Chris Holtmann landed his first Ohio recruit in Justin Ahrens on Sunday, and is continuing to make the rounds across the state.
After throwing out the first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds game last Thursday, Ohio State's basketball coach is now set to make the trip back up I-71 to do the same in Cleveland on Friday, according to Hayden Grove of Cleveland.com.
Ohio State head basketball coach Chris Holtmann will toss out the ceremonial first pitch at Progressive Field on Friday night. #Indians
— Hayden Grove (@H_Grove) September 26, 2017
Holtmann has spent some time in northeast Ohio this week, dropping in on Garfield Heights High School, which is home to Alonzo Gaffney, the top-rated Ohio recruit in the 2019 class.
Nothing could be better than having the BOSS @ChrisHoltmann from THE OHIO STATE University visiting Garfield Today.Great Coach special Man pic.twitter.com/dbCrZyApsv
— Sonny Johnson (@sonnyjohnson32) September 25, 2017
The Buckeyes missed out on the second-ranked 2019 player in the state in August, when Pickerington North's Jeremiah Francis committed to North Carolina.
