OHSAA board to vote on lacrosse as sanctioned sport

COLUMBUS - The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors will vote June 4 on whether lacrosse will be adopted as a sanctioned sport starting in the 2016-17 school year.

OHSAA Commissioner Dr. Dan Ross told a media advisory committee this morning that the OHSAA has a recommendation to sanction boys' and girls' lacrosse starting for competition in spring 2017.

Entering this spring, there were 120 boys' varsity teams and 112 girls' teams, according to the OHSAA. That does not include the club teams at the respective schools.

The state lacrosse association sponsors a club division championship for boys.

"If adopted, our hope is that the club teams would become school teams (and the OHSAA would not sponsor a club division)," OHSAA Associate Commissioner Bob Goldring said.

The location for the state lacrosse finals, if adopted, is yet to be determined, Dr. Ross said.

Bowling was the most recent sport to be adopted by the OHSAA. This past winter was the ninth year for the sanctioned sport.