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OHSAA SAID REF DIDN’T VIOLATE ANY RULES OR PROCEDURES
The Ohio High School Athletic Association had two words for Trotwood-Madison High School on Wednesday, March 18.
Case closed.
Trotwood-Madison wanted the OHSAA to acknowledge that referee xxxxxx xxxxxxxx made a mistake by calling a foul with eight-tenths of a second remaining in the Rams’ 52-51 Division I district championship loss to Centerville at UD Arena on Saturday, March 14.
But the governing body of Ohio high school athletics refused that acknowledgment because the official did not violate any rules or procedures.
“If a rule was misinterpreted or an official’s procedure was misapplied, then that is something we would potentially acknowledge,” said Tim Stried, OHSAA’s director of information services. “But this (Trotwood’s complaint) doesn’t have anything to do with that. Several of us watched the video and it’s clear the official thought it was a foul, and that’s the end of the story. It’s over.”
OHSAA bylaws prohibit schools from protesting the outcome of games.
“It’s for this very reason,” Stried said. “If we allowed protests, gosh, we’d have a thousand protests a month from folks who said there was a missed call or a bad call. That’s why we don’t allow for protests. Officials’ decisions at the site are final.”
Trotwood principal Gerald Cox said he addressed his concerns in a letter to the OHSAA, and that he’ll comment after contacting the association.
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