NW Ohio 5th District Wrestling Officiating

12/03/2025

Please remember to keep political posts off this group page. We are here to promote the sport of wrestling.

12/03/2025

Birthday shoutout to THREE of our members today! Happy birthday to Dave Eicher, Dave Bowling and Doug Kutzli! Have a great day guys and we’ll see you on the mats!

11/09/2025

Honored and humbled!

10/23/2025

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07/22/2025

03/03/2025

Congratulations to our Class 3 wrestling officials who will be competing at the OHSAA State Wrestling Championships this weekend: Jackson Bartels, Viv Legato, Corbin Kimmel, Aiden Helmke, Tyler Kiessling, Mason Ducat, Thor Etter, Civil Pumphrey and Izzy Jordan.

12/08/2024

Reminder that Monday, 12/9 is our 3rd last meeting of the year! Some people need all 3 meetings to keep their licenses.

03/08/2024

Good luck to all of the wrestlers competing in the state wrestling tournament in Columbus, Ohio this weekend, especially the Northwest Ohio wrestlers. Special good luck wishes to our very own Class 3 Officials wrestling in the tournament this weekend - Aiden Helmke and Corbin Kimmel!

Congratulations to the 5th District’s Butch Blankenship for being selected to work his first state tournament!

11/20/2023

Our 2nd local rules meeting will be held at Defiance High School Monday night, 11/20 at 7:30. Anyone interested in becoming a licensed official is welcome to attend. Ohio is facing a severe shortage of wrestling officials, especially with the increase in female wrestling events. Visit https://www.ohsaa.org/Officiating/permits/category1 to register for a class. Females with a background in wrestling (wrestlers, former wrestlers, mat stats, managers, parents, etc,...) are encouraged to become licensed officials.

Ohio High School Athletic Association

11/13/2023

A reminder that our first local rules meeting is Monday night (11/13) at Defiance High School at 7:30. Anyone interested in becoming a registered official may attend.

08/12/2023

It’s with a heavy heart that I am posting news of the passing of a fellow official and friend. Tim Gilmore was a father/husband, wrestler, coach, official and friend to many. Tim officiated many state tournaments over his 30+ year career and mentored many other officials , including myself. Tim’s photography skills even caught me working my first state tournament finals match, which I have framed in my den. Tim will be greatly missed in the Ohio wrestling community!

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Tim Gilmore Leave a message of condolence Print this obituary Visitation: Tuesday, August 15, 20232:00 PM - 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMChristian Alliance Church1609 Conwell Ave. Willard, Ohio 44890 Visitation 2: Wednesday, August 16, 202310:00 AM - 11:00 AMChristian Alliance Church1609 Conwell ....

03/01/2023

There is a new officiating class starting on March 24. To enroll:

1) go to myOHSAA.org;
2) create an account (if you are still a HS student, I suggest that you don’t use a school email address, but you can change it later if that’s all you have);
3) In the left hand column under “Officiating Courses” select the drop down menu “Select a Course”
4) On the right will be “Select a Sport” - Choose Wrestling and then scroll down to find Butch Blankenship’s course. Enroll in that course ASAP so that you get your class material within a few days.
All of the book work is online. This class will have the opportunity to get mat experience at the Wrestle Against Autism tournament at Otterbein University in Westerville on April 16th.