Dave Purpura

Browns will release the bracket later this week. Fairbanks is the 4 seed and North is 11th, per the list sent out to participating schools.

Flag football: Fairbanks (10-0) and Westerville North (9-0) will represent central Ohio in the @BrownsYouthFB regional tournament a week from today at the University of Akron. Browns released the 16-team field a bit ago. @FairbanksNation @NorthWarriorsAD

Look for a preview of the regional later this week @DispatchPreps.

Vote for Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Week presented by Wexner Medical Center dispatch.com/story/sports/h…

🥎#OHSAA SOFTBALL: The Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association has announced the fourth Ohio Softball State Coaches Poll. View the poll and other 2026 season information here: ohsaa.org/sports/softball

Central District Extraordinaire, Brenda Murray, just finished and released the Central District Draws. Links to the draws are posted at the top of OTZ. They will remain there through the end of the season. Click for more at ohiotenniszone.com. Note how these draws include the grade for each player. That is super important for college coaches. @OHADNewsHS @dp_dispatch @mlaughman

Southeast District draws for local teams ... Circleville, Logan Elm and Fairfield Union in D-IV and Westfall in D-V.

Division VII

Central District softball tournament brackets for Division III through VI here. I and II draw next week.

@KilbourneLax Do you have individual stats available for this game? Wondering for potential athlete of the week nominations. Thank you!

Final. Go Wolves!

Highlights of OHSAA boys lacrosse Upper Arlington vs Dublin Jerome dispatch.com/picture-galler…

Final: UA 14, Jerome 6

End 3rd: UA 10, Jerome 3

Two of central Ohio's top boys lacrosse programs facing off tonight as @UAMensLacrosse visits @djmenslax. Game is tied at 1 seven minutes in. Look for photos and video later @DispatchPreps.

🥎🥎🥎 @edennwilsonn47 @suzie_shultz14 @rybrown._.23 @haedanbrunty_ @twil2323 @dp_dispatch @DispatchFrank @CBUSsportsLocal

Michigan State football lands pledge from Columbus, Ohio defensive end lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/c…

Given the extremely wet weather pattern we find ourselves, an important reminder this morning. There is a difference in postponed and canceled (or cancelled). Postponed means the event or game will be made up later. Canceled (or cancelled) means it would never be played again.

@BConnellysports Have fun traveling to Vegas at the worst time for travel every single year.

Two east coast teams flying to Vegas to play a neutral site game is kind of stupid if it’s not the NCAA Tournament.