August 2010 - AHSAA | Alabama High School Athletic Association

ALABAMA HIGH
SCHOOL
ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
Executive
Director
Steve Savarese
“In this difficult
economic climate, I
find the sound fiscal practice of the
AHSAA to be exemplary. I know
the young people
attending member
schools will benefit
from this stewardship. The NFHS
congratulates the
AHSAA on its
good management
and support of the
member schools of
Alabama” …
AHSAA
August Update
AHSAA Update Newsletter
August, 2010
Central Board Approves $1.2 Million
Payout In Landmark Revenue Sharing Plan
Bob Gardner,
NFHS Executive
Director
The Alabama
Inside this issue:
Savarese
Comments
2
Revenue Sharing
details
1,
3-4
Middle/JH
Conference
5
Coaches Study
Concussions
6
Officials Honored 7-8
By AHSAA
Press To Meet
Challenge Teams
9
AHSAA Audit
1013
High School Athletic
Association’s Central Board of Control
approved at its annual summer meeting a payout of $1.2
million ($1,200,000)
to member schools
as the first installment of the AHSAA’s landmark
Revenue Sharing
program.
The formula for the
distribution of funds
is based on a differential between
classes and the number of sports played
by non-football playing schools.
Every high school
that has been a member
of the AHSAA for at
least five years will receive the special payout
this fall. The eight high
schools with less than t
five years of member-
ship will become eligible to receive future
payouts as soon as the
five-year requirement
has been met.
―This is a godsend for
our schools,‖ said Mo
Smith, former president
of the Central Board.
Smith, retired principal
at Glencoe High School,
said it is a credit to the
leadership of the AHSAA, especially
See Revenue, Page 3
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Welcome To The 2010-11 School Year Member Schools
I want to welcome each
of you back to school and
thank you for all that you
do for the student -athletes
we represent in Alabama.
Every year we are faced
with many challenges that
provide opportunities for us
to make a difference in the
lives of each and every one
we encounter.
I truly appreciate your
continued commitment to
the NFHS and AHSAA
concept of educationalbased athletics. I thank you
for embracing our mission
of regulating and coordinating interscholastic athletic
competition while promoting the values of interscholastic athletics as an integral
part of the student’s educational experience. The AHSADCA in conjunction
with the AHSAA wishes to
express our sincere appreciation for your marvelous
attendance during our recent professional development sessions provided
within our Summer Conference (All-Star Sports
Week).
As we enthusiastically
prepare for another great
year for our member
schools in 2010-11, the
entire staff of the AHSAA
reminds you that we are
always available to serve
you. We suggest proactive
Executive Director
Steve Savarese
correspondence that includes,
but is not limited to, letters,
emails or phone calls. We encourage you to contact any
member of this Association
staff any time.
It is important that each year
we continue to work toward
the same athletic goals, good
sportsmanship, safe athletic
training, fair play, and encouraging coaches to demonstrate
leadership characteristics that
reveal them as role models.
Beginning immediately, all
coaches are required to complete the online NFHS concussion course before being allowed to coach. We face many
challenges with the new NFHS
Concussion Rule–challenges
that I am pleased to see embraced by you, the member
schools.
I urge each school to be ever
cognizant of the heat dangers that
all our teams face– especially our
fall sports teams. Medical and
safety information is available
online at the AHSAA website
(www.ahsaa.com).
This year, the AHSAA’s Central
Board of Control integrates the
first installment of our new Revenue Sharing program to the member schools, beginning with each
school’s accurate completion of
their online Form 1 information.
As we discussed in Huntsville,
the integrity of the data provided
by the membership to our Association is imperative to the communication process.
We thank so many for making
the revenue-sharing plan possible
including past executive directors
Bubba Scott and Dan Washburn,
past and present Central Boards
of Control, the Finance Committee, our Corporate Sponsors and
the Alabama Sports Foundation,
just to name a few. And most of
all I thank the member schools
and the student-athletes and
coaches that comprise our great
athletic programs.
I thank you once again for all you
do for so many. Your dedication
to the educational mission will
provide our students the tools to
face the many challenges that life
presents.
May God bless you for all you
have done and all you are going
to do for our children.
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Revenue Sharing Plan — continued from Page 1
its past executive directors and
current executive director.
Steve Savarese, Executive Director since 2007, introduced the
plan two years ago. The plan was
simple. The AHSAA would be
required to have one year’s budgeted funding in place plus one
additional year’s budget in reserve. Once that financial goal is
met, the AHSAA would return
any remaining revenue back to
member schools. The total to be
paid out this fall is actually half
of the total. The plan pays onehalf to the schools this year and
one-half to the schools next year
– insuring a total of $2.4 million
to be paid out to member schools
over the next two years.
―I was hoping we might be able
to return maybe $1,000 per
school, maybe $500,000 total,‖
Mr. Savarese said. ―This is just
wonderful that the payout this
first year is $1.2 million. This is
a credit to Mr. (Dan) Washburn
and Mr. (Herman L.) Scott, my
two predecessors who operated
the AHSAA with such sound
business practices. It is also a
tribute to this Central Board that
approved this plan and past Central Boards that took their roles
seriously and provided such
sound leadership as well.‖
Mr. Savarese also praised the
work of the AHSAA’s Finance
Committee, the AHSAA’s Corporate Partners, the Alabama
Sports Foundation and the AHSAA’s staff.
―This wouldn’t be possible at all
if not for all these contributors –
and of course our member
schools,‖ he said.
Several steps were taken that
led to the landmark payout,
which may be the largest of its
kind among high school athletic
associations in the U.S., said
NFHS Executive Director Bob
Gardner.
―I am aware of other states having a
revenue sharing program. Some
states are mandated by organization
constitutional provisions to return
excess funds to schools,‖ Gardner
said. ―However, I am not aware of
anyone returning the amount you
detailed in a single year. This is a
terrific accomplishment and one that
all of Alabama should take
pride. Waiving of dues is also a worthy aid to member schools.
―In this difficult economic climate, I
find the sound fiscal practice of the
AHSAA to be exemplary. I know the
young people attending member
schools will benefit from this stewardship. The NFHS congratulates the
AHSAA on its good management
and support of the member schools of
Alabama.‖
Smith said the payout was made
possible in part when the AHSAA
approved construction of its new
building.
―We added a dollar to the price of
playoff tickets and earmarked that
money directly toward paying off the
mortgage as quickly as possible,‖ he
said.
Washburn, the executive director to
unveil that plan, said no one could
foresee just how effective this plan
would be. ―We were able to pay off
the building in three years,‖
Washburn said. ―I thought it would
take longer.‖
Once that mortgage note was
burned, the Central Board of Control
decided to leave the $1.00 surcharge
on the tickets, said current Central
Board president Ed Lathan of Mobile. ―Mr. Savarese presented a plan
that would allow that dollar to go
back to the schools,‖ he said. ―Once
the Revenue Sharing plan was approved, the Finance Committee studied how to pay that dollar back. Some
argued it should go to just those
schools that made the playoffs. Some
argued it should go to all schools.
The Finance Committee spent close to
three months discussing all kinds of
payout plans before finally settling on
this one.
―I am thrilled that all schools will
reap the benefits. This is an historic
moment for the AHSAA. I thank Mr.
Savarese for bringing the revenue sharing idea to fruition.‖
The formula provides a payout differential of approximately 2 percent in
each classification. Schools that have
football, the biggest sport contributor to
the net total, will receive the largest
installments. Schools that do not play
football but have at least five boys and
five girls sports (14 schools) will receive a smaller percentage of the payout and schools with no football and
without a minimum of five girls and
five boys sports (6 schools) will also
receive a smaller payout.
The 64 schools in the AHSAA’s largest classification, Class 6A, will receive
just over $3,600 each and a total of
$235,000 this year. That is 19.584 percent of the total revenue share for 6A
schools.
The 62 football-playing schools in
Class 5A will receive a 17.7320%
share -- approximately $3,400 each and
a total slice of almost $213,000.
Class 4A’s 63 football-playing
schools’ share is 16.758% of the total
(approximately $201,000) and just over
$3,100 each.
Class 3A’s 63 football-playing
schools will get a 15.498% percent
share (approximately $186,000) and a
per-school share totaling just over
$2,900.
Class 2A’s 64 football-playing
schools will receive a 14.464% share
(approximately $173,000) with each
school receiving just over $2,700.
And in Class 1A, the 64 footballplaying schools will receive a 13.184%
share (approximately $158,000) with
each school receiving just over $2,400.
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Revenue Sharing, Continued from Page 3
the 14 schools with no football and at
least five boys and girls sports will
divide approximately $26,000 (2.17%
share) with each school receiving just
over $1,800.
The six schools with no football and
less than five boys and girls sports will
receive a share of 0.61%
(approximately $7,300) – an individual school share of $1,200).
The AHSAA has actually had a
smaller revenue sharing plan of sorts
for the last 18 years as the Central
Board waived payment of school dues
each year. That total, more than
$70,000 per year for high schools,
comes to $1.25 million over that period that has been saved by all member schools.
―The Alabama Sports Foundation is
proud to have assisted AHSAA in this
school revenue sharing concept,‖ Gene
Hallman of the Alabama Sports Foundation said. ― In these difficult economic
times, schools can certainly use these
contributions to benefit their student
athletes.
―We applaud Coach Savarese for this
novel revenue sharing concept and the
Alabama Sports Foundation is fully
committed to doing its part to make sure
the school allocations grow every
year. This year’s financial success
would not have been possible without
the tremendous support of all of our
AHSAA corporate partners.―
Savarese called the plan coming to
fruition ―a great moment for AHSAA’s
member schools.‖
New
AHSAA
lobby is
home to the
AHSAA
Hall of
Fame
IMPORTANT DATES
IN AHSAA HISTORY
1921 AHSAA organized
1924 Joined NFHS
1925 First state basketball
tournament
1948 State Office established in Montgomery
1948 Cliff Harper became
1st full-time Executive
Director
1966 Herman L. Scott
named Executive Director
1966 First Football playoffs
1968 AHSAA merges with
AIAA
1980 Opened new offices
1991 Dan Washburn
named Executive Director
1994 First Final 48 state
tourney in Birmingham
1996 First Super 6 finals
at Legion Field
2001 First Baseball Championship series finals
2006 AHSAA opens new
office building
2006 $1 added to playoff
tickets for building
2007 Steve Savarese
named Executive Director
2009 AHSAA building
mortgage note paid off
2010 Revenue Sharing
Plan becomes reality
Central Board Approves Baseball Pitching Rule Revision
· The Central Board of Control approved
the Baseball Coaches Committee recommendation to amend the AHSAA Pitching
Rule at its July Board meeting.
The revised rule states a player may pitch
in a maximum of seven innings or make
two appearances in one day or over two
consecutive calendar days but then must
rest for three calendar days before pitching again. The total innings allowed per
calendar week remains at 14.
In other board action:
The Board approved a clarification to
the Eligibility Verification Requirements
Rule. If a school fails to submit an eligible
student on its on-line eligibility report
and that student participates in a contest, the school will be fined $500 for
the reporting error. No forfeits will be
assessed.
It also approved financial reports for
spring sports championships and the
AHSAA and AHSADCA Audits.
· A change in the 6A soccer playoffs
was also approved for 2011 that advances four teams from each section,
adds one additional sub-state round and
reduces regular season matches from
20 to 18. Classes 1A-4A and 5A will
remain the same as 2010.
· Other action included approving the
elimination of post-season play in softball and baseball once a team’s regular
season ends; approved three days conditioning in helmets prior to spring
football practice; approved a reclassification adjustment in basketball for
Class 6A that moved Grissom from
Area 16 to Area 14; approved the establishment of on-line rules tests for
high school and junior high/middle
school head coaches, beginning in the
2011-12 school year.
New member Lamar Brooks of Dale
County was also welcomed.
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Still Time To Register For Middle/Junior High Conference
The new school year is
upon us once again and so is
the second annual Middle/
Junior High School Conference.
The conference is set for
Wednesday, August 25, at
Oliver Dunn Acadome on the
campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery.
The feedback from last year’s
conference was informative and
appreciated. We think we have
lined up another strong group
of speakers and will address
topics I know are of a concern
to our middle schools and junior high schools.
If you haven’t registered,
please go on line at
www.ahsaa.com and do so as
soon as possible. Deadline for
the pre-registration is August
13. You can still register after
that time. Early registration
helps us plan more efficiently,
however.
The conference will get underway at 8 a.m., with the welcome. We move quickly into
the first session, “Rules and
Regulations,” which will be
presented by the AHSAA’s
Executive Director Steve
Savarese, from 8:35 a.m.-9:30
a.m.
Montgomery attorney Donald Jackson will speak at 9:30
will be extremely helpful and
enlightening, I think.
During that same time period
a special one-on-one computer
session will be conducted by
some of the AHSAA staff. This
session will address eligibility
forms, rosters, schedules and
any other questions some of
you might have concerning the
middle and junior high schools’
on-line requirements.
The forums and presenters
include:
Associate Executive
Director
Joe Evans
on “How To Make A Difference In A Child’s Life.” Jackson,
who is president of The Sports
Group, has a lot to share on
this subject.
Other speakers in the morning session will include Craig
Pouncey of the Alabama State
Department of Education
(Finance) and Dr. Lawrence
Lemak (Medical Advisory).
After lunch, from 1:30 to 3
p.m., we will break out into
several sport-specific forums.
These small-group discussions
Baseball – Coach Stu Miller,
Fairhope High School
Basketball – Coach Nigel
Card, Saint James School
Cross Country and Track –
Coach Devon Hind, Hoover
High School
Football – Coach Larry Ware,
Robert E. Lee High School
Softball – Coach Denise Ainsworth, Alabama Christian
Academy
Volleyball – Julie Sinclair,
Montgomery Academy
This will be an excellent opportunity for professional development at very little cost.
I hope to see each of you at
the Middle/Junior High School
Conference on August 25.
“The
feedback
from last
year’s
conference
was
informative
and
appreciated.
We think we
have lined
up another
strong
group of
speakers
and will
address
topics I
know are of
a concern to
our middle
schools and
junior high
schools.”
RULE OF THE MONTH: COACHES CERTIFICATION
This month’s Rule Spotlight
is Coaches Certification, or
Rule V. It can be found
starting on page 49 of the
new 2010-11 AHSAA
Handbook.
RULE V - Coaches
SECTION 1. COACHING
REQUIREMENTS. A
coach or persons responsible
for the immediate training of
athletes or athletic teams
must be employed or approved by the Board of Education as a certified teacher
under the supervision of the
school principal.
Note: ―Coach‖ refers to any
person who is given direct
responsibility by the school
and/or the Board of Education for the training or instructing of any athletes or
athletic teams. A school
team may not participate in
an interscholastic contest
unless the team is accompanied by a certified teacher
(faculty member).
Note: Completion of the
online STAR Sportsmanship
and NFHS Concussion
courses is mandatory for all
coaches (faculty and nonfaculty).
Note: Coaches may coach
their own children during
the school year and
summer (the seven days of
competition is allowed) if
none of the
coach’s other players are on
the child’s team.
Non-Faculty Coach:
Schools may use a nonfaculty coach in any
sport when that person is
serving directly under the
supervision of a coach
See Coaches Rule, Page 13
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AHSAA Coaches Lead U.S. In Concussion Course Study
More than 1,000 administrators and coaches attended
the AHSAA mandatory
Medical Meeting at the Von
Braun Center in Huntsville
during All-Star Sports Week
last month.
I personally want to thank
all of you who attended. The
AHSAA is committed to the
health and welfare of our
student-athletes, and this is
one important way we have
to educate our member
schools.
The National Federation of
State High School Associations (NFHS) has placed
major emphasis on concussion awareness by developing its new Concussion
Rule. I am so proud that our
member schools are leading
the nation in embracing this
new rule. A total of just
over 10,000 coaches nationwide have taken the Concussion Awareness course on
line at www.nfhs.org. Alabama leads the nation with
more than 3,000 coaches
and administrators having
completed the course. This
Assistant Director
Wanda Gilliland
is truly outstanding.
The AHSAA’s Central
Board of Control has mandated that all coaches, head
and assistant, must take this
free course as part of the
coaches’ certification program. Please remember that
ALL COACHES must take
this course before being
allowed to coach.
The policy simply states
that when a student-athlete
appears to have the signs
and symptoms of a concussion, the student should be
held out of competition
(practice or contests) until
cleared by a medical doctor.
I also want to remind principals to pay close attention
to the heat information in
the packet they should be
receiving this week. The
weather is indeed hot, even
hotter than normal for August, and we all must be
aware of the dangers of
working out in such intense
heat. There are specific
instructions in the packet so
all coaches and administrators please take note. More
information can be found at
www.ahsaa.com as well.
Also, the AHSAA has a
more clearly defined IV
policy (intravenous fluid
rehydration) as well as a
revised pre-participation
Physical Form. All students
must use the revised form. It
can be found and
downloaded from the member section of
www.ahsaa.com.
It is the recommendation
UMS-Wright’s Wyatt Fires Best Golf Round Ever with 57
Four-time defending 4A
state golf champion Bobby
Wyatt caused quite a stir last
week when he fired the best
competitive round of golf in
Alabama state history. His
second-day total of 57,
which included a 26 on the
front nine with seven birdies
and an eagle, helped him
win his record-setting fourth
consecutive Alabama Golf
Association State Boys Junior Golf Championships at
Mobile.
His 57 drew him world –
wide acclaim and earned
him a spot on the ESPN and
CNN highlight reels. He
finished with a 70 on the
third day to finish at an unbelievable 18-undrer 195.
Wyatt, a University of Alabama signee, won his age
division seven times in the
AGA Junior Championships.
He also led UMS-Wright
to three state championships
in the last four years. He
was medalist in his division
for al1 three state championships.
He closed out his junior career on the 18th hole, fittingly, with a birdie to claim
last week’s AGA Jr. title.
“Alabama
leads the
nation with
more than
3,000 coaches
and
administrators
having
completed the
course. This is
truly
outstanding.”
of the Medical Advisory
Committee of the AHSAA the use of intravenous fluid hydration/
rehydration be used in
athletes only in the case of
medical emergency.
Under AHSAA policy, an
athlete requiring intravenous fluid therapy will not
be allowed to participate
in any athletic activity
until cleared by a medical
doctor and approved by
the parents or guardian. A
direct verbal or written
order from a medical doctor is required.
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AHSAA OFFICIALS BANQUET HONORS STATE’S REFS
I am very proud of how
dedicated our AHSAA
contest officials across
Alabama are. They go
through extensive ongoing
training to hone their skills
and stay on pace with the
games they officiate.
Nationally, we have had
three of our officials who
have been recognized this
summer. First, Houston
Greg Brewer
Young, a long-time track
AHSAA
official who has worked in
Director of Officials
various other sports as
well, was awarded the NFHS Citation Award as the
national officials recipient at the NFHS annual summer meetings in San Diego in July. Mr. Young has
been instrumental in the development of the AHSAA’s strong track program. We are appreciative that
his dedication and many years of service were recognized by others outside our state.
Also, two of our officials, Patsy Burke and Mike
Swinson, have been chosen to serve on the NFOA
Rules Committees for volleyball and football, respectively. Both will serve four-year terms beginning with
the 2010-11 school year. Congratulations to both.
Our officials have been very busy this summer at
various camps across the state as we strive to continue our extensive training program.
We did take some time on August 1 to honor the
AHSAA’s officials at the fourth annual AHSAA
Officials Awards banquet at Montgomery.
More than 300 attended, making it the largest in
the event’s four-year history.
Several officials were honored at the banquet, including eight for distinguished service totaling 276
years of service between them.
EIGHT OFFICIALS HONORED
FOR LONG YEARS OF SERVICE
Highlighting the fourth annual AHSAA Officials
Awards banquet at Montgomery’s Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center was the Distinguished
Service Award. Eight recipients were honored in the
Class of 2010.
David Ray of Florence was recognized for his 41
years of service as a football and basketball official,
longest tenure of the 2010 recipients. Ken Corbin
of Brewton followed with 38 years as a basketball
official.
Others receiving the special plaques included: volleyball official Deb Lipscomb (35 years) of Anniston; basketball, football and baseball official Sidney
James (34 years) of Montgomery; baseball and basketball official Ralph Muskett (34 years) of Gadsden; basketball official Irene Antone (32 years) of
Mobile; basketball and football official Vincent
Ellison (31 years) of Birmingham; and soccer, baseball and basketball official Dr. Joe Manjone (31
years) of Baldwin County.
AHSAA Honors State And District Officials Of The Year
Eight active AHSAA
contest officials have been
selected AHSAA Officials of the Year in their
respective sports. The
eight were nominated by
their own districts. The
state honoree was then
chosen from that group.
The 2009-10 officials of
the year include:
George Cavender of
Huntsville (Baseball);
Eddie Gray of Birmingham (Basketball);
Charles McKinney of
Tuscaloosa (Football);
Scott Sweeney of Birmingham (Soccer); Terry
Cagle of Tuscaloosa
(Softball); Randy
Yarbrough of Birmingham (Track); Cynthia
Ellis of Baldwin County
(Volleyball); and Steve
Thomas of Oxford
(Wrestling).
AHSAA District
Officials Of Year
Southwest District: J.T.
Cooper (Baseball); Sonny
Scyphers (Basketball);
Robert Lose (Football);
Griffin Shreves (Soccer);
Hayward Andrews
(Softball); Tom Ritchie
(Track); Cynthia Ellis
(Volleyball).
Southeast District: Matt
Raiti (Baseball); Yolanda
Terry (Basketball); Jason
Howell (Football); Ken Staton (Soccer); Chuck Glanton
(Softball); Ronnie Glover
(Track); Eunice Knight
(Volleyball).
Continued, Page 8
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AHSAA OFFICIALS OF YEAR HONORED—CONTINUED FROM Page 7
Continued from Page 7
South Central District: Jeff Wilson (Baseball); Wayne
Watford (Basketball); Charles Smith (Football);
Talha Dikgitmez (Soccer); John Killough (Softball); Darryl
Woods (Track); Harold Lockett (Volleyball); Josh Bierman
(Wrestling).
West Central District: Terry Jackson (Baseball); Pat
Donovan (Basketball); Charles McKinney (Football);
Rusty Yerkes (Soccer); Terry Cagle (Softball); Stephanie
Grimes (Volleyball); Jeremy Brown (Wrestling).
East Central District: Cecil Garrison (Baseball); Nick
Hall (Basketball); Bill Boos (Football); Tyler Daffron
(Softball); Matthew Livingston (Track); Kathy Odom
(Volleyball); Steve Thomas (Wrestling).
North Central District: Lance Weems (Baseball); Eddie
Gray (Basketball); Anthony Johnson (Football); Scott
Sweeney (Soccer); Willie Moore IV (Softball); Randy
Yarbrough (Track); Willie Moore III (Volleyball); Mike
Swinson (Wrestling).
Northeast District: George Cavender (Baseball); Wayne
Manord (Basketball); DeWayne Barrentine (Football); Otto
Mueller (Soccer); Georgia Walker (Softball); Tim Wigley
(Track); Allen Cone (Volleyball); Daniel Featherston
(Wrestling).
Northwest District: Dan Glossner (Baseball); Brian
McCollum (Basketball); Todd Burbank (Football); Steve
Walker (Soccer); Dale Simmons (Softball); Joey Kyles
(Track); Walter Young (Volleyball).
2009-10 State Championship
Contest Officials Recognized
AHSAA officials who officiate in a state championship
event were also honored at the banquet. Among the approximately 200 officials selected to work in state tournament events, Joe Pike, Sonja Hard and Eddie Newell
were chosen in two different sports. Hard officiated in the
Elite Eight State Volleyball Tournament at Pelham and
also called in the Final 48 State Basketball Championships
at Birmingham. Newell officiated in the Super 6 State
Football Championships at Tuscaloosa and also worked the
State Softball Tournament at Montgomery. And Pike officiated at the State Softball Tournament and Final 48 Basketball Championships.
Another state championship official, Mike Culpepper,
worked the State Baseball Championship Series in May at
Montgomery and is now currently serving in the military
on active duty in Afghanistan.
The complete list of officials recognized include:
Volleyball (Elite Eight State Tournament)
Kenith Booker, Patsy Burke, Nakesha Coleman, Clyde Cross,
Melanie Davis, Cindy Dyess, Cynthia Ellis, Lessie Gaddis, Sonja
Hard, Bob Harris, Margaret Helm, Debbie Laymon, Wanishea
Leonard, Kathy Odom, Wanda Weeks, Walter Young.
Football (Super 6 Championships)
Randy Adair, DeWayne Barrentine, Don Becton, Avon
Bosarge, Sam Burkhalter, Billie Campbell, Tim Clark, Cecil
Copeland, Riley Copeland, Jeff Corley, Willie Crabtree, Ron
Craddock, Brian Davis, Allen Duhon, Jonathan Gibson, Willie
Jackson, Ron Jones, Mark Kelly, Kevin Kidd, Brad Money, Keiron Morkin, Rod Moss, Eddie Newell, Vic Platt, Jeff Reese,
David Rogers, Jeff Rolling, Jim Rosenfield, Tim Rutledge, Jeff
Shaddix, Frank Sport, Scott Taylor, Glenn Wilson.
Basketball (Final 48 Championships)
Ron Alexander, Kelly Armstrong, Wes Brackett, Karl Burns,
Elliott Carr, Melissa Clarke, Shane Corbitt, Gerald Debardelaben, Stan Dixon, Marius Dockery, Pat Donovan, Allen Gilbert,
David Gregg, Sonja Hard, Darrell Hargreaves, Rickey Henderson, Jason Hill, Carol Hughes, Joe Kyles, Eddie Loggins, Vincent
McCaskey, Brian McCollum, Rip Nabors, Joe Pike, Rickey Powell, Jay Reyes, Kim Salter, Sonny Scyphers, Ernest Shears, Bobby
Stewart, William Taylor, Ed Teague, Yolanda Terry, Wayne
Watford, Chuck Willis, Bill Young.
Wrestling (State Championships)
Doug Baxter, Josh Bierman, Dwight Buzbee, Dan Featherston,
Ryan Hagan, Derek Henry, Justin Miller, Ken Nixon, Erick
Pratt, David Relf, Jeff Saxon, Willie Staggs, Mike Swinson, Steve
Thomas, Tim Thomas.
Soccer (Final 4 State Finals)
Tim Ashcom, Celeste Boydston, Richonne Clark, John Curran,
Pete Dakis, Jonathan Deal, A.J. Hicks, Thai Huynh, Bob Johnson, Joe Kovacs, Jeremy Massa, Patrick Murray, Nathaniel Patton, Wanda Porter, Ken Staton, Jeff Unger, Gustavo Vargas,
Steve Walker.
Track (State Championship Meet)
David Bahakel, John Bahakel, Whitney Baird, Muskingum Barnes, Steve Bedsole, Gini Bell, Richard Bell, Walt Bell, Idral Bowen, Arthur Brown, Courtney Busch, Gene Busch, Jim Carlo,
Kay Carlo, Lyle Coleman, Rod Coleman, Sheila Crenshaw,
Melanie Dutton, Lauren Estes, William Evans, Jack Gibson,
Chris Gillum, William Goyne, Dawn Guin, Toby Hamner,
Lauretta Horn, Joey Kyle, Teresa Kyle, Al Landwehr, Reid Laporte, Matthew Livingston, Rodney Majure, Amanda Miller,
Charles Miller, Albert Moore, Martha Moran, Lauren Murdock,
Bill Murray, Jim Pugh, William Quina, Mitch Rector, Tim
Ritchie, Paul Roberts, George Slone, William Spear, Charles
Thompson, Ben Vail, Vail, Lissa Walker, Marcia Westry, Robert
Wheatley, Timothy Wigley, Joe Williams, Chris Wisham, Randy
Yarbrough, David York.
Baseball (State Championship Series)
Ricky Bryan, George Cavender, Doyce Colvin, Mike Culpepper,
Tony Endress, Jesse Foster, Michael Gladden, Eric Goshay,
Roderick Holloway, Derius Lewis, Jack Phillips, Alton Smith,
Scott Summerlin, Greg Tanner, Shane Thibodeaux, Lance
Weems, Tommy Young.
Softball (State Tournament)
Rodney Arrant, Terry Cagle, Veronia Campbell, Donny Finlayson, Chuck Glanton, Mike Greenlee, Kim Guy, Karen Hackshaw, Mike Heath, David Hill, Sonny Jackson, Andy Latham,
Willie Moore, Marlon Murray, Eddie Newell, Joe Pike, Nancy
Price, Casey Rager, Dewayne Roden, Keith Thrasher, Tommy
Wallace, Sam Weeks, Ron White.
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al.com Champions Challenge Set For Cramton Bowl August 20-21
The fifth annual al.com
Champions Challenge Preseason Prep Football Classic
will feature three games for
the second year in a row.
The Classic will be held at
Montgomery’s Cramton
Bowl Aug. 20 and Aug. 21
with a a single game on Friday night at 7 p.m. between
Greenville and Opelika high
schools, followed on Saturday with a double-header
beginning at 5 p.m. featuring
Trinity Presbyterian of
Montgomery and Jackson
and followed at 7:30 with
Spain Park taking on Auburn.
All these teams have
great tradition, come from
great communities and have
tremendous football programs. The Champions
Challenge will again be a
great way to kick off the
football season for our
schools.
All three games will be
televised and streamed live
over the internet. NBC affiliate WSFA TV-12 in
Montgomery will broadcast
the Friday night game with
Opelika and Greenville
AHSADCA Director
Steve Bailey
while WIAT TV CBS-42 of
Birmingham will televise
the two Saturday games.
Greenville posted an 11-1
record last season in Ben
Blackmon’s second year as
head coach including a perfect 10-0 regular season.
Brian Blackmon’s Opelika
squad finished 6-3.
Trinity, coached by Randy
Ragsdale, was 11-1 after
reaching the Class 3A quarterfinals. Jackson (13-2),
coached by Jeff Kelly,
reached the Class 4A state
finals before falling in a
close 32-27 final to Cherokee County.
Spain Park (10-3),
coached by David Shores,
reached the Class 6A quarterfinals last season. Auburn, coached by Tim
Carter, posted its second
straight 10-0 regular season
and finished 13-1.
While the games will not
figure in the records of any
of the participants, expect
nothing short of three great
games.
A press conference with all
six head coaches is set for
Wednesday, Aug. 11 at
1 p.m. at the AHSAA
Office. The press conference, which also will
include some selected
players from the
schools, is part of the
AHSAA’s second annual Media Day. Close
to 100 media representatives from across the
state will gather at 11
a.m. for a special Media
Day program. The
coaches press conference kicks off the afternoon session at 1 p.m.
Greg Hicks, the athletic director of the Huntsville Schools, was named AD of the Year by the
AHSADCA. He is shown here at the July AllStar Week luncheon with Steve Savarese and
AHSADCA 2009-10 president Lymos McDonald.
University of Alabama
head football coach Nick
Saban, left, addresses the
AHSAA member schools’
coaches at 2010 All-Star
Sports Week in Huntsville
in July.
A crowd of close to 1,000
attended Saban’s nearly
two-hour presentation.
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2009-10 AHSAA Financial Statement
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2009-10 AHSAA Financial Statement — Continued
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ALABAMA HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 242367
7325 Halcyon Summit Drive
Montgomery, AL 36124-2367
Phone: 334-263-6994
Fax: 334-387-0075
E-mail: staff@ahsaa.com
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(faculty member) employed
by the Board of Education
and is also employed by the
school and/or the Board of
Education.
Note: A non-faculty coach
is a person with any coaching responsibility at a member school, is certified or
working toward certification
under the Coaches’ Education Program course requirements, is CPR certified and
has completed the STAR
Sportsmanship and NFHS
Concussion courses.
Non-faculty coaches may
be disqualified and discontinued by the Executive Director or Central Board at
any time it appears that their
instruction is not in the best
interests of the statewide
athletic program.
A school that uses a nonfaculty coach that is not employed or approved by the
school and/or the Board of
Education is subject to penalty from the AHSAA.
A non-faculty coach must
be accompanied at all contests by a faculty member or
full-time employee of the
school.
SECTION 2: COACHES
EDUCATION PROGRAM: Non-faculty
coaches and first-time
coaches in the AHSAA are
required to take two
courses— Coaching Principles (NFHS or ASEP) and
Sports First Aid (ASEP or
PREPARE)—in the Coaches
Education Program, after
which they are eligible to
apply for a coaches’ card.
The courses are recom-
Associate Executive
Director Joe Evans
mended for all other
coaches. Courses may be
taken for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
All coaches must have an
active CPR Certification
each year.
Note: Each member school
must keep on file in the principal’s office a verification
for each coach that has been
certified from 2001-02 to
the present (course requirements) and a verification of
all coaches’ CPR certification plus STAR and Concussion courses. Coaches at
member schools prior to
2001-02 are exempt from
the Coaching Principles and
Sports First Aid course requirements. A coach’s
certification will be checked
at all championship events.
Program requirements for
each of three categories are
as follows:
1. Non-Faculty Coaches
• Must complete Coaching
Principles and Sport First
Aid courses.
One course must be completed by the end of the first
year and both courses completed by the end of the second year. (If one of the
courses is not completed
during the first year, the
coach cannot continue
coaching the second year.)
• Must be CPR certified.
Certification must be active
each year.
• Must have completed the
STAR Sportsmanship and
Concussion courses one
time.
2. First Time Coaches in
the AHSAA
• Will have two years after
being hired to complete
Coaching Principles and
Sport First Aid courses.
Coaches will be exempt
if these courses were taken
during undergraduate or
graduate programs and approved by the AHSAA office.
• Must be CPR certified.
Certification must be active
each year.
Note: A school using a noncertified coach that is not
involved in the Coaches
Education Program as described above will be fined
$300 and the coach will be
suspended.
• Must have completed the
STAR Sportsmanship and
Concussion courses one
time.
3. All Other Coaches
• Are recommended to take
the Coaching Principles and
Sports First Aid courses for
professional development or
personal development.
Must be CPR certified.
Must have completed
the STAR Sportsmanship and Concussion
courses one time.