2012 AHSAA April Update - AHSAA | Alabama High School Athletic

ALABAMA
HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
STEVE
SAVARESE
2012 AHSAA
April Update
Volume 5, Number 4
Inside this issue:
Savarese
Commentary
2
Russell in
Partner
Spotlight
3
Bryant-Jordan
Region
Winners
5
Stallworth
Commentary
6
Pat Sullivan
Picked For
NFHS Hall
12
2012 Basketball 13Champs
14
12 Inducted
Into HoF
1517
Herman L. ‘Bubba’ Scott
1927-2012
April, 2012
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Volume 5, Number 4
Bubba Scott’s Body of Work Was A True Masterpiece
Girls now have championships in 11 sports and cheerleadhe true measure of a man is
ing competition.
 Helped organize and develop
determined by his body of work.
the Bryant-Jordan StudentFor Bubba Scott, who served as
Athlete Scholarship Program.
AHSAA Executive Director from
 Served as NFHS president.
1966-91, his body of work was
 Served on the NFHS National
defined by three loves – his God,
Football Rules Committee for
his family, especially his wife
many years as vice-chairman and
Dot, and his work, specifically his
chairman.
25 years at the AHSAA.
 Served as the NFHS represenCoach Scott never wavered
tative on the U.S. Olympic Comfrom the Good Book. He was a
mittee and NCAA Ad Hoc Comteacher and an evangelist of his
mittee on Football Rules.
faith, not by what he said but how
I could go on and on…
he lived his life. Serving as a
The
AHSAA family has lost a
coach, administrator and father,
great, godly man who consistently
he always exemplified a Christian
Steve Savarese
governed the same way he lived
example.
Executive Director
his life. He was stern yet compasCoach Scott demonstrated the
sionate, wise but still shrewd, senlove of family in all he did. Coach other states.

Helped
bring
about
the
sucsible but still crafty and was adand Dot were an example of how
mired, respected and esteemed by
a married couple should live their cessful merger of the previously
all-white
and
all-black
all.
lives, a true love story. The love
Being the Executive Director of
they demonstrated for each other, athletic associations and their
programs
during
the
late
the
AHSAA is at times a very
their children and grandchildren
1960s.
challenging job. For 25 years,
demonstrated to everyone they

Organized
and
developed
Coach Scott handled everything –
encountered, from the AHSAA to
officials
and
administrative
athletic contests, eligibility questhe NFHS, the true meaning of
associations.
tions, objections, confrontations
family. Coach Scott loved his

Organized
and
developed
and court cases – by the book.
family and shared them with evefirst state football championCome to think of it, he wrote the
ryone.
ship
playoff
system.
book.
Space won’t permit me to enu First football playoff in
As we all learn while serving as
merate all of Coach Scott’s ac1966
had
four
schools
in
Class
Executive Director, you live by
complishments while serving as
4A; now 192 teams advance
two books, the Good Book, and
Executive Director of the AHeach
year
for
six
state
champithe AHSAA Handbook.
SAA, but I must mention a few:
onships
–
culminating
with
SuCoach never lost his love or
 Second full-time executive
per
6.
passion
for our Association.
director in AHSAA history.

Started
girls
athletics
in
 Led the state’s high schools
through the integration of athletic 1978 with state basketball tour- CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
ney.
events providing a model for
Life defined Three Loves
T

ALABAMA
HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
March, 2012
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AHSAA Corporate Partner Spotlight
“FIGHT LIKE
DYLAN
AWARD”
Kentucky school receives $50,000 uniform and
equipment grant from Russell Athletic at the 2012
Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Phoenix (AZ)
Russell Athletic named Edmonson County
High School in Brownsville, KY, the winner of its
inaugural “Fight Like Dylan Award,” which memorializes the late Dylan Rebeor of Columbia, TN, a
high school football player who waged a valiant
battle with colon cancer while putting his teammates and others before himself prior to succumbing to the disease at the age of 16.
Edmonson County High School’s football
team, which banded together to find success following the news of three-year starting offensive
lineman Jacob Irwin being diagnosed with cancer
during his senior season in 2010, received a
$50,000 uniform and equipment grant from Russell Athletic and was honored at the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Phoenix.
“The situation Edmonson County High School,
its football team and, of course, Jacob’s family,
faced was certainly tragic, but how they came
together was nothing short of inspirational,” said
Gary Barfield, executive vice president, Russell
Brands, LLC. “We’re moved by how everyone
affected by the loss of Jacob rallied together to
support each other and we’re grateful to have the
opportunity to honor the memory of Dylan Rebeor, while also paying forward Dylan’s selflessness to Edmonson County High School community.”
Irwin’s perseverance and determination to
beat the disease that ultimately claimed his life in
July 2011, as well as his warm-heartedness and
generous personality, set the tone for the 2011
Edmonson County High School players, who
drew on his strength as they finished their regular
season 10-0 for only the second time in school
history (1976) and claimed their first district
championship since 1986. Edmonson County
High School was selected from a pool of nominees as the inaugural “Fight Like Dylan Award”
winner by a panel of judges including former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, Cleveland
Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, as well as Dylan’s mother Heather Rebeor and his former
head football coach at Columbia Central High
School, Vance Belew.
“Hearing Jacob’s story and then learning how
Edmonson County High School, the football team
and even the community all bonded together was
uplifting,” said Heather Rebeor, Dylan’s mother.
“I hope Jacob’s memory lives on and he, like
Dylan, continues to serve as a reminder to
those he touched to never give up when facing
difficult challenges.”
Russell Athletic announced earlier it would
honor a team which overcame a challenge in
the face of true adversity while reflecting the
ideals and spirit that Rebeor demonstrated in
his own life. Rebeor, a wide receiver on Columbia Central High School’s football team,
died in December of 2010, just hours before
his team won its first state championship in 58
years.
Reflective of Rebeor’s character and consideration of others was personal choices. Rather
than asking the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a
trip to Hawaii or the opportunity to meet his
favorite athlete, his final, selfless desire was for
his beloved team to receive brand new uniforms and equipment for the 2011 season.
Upon learning of Rebeor’s courage, strength
and selflessness, Russell Athletic made a donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in his
honor and established the “Fight Like Dylan
Award” in his memory.
To be eligible for the “Fight Like Dylan
Award”, teams were asked to post a submission on the Russell Athletic Facebook page
explaining how they overcame a challenge or
significant adversity while embodying the spirit
and courage represented by Dylan Rebeor in
his battle against cancer.
The “Fight Like Dylan Award” will return in
2012. More information and details, including
contest rules, will be posted on the Russell
Athletic Facebook page later this year.
To learn more about Russell Athletic products visit RussellAthletic.com. Join the
“Together We R” movement by visiting the
official blog.
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Volume 5, Number 4
Dec. 1-2: Super 6 Football Championships, Tuscaloosa
Dec. 2-3: State Swim Championships, Auburn
Feb. 3-4: Indoor Track Championships, Birmingham
Feb. 16-18: State Wrestling Championships, Huntsville
Feb. 28-Mar. 3: Final 48 State Basketball Tourney, B’ham
Apr. 23-27: State Tennis Championships (3 sites)
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May 4-5: Outdoor Track Championships, Gulf Shores,
Selma
May 11-12: State Soccer Championships, Huntsville
May 14-15: State Golf Championships, TBA
May 16-19: State Baseball Finals, Montgomery
May 17-19: State Softball Tourney, Montgomery
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2012 Bryant-Jordan Regional Winners
The Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Program
will honor 96 regional nominees, 48 in the
scholar-athlete division and 48 in the student
achievement division, at the 2012 Awards Dinner at the Birmingham Sheraton on Monday,
April 9, at 6:30 p.m.
More than $800,000 in scholarship funds
will be distributed to the 96 honorees. This is
the 27th year of the program dating back to its
first year in 1986.
The regional winners include:
Achievement Award Division
Class 1A
Region 1: Taylor Box, Fruitdale
Region 2: William Glenn Stephens, Sweet Water
Region 3: Marqueska Kanae Deramus, Verbena
Region 4: Alex Fourie, Shades Mountain Chr.
Region 5: Amber Nicole Williams, Jacksonville Chr.
Region 6: Hannah Denson, Meek
Region 7: Jessica Renee Smith, Spring Garden
Region 8: Charles J. Kelley, Jr., Shoals Christian
Class 2A
Region 1: Reid Stauter, Cottage Hill Chr.
Region 2: Nichole Moulton, Houston Academy
Region 3: Raheem Devonta Berry, Highland Home
Region 4: James Dubuisson, Thorsby
Region 5: Courtney Leigh Holston, Vincent
Region 6: Heather Nicole Fondren, Oakman
Region 7: Zak Walsh, North Sand Mountain
Region 8: Briana Nicole Goodloe, Cherokee
Class 3A
Region 1: Evan Moorer, Washington County
Region 2: Haley McKinney, Slocomb
Region 3: Lorenza Cooper, Marbury
Region 4: Luke Endress, Clay County
Region 5: Dalton Carroll, Walter Wellborn
Region 6: Tyler Holliday, Hamilton
Region 7: Brett Tinsley, Plainview
Region 8: Aarron Johnson, West Morgan
Class 4A
Region 1: Stacie Young, Escambia County
Region 2: Hunter Albritton, Andalusia
Region 3: Kierra Billingsley, Dadeville
Region 4: Jim Furlow, Oak Grove
Region 5: Richard Barton, Cherokee County
Region 6: Michael Ryan Hopper, Douglas
Region 7: Cierra ‘CiCi’ Jenkins, Good Hope
Region 8: Rajene Shante Swopes, Deshler
Class 5A
Region 1: Rose Marceaux, Faith Academy
Region 2: Jessica Clyburn, Tallassee
Region 3: David Tyler Harwell, Demopolis
Region 4: Madison Grace Pontius, McAdory
Region 5: Jarette Dwight Maye, Center Point
Region 6: Nicholas Woodley, Walker
Region 7: Kelsey Ikard, Scottsboro
Region 8: Heather Mychell Larane Cole, Russellville
Class 6A
Region 1: Will Cotton, Theodore
Region 2: Anna Raley, Fairhope
Region 3: Hunter Smith, Dothan
Region 4: Justin Scott Levins, Prattville
Region 5: Taylor Cox, Thompson
Region 6: Jake Hoffman, Spain Park
Region 7: Brian Walker, Grissom
Region 8: Julian Cole, Florence
Scholar-Athlete Division
Class 1A
Region 1: Joshua O’Neal, Pleasant Home
Region 2: Clint Kilcrease, Brantley
Region 3: Cameron Morrow, Maplesville
Region 4: Sam Foster, Holy Spirit Catholic
Region 5: Tate Thomas, Donoho
Region 6: Brooke Frazier, Brilliant
Region 7: Meagan Carlene Higdon, Valley Head
Region 8: Grant Gill, Decatur Heritage Christian
Class 2A
Region 1: Caitlin Mock, Samson
Region 2: Neil Granberry, Cottonwood
Region 3: Benjamin Tindle, Southern Choctaw
Region 4: Preston Wallace, Billingsley
Region 5: Yorisha Bryant, Altamont
Region 6: Sarah Hilliard, Phil Campbell
Region 7: Whitney Roberson, Ohatchee
Region 8: Lily Deng, Westminster Christian
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Volume 5, Number 4
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Schools Should Know AHSAA Recruiting Rule
As a rule of
thumb, principals,
coaches should be
knowledgeable of
the rule governing
recruiting as it
deals with high
school studentathletes. Sometimes, lack of clarity and proper interpretation can
Tony Stallworth
Associate Executive
cause misconcepDirector
tions in the actual
definition of the rule.
There is a very clear explanation of the
penalty applied if a school violates the
recruiting rule.
It is prudent that each school administrator and coach take the time to read and
discuss the AHSAA Recruiting Rule that
is found on page 54 of the 2011-12 AHSAA Handbook. Please don’t limit your
discussion to just head coaches. Make
sure all faculty and non-faculty coaches,
teachers and staff as well as booster club
representatives understand the penalties
for violating this important rule.
If you have any questions or concerns
dealing with the AHSAA Recruiting
Rule or any other rule for that matter,
then please the AHSAA office.
Rule VI (Administration)
SECTION 12. RECRUITING. No person connected in any way with a
school may contact a student or prospective student or parent/guardian who re-
sides outside of the school district to inquire or encourage them to transfer or
enroll in school for the chief purpose of
participating in interscholastic athletics.
It is permissible for a coach, or anyone
else connected with a school, to talk or
speak with a student(s) or parent(s) who,
on their own, visit their school for any
specific purpose.
Anyone connected in any official capacity with any high school who
offers material or financial inducement
or enticement to any student to
come to that school for the purpose of
engaging in athletics shall subject
that school to suspension from the AHSAA.
A violation of this rule renders the
contacted student permanently
ineligible at the school where the violation occurs. Any school violating this
rule may be placed on probation for a period of one year and assessed a monetary
fine. The probation may be restrictive or
it may suspend the school from membership in the AHSAA. Repeated violations
of this rule will cause a school to be suspended from the AHSAA.
SECTION 13. RECRUITING OUTSIDE DISTRICT. Athletic recruiting
outside of one’s own school district,
zone, etc. is illegal. Also, athletic
recruiting within overlapping school
zones is illegal.
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Savarese Commentary --- continued from Page 2
Coach Scott would occasionally come by
for a visit when the AHSAA was involved in
an important case. I would always discuss it
with him and listen to his counsel. Then, as he
would leave, I could see the pride in his face
and I was moved by how he truly still loved
this place. Seeing Coach leave the building,
pridefully looking left and right, his loyalty
and dedication humbled me to strive to be the
type of man he turned out to be.
Coach, your death was good for you but bad
for us. Thank you for your concern and compassion for others and for the positive effect
you had on everyone you encountered.
If I could sum up Coach Scott’s lifetime
body of work, I would describe it as a masterpiece. He was a true pioneer, breaking barriers
while inspiring others. His legacy will live
forever and we all share our love for him and
thank him for sharing his body of work with
us.
Thanks Coach for being a truly great American.
Dot and Bubba Scott
Bryant-Jordan Regional
Winners -- continued from Page 5
Class 3A
Region 1: Charlotte Gill, Bayside Academy
Region 2: Jackson Luke Fendley, Trinity Presbyterian
Region 3: Zack Hall, Handley
Region 4: Anna Henderson, Northside
Region 5: Christopher Tinker, Glencoe
Region 6: Kelsey Marie Holdbrooks, Winfield
Region 7: Alan Ray Clayton II, Sylvania
Region 8: Clayton Ezell, Lauderdale County
Class 4A
Region 1: Ben Morseth, Jackson
Region 2: Austin Meadows, Saint James
Region 3: Joshua Spence, Beauregard
Region 4: Meghan Ryan, Calera
Region 5: John Herndon, Jacksonville
Region 6: Andrew NeSmith, Oneonta
Region 7: Taku Koiwai, DAR
Region 8: Daniel McNeese, Ardmore
Class 5A
Region 1: Daniel W. Rose, Spanish Fort
Region 2: Jim Johnson, Eufaula
Region 3: Ivan Truss, Chilton County
Region 4: Kyle Paul, Briarwood Christian
Region 5: Krystal D.Rivers, Ramsay
Region 6: Nathan Riley Spence, Albertville
Region 7: Wesley F. Taylor, Arab
Region 8: Emily Eddy, Athens
Class 6A
Region 1: Catherine Zivanov, Mary Montgomery
Region 2: Allison Bourdon, McGill-Toolen Catholic
Region 3: Levi Austin Tate, Enterprise
Region 4: Elizabeth Alley, Auburn
Region 5: Victoria Hill, Oak Mountain
Region 6: Forrest Gamble, Vestavia Hills
Region 7: Daniel Seay, Hewitt-Trussville
Region 8: Lindsey Wintzinger, Huntsville
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Principals And AD Conference Highlights
Busy Month of April for AHSADCA
The month of
April is going to be
a busy one for the
AHSADCA, starting with the fifth
annual Principals
and Athletic Directors Conference
slated for April 3-4
at the Renaissance
Hotel and Conference Center in
Montgomery.
This conference
will provide valuAlvin Briggs
able and timely proDirector,
AHSADCA
fessional development, and I urge
each administrator to attend. The keynote
speaker will be Richard Simmons III, the director of the Center for Executive Leadership. He
is an accomplished author and wrote the book
series, The Measure of A Man, and is considered one of the nation’s top motivational speakers. Also scheduled is Montgomery attorney
Donald Jackson, who will be speaking on issues
dealing with social media.
C2C Schools will also be on hand to discuss
the next phase of the AHSAA’s software upgrade that is expected to be implemented by the
beginning of the 2012-13 school year.
AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese
will present the very popular case study discussions with administrators that provide the opportunity to discuss real-life situations that are
currently occurring in our schools.
pus in March. Both teams had outstanding talent and
coaching. Best of all was how well behaved the student-athletes were while in town.
Mississippi won the girls game 94-91 and Alabama won the boys game 109-104. Both teams had
to come from behind to win. Both our Alabama
teams represented our state well. Congratulations to
our coaches: (Boys) Cedric Lane of Wenonah and
Patrick Plott of Pickens County; (Girls) Brant Llewellyn of Lauderdale County and Renard Davis of
McIntosh; and administrative coaches Brenda Mayes
of Muscle Shoals and Jamie Lee of Decatur.
I also want to thank the staff of Alabama State
University for an outstanding job as host of the
event.
Summer Conference and All-Star Week
The date for the AHSAA Summer Conference and
All-Star Sports Week has been set for July 9-13 in
Montgomery at the Renaissance. One change affects
the mandatory principals and athletic directors meeting. It has been switched from its normal Wednesday date to Friday, July 13. A school must have a
principal, athletic director or other school representative in attendance. Schools can send more than one
representative, however.
This meeting will discuss current issues pertaining
to all member schools as well as a medical advisory
presentation concerning health and safety led by Dr.
Jimmy Robinson and Dr. Lawrence Lemak of the
AHSAA Medical Advisory Board.
Congratulations 2012 Hall of Fame Class
Twelve major contributors to prep athletics in
Alabama were inducted into the 22nd class of the
Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame March
19 at a banquet at the Renaissance Hotel at the Convention Center in Montgomery.
Congratulations to the Class of 2012: Ken WhitAlabama-Mississippi All-Star Series
I want to congratulate the Alabama and Mis- tle, Jackie O’Neal, Louis Berry, Jimmy Golden, Ned
Harbuck, Roy Knapp, Danny Petty, Angelo Harris,
sissippi teams for producing two very exciting
Snoozy Jones, Doc Hodges, Bill Marsh and Ronald
basketball all-star games at Dunn-Oliver
Acadome on the Alabama State University cam- Chambless.
Volume 5, Number 4
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Making A Difference Award Nominations Due May 1
The Making A Difference Award nomination
deadline is May 1. Schools should nominate a
coach who is making a significant positive difference in the school and community where he/she
coaches.
Six high school head coaches, regardless of
sport, will be selected by a special committee of
Alabama Sports Writers Association members –
one in each of the six AHSAA classifications.
The Award, instituted in 2011, serves to honor
those teacher/coaches who go above and beyond
what is expected of such leaders. The six selected
will be honored this summer at the annual Championship Coaches Banquet which closes out the 2012
All-Star Sports Week and AHSAA Summer Conference.
Nomination forms can be found online at
www.ahsaa.com member schools site. For more
information, contact the AHSAA at 334-263-6994.
2011 Making A Difference Coaches of the Year
Class 1A: Greg Hamilton, Vina
Class 2A: Jason Franklin, Horseshoe Bend
Class 3A: Earlando Courtney, Greensboro
Class 4A: Jack Hankins, Thomasville
Class 5A: Jim Elgin, Pleasant Grove
Class 6A: Fred Riley, Davidson, Mobile
Lemak Award
Deadline is April 15
Schools wishing to apply for one of the 10 needbased Dr. Lawrence Lemak Grants to be awarded
this summer must submit an application by April
15. Just list the specific athletic need on the form.
The application can be found online at the member site of www.ahsaa.com. The Lemak Group has
awarded almost $100,000 for athletic needs to AHSAA schools since 2007.
IMPORTANT DATES
April
3: Principals Advisory Committee Meeting, (AHSAA)
3-4: Principal and AD Conference (Montgomery)
4: District 2 Meeting (Enterprise)
5: AHSADCA Advisory Meeting (AHSAA)
9: Bryant-Jordan Awards Banquet (Birmingham)
11: District 7 Meeting (Hamilton)
16-19: Tennis Section Tournaments
17: Central Board Meeting (AHSAA), 10 a.m.
17: Legislative Council Meeting (AHSAA), 2 p.m.
20-21: Baseball Playoffs, first round
23-24: Tennis, Class 1A-3A State Tourney (Decatur)
25: District 4 Meeting (Opelika)
26-27: Tennis, Class 4A, 6A State Tourneys (Mobile)
26-27: Tennis, Class 5A State Tourney (Montgomery)
27: Softball, Area Tournaments can begin
27-28: Baseball Playoffs, second round
27-28: Track Section Meets
28: Soccer, Class 6A Sub-State playoffs, first round
30: Golf, Section Tournaments can begin
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Volume 5, Number 4
Being Prepared Is Essential For All School Events
for this type of advance planning can contact the AHSAA
office and we will be glad to
assist you.
“Failing to
prepare is
preparing to
fail.”
With that thought in mind, I
would like to thank the schools
that participated in the Final 48
State Basketball Championships, the BirminghamJefferson Convention Complex
staff, the Sheraton Hotel staff,
Bruno Event Team, game officials and the AHSAA Executive staff for being prepared for
the inclement weather we experienced during the state tournament.
Steve Savarese, Executive
Director of the AHSAA, provided important leadership during this time. He always
stresses to have a plan and be
prepared. This is great advice
for all of our schools.
The change in schedule went
smoothly on Friday and Saturday as safety became the concern for all of us.
Have an emergency plan and
Schools’ Sportsmanship
Was Truly Outstanding
Wanda Gilliland
Assistant Director
practice that plan. Have it in
writing and distributed to those
who need it. Meet with the law
enforcement in your town as
well as emergency management
personnel. Know what you need
to do when inclement weather
threatens. Understand the importance of safety-first for all participants and fans.
Any school needing guidance
Good sportsmanship also
takes education and planning.
We thank our schools for demonstrating such outstanding
sportsmanship at recent state
championship events including
the Indoor Track Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex, the Wrestling Championships at Huntsville’s Von Braun
Center, and the Regional and
State Basketball Tournaments.
We especially thank the superintendents, principals, faculty,
coaches and students for providing the example of great
sportsmanship.
Please remember: One person
practicing good sportsmanship
is far better than fifty others
preaching it.
Good Luck to all our spring
sports teams and let’s finish the
school year with our best
sportsmanship ever!
Schools, Students Can Apply For Equestrian Grants
In 2012 the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will offer more than $20,000 in grant money to qualified students and high school equestrian clubs or teams across the nation through its High School Equestrian Athlete program.
To be eligible for a grant, an applicant must be a current USEF High School Equestrian Athlete program participant and
have successfully completed at least one year of the program. The applicant must also be a member of at least one USEF
Recognized Breed/Discipline Affiliate or International Affiliate Association.
One applicant from each Recognized Breed/Discipline Affiliate or International Affiliate Association will receive a
$1,000 grant to be used for academic or equestrian educational pursuits. Also to be awarded are 10 $500 grants to local
high school equestrian clubs and teams. These grants will be awarded to the 10 clubs or teams in the USEF High School
Equestrian Athlete program with the most student participation. Please contact highschoolequestrianathlete@usef.org with any questions about the grants available through the USEF High School Equestrian Athlete program.
Volume 5, Number 4
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State Officials Camps Benefit Schools And Contest Officials
A
s we head into the
stretch run of the 2011-12
school year, we want our
officials to know just how
important the AHSAA
State Officials Camps are
each summer. We have set
the dates for officials’
camps for basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball, softball and wrestling.
Greg Brewer
These camps not only
AHSAA
provide our officials with
Director of Officials
an excellent opportunity
for professional development in each sport, but it
also provides extensive training with some of our
best officials. It is an opportunity for an official
to improve while also enjoying the fellowship of
fellow officials from across the state.
It is important to remember that these state officials’ camps do not count against a school’s
summer competition dates since it is an AHSAA
state officials camp. Please remember that these
camps are being held to train officials so that
your regular season contests will be better officiated. We hope you will give strong consideration
toward participating in this camp opportunity.
Schools interested in participating in a camp
while using the free dates can call the following
camp directors in their respective sports:
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Basketball: Phillip Formby (256) 891-8240
Baseball: Rookie Gage (205) 821-9050
Football: Robert Lose (251) 643-4646
Soccer: Sam Waelti (256) 556-3891
Volleyball: Coach Jimmy Latta (256) 582-2046
Softball: Keith Thrasher (256) 339-2884 or
Renotta Frachiseur (256) 586-6793
Wrestling: Coach Steve Gaydosh (205) 402-5362
Noisemakers Legal Outdoors
The use of artificial noisemakers at outside
events is legal. This rule applies to spectators
and fans in the stands. Players inside the dugouts cannot use noisemakers to distract or taunt
the opposing team’s pitcher. (NFHS Rules 3-69, 3-6-13).
2012 AHSAA State
Officials Camp Schedule
Baseball Officials Camp
Hoover HS/Indian Springs HS, May 31-June 3
Basketball Officials Camp
Albertville HS, June 7-10
Football Officials Camp
Mobile, Aug.16-19
Soccer Officials Camp
Anniston, July 20-22
Softball Officials Camp
Arab HS, June 29-July 1
Volleyball Officials Camp
Guntersville HS, June 22-24
Wrestling Officials Camp
Indian Springs HS/Vestavia Hills HS, June 2-3
Reebok Vector TLS 33” Bat Decertified
The National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) has advised us that the BBCOR decertification process has been implemented for the
Reebok Vector TLS 33-inch model.
Effective immediately and until further notice,
this bat (Reebok Vector TLS 33" length) should
be considered a non-compliant bat and subject to
NFHS Baseball Rules 4-1-3b and 7-4-1a.
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact B. Elliot Hopkins, NFHS Baseball Rules
Editor/National Interpreter at
(ehopkins@nfhs.org) or the NFHS headquarters.
AHSAA 2011-12 DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Soccer District Directors
Southwest: Bob Brooks
Southeast: Lowell Frobish
West Central: David Adams
North Central: David Ihle
Northwest: Richard Robinson, Jr.
Northeast: Sam Waelti
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Sullivan Picked For NFHS Hall of Fame’s Class of ’12
Pat Sullivan, Auburn Univer-
sity’s first Heisman Trophy winner and a multi-sport star at John
Carroll High School in Birmingham, headlines the 2012 class
selected for induction into the
National High School Hall of
Pat Sullivan
Fame in July.
Sullivan, head football coach at Samford University, is being inducted as an athlete.
Among those joining Sullivan is Bob Kanaby,
longtime executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations
(NFHS).
Sullivan, who was nominated for the NFHS
Hall of Fame by the AHSAA, was considered the
top football player in the state of Alabama in his
junior and senior seasons (1967, 1968) as the
quarterback at John Carroll Catholic. He was a
two-time all-state selection and was named the
top player in the nation by one publication. Sullivan was named all-state twice in basketball, averaging 18 points per game, and in baseball as the
team’s shortstop.
At Auburn, he led the Tigers to a 26-7 record in
three years as the team’s quarterback, winning
the 1971 Heisman Trophy. He played parts of
seven seasons in the National Football League
before launching his college coaching career.
After serving as an assistant at Auburn and the
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
and head coach at Texas Christian University,
Sullivan was named head football coach at Samford University in 2006.
“We are delighted that Pat was selected to be
inducted,” said AHSAA Executive Director
Steve Savarese. “He has always been a class athlete, a class coach and a class person.”
Sullivan said he was humbled and a bit overwhelmed by the news of his selection. Already a
member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, he
said the selection into the NFHS Hall of Fame is
special indeed.
“I really enjoyed my time as a high school athlete. I was fortunate to have great high school
coaches and teachers and wonderful parents who
helped guide me.”
Other athletes to be inducted are Kevin Johnson, the leading prep basketball scorer in California in 1983, a star at California and a 13-year
NBA veteran; Fred Hoiberg, a three-sport high
school star in Iowa who played basketball at
Iowa State and spent 10 seasons in the NBA; and
Tracy Hill, the most prolific scorer in Colorado
girls basketball history.
These five individuals, four high school
coaches, two officials and one high school
speech coach will be inducted July 11 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in
Nashville. The 30th Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be the closing event of the 93rd annual
NFHS Summer Meeting.
High school coaches slated for induction include Ron Bradley, who won more than 1,000
basketball games at eight Georgia high schools
during a 49-year career; Rod Harman, who just
completed his 54th season as a head swimming
coach in Oregon at the age of 84; Larry Luitjens, the winningest basketball coach in South
Dakota history; and Catherine Neely, who has
coached volleyball at East Ridge High School in
Chattanooga for 47 years.
Officials chosen are Truman Owens, a multisport official from Clinton (SC) and Robert
“Bob” White, a high school soccer official from
Caribou (ME). Speech coach Jan Heiteen of
Downers Grove (Ill) South High School was also
selected.
Sullivan becomes the ninth selection from Alabama. Others include contest officials Dan Gaylord and Sam Short, football coach Glenn Daniel,
basketball coach Wallace Mickey O’Brien, former AHSAA Executive Directors Cliff Harper,
Bubba Scott and Dan Washburn, and athlete Bart
Starr.
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2012 State Girls Basketball Champions
CLASS 1A: McIntosh Demons (25-1)
Coach Renard Davis
CLASS 2A: Section Lions (25-6)
Coach Danielle Maples
CLASS 3A: Lauderdale Co. Tigers (33-5)
Coach Brant Llewellyn
CLASS 4A: Jacksonville Golden Eagles (31-4)
Coach Ryan Chambless
CLASS 6A: Hoover Bucs (31-3)
Coach Donnie Quinn
CLASS 5A: Brewer Patriots (32-3)
Coach Ricky Allen
Photos By Dennis Victory
Creative FX/AHSAA Photo provider
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2012 State Boys Basketball Champions
CLASS 1A: Pickens County
Tornadoes (29-5)
Coach Patrick Plott
CLASS 3A: Greensboro Raiders (28-6)
Coach Craig Williams
CLASS 2A: Barbour County
Jaguars (34-0)
Coach Raymond White
CLASS 4A: Midfield Patriots (15-21)
Coach Darrell Barber
CLASS 5A: Wenonah
Dragons (31-7)
Coach Cedric Lane
1A Girls:
2A Girls:
3A Girls:
4A Girls:
5A Girls:
6A Girls:
CLASS 6A: Carver-Montgomery
Wolverines (29-3)
Coach James Jackson
AHSAA STATE FINAL RESULTS at the BJCC, Feb. 27-March 3
McIntosh 48, Holy Spirit 39
Section 54, Red Bay 49
Lauderdale County 46, Greensboro 40
Jacksonville 63, Andalusia 54
Brewer 65, Valley 43
Hoover 44, Bob Jones 26
1A Boys:
2A Boys:
3A Boys:
4A Boys:
5A Boys:
6A Boys:
Pickens County 70, Cedar Bluff 59
Barbour County 55, Vincent 38
Greensboro 65, Carbon Hill 50
Midfield 46, Butler 45
Wenonah 65, Lee-Huntsville 58
Carver-Montgomery 61, Hazel Green 56
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THE CLASS OF 2012: (Front row, from left) Angelo Harris III; Buddy Knapp (son of inductee Roy Knapp, now deceased);
Danny Petty; Morris “Doc” Hodges; Bill Marsh; Louis Berry. (Back row, from left) Ken Whittle; Jackie O’Neal; Jimmy Golden;
Ronald Chambless; Ned Harbuck; George “Snoozy” Jones. (AHSAA Photo provided by Jay Sailors).
Twelve major contributors to prep athlet-
ics in Alabama were inducted into the 22nd
class of the Alabama High School Sports Hall
of Fame Monday night, March 19, at a banquet at the Renaissance Hotel at the Convention Center in Montgomery.
Selected for induction were one baseball
coach, two football coaches, four basketball
coaches, two track coaches and two major
contributors to athletics.
These 12 have helped their schools win
more than 50 state championships and 4,400
victories in a variety of sports including football, basketball, track, cross country, softball
and baseball.
A thumbnail sketch of each 2012 inductee:
LOUIS BERRY – The 1953 Covington County Training School
graduate and 1959 Alabama A&M graduate coached basketball at
Carver Junior High in Florala from 1959-1968 compiling an 88-26
record; served as Woodson High School’s basketball coaching Andalusia from 1969-70 with a 37-12 record. He became athletic director
and boys basketball coach at Andalusia Middle School in 1973 where
he remained until his retirement in 1996. His teams won numerous
county and invitational tournaments while going 156-34. Berry was
inducted into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
RONALD CHAMBLESS – Alexandria High School’s principal
since 1989, Chambless graduated from Cleburne County High School
in 1966 and Jacksonville State University in 1972. He earned a master’s in 1976 and an Educational Specialist degree in 1982. He began
teaching and coaching in 1973 at Fruithurst Junior High School.
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Chambless moved to Bridgeport High School in 1976 where he
remained. through 1980. He taught at Talladega Middle School
for two years and became principal at Bibb Graves High School
from 1982-89. His last 22 years have been at Alexandria, presiding over one of the state’ most successful athletic programs
that has won nine state championships in football, basketball,
volleyball, softball and girls golf.
JIMMY GOLDEN – Dothan High School’s head boys basketball coach and athletic director from 1986-2005 spent 36 years
at the Wiregrass area school. The Ozark native graduated from
Carroll High School in 1973 and played collegiately at Troy
State University. He began his tenure at Dothan in 1975 as assistant football and assistant basketball coach, helping the Tigers reach the Class 4A state football finals at Legion Field his
first year. He coached the junior varsity basketball team to an
amazing 162-18 record for a decade, the freshman football team
to a 43-5 record and served as head football coach (23-17) from
1983-86. He compiled a 327-155 record as head boys basketball
coach for the final 20 years of his coaching career with two
teams (2002 and 2004) wining region titles and advancing to the
Final 48 state tournament.
NED HARBUCK – A 1958 graduate of Enterprise High School
and 1962 graduate of the University of Alabama, Harbuck spent
his basketball coaching career at Jackson High School. His career record of 498-152 included a 26-game Aggies winning
streak. Six of his last 10 teams advanced to the state tournament
including his last team in 1985 which finished 26-3 and reached
the 5A semifinals. Harbuck played collegiately at Holmes Junior College in Mississippi before transferring to Alabama where
he closed out his playing career as a member of Coach Hayden
Riley’s Crimson Tide team. Harbuck also coached junior high
football at JHS and served as head track coach and also athletic
director from 1976-1985.
ANGELO HARRIS III – Harris, a 1966 McGill Institute
graduate, was a high school state champion in the mile run in
1966 and helped his high school team win the state cross country title in 1963 before attending the University of Alabama on
track scholarship where he earned All SEC honors three times
and set the SEC two-mile record (9:00.3) in 1968. He has spent
his entire high school teaching and coaching career at McGillToolen, where he coached as track coach from 1971 until his
retirement. His cross country teams have won seven girls championships and five boys championships in the varsity or freshman divisions. In 1990 McGill-Toolen was the first team in
AHSAA history to win three state cross country championships
in one meet – freshman boys, freshman girls and varsity girls.
Harris’ teams have also won 17 varsity boys Mobile County
championships and three girls titles along with two varsity boys
and eight varsity girls state titles in track and field.
MORRIS “DOC” HODGES – Selected to the AHSAA Hall of
Fame as a contributor, Hodges graduated from Amory (MS)
High School in 1955, then attended the University of Mississippi and the University of Tennessee School of Dentistry in
1962. While serving on the University of Alabama School of
Dentistry faculty and a colonel in the National Guard, he began
a volunteer coaching career at Hoover High School from 19872009, first as head slow-pitch coach, and three years later as
pitching coach for a staff that set the standard for fast-pitch
softball in Alabama. His pitchers re-wrote the NFHS National
Record Book and the AHSAA State Record Book. The Bucs
won 17 area championships, had 18 state tournament appearances and set a state record with a 63-1 record in 1997. That
team also set a national record with 43 shutouts in ’97. Hodges’
hurlers pitched 407 shutouts, 63 no-hitters and 26 perfect games
with an overall record of 1,108-257 and five state titles while
he was coach.
GEORGE “SNOOZY” JONES – The Montgomery native
graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1953, attended
Virginia Tech on football scholarship before returning home to
earn degree in education at Huntingdon College in 1958. He
began his coaching career at Bellingrath Junior High in 1958
and compiled a 24-2 record over three years, then joined the
coaching staff at Sidney Lanier in 1961 where he remained
through 1969. As head track coach, Jones guided Lanier to one
cross country, one indoor and two outdoor state titles. Among
his standout runners was prep All-American Richmond Flowers,
who rose to become the fastest high school hurdler in the world.
Jones was also an assistant football coach on five state championship football teams and an assistant for four Lanier state basketball championship teams. A football, basketball and track
official in high school and the SEC, he co-founded the MidState Officials Association. He served as assistant head coach
for the UAB football team from its inception to 1997. He also
has served as a volunteer at the AHSAA state basketball tournament as a member of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club and at the
football finals as a member of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club.
ROY KNAPP – Knapp graduated from Gaylesville High
School in 1936 and Livingston State in 1950 with an interruption while serving in the Navy during World War II. He received a master’s in Administration from Mississippi State in
1956. Knapp coached high school football from 1939-1981—a
span of 42 years— at various schools in Alabama, Mississippi
and Tennessee. He served four years (1953-56) during that
stretch at East Mississippi Junior College and won a state JUCO
title in 1955. Among his coaching stops were Scooba (MS),
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Midland City, Washington County,
Choctaw County, Gaylesville,
McMinnville (TN), Ranburne,
Randolph County, Macon Academy,
Sand Rock, Spring Garden and Coosa
Christian high schools. He also
coached baseball and basketball at
several of these schools. He spent 13
years as a player in the St. Louis Cardinals baseball organization. His football teams won more than 200 games.
Knapp, who entered this Hall of Fame
in the Oldtimers Division, died in
1992.
More than 900 attended the AHSAA Hall of Fame BanBILL MARSH – The Birmingham
native graduated from Woodlawn
quet at the Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center.
High School in 1950 and Howard
DANNY PETTY – The 1968 Lee-Huntsville High School
College (now Samford) in 1957 and earned his master’s and docgraduate has the unique distinction of being the only head bastorate from the University of Alabama in 1962 and 1979, respecketball coach in AHSAA prep history to coach three different
tively. His long career in education began in 1957 as an assistant
schools to boys state basketball titles. Petty, who helped Lee to
coach at Hewitt-Trussville High School for AHSAA Hall of Fame
the 1968 state title while earning MVP honors as a player, has
member Piggy Mitchell. He then coached one year at Florida State
compiled a 634-330 career coaching record with tenures at J.O.
before returning to Birmingham as head football coach at West End
Johnson, Hazel Green, Madison Academy and Bob Jones.
High School in 1964, had brief coaching stops at the University of
Petty’s J.O. Johnson team won a Class 5A state title in 1987, his
Tampa and Troy State before returning to Birmingham in 1968
Madison Academy team a 3A crown in 2006 and Bob Jones a
where he moved into administration as principal, first at Comer and
6A title in 2010. Petty, who played collegiately at Snead State
then at Phillips from 1971-79. He served the Birmingham City
and Athens State, was named to the Huntsville Times’ AllSchools as Director of High Schools from 1979-86 and was City
Decade Team for the 1960s. He also won more than 160 games
Schools Athletic Director from 1986-95. Under his tutelage Biras a middle school and freshman coach at Davis Hills and J.O.
mingham city schools won five state boys basketball titles, two
Johnson from 1972-1981. Petty was inducted into the Huntsville
volleyball, one girls basketball and one girls track championship.
-Madison County Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
Marsh served as game chairman for the Monday Morning QuarterKEN WHITTLE – Whittle, who graduated from Port St. Joe
back Club for the Super 6 state football championships at Legion
(FL) High School in 1973, transplanted to Montgomery as a
Field.
student-athlete at Huntingdon College where he graduated in
JACKIE O’NEAL – The 1973 Reeltown High School graduate
1978. As head baseball coach at Trinity Presbyterian School
returned to his alma mater in 1977 after his college career at
since 1981, his teams have compiled a 570-294 record with state
Livingston State College where he served on the football coaching
championships in 1985 (1A), 1996 (2A) and 2000 (3A), a Class
staff of AHSAA Hall of Fame coach Duane Webster. He became
3A runner-up finish in 2009 along with 15 area titles. Whittle
head football coach upon Webster’s retirement after the 1987 state
also serves as an assistant football coach and head middle
football championship season. Since then, O’Neal’s teams have
school/junior varsity basketball coach. He was named Montcompiled a 210-92 record including 46-19 in 21 playoff appeargomery Advertiser Coach of the Year eight times and served as
ances and state championships in 2001 (1A), 2009 (2A) and runnera coach in the North-South All-Star Baseball Game. A leader
up finishes in 1991, 1992, 2000 and 2010. O’Neal also coached
among his peers, Whittle is a member of the AHSADCA Adviboys basketball for seven years, baseball for three years and girls
sory Committee and is a deacon and Sunday School teacher at
basketball for 25 years. His girls teams reached the state tournament
First Baptist Church in Montgomery.
in 1991, 1992, 2007 an d 2008, the last two teams finishing as Class
2A runner-up.
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