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Stalling penalty increased in high school wrestling

spolansky — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:46:00 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 27, 2012) — High school wrestlers who are called for a third stalling violation will receive a stiffer penalty beginning with the 2012-13 season. In addition to the two-point penalty assessed for a third stalling violation, the opponent will now have his or her choice of position on the next restart.

The stalling penalty revision was one of eight rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee at its April 9-11 meeting in Indianapolis. The changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

“The change to the third stalling penalty resulted from the committee’s desire to encourage wrestlers to wrestle aggressively by providing a greater incentive not to stall,” said Dale Pleimann, chair of the Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. “No one likes to see a wrestler disqualified for stalling. The hope is that by increasing the third stalling penalty, a wrestler who has been penalized twice will be encouraged to pick up the pace and wrestle more aggressively.”

In other changes, the committee adjusted the current dual meet weigh-in procedure to align with the random draw.

Bob Colgate, NFHS director of sports and sports medicine and staff liaison to the Wrestling Rules Committee, said this change would provide maximum preparation and warm-up time for the first contestants scheduled to compete in a dual meet.

Three new rules were approved by the committee, including Rule 4-3-5, which states that wrestlers “may not wear wristbands, sweatbands or bicep bands during a match.” This rule was enacted in an effort to minimize risk of injury from wrestlers getting their fingers caught in an opponent’s wristband or sweatband.

Another new rule for 2012-13 is an exception to the 30-second tiebreaker. The new exception (8-2-1h) will read as follows:

“If the second injury time-out is taken at the conclusion of the first 30-second tiebreaker period and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the second 30-second tiebreaker period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the second 30-second tiebreaker period.”

This provision was a rule change last year for the regulation match and will now apply to the overtime as well.

Rule 10-2-9 will be added to next year’s rules to address what happens when two wrestlers in the championship bracket simultaneously cannot continue a match. If both wrestlers cannot continue because of disqualification for stalling or having their injury or blood time elapse, the wrestler who is leading on points at the time the match is terminated will continue in the consolation bracket. If the match is tied at the time of termination, neither wrestler will continue.

Following are the other three changes approved by the committee:

4-1-1a: Language has been updated to describe the wrestler’s singlet, and the change will also allow the T-shirt with no sleeves to be worn under the one-piece singlet when approved by the referee.

5-11-2i: Rules language was expanded to complete the near-fall and penalty sequence.

10-3-6 and 10-3-7: The tournament bracket format was revised to allow more flexibility in conducting a tournament.

“The NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee confirmed that the sport of high school wrestling is in great shape overall by making only a few changes to the scholastic rules,” Pleimann said.

Wrestling is the sixth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 273,732 participants in 10,407 schools during the 2010-11 season, according to the NFHS Athletics Participation Survey. In addition, 7,351 girls were involved in wrestling in 1,215 high schools.

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About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)

The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.6 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS Web site at www.nfhs.org.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Bruce Howard or John Gillis, 317-972-6900
National Federation of State High School Associations
PO Box 690, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
bhoward [at] nfhs [dot] org or jgillis [at] nfhs [dot] org

Sports participation survey now ready to be filled out

spolansky — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:21 +0000

The 2011-12 sports participation survey is now ready to be filled out by all member schools. Once again it is an electronic submission, but the online format has changed. Please click on the link below and read all the instructions before proceeding.

Deadline is Thursday, May 31, 2012

Sports Participation Survey: click here

NFHS Coaching Today posts new content

spolansky — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:10:49 +0000

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has new content posted to the NFHS Coaching Today website. The material can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://www.nfhs.org/coachingtoday/

Nomination forms available for Official of the Year and Officials Association of the Year

csobers — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:35:52 +0000

Attached are the nominations forms for "Officials Association of the Year" and "Officials of the Year". Nominees must exemplify the highest standards of ethical conduct, moral character and carry the endorsement of their respective local association.

The deadline to submit a nomination is Arpil 27, 2012. Selections will be announced and awards presented at the 2012 FHSAA Officials Leadership Conference in Gainesville on June 9, 2012.

Attached File(s):

Official of the Year Nomination Form (62 KB)

Attached File(s):

Officials Association of the Year Nomination Form (40 KB)

NFHS Coaching Today posts new content

spolansky — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:17:56 +0000

FHSAA seeking regional wrestling hosts for 2012-13 school year

spolansky — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:39:00 +0000

The Florida High School Athletic Association is currently making plans for the 2012-13 school year. Accordingly, we are interest in establishing the host schools and sites for the 2013 FHSAA regional wrestling meets. Please download the document below if interested. The deadline to apply to host is Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

Attached File(s):

Host application (126 KB)

Winter athletic season Academic Team Champions announced

spolansky — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:18:00 +0000

The Academic Team Champions for the winter of 2011-12 have been announced, as well as the overall classification standings. Each classification and overall sport winner receives a commemorative plaque. For overall classification winners, the top 10 schools in each category will receive points. Ten points will be awarded for a first place finish, nine points for second, etc. The school in each class with the highest cumulative point total for the entire school year will get a special award. Points awarded for teams in single-class sports will still count toward the overall standings.

Winter ATC winners: click here

Overal class standings after the winter: click here

For complete information regarding the Academic Team Champion award: click here

Olympia, St. Thomas Aquinas, Gainesville, American Heritage (Plantation), Bolles, Cocoa Beach, Tampa Prep, P.K. Yonge, Sarasota Christian, Union County lead FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings

spolansky — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE – Olympia (Orlando), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Gainesville American Heritage (Plantation), Bolles (Jacksonville), Cocoa Beach, Tampa Prep, P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Sarasota Christian and Union County (Lake Butler) lead their respective categories following winter sports competition in the 2011-12 FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Point Standings. 

 Olympia, with 523 points in Class 8A, moved into first place, edging fall leader Plant (Tampa) by just six points. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) has totaled 769.5 points to open up what was a close race with Martin County (Stuart) in Class 7A, which finished the winter with 590 points. Gainesville had a strong winter season to total 503 points, which is almost a 30-point lead over the fall's top school in Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), which has 473.5 points. American Heritage (Plantation), with 793 points, holds a 291-point lead over Ponte Vedra. Bolles (Jacksonville), with 903 points, is way out in front of the Class 4A private schools, 353 points better than second-place Lake Highland Prep (Orlando). Cocoa Beach continues to lead the Class 4A public school category with 217 points, but is now only 12 points ahead of Godby (Tallahassee). In Class 3A private schools, Tampa Prep, thanks in large part to the school's first-ever boys basketball state title, overtook Maclay (Tallahassee) -- 507 to 451.5. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), with 308 points, sets the pace in the Class 3A/2A combined public school category, while second-place FAMU made some big strides in the winter but still trails by 83 points. The closest race is in the Class 2A private school category where Sarasota Christian has 188 points compared to Grandview Prep's (Boca Raton) 185 points. In the new rural Class 1A Union County (Lake Butler) remains on top with 251 points, 46 points better than second place Chipley.

For the 2011-12 school year, the 695 member senior high schools have been divided into eight classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2010, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. In accordance with a Board mandate at its November 2002 meeting, Classes 2A, 3A and 4A are further subdivided into public and private categories. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these 10 categories in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 2011-12 school year.

Due to a lack of eligible schools, class 2A public and class 3A public will be combined into one category for the 2011-12 school year

Points are awarded a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 16 places are scored. In bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100 for the state champion, 90 for the state runner-up, 83 for the state semifinalists, 60 for 5-8th places, and 25 for 9-16th places. In non-bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100, 90, 85, 80, 70, 63, 56, 49, 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10. Schools get a 5-point bonus for winning a district or regional championship, and points are deducted for unsporting conduct: 0.5 points for Level 1 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 1.0 for Level 2 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 3 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 5.0 for Level 4 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 1 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 3.0 for Level 2 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 4.0 for Level 3 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; and approximately 3-5 additional points deducted for a school or team-based violation (e.g., bench-clearing brawl, coaches takes team off the field, etc.). When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.

Winners will be honored in their communities during the 2012-13 school year.

  Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:  

Overall Standings  (Full Standings)

 CLASS 8A
1. Olympia (Orlando), 523 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 517.
3. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 492.
4. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 487.5.
5. Palm Harbor University, 449.
6. Hagerty (Oviedo), 401.5
7. Boca Raton, 380.
8. Winter Park, 343.
9. Riverview (Sarasota), 323.5.
10. Colonial (Orlando), 323.

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 769.5 points.
2. Martin County (Stuart), 590.
3. Chiles (Tallahassee), 423.
4. Oviedo, 373.
5. Fleming Island (Orange Park), 343.
6. Buchholz (Gainesville), 338.
7. Seminole (Seminole), 303.5.
8. Sebastian River (Sebastian), 264.
9. Harmony, 247.
10. Osceola (Kissimmee), 236.

CLASS 6A
1. Gainesville, 503.
2. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 473.5.
3. Niceville, 387.5.
4. Fort Myers, 340.
5. Choctawhatchee, 328.
6. Winter Haven, 326.
7. Miami Norland, 317.
8. Gulf Coast (Naples), 259.
9. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 243.
10. Edgewater (Orlando), 238.5.

CLASS 5A
1. American Heritage (Plantation), 793.
2. Ponte Vedra, 502.
3. Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 462.
4. Jesuit (Tampa), 382.
5. Nature Coast (Brooksville), 331.
6. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 325.5.
7. Estero, 316.
8. Jensen Beach, 307.
9. Robinson (Tampa), 275.
10. Creekside (St. Johns), 261.

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 903 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 550.
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 535.5.
4. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 442.
5. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 356.
6. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 349.
7. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 346.5.
8. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 317.5.
9. Pensacola Catholic, 281.5.
10. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 271.5.

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Cocoa Beach, 217 points.
2. Godby (Tallahassee), 205.
3. Dunbar (Fort Myers), 174.5.
4. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 167.
5. Ribault (Jacksonville), 163.
6. Jones (Orlando), 154.
7. Yulee, 144.
8. Key West, 136.
9. West Nassau (Callahan), 131.
10. Raines (Jacksonville), 129.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Tampa Prep, 507.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee), 451.5 points.
3. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 402.
4. Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), 398.
5. Community School (Naples), 395.
6. Providence (Jacksonville), 315.
7. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 300.
8. First Academy (Orlando), 294.5.
9. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 257.
10. King's Acdemy (West Palm Beach), 249.

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 308 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 225.
3. Fort Meade, 112.
4. Parkway (Miramar), 98.
5. McKeel (Lakeland), 84.
6. Taylor Pierson), 60.
7. Florida Deaf & Blind (St. Augustine), 49.
8. Oasis (Cape Coral), 46.5.
9. Pahokee, 26.
10. (tie) Brooks-DeBartolo (Tampa), 25.
10. (tie) Archimedean (Miami), 25.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 188.
2. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 185.
3. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 164.5.
4. (tie) Academy at the Lakes (Land O'Lakes), 153.
4. (tie) Westwood Christian (Miami), 153.
6. (tie) Canterbury (St. Petersburg), 130.
6. (tie) Hollywood Christian, 130.
8. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 118.
9. Orlando Christian Prep, 110.
10. First Baptist (Naples), 104.

CLASS 1A
1. Union County (Lake Butler), 251 points.
2. Chipley, 205.
3. Newberry, 188.
4. Jefferson County (Monticello), 175.
5. Lafayette (Mayo), 170.
6. Holmes County (Bonifay), 158.
7. Freeport, 156.5.
8. Graceville, 150.
9. Crescent City, 146.
10. Trenton, 130.

GIRLS STANDINGS (Full Standings)

CLASS 8A
1. Olympia (Orlando), 373 points.
2. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 350.
3. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 343.
4. Plant (Tampa), 302.
5. Hagerty (Oviedo), 288.

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 374.
2. Buchholz (Gainesville), 313.
3. Martin County (Stuart), 310 points.
4. Oviedo, 271.
5. Harmony, 242.

CLASS 6A
1. Niceville, 343.
2. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 328 points.
3. Gainesville, 308.
4. Choctawhatchee, 235.
5. Fort Myers, 205.

CLASS 5A
1. American Heritage (Plantation), 400 points.
2. Ponte Vedra, 270.
3. Creekside (St. Johns), 237.
4. Estero, 227.
5. Merritt Island, 224.

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 398 points.
2. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 318.
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 239.5.
4. Holy Names (Tampa), 221.
5. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 218.

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Ribault (Jacksonville), 163 points.
2. Coral Springs Charter, 129.
3. Cocoa Beach, 122.
4. Jones (Orlando), 119.
5. Dunbar (Fort Myers), 110.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 337 points.
2. Community School (Naples), 269.
3. Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), 228.
4. First Academy (Orlando), 225.
5. Tampa Prep, 203.

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 224 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 135.
3. Parkway (Miramar), 100.
4. Florida Deaf & Blind (St. Augustine), 49.
5. Pahokee, 26.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 140 points.
2. First Baptist (Naples), 104.
3. (tie) Hollywood Christian, 100.
3. (tie) Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 100.
5. Geneva (Winter Park), 95.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Newberry, 190 points.
2. Crescent City, 120.
3. (tie) Lafayette (Mayo), 110.
3. (tie) Ponce de Leon, 110.
5. Baker, 105.

BOYS STANDINGS (Full Standings)

CLASS 8A
1. Columbus (Miami), 281.5 points.
2. Palm Harbor University, 272.
3. Boca Raton, 266.
4. (tie) Colonial (Orlando), 215.
4. (tie) Plant (Tampa), 215.

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 395.5 points.
2. Martin County (Stuart), 280.
3. Seminole (Seminole), 207.5
3. Chiles (Tallahassee), 203.
5. Osceola (Kissimmee), 180.

CLASS 6A
1. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 243 points.
2. Miami Norland, 217.
3. Gainesville, 195.
4. Palmetto, 188.
5. Leesburg, 160.5.

CLASS 5A
1. American Heritage (Plantation), 393 points.
2. Jesuit (Tampa), 382.
3. Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 258.
4. Nature Coast (Brooksville), 236.
5. Ponte Vedra, 232.

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 505 points.
2. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 387.5.
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 332.
4. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 210.
5. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 187.

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Raines (Jacksonville), 129 points.
2. Godby (Tallahassee), 117.
3. West Shore (Melbourne), 110.
4. Madison County (Madison), 99.
5. Washington (Miami), 97.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Tampa Prep, 304 points.
2. Sagemont (Weston), 218.
3. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 203.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 175.
5. Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), 170.

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. Fort Meade, 126 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 90.
3. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 84 points.
4. McKeel (Lakeland), 74.
5. Taylor (Pierson), 60.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 133 points.
2. Orlando Christian Prep, 110.
3. Champagnat (Hialeah), 100.
4. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 92.
5. St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 89.5

CLASS 1A
1. Chipley, 205 points.
2. Union County (Lake Butler), 186.
3. Jefferson County (Monticello), 175.
4. Hawthorne, 100.
5. West Gadsden (Greensboro), 93.

  Contact: 
Seth Polansky
Membership/Web Specialist, FHSAA
 (352) 372-9551 ext. 400
spolansky [at] fhsaa [dot] org

FHSAA network adds wrestling championship finals matches to live streaming lineup

spolansky — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:12:15 +0000

GAINESVILLE, FL (Feb. 15, 2012) – The FHSAA Network will stream the FHSAA wrestling championship finals matches from Saturday's evening session at the Lakeland Center LIVE at www.FHSAAsports.com and archive the matches for on demand viewing.

The FHSAA Network is a partnership between the FHSAA and PlayOn! Sports that features live streaming and on-demand coverage of high school sports in Florida online. The FHSAAsports.com video portal provides fans access, at no charge, to a wide variety of events, all of which will be archived and available for on demand viewing.

The FHSAA Network will stream the wrestling finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. EST at FHSAASports.com.

The FHSAA Network is a partnership between PlayOn! Sports and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) featuring rights and brand management, video production of state championship events, multi-platform distribution, and coordinated sponsorship sales of high school sports in Florida.

PlayOn! Sports is the largest rights holder, producer, and aggregator of high school sports events distributed across television, the Internet, and IP-video enabled mobile devices. By combining State Athletic Associations’ postseason content with the regular season events of member schools, PlayOn provides marketers with a unique multi-media platform solution to reach teens, young adults and families. PlayOn is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with offices in the Southeast and Midwest. For more information, contact PlayOn! Sports at info [at] playonsports [dot] com, or visit www.playonsports.com.

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For more information, contact:

PlayOn! Sports
Monica Cox, 404-219-5511
monica.cox@playonsports

FHSAA
Seth Polansky, 352-372-9551, ext. 400
spolansky [at] fhsaa [dot] org

PlayOn! Sports announces launch of nationwide high school sports network

spolansky — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:39:55 +0000

PlayOn! Sports, the company that currently provides the internet stream of the FHSAA championships, has announced the launch of a nationwide high school sports network. With PlayOn! Sports and FHSAA's partnership, this ensures plenty of Florida's top players and best games will be shown on the new network. Be on the lookout this fall for availability in your area.

For more on the new network: click here | promo video

If your school is interested in producing the same kind of championship content seen on fhsaasports.com for all your athletic contests, check out the brochure below or contact Seth Polansky at the FHSAA at spolansky [at] fhsaa [dot] org or (352) 372-9551 ext. 400. PlayOn! Sports will come into your school, train your students on how to shoot and edit videos using professional equipment, and your school keeps the laptop and software!

Attached File(s):

sbp_presentation_-_fhsaa.pdf (1.30 MB)

Schools encouraged to turn in Russ Mauger award sheet for wrestling

spolansky — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:10:00 +0000

The Russ Mauger Mental Attitude Award was established by the FHSAA Awards Committee to honor the memory of Mr. Russ Mauger. Mr. Mauger was a long-time tournament director of countless invitational, district, region and state wrestling tournaments. The award will be presented to the one wrestler who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, ethics and integrity during competition at the FHSAA Wrestling Finals.

Each participating wrestler, coach and official has the opportunity to nominate one wrestler which they feel most exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership, ethics and integrity. Deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, Feb. 10. The form is below.

Attached File(s):

wrrussmaugernomination.doc (79 KB)

FHSAA under contract for 12 championship venues

csobers — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:30:00 +0000

The FHSAA is happy to announce that 12 of the 15 venues awarded top honors for hosting state championship events are under contract. The sports, venue/host and expiration dates are listed below.

Basketball (Boys & Girls) – The Lakeland Center – expires 6/30/14
Bowling – Boardwalk Bowl/East River High School – expires 6/30/14
Cross Country – Little Everglades/Little Everglades Steeplechase Foundation, Inc. – expires 6/30/13
Flag Football – Gene Cox Stadium/Leon County – expires 6/30/14
Football – Citrus Bowl/Central Florida Sports Commission – expires 6/30/14
Golf – Mission Inn & surrounding courses/Central Florida Sports Commission – expires 6/30/13
Swimming – YMCA Aquatic Center – expires 6/30/14
Tennis – Sanlando Park, Red Bug Lake Park, Sylvan Kale Park, Lake Brantley HS/Central Florida Sports Commission – expires 6/30/13
Track – Hodges Stadium/University of North Florida – expires 6/30/13
Volleyball (Girls) – Silver Spurs Arena/Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau – expires 6/30/13
Volleyball (Boys) – Silver Spurs Arena/Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau – expires 6/30/13
Wrestling – The Lakeland Center – expires 6/30/14

Three more venues have been extended contracts and negotiations are currently taking place. That list includes softball (National Training Center, Clermont), lacrosse (West Orange High School, Winter Garden), and water polo (Ransom Everglades High School, Miami).

The sports of baseball, soccer (girls and boys) and weightlifting (girls and boys) are in the final year of their contracts and RFPs for those championship venues will be released between January and April of 2012.

Declarations of candidacy to serve on FHSAA winter sports advisory committees

spolansky — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:12:00 +0000

Declarations of candidacy to serve on FHSAA advisory committees for the Winter sports of Basketball, Soccer and Wrestling are now available. You can access the candidacy form below. The deadline to return the candidacy form to the FHSAA Office is 5 p.m. EST on Sept. 30, 2011. The forms can be faxed to (352) 244-5053 or e-mail to Shanell Young at syoung [at] fhsaa [dot] org

Attached File(s):

winter_11-12_declaration_of_candidacy.pdf (131 KB)

Score reporting update

spolansky — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:25:00 +0000

Score Reporting Update

There are three ways you are able to report a score in C2C. Make sure you always fill in the FINAL column as that is what gets reported. Athletic directors—please make sure you have given your coaches the appropriate privileges in the "Staff and Privileges" section on the Dashboard.

On your dashboard, you will receive an alert after a competition has been played. It will be displayed like this “A matchup for Varsity Boys Football on August 26th requires a score.” There will be a View button that you can click on and it will take you to the place to enter the score.
From the dashboard, click on Sports Teams and then select the team you wish to report the score for. Next, select the game from the schedule and click the Results tab on the right. At the bottom, you will click the Scores button and enter in the Score.
You will be able to purchase a mobile C2C score reporting app called CoachMe. You will have Alerts button on the app that will also allow you to add your scores directly from your mobile phone.

Let me know if you have any questions---

First games are this week for preseason volleyball and football; good luck to everyone.

Dr. Peggy Jones - pjones [at] fhsaa [dot] org (e-mail) - phone (352) 372-9551 ext. 270

Officials to participate in "Calling for a Cure" campaign

spolansky — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:04:56 +0000

Some FHSAA contest officials have agreed to participate in the “Calling for a Cure” campaign. By participating, these officials have agreed to donate their game fee, or a portion of their game fee, to the American Cancer Society. The dates for participation in the state of Florida are as follows:

Oct. 3-8, 2011
Jan. 9-14, 2012
March 19-24, 2012

If you notice that the contest officials are using pink whistles during the contest, this means these officials have agreed to make an individual donation in this effort. If this is the case, the FHSAA kindly asks that you acknowledge this participation through the public address announcement found below. Please make the announcement a minimum of two times during the contest. For football, make the announcement between quarters. In volleyball, make the announcement once between the first and second game in a match, and then again between the second and third game in a match.

The administrator or coach may ask the officials if they will be using pink whistles for the contest to communicate the need to make the announcement to the public address announcer.

The web site for more information regarding this campaign is http://www.foundationsresourcegroup.com/splash.html#westcountywalk

Announcement
"Ladies and gentlemen, we recognize the officials of the <NAME OF OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION> for their support in the fight against breast cancer. You may note their willingness to support this effort by the use of the pink whistle. The pink whistle signifies that the contest officials are contributing the contest’s game fee or a portion of the game fee to research in the Calling for a Cure campaign. If you wish to further support this effort or become an official, you may find the necessary information on the FHSAA’s website at www.BecomeAnOfficial.org."

Directions for viewing the Concussion in Sports, What you Need To Know course

mherchel — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:28:00 +0000

Directions for viewing the Concussion in Sports, What you Need To Know course

Go to www.nfhslearn.com.
Create a login and a password.
Click Order Now (the video is free).
Select an option and click continue.
Select Florida as your state.
Click checkout.
Click complete purchase (there should not be a charge unless you are purchasing other videos).
Click here on your receipt page. This takes you to your own account page.
The video will be under My Available Courses. Click begin to watch the video. The video is approximately 20 minutes long. The system has the ability to stop at a certain point and pick back up at that point when you come back to the video.

For help viewing the course, please contact the help desk at NFHS. There is a tab on the upper right hand corner of www.nfhslearn.com.

For questions on the requirement to view the course, please contact Dr. Peggy Jones at 352-372-9551 ext 180—Dr. Peggy Jones

FHSAA welcomes 35 new schools to the Association

spolansky — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:34:00 +0000

The Board of Directors at its year-end meeting on June 13-14, 2011 voted to accept 35 new members into the FHSAA, with 33 of them being high schools/combination schools. The Association also saw nine high schools/combination schools and six middle schools leave. That list is at the bottom of the page. It is very important to check these lists! Scroll through the entire page to gather information about member and former member schools. Please note that the Approved Nonmembership level is no longer in place with the FHSAA. If a former Approved Nonmember school was not granted provisional membership, then that school can no longer be scheduled or played.

The list of new schools is below. Contracts for interscholastic competition may be signed at this time.

Provisional Membership – High Schools
Beacon of Hope (St. Augustine) - *
Ben Gamla (Plantation)
Boynton Beach Charter
Cassels Christian (Starke)
Central Florida Prep (Orlando) - *
Countryside Christian (Gainesville) - *
Divine Savior (Doral)
Donahue Academy (Ave Maria) - *
Edison Academics (Bradenton) - *
Edison Private (Hialeah) - *
Family Life (Archer)
Forest Lake (Apopka) - *
Foundation Christian (Valrico)
Harvest Community (Jacksonville) - *
Heritage Academy (Bunnell)
Imagine School (North Port)
Key's Gate (Homestead)
King's Academy (Clewiston)
Lake Minneola
Landmark Christian (Haines City) - *
Marco Island Academy
Oxbridge Academy (West Palm Beach)
Pinecrest Prep (Miami)
Riviera Prep (Miami)
Sarasota Military Academy
Shepherd's School (Pahokee) - *
Somerset Central Miramar
Southland Christian (St. Cloud) - *
Tampa Bay HEAT (Brandon)
Tempette (Jacksonville)
Universal Academy (Tampa)
Westlake Prep (Davie)
Westwood Hills (Gainesville) - *
(* - changed from approved nonmembership)

Full Membership – Middle Schools
Hollywood Academy for Arts and Sciences
Oasis (Cape Coral)

From middle school to high school
Pemayetv Emahakv (Okeechobee)

Name Changes:
Haven Christian (Winter Haven) to Oasis Christian
Mandarin Christian (Jacksonville) to Christ's Church Academy

For the schools no longer a part of the FHSAA, all contracts for interscholastic competition are immediately null and void! These contests are no longer allowed to occur. Please check your schedules for the upcoming year to see if any of these schools are listed. If so, your school now has an open date.

Full Membership – High Schools
Berean Academy (Lutz)
Boca Raton Prep
Choice Prep (Miami)
Community Education (Coral Gables)
Florida Bible Christian (Miramar)
Fort Lauderdale Christian
Lighthouse Christian (DeLand)
Miami MacArthur North
Palm Bay Charter
RFM Christian (Melbourne)
Shores Christian (Ocala)
Victory Prep (Orlando)
Woods Haven (Dania Beach)

Full Membership – Middle Schools
Beacon Hill Prep (Miami Gardens)
Emerald Coast (Santa Rosa Beach)
Lighthouse Christian (Pompano Beach)
Port St. Joe
Walton (DeFuniak Springs)
Wewahitchka

Four schools have been removed from full membership and placed into provisional membership due to a lack of full accreditation. All contracts with the schools below are valid and are to be honored. Any contracts with these schools for district play will not count as these schools have been moved from their districts into the Independent category.

Agape (Orlando)
Barrington Christian (Florida City)
Esprit de Corps (Jacksonville)
Riverbend Academy (Ormond Beach)

For a complete list of FHSAA member high schools: click here
For a complete list of FHSAA member middle schools: click here
The FHSAA no longer has the approved nonmembership level.

20 schools recognized for exemplary sportsmanship during 2010-11 school year

spolansky — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:36:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE – Twenty schools have been selected to receive the 2010-11 FHSAA/Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Awards in their respective classifications.

The final listing of award recipients is:

Class 6A

Section 2 – University (Orange City)
Section 4 – Palm Beach Gardens
Overall – Palm Beach Gardens

Class 5A

Section 1 – Ed White (Jacksonville)
Section 3 – Port Charlotte
Section 4 – Spanish River (Boca Raton)
Overall – Ed White

Class 4A

Section 1 –Forrest (Jacksonville)
Section 2 – River Ridge (New Port Richey)
Section 3 – Fort Pierce Central
Section 4 – Dreyfoos (West Palm Beach)
Overall – River Ridge

Class 3A

Section 1 – Arnold (Panama City Beach)
Overall – Arnold

Class 2A

Section 1 – Freeport
Section 3 – Northside Christian (St. Petersburg)
Section 4 – Westminster Academy (Ft. Lauderdale)
Overall – Northside Christian

Class 1A

Section 1 – First Coast Christian (Jacksonville)
Section 2 – Lake Mary Prep
Section 3 – Canterbury (St. Petersburg)
Section 4 – FAU (Boca Raton)
Overall – FAU

Middle School

Section 1 – Yulee Middle School
Section 2 – Crystal River Middle School
Section 4 – St. Mark's (Fort Lauderdale)
Overall – St. Mark's

All 20 schools will be honored at school events in the fall at times and dates to be announced.

About the FHSAA/Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Awards
The FHSAA/Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Awards program was implemented during the 1990-91 school year by the Florida High School Athletic Association to honor those schools that exhibited exemplary sportsmanship during the regular season and FHSAA State Series. Each year the award is presented to one school in each classification whose total sports program best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship by its coaches, players and spectators. Nomination forms for this award are provided to each member school FHSAA representative and officials' association. Criteria for selection of the winners includes programs and activities implemented within the school and community to promote sportsmanship; number and type of unsportsmanlike ejections; number and type of exceptional sportsmanship reports; and source of the nomination. An anonymous selection committee of representatives from the sports community reviews all nominations and selects the winners. There may be one winner from each of the four sections in all seven classifications; the overall winner in each classification shall be chosen from the section winners. The section winners will each receive $500 and a commemorative plaque. The overall winners will each receive an additional $2,500 and a larger plaque. The award is named for FHSAA Commissioner Emeritus Fred E. Rozelle, who served as the Association’s Executive Secretary and Commissioner from 1980-1991.

About the FHSAA
The Florida High School Athletic Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletic competition in Florida. It has a membership of more than 770 middle, junior and senior high schools.

Contact:
Seth Polansky
Media/Membership Specialist, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 400
spolansky [at] fhsaa [dot] org

Dr. Phillips, St. Thomas Aquinas, FAMU sweep FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports awards

spolansky — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:07:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE – Dr. Phillips (Orlando), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) and FAMU (Tallahassee) swept the top overall, boys and girls awards in their respective classifications in the final 2010-11 FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards point standings. Barron Collier (Naples), Bolles (Jacksonville), Cocoa Beach, Trinity Prep (Winter Park), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) and Oak Hall (Gainesville) also won the overall awards in their respective classifications.

Dr. Phillips, with 1,283 points, holds a 364-point margin over the second place finisher and rival, Winter Park, in the Class 6A overall standings. St. Thomas Aquinas totalled 1,152 points to take the lead in Class 5A over Niceville, which finished with 581 points. Barron Collier topped Class 4A with 644 points, edging Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), which finished with 610.5 points. Bolles, with 993.5 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 145 points better than second-place American Heritage (Plantation). Cocoa Beach leads the Class 3A public school category with 305 points, just 13 points better than Jones (Orlando). In Class 2A private schools, Trinity Prep (Winter Park), with 714.5 points, boasted a 163.5-point margin over Northside Christian (St. Petersburg). P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), with 374 points, set the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Port St. Joe finished with 224 points. Oak Hall (Gainesville), with 420.5 points, finished 113.5 points better than second-place Summit Christian (West Palm Beach) in the Class 1A private school category. Finally, FAMU (Tallahassee) earned the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 183.5 points, 148.5 points ahead of Laurel Hill.

For the 2010-11 school year, the 674 member senior high schools have been divided into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2008, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. In accordance with a Board mandate at its November 2002 meeting, Classes 1A, 2A and 3A are further subdivided into public and private categories. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these nine categories in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 2010-11 school year.

Points are awarded a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 16 places are scored. In bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100 for the state champion, 90 for the state runner-up, 83 for the state semifinalists, 60 for 5-8th places, and 25 for 9-16th places. In non-bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100, 90, 85, 80, 70, 63, 56, 49, 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10. Schools get a 5-point bonus for winning a district or regional championship, and points are deducted for unsporting conduct: 0.5 points for Level 1 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 1.0 for Level 2 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 3 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 5.0 for Level 4 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 1 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 3.0 for Level 2 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 4.0 for Level 3 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; and approximately 3-5 additional points deducted for a school or team-based violation (e.g., bench-clearing brawl, coach takes team off the field, etc.). When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.

Winners will be honored in their communities during the 2011-12 school year.

Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:

Overall Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 1,283 points.
2. Winter Park, 919.
3. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 741.
4. Miami Palmetto, 654.
5. Plant (Tampa), 644
6. Riverview (Sarasota), 614.5
7. Cypress Bay (Weston), 607.
8. Oviedo, 523.
9. Olympia (Orlando), 519.
10. Vero Beach, 455.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 1,152 points.
2. Niceville, 581.
3. Fleming Island, 536.5.
4. Martin County (Stuart), 521.
5. Fort Walton Beach, 497.
6. Chiles (Tallahassee), 457.5.
7. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens), 438.5.
8. Durant (Plant City), 419.5.
9. Leon (Tallahassee), 400.
10. Gainesville, 375.5

CLASS 4A
1. Barron Collier (Naples), 644 points.
2. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 610.5.
3. Jesuit (Tampa), 544.5.
4. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 526.5.
5. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 510.
6. Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches), 466.5
7. Ponte Vedra, 457.
8. George Steinbrenner (Lutz), 425.5
9. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 418.
10. Estero, 417.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 993.5 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 838.5.
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 817.5.
4. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 680.
5. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 640.
6. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 594.5.
7. Pensacola Catholic, 581.
8. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 508.
9. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 486.
10. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 480.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Cocoa Beach, 305.
2. Jones (Orlando), 292.
3. Baker County (Glen St. Mary), 229.
4. Atlantic (Port Orange), 211.
5. Suwannee (Live Oak), 196.
6. South Sumter (Bushnell), 180.
7. Rickards (Tallahassee), 173.
8. Cocoa, 169.
9. Crystal River, 161.
10. (tie) Bay (Panama City), 159.
10. (tie) Southeast (Bradenton), 159.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE

1. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 714.5.
2. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 551.
3. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 543.
4. Providence (Jacksonville), 500.
5. Community School (Naples), 494.5.
6. Maclay (Tallahassee), 487.
7. First Academy (Orlando), 457.
8. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 434.
9. Tampa Prep, 411.
10. Sagemont (Weston), 329.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 374.
2. Port St. Joe, 254.
3. Graceville, 210.
4. Sneads, 175.
5. Lafayette (Mayo), 160.5.
6. Freeport, 130.
7. (tie) Liberty County (Bristol), 120.
7. (tie) Blountstown, 120.
9. Holmes County (Bonifay), 95.
10. Jefferson County (Monticello), 92.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 420.5.

2. Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 307.

3. Canterbury (St. Petersburg), 292.

4. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 230.
5. All Saints' (Winter Haven), 215.

6. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 208.5.

7. Windermere Prep, 204.5.

8. Orlando Christian Prep, 196.

9. Seffner Christian, 173.

10. Miami Christian, 161.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 183.5.
2. Laurel Hill, 35.
3. Paxton, 30.
4. Malone, 25.
5. Altha, 18.
6. Poplar Springs (Graceville), 5.
7. Village Academy (Delray Beach), 4.5.
8. 11 schools tied with 0 points

Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 591 points.
2. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 452.
3. Plant (Tampa), 441.
4. Winter Park, 426.
5. Olympia (Orlando), 399.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 479.5 points.
2. Niceville, 381.
3. Chiles (Tallahassee), 339.5.
4. Martin County (Stuart), 315.|
5. Gulf Coast (Naples), 257.

CLASS 4A
1. Barron Collier (Naples), 378 points.
2. George Steinbrenner (Lutz), 300.5.
3. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 299.
4. Gulf Breeze, 283.
5. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 265.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 625 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 549.5.
3. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 330.
4. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 323.
5. Pensacola Catholic, 284.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Cocoa Beach, 300 points.
2. Atlantic (Port Orange), 197.
3. Lake Nona (Orlando), 135.
4. Florida High (Tallahassee), 133.
5. South Sumter (Bushnell), 130.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 417 points.
2. Community School (Naples), 413.
3. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 387.
4. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 309.
5. Maclay (Tallahassee), 260.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 224 points.
2. Port St. Joe, 153.
3. Graceville, 145.
4. Sneads, 95.
5. Lafayette (Mayo), 91.5.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 346.5 points.
2. Canterbury (St. Petersburg), 203.
3. Hollywood Christian, 137.
4. (tie)Miami Christian, 130.
4. (tie)Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville), 130.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 93 points.
2. (tie) Laurel Hill, 30.
2. (tie) Paxton, 30.
4. Village Academy (Delray Beach), 5.
5. 17 schools tied with 0 points

Boys Standings

CLASS 6A

1. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 692 points.

2. Winter Park, 493.

3. Cypress Bay (Weston), 462.

4. Columbus (Miami), 409.

5. Miami Palmetto, 343.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 672.5 points.
2. Charlotte (Punta Gorda), 338.
3. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens), 335.5.
4. Fleming Island, 310.
5. Gainesville, 289.

CLASS 4A
1. Jesuit (Tampa), 544.5 points.
2. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 510.
3. Ponte Vedra, 369.
4. Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches), 348.5.
5. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 311.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 562.5 points.
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 368.5.
3. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 361.5.
4. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 350.
5. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 317.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Jones (Orlando), 219 points.
2. Cocoa, 164.
3. Suwannee (Live Oak), 131 .
4. Mount Dora, 117.
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 115.5.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 327.5 points.
2. Providence (Jacksonville), 274.
3. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 242.
4. Sagemont (Weston), 234.
5. Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland), 233.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Port St. Joe, 186 points.
2. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 150.
3. Freeport, 130.
4. Blountstown, 120.
5. Jefferson County (Monticello), 92.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 220 points.
2. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 153.
3. All Saints' (Winter Haven), 145.
4. Orlando Christian Prep, 131.
5. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 130.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 90.5 points.
2. Malone, 25.
3. Altha, 18.
4. (tie) Laurel Hill, 5.
4. (tie) Poplar Springs (Graceville), 5.

» Complete standings

Contact:
Seth Polansky
Media/Membership Specialist, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 400
spolansky [at] fhsaa [dot] org

New poster created to protect student eligibility

spolansky — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:26:00 +0000

The FHSAA has created a poster of information that is very beneficial for student-athletes in middle school and those entering high school. It combines many of the major bylaws associated with interscholastic sports.

Attached File(s):

Middle school poster (214 KB)

Declarations of candidacy for officials advisory committee now available

spolansky — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:01:28 +0000

Members of the FHSAA Officials Advisory Committee are officials who have been elected by their primary officials association. The committee is composed of 28 members, one official from each administrative section in each of the seven sanctioned sports in which officials are registered by the FHSAA. This committee meets annually to review the officials program and make recommendations for changes if any, to the FHSAA Board of Directors.

Candidates for election to the Officials Advisory Committee must be FHSAA officials in good standing, be registered in the same sport as the seat for which they are being nominated, and be nominated by their primary local officials association. Each local officials association may nominate one official for each sport in which they are sanctioned by the FHSAA.

The deadlines to apply are:
Fall sports: June 20, 2011
Winter sports: Sept. 1, 2011
Spring sports: Jan. 10, 2012

Below is the declaration of candidacy form and the lists of all football and volleyball associations in Sections 1 and 3.

Attached File(s):

Declaration of Candidacy (127 KB)

Attached File(s):

List of officials associations (34 KB)

FHSAA seeking regional wrestling tournament hosts

spolansky — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:08:48 +0000

The FHSAA is currently seeking schools and sites to host regional meets in the 2011-12 school year. If your school is interested in serving as host for one of the 12 regional wrestling tournaments to be held on February 10 & 11, 2012, please submit your letter of invitation to the FHSAA Office no later than June 9, 2011. The mailing address is 1801 NW 80th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606. Or you can submit the application via fax to 352-244-5042, or by e-mail to wrestling [at] fhsaa [dot] org. Please include the information on the attached application along with your letter of invitation. The hosting information form is below.

Attached File(s):

wrreghost2012.doc (125 KB)

Officials Leadership Conference in the works

spolansky — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:33:02 +0000

The FHSAA is currently working on the date and site for the 2011 Officials Leadership Conference in June. Once this information is confirmed, the FHSAA will update the Contest Officials web page and send out a blast email to all officials and associations. Thank you.

2010-11 sports participation survey now available

spolansky — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:52:00 +0000

The 2010-11 sports participation survey is now ready to be filled out. The deadline to submit is Thursday, June 9, 2011. Please read all instructions carefully.

Sports participation survey: click here

Weight classes changed in high school wrestling

spolansky — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:18:50 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 27, 2011) — The most significant changes in weight classes in high school wrestling in 23 years will take place in the 2011-12 season.

In its April 4-6 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee approved an upward shift of the weight classes, beginning with the 103-pound class moving to 106 pounds, which resulted in new weights for 10 of the 14 classes. The changes in weight classes, along with 17 other rules revisions, were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

The 14 weight classes approved by the committee for 2011-12 are as follows: 106 (pounds), 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. Three middle weight classes – 145, 152 and 160 – were retained, although they are 7-8-9 in order now rather than 8-9-10. The largest weight class (285 pounds) remains unchanged as well.

“The change in weight classes resulted from a three-to-four year process utilizing data from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Optimal Performance Calculator,” said Dale Pleimann, chair of the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. “The rules committee was able to analyze data from almost 200,000 wrestlers across the country, with the goal to create weight classes that have approximately seven percent of the wrestlers in each weight class.

“Throughout the process, each state association was kept completely informed and was provided multiple opportunities for input. The results of the last survey of each state association indicated that the majority of states favored a change, and the committee listened and acted accordingly.”

The last wholesale shift in weight classes occurred in 1988, when the lowest weight class was increased from 98 to 103 pounds. The only other changes since then were in 2002, when the number of classes went from 13 to 14 and the 215-pound weight class became mandatory, and in 2006, when the 275-pound class was increased to 285 pounds.

Among changes in wrestling holds, the Figure 4 around the head has been ruled an illegal hold/maneuver. Previously, the Figure 4 was illegal around the body or both legs.

“This move was being used by high school wrestlers more and more on the head, so to minimize the risk of injury, the committee voted to outlaw the Figure 4 on the head as well as around the body and both legs,” said Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Wrestling Rules Committee.

Another significant change was made in Rule 2-1-3, which now makes the boundary line inbounds and, thus, expands the wrestling area. Previously, a wrestler was out of bounds if he or she was touching any part of the 2-inch-wide line which marks the wrestling area.

An additional exception was added to Rule 8-2-1 stating that if the second injury time-out is taken at the conclusion of the second period, and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the third period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period.

“Previously, at the end of the second period and before the third period, Wrestler A takes his or her second injury time-out, which now gives the choice to Wrestler B,” Colgate said. “However, it’s already Wrestler B’s choice by virtue of the original flip of the disk. Therefore, Wrestler B gains no advantage or benefit from Wrestler A’s second injury time-out. With this change, Wrestler B would now have his or her choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period.”

In other changes, a revision in Rule 3-1-13 allows the referee the flexibility to determine his or her best position to monitor the clock and wrestlers during injury, blood or recovery time-outs. Also, language in Rule 6-2-2 was changed from “forfeit” to “disqualification” to reflect correct terminology.

The rules committee also devoted considerable time to developing rules for multi-team dual meets and team-formatted tournaments. Previously, the NFHS Wrestling Rules Book addressed only dual meets and individually bracketed tournaments. Definitions for individually bracketed tournaments, dual meet/team-formatted tournaments and combination tournaments will be contained in Rule 1-3.

“In recent years, high school wrestling has moved from dual meets and individually bracketed tournaments to tournaments incorporating a dual meet/team format,” Pleimann said. “The new Rule 11 will provide rules coverage for this type of tournament format.”

“High school wrestling is in great shape across the country as participation numbers continue to increase. The rules committee did propose 18 changes to the rules book, but approximately two-thirds of those changes resulted from incorporating the new dual meet/team format rules,” Pleimann added.

The final change is one that has been approved by the NFHS Board of Directors for use in all NFHS rules books regarding the meet referee’s jurisdiction. The rule extends the clerical duties of the referee beyond the end of the meet through the completion of any reports required from actions that occurred while the referees had jurisdiction.

Points of emphasis adopted by the committee for 2011-12 include communicable diseases, injury time-outs, coach/referee conference, and concussion recognition and management.

Wrestling is the sixth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 272,890 participants in 10,363 schools during the 2009-10 season, according to the NFHS Athletics Participation Survey. In addition, 6,134 girls were involved in wrestling in 1,009 high schools.

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About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)

The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and fine arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and fine arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and Rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.6 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; produces publications for high school coaches, officials and athletic directors; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, spirit coaches, speech and debate coaches and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS Web site at www.nfhs.org.

FHSAA ranks top venues for fall and winter championships

spolansky — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:34:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE – The FHSAA Office announced today the venues that received the highest rankings by the Association to host its fall and winter championships in the next two to three years.

Most notably, Polk County Sports Marketing and the Lakeland Center received the highest ranking to retain both boys and girls basketball, and wrestling. Both of these would be three-year deals.

"The experience with the folks in Lakeland is what made the difference," said FHSAA Executive Director Dr. Roger Dearing. "The center has a great staff and adequate facilities. We felt that staying with an organization that knows how to run state high school championships at this level was in our best interest.

"Having championships in Lakeland is such a great experience. Everything is fast-paced and always moving, but the staff at the Lakeland Center can handle it."

The FHSAA ranked all proposals it received from the bidding venues for each sport's championship. The highest ranked bid in each sport was notified of its standing and was subsequently offered a contract. All but one venue and the FHSAA are currently in contract negotiation.

The one venue with a signed contract in place is for bowling. Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando will remain the host of the state championship for another three years. Boardwalk Bowl has hosted the FHSAA Finals for seven straight years after the inaugural championship in 2003 was held in Kendall.

Other venues with top rankings include:

Cross Country – Little Everglades Ranch, Dade City (two years)
Cross country finals have been held at Little Everglades Ranch since 2005. This ranking beat out Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee and Ernie Weaver Youth Park in Brooksville.

Golf – Mission Inn, Deer Island Golf and Lake Club, and Harbor Hills Country Club, Lake County (two years)
First time FHSAA Golf Finals will be held in Lake County. Finals have been in Marion County for the past two years and Polk County the two years before that. This ranking beat out bids from St. Lucie County and Marion County.

Swimming & Diving – YMCA Aquatic Center, Orlando (three years)
Swimming & diving finals have been held at the Orlando YMCA for the past four years, and also from 1997-2000. This ranking beat out the bid from The Long Center in St. Petersburg.

Girls Volleyball – Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee (three years)
Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau also currently hosts the competitive cheerleading, girls weightlifting and boys weightlifting finals at Osceola Heritage Park. Girls volleyball had been at the Lakeland Center for the past nine years, and submitted the other bid to the FHSAA for this championship.

Dearing added, "We were impressed with Kissimmee as well. The city did not have any FHSAA finals just two years ago, but now the sports commission there is hosting four of our championships and had very good bids on a couple others."

Securing these venues is subject to successful contract agreement.

About the FHSAA 
The Florida High School Athletic Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida. It has a membership of more than 770 middle and senior high schools, and sponsors postseason competitions to determine the official state high school champions in 30 different sports.  

Contacts: 
Seth Polansky
Media Relations Specialist, FHSAA 
(352) 372-9551 ext. 400
spolasky [at] fhsaa [dot] org

NFHS Coaching Today posts new content

spolansky — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:04:00 +0000

Winter sports Academic Team Champions announced

spolansky — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:55:00 +0000

Vero Beach, East Lake (Tarpon Springs), Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), Berkeley Prep (Tampa), Lakeland Christian and Posnack Jewish (Plantation) lead their classes in the overall standings

The Academic Team Champions for the winter sports have been announced and can be found by clicking here.

For the first time ever, the FHSAA will be awarding a year-end overall Academic Team Champion in each of the six classes. Points will be given for where a school places in each of the categories, similar to the All-Sports Awards. The top 10 schools in each category will receive points. Ten points will be awarded for a first place finish, nine points for second, etc. The school in each class with the highest cumulative point total for the entire school year will get a special award. Points awarded for teams in single-class sports will still count toward the overall standings. To access the link for the standings after the winter sports click here.

Official of the Year nomination form now available

spolansky — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:05:01 +0000

Form must be returned to FHSAA Office by Friday, April 1, 2011.

Attached File(s):

2011_official_of_the_year_nomination_form.doc (61 KB)

Nominations for Officials Association of the Year now open

spolansky — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:37:00 +0000

This is the highest honor awarded by the FHSAA to a local officials association deemed to have contributed at the highest level of excellence to Florida high school athletics. Each local association may nominate one association for this award per year. Among the factors that may be considered are recruitment, retention, education/training, professionalism and innovation.

The deadline to submit the nomination is April 29, 2011. The form is below.

This award will be presented at the 2011 Officials Leadership Conference on Saturday, June 11 in Gainesville.

Attached File(s):

2011 Officials Association of the Year nomination form (39 KB)

National Federation launches new website for coaches

spolansky — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:29:00 +0000

The new online publication for high school coaches - NFHS Coaching Today - officially launched. NFHS Coaching Today can be accessed from the home page of the National Federation website - www.nfhs.org - as well as from the home page of the Coach Education site - www.nfhslearn.com.

Following is a direct link to the site: http://www.nfhs.org/CoachingToday/

This replaces the NFHS Coaches' Quarterly, which is no longer being printed. Through the availability of this publication from the NFHS home site as well as from the coach education site, the National Federation has the potential of reaching hundreds of thousands of coaches nationwide. Material on the site will be changed regularly, with new features and department articles being posted each month. The NFHS Coaching Today Publications Committee is responsible for approving all editorial material.

Student Athlete Advisory Committee re-established, seeking nominations

spolansky — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:24:00 +0000

The FHSAA would like to extend the opportunity for student-athletes in member schools to participate as part of the FHSAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee will be to provide a voice for student-athletes within the FHSAA governance structure, in the following areas:

Current issues facing student-athletes
Input regarding rules and regulations
Input on FHSAA special initiatives (e.g., sportsmanship campaign)
Promotion of a positive image of the student-athlete.

The 16-member statewide committee will meet once or twice annually at the Robert W. Hughes FHSAA Building in Gainesville. A student’s participation would involve a trip to the meeting, accompanied by a chaperone. Expenses (e.g. mileage, lodging, per diem) will be paid as outlined in the FHSAA travel reimbursement policy.

Please review the nomination form below and select two student-athletes (one male and one female) in your school who have an interest in serving on the committee. The FHSAA is interested in applicants who possess the following qualities:

Must be an active student-athlete participating in at least one FHSAA-sanctioned sport;
Must be a sophomore (rising junior) or junior (rising senior) in good academic and disciplinary standing;
Must show a commitment toward representing the interests of all student-athletes;
Must display strong character and commitment to sportsmanship and integrity; and
Must demonstrate leadership in your school.

Nomination forms are due not later than 5 p.m. Monday, March 14, 2011, and may be sent via fax (352.333.2191) or mail to: Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, FHSAA, 1801 NW 80th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606.

If you have any questions, please call Stacey McLeod at (352) 372-9551 ext. 190.

Attached File(s):

Student Athlete Advisory Committee nomination form (53 KB)

Wrestling Information

fhsaa_intern — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0000

We have received many questions about the $30 NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) membership fee. This annual fee is necessary as the entire weight management system utilizes the NWCA database.

Dollamur Mats: Please find the attached flyer if your school is intersted in purchasing a discounted Dollamur mat at the FHSAA Wrestling Finals in Lakeland.

Thank you for your support of FHSAA wrestling.

Attached File(s):

2011_fl_state_tournament.pdf (1.10 MB)

Officials to participate in "Calling for a Cure" campaign

spolansky — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:09:00 +0000

Oct. 4-9, 2010
Jan. 10-15, 2011
March 21-26, 2011

Review of Bylaw 9.2.4, "Participation in Non-School Athletic Activities Affiliated with a School"

spolansky — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:11:00 +0000

There has been a significant increase this school year in eligibility rulings, sectional appeals hearings and violations regarding Bylaw 9.2.4, “Participation in Non-School Athletic Activities Affiliated with a School.” Please review Bylaw 9.2.4, which is worded in its entirety below as stated in the 2010-11 member handbook. The edited language for the 2010-11 member handbook is underlined.

9.2.4 Participation in Non-School Athletic Activities Affiliated with a School. The FHSAA supports and endorses Florida’s philosophy of school of choice for academic purposes. However, if a student chooses to attend or participate for a school, public or private, in which the student participated in any non-school athletic activities affiliated with a school that the student does not attend or did not attend in the previous school year (in the case of home education students, does not participate for or did not participate for) and then establishes his/her school residence (in the case of home education students, he/she participates) at the affiliated school within one calendar year of such participation will not be eligible in the new school until the student has been in attendance at that school for one calendar year. Establishing such school residence is bona fide evidence that the student is attending the school in whole or in part for athletic reasons.
9.2.4.1 Non-School Athletic Activities Affiliated with a School. Non-school athletic activities affiliated with a school are any athletic activities not sponsored by the school but are organized, coached and/or supervised by a school employee, athletic department staff member, or representative of the school’s athletic interests (as defined by FHSAA Policy 36.2.1.1), or in which the majority of participants are students who attend the school. Such activities include, but are not limited to:
(a) club teams;
(b) travel teams;
(c) grade school teams;
(d) recreational league teams;
(e) personal instruction sessions; and
(f) any other type of activity determined by the FHSAA to be an athletic activity.

Board expands classifications in team sports, creates rural division

mherchel — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE - The Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted today to create a rural classification in most sanctioned team sports, and to increase the number of classifications in sanctioned team sports.

The reclassification plan for football renames Classes 1A and 1B to reflect the new 1A rural and 1A urban designations. Tentative districts will be available online in December, allowing for final Board of Directors approval of appeals during the January 2011 meeting.

In baseball, basketball, softball and girls volleyball, the existing six-class structure was augmented by Class 7A and the rural classification. Boys and girls soccer added Class 7A for a total of six classifications. For a breakdown of the classifications by school population numbers, click here.

“When the FHSAA originally went up to six classifications in team sports in 1999, we had 517 member schools, with 480 of those playing team sports. Now that we have 670 member schools and 650 of those in team sports, the number of teams in individual districts is too large,” said Executive Director Roger Dearing. “Moving to eight classifications allows for fewer teams in each district, which allows for more flexibility in scheduling for the season.”

In other action, the Board of Directors:

Approved the appointments of the individuals for the specified terms as presented to fill the non-expired or vacated seats on the Representative Assembly: Heidi Michaels, athletic director, Anclote (Holiday), Public Schools Division 13; Ebony White, athletic director, Mount Dora, Public Schools Division 14; Carlos Ochoa, athletic director, Hialeah Gardens, Public Schools Division 29; Lisa Eaves, athletic director, Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville), Private Schools Divisions 1-2; Matthew Olesnevich, athletic director, St. Francis (Gainesville), Private Schools Divisions 5-6; Linda Gomez, athletic director, Community Christian (Melbourne), Private Schools Divisions 9-10; Jacqueline Patsche, athletic director, Gifford Middle (Vero Beach), Middle Schools Section 3.
Ratified the Florida School Boards Association’s appointment of Mr. Mike Pressley, Glades County School Board, to the Section 3 School Board Member seat on the Representative Assembly.
Ratified the Florida School Boards Association’s appointment of Ms. Diane Smith, Volusia County School Board, as the school board representative on the Public Liaison Advisory Committee.
Approved a one-time only contribution to the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) to help defray costs regarding a newspaper suing the AIA over the streaming and video rights (among others) of the athletic association.
Approved a new policy on mandatory use of seatbelts and safe driving for the Employee/Board Member Handbook.
Approved a new policy on conflict of interest for the Board of Directors Member Handbook.
Endorsed bylaw proposals from the Executive Director for consideration and possible adoption by the 2011 Representative Assembly.
Denied endorsement of bylaw proposals from two member schools for consideration and possible adoption by the 2011 Representative Assembly.
Approved a recommendation of the Baseball Advisory Committee and the Athletic Directors Advisory Committee to allow the pitcher to be listed as P/DH on the line-up card.
Heard a report on FHSAA recognized and sanctioned sports versus club sports.
Heard a report on Bylaw 9.2.4 – Policy 22 and Policy 36.

About the FHSAA
The Florida High School Athletic Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida. It has a membership of more than 770 middle and senior high schools, and sponsors postseason competitions to determine the official state high school champions in 30 different sports. The 16-member FHSAA Board of Directors is the executive authority of the Association.

Contact for media:
Laurel Ring
Public Relations Specialist, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 170
lring [at] fhsaa [dot] org

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FHSAA accepting proposals for hosting selected state championship events

mherchel — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The FHSAA is currently accepting proposals for hosting state championship events in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, football, flag football, golf, lacrosse, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball (boys), volleyball (girls), water polo and wrestling. Please see detailed specifications and instructions for submitting a proposal on the individual sport page of this website.

Please click on the PDF files at the bottom of this page for complete specifications and instructions for submitting a proposal. For questions, contact the administrator for the sport you are interesting in hosting or Linda Robertson at lrobertson [at] fhsaa [dot] org - (352) 372-9551 ext. 140. Each sport's administrator is listed below. Click on the sport to get that RFP.

Cristina Broska, cbroska [at] fhsaa [dot] org or ext. 250
Lacrosse, swimming & diving, boys volleyball, water polo
Justin Harrison, jharrison [at] fhsaa [dot] org or ext. 390
Bowling, golf
Gary Pigott, gpigott [at] fhsaa [dot] org or ext. 260
Football, flag football, tennis (coming soon), wrestling
Jamie Rohrer, jrohrer [at] fhsaa [dot] org or ext. 440
Softball, girls volleyball
Shanell Young, syoung [at] fhsaa [dot] org or ext. 310
Basketball, cross country, track & field

Attached File(s):

basketballrfp.pdf (435 KB)

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bowlingrfp.pdf (452 KB)

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crosscountryrfp.pdf (432 KB)

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golfrfp.pdf (446 KB)

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flagfootballrfp.pdf (282 KB)

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footballrfp.pdf (412 KB)

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lacrosserfp.pdf (411 KB)

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softballrfp.pdf (410 KB)

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swimdiverfp.pdf (414 KB)

Attached File(s):

trackrfp.pdf (435 KB)

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volleyballboysrfp.pdf (409 KB)

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volleyballgirlsrfp.pdf (411 KB)

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waterpolorfp.pdf (409 KB)

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wrestlingrfp.pdf (411 KB)

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proposal__budget.pdf (105 KB)

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proposal_checklist.pdf (113 KB)

Attached File(s):

proposal_key_contacts.pdf (95 KB)

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proposaltohost.pdf (82 KB)

Florida Coaches honored by National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Florida Chapter

spolansky — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:10:00 +0000

The following member school administrators and coaches were honored as inductees in the Class of 2010 of National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Florida Chapter:

Jim Bird: Osceola (Kissimmee), Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach
Billy Combs: Hernando (Brooksville), Head Wrestling Coach
Doug Peters: Lake Mary, Athletic Director and former Head Wrestling Coach
Mike Joyce: Jesuit (Tampa), former Head Wrestling Coach
Matt Morris: Bolles (Jacksonville), Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach

The 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees were recognized on Aug. 7, 2010 at the Regal Sun Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame's State Chapter program honors those who inspire youth at the beginning levels of competition.

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Weight classes changed in high school wrestling

FHSAA ranks top venues for fall and winter championships

NFHS Coaching Today posts new content

Winter sports Academic Team Champions announced

Vero Beach, East Lake (Tarpon Springs), Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), Berkeley Prep (Tampa), Lakeland Christian and Posnack Jewish (Plantation) lead their classes in the overall standings

Official of the Year nomination form now available

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Board expands classifications in team sports, creates rural division

FHSAA accepting proposals for hosting selected state championship events

Florida Coaches honored by National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Florida Chapter

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