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OHSAA
News
Rawlings
Expands Partnership to Serve as Official Basketball for Both OHSAA
Regular Season and Tournament Contests
In other basketball news, OHSAA Foundation basketball games now
permitted any time between final preseason scrimmage and first
sectional tournament game
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Rawlings’ basketball will continue as the official
game ball of Ohio High School Athletic Association tournament games and
now is also the official game ball to be used in regular-season
contests of OHSAA member schools, OHSAA Commissioner Dr. Dan Ross
announced. The notice was initially included last summer as part of the
2013-14 OHSAA basketball regulations approved by the OHSAA Board of
Directors.
The expanded partnership with Rawlings comes with the approval of the
Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association (OHSBCA). Rawlings
supports both the OHSAA and the OHSBCA with various initiatives. The
official basketballs are COMPOHIO28.5CB for girls and COMPOHIOCB for
boys.
“The OHSBCA is excited to continue our partnership with Rawlings,” Tom
Barrick, immediate past president of the Ohio basketball coaches
association and head boys basketball coach at Wheelersburg High School
, said. “Rawlings has been a great partner and a great supporter of
high school basketball in Ohio . Their commitment to our association
and the student-athletes has been tremendous. We look forward to a long
and mutually beneficial partnership with Rawlings.”
“It has been a pleasure to work closely with the OHSBCA on an expanded
partnership with Rawlings,” OHSAA Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D.,
said. “For many years, Rawlings has proven to be a great partner and
their commitment to a broader sponsorship that also benefits the OHSBCA
is to be commended.”
Rawlings has been the OHSAA’s official tournament game ball since 1999
and about 90 percent of OHSAA member schools already use the same ball
during their regular-season contests. The announcement that Rawlings is
now the official basketball of regular-season games, too, signals the
quality of the product and Rawlings’ commitment to high school
basketball in Ohio .
“The OHSAA and OHSBCA have been great partners throughout the years,”
Mike Thompson, Rawlings Executive VP of Marketing, said. “Working with
these two elite organizations to enhance the students’ experience is a
tremendous honor.”
For the rest of this story and more, go to ohsaa.org
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