #7 Unioto in Division 2.

Division 3 area tops seeds include #2 Wheelersburg, #3 Eastern Brown, #4 Adena and #6 Piketon.

In Division 4, New Boston is a top seed, with Lucasville Valley #4 and Whiteoak #5.

For complete bracket pairings for each of the Southeast District teams, see the provided links below…..

DIVISION 2 BRACKETS- CLICK HERE:

DIVISION 3 BRACKETS- CLICK HERE:

DIVISION 4 BRACKETS- CLICK HERE:

For complete bracket pairings for teams in the Central District, go to the link below.

Chillicothe Boys will play at Newark in Division 1 on February 23rd at 7pm. Teays Valley will host Dublin Scioto also at 7pm 2/23 in the D-1 tournament.

CENTRAL DISTRICT- CLICK HERE:

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(OHSAA Update) — If you recall, the Executive Director’s Office removed the regulation last spring that limited coaches in team sports from coaching students from their school teams, and removal of that restriction was extended through August 31, 2020 (coaches in team sports were previously limited to coaching for 10 days between June 1 and July 31).

Member school administrators are reminded that, to ensure students can obtain coaching from their school coach during these uncertain times of the pandemic, the Executive Director’s Office has removed the 10-day limitation between June 1 and July 31 in 2021.

That means coaches in the team sports of baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and volleyball MAY coach students from their school teams without restriction between June 1 and July 31, 2021. This regulation is explained further on page 65 of the 2020-21 OHSAA Handbook under General Sports Regulation 7.5.1. Note that:

1.) Participation under General Sports Regulation 7.5.1 cannot be mandatory;

2.) In the sport of football, only non-contact football is permitted;

3.) General Sports Regulation 8.2.1 should be reviewed since it pertains to out-of-season instruction, which is different than the regulations pertaining to General Sports Regulation 7.5.1;

4.) The 50 percent limitation (General Sports Regulation
7.3.1) must still be observed, and

5.) A similar regulation (General Sports Regulation 7.5.3) has already been in place for the individual sports of bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling.