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Spring 2025: OHSAA Divisions Expand To Seven Divisions

***To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

The divisions have been announced. The seven-division format for the sport of baseball will begin in 2025 with around 64 schools in both Division I and Division II, while between 124 and 127 schools are listed in each of the other five divisions. The finals are again set for Canal Park in Akron in early June with state semifinals expected to be played at four different sites in the Akron area, including Canal Park and Thurman Munson Stadium. 

Division I - Top 10

Quick Overview: While the program with the most D-I state titles in history, Elder, is no longer in the division, it should be another amazing battle to see who makes in to the Final Four and then goes on to win it. The new setup will likely mean more marque matchups earlier in the tournament than has been the case in the past. Five of last year's top 10 ranked squads remain in Division I, with three of the four teams that made it to state still in D-I in 2024 champion Mason along with semifinalists Olentangy Berlin and Perrysburg.

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division II - Top 10

Quick Overview: Prominent names like Elder and Walsh Jesuit will make this division very exciting, but the change could also give way to schools that had to previously run through D-I goliaths that are not in this division. It could open the door for some really good programs to make some deeper state runs. Only three teams that made it to regionals a year ago are in the division in North Canton Hoover, Avon and Elder. 

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division III - Top 10

Quick Overview: What a division this should be with schools that a year ago were in either Division I or II now located in D-III. In fact, four teams that made it to the regionals in Division I last season are now in D-III, including last year's Division I state runners-up Twinsburg. Wooster, Toledo St. Francis de Sales and Vandaia Butler are others that have moved down from D-I to D-III. In addition, Division II second place fiisher Badin along with state semifinalist Padua are now in Division III as well as Kenston, the D-II state champion in 2023 which was a D-I Final 4 team in 2022 and a regional final squad in D-II last year. Kenton Ridge, Washington Court House and CVCA are others in D-III this year after making it to regionals in Division II in 2024.

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division IV - Top 10

Quick Overview: Two defending state champions now reside in Division IV in last year's D-II champs West Branch and the 2024 D-III winners Heath. Millbury Lake, the D-III state runners-up, and Indian Creek, a state semifinalist in D-II, are also in Division IV this season. A good mix of smaller private schools that have had success in baseball like Ursuline and Benedictine are in the division, with mid-sized baseball towns like Jonathon Alder and Heath presiding in a division that includes 13 schools that were in the regionals a year ago. Perry, Marengo Highland and Brookville were in D-III regionals in 2024 while Napoleon, Alder, Waverly, Clear Fork, Ursuline and Indian Hill were in the D-II regionals along with West Branch and Indian Creek. 

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division V - Top 10

Quick Overview: This division is full of former Division III powers including Waynedale and Minford, both state semifinal losers a year ago. Portsmouth, Coldwater and Cincinnati Christian were in the D-III regional finals last year while Proctorville Fairland, Barnesville, Norwayne and South Range were D-III squads that made it to the Sweet 16 in 2024. Also in the D-V field this year is St. Clairsville, which was a D-II regional participant in 2024. Northwest Ohio in particular will be competitive in D-V with five of the top 10 teams in these rankings from the area, and that doesn't even include a perennial power like Eastwood who just missed the cut. 

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division VI - Top 10

Quick Overview: Hiland headlines this division after winning Division IV last year. Two of the other D-IV teams at state last season, Fort Recovery and Hillsdale, are also in D-VI in 2025 with one D-II regional participant, Huron, dropping all the way down to Division VI this season. Wynford and Cincinnati Country Day were D-III regional semifinal teams that are now in Division VI. Also in the division are two other schools that have been recent powers in Division IV in Toronto and Lincolnview. Lake Center Christian is also another team to note, with the talent they have on the roster. Patrick Henry has one of the top arms in the state, making them a team to think about as well.

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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Division VII - Top 10

Quick Overview: Russia, Warren JFK and Tiffin Calvert are former Division IV state participants over the past two seasons that are in the Division VII field in 2025. Leipsic and Leesburg Fairfield made it to the regional finals in D-IV last year and have hopes to advance even further this season in Division VII. Montpelier, South Central and Bradford were also in the regionals in 2024 in Division IV and have aspirations of making it to Akron this coming season. Another interesting school that dropped all the way down to Division VII is Newark Catholic, which has been to the Final Four 13 times this century in Division IV, including state titles in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Minster, which took home the D-IV crown in 2011, 2012 and 2017, is also in Division VII.

**To view the breakdown of each division, please click here.

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