2027 OHSBCA Poll Voting Application

Coaches,

The window to apply for the 2027 Baseball season is now open. Please complete the 2027 OHSBCA Poll Voter Application. Applications will remain open until Monday, October 5th, 2026. Below are the poll guidelines along with voting responsibilities. If you have any questions regarding the poll, please feel free to contact me.

John Bakalar
OHSBCA Poll Director
Chagrin Falls High School
216-408-0449
john.bakalar@chagrinschools.org

OHSBCA Coaches Poll:

The purpose of the OHSBCA is to unify all baseball coaches in the state of Ohio, promote high school baseball, create an official line of communication with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), foster higher standards of professionalism and ethics, and maintain strong contact with national, state, and local coaches' organizations of baseball. 

The OHSBCA state poll recognizes the top 20 programs in each respective division on weekly basis, along with determing the All-Ohio teams. Head Coaches must join the OHSBCA each year to have the ability to nominate and promote their program to poll voters. 

Eligible Poll Voters have two voting responsibilities:

State Coaches Poll:  Member Teams are rated in each of the seven divisions nine times each spring. Poll champions are recognized at the state clinic. 

All-Ohio Coaches Poll Team: The poll coaches in each division select an All-Ohio Team. All players, of member schools, are eligible (not just seniors). Each division selects a Player of the Year (POY) and a Coach of the Year (COY). They are recognized by the media and are awarded a plaque at the annual state clinic.

1. Designated number of Head Coaches vote in each division.
2. Head Coaches must be a member of the OHSBCA in order to vote, be ranked, or nominate for All-Ohio.
3. Head Coaches are selected by their district reps upon completion of the application.
4. The number of coaches voting in districts will vary, determined by the number of coaches who have joined the OHSBCA in their respective district. 
5. Coaches selected to vote will be notified by their District Reps and their names /emails will be put on the website under their respective divisions.
6. The Poll will be conducted for 10 consecutive weeks. Ballots will be emailed to eligible poll voters and recorded between Thursday and Saturday of the indicated weeks. Results will be online on our website the following Monday.
7. Electronic ballots to be sent to voters via email each Thursday at 12:00pm. Voting window opens on Friday at 12:00pm and closes 11:59PM on Sunday.
8. If your team deserves recognition, or if you have a player who should be considered All-State, be sure that the voters have the needed information before the start of the balloting by emailing them and updating team record in the weekly Google Sheet. 
9. Coaches who are eligible to vote will receive information on the voting procedure starting in early March and will receive their ballots via email prior to the voting window opening.
10. Coaches who do not vote in the coaches poll once will recieve a warning and a second time will be removed and replaced.
11. The Final Ballot 10th Ballot for All-Ohio will determine the 1st, 2nd and Honorable All-State players.