Athletics

Nora Kunsman becomes the first swimmer in BHS history to win a State Title swimming the 50 yard freestyle with a time 22.95 seconds! Nora followed that up with a 4th place finish in the 100 yard freestyle!

The Bryan diving team also repped the Golden Bears team at State. Junior, Ethan Bailey, finished in 3rd place of the OHSAA D-II Boys Diving Championships while senior, Griffin Diaz, finished in 7th place! Kamryn Mills placed 27th on Wednesday in the OHSAA D-II Girls Diving Championships!

The boys and girls bowling seasons are finished! Both teams were represented at the OHSAA D-II State Tournament by Noah Mills on the boys side and Zoey Gillett on the girls side. Noah finished with 603 series which was 17th overall at State. Zoey finished with a 531 series which earned her a 21st overall finish at State.

The girls basketball team hit the tournament trail with three tournament wins defeating Toledo Woodward in Sectional Semifinals (68-4), St. Marys Memorial (48-36), and a District Semifinals win against Lima Bath (36-28). The Lady Bears played the #2 team in Division IV in the Bellevue Redmen and came away with a 68-31 defeat. Bryan finished the season with a 16-10 record and earned a District Runner-up finish!

Bryan had several athletes who either earned All League Honors at their NWOAL Tournament or voted on by the coaches. Below are those athletes that we would like to recognize!

The boys and girls wrestling teams will be represented at their District wrestling tournaments in the next week.

Boys Wrestling - March 6 & 7 at Norwalk High School

John Haury finished in 4th place at the Sectional Tournament.

Girls Wrestling - March 8 at Findlay High School

Payton Geiner finished in 3rd place at the Sectional Tournament

We had three of our teams heading to their respective State Tournaments in the same week! Divers were competing on Tuesday and Wednesday, swimmers on Thursday and Friday and the bowlers were competing on Friday and Saturday so in collaboration with our local police & fire station, we had one large send off for all our State competitors!

Divers were Ethan Bailey and Griffin Diaz on the boy's side and Kamryn Mills on the girls side. 

Swimmers that moved on to State for Bryan were Nora Kunsman, Jalyn Mojica, Annie Kunsman, Drew Smith, Emma Elkins, Nadia Moore, and Sidney Luce.

On the boys side, Carter Luce, Brendan Roberts, Will McCann, Griffin Boehm, Logan Slattery, Josh Sampson, and Zac Shafer.

On February 25, we held our Spring Athletics Parent Meeting to prepare for the last season of athletics for the 2025-2026 school year. If any parent was unable to attend, please review the link below.

'26 Spring Season Parent Meeting Slides

Other Dates to Put on the Calendar:

Athletic Signing Day (Seniors playing athletics in college)

• April 15 at 2pm in MS/HS Commons

Dead Week (No Organized Athletics)

• • • June 27 - July 5

Beginning in November 2025, OHSAA member schools approved a rule allowing Ohio student-athletes to earn compensation for their name, image, and likeness (NIL), including payments for appearances, endorsements, social media content, licensing, and other personal branding activities outlined in Bylaw 4-11.

Unlike college athletics, this is not a court decision, but rather a change in the OHSAA Bylaws which includes rules and regulations that need to be followed. The major points are below:

• School names, logos, and brands cannot be used in any NIL agreement. Only those associated with the student.

• No incentives or merit-based agreement is allowed. 

• No time on NIL can be spent during school or athletic hours (includes practice, games, meetings, bus rides, etc…).

• Products or services cannot be displayed during games, practices, or online. 

• Coaches, administration, school employees or those tied to the school such as booster organizations cannot be a part of brokering or seeking out NIL opportunities for their students.

• It is the student & families responsibility to report NIL agreements using the OHSAA affirmation agreement within 14 days. If not reported, students can be deemed ineligible. This is the student & their families responsibility.