We,
whose signatures appear below, declare the following to be nominees
for, or members elect of, the Representative Council or the Upper
Peninsula Athletic Committee of the Michigan High School Athletic
Association, Inc., as a result of ballots received in accordance
with the provisions of Article IV, Section 6, of the Constitution,
or as authorized by the Upper Peninsula Athletic Committee at
its meeting on Oct.3, 1941.
REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL
NORTHERN PENINSULA -
CLASS A AND B SCHOOLS (#1)
Total
number of legal ballots received 5
Dan Flynn, Escanaba 4
Tim Hall, Sault Ste. Marie-Sault
Area 1
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 0
Elected by majority of votes--
Dan Flynn
CITY OF DETROIT
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS (#2)
Total
number of legal ballots received 7
Eunice Moore, Detroit Public
Schools 7
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 1
Elected by majority of votes--
Eunice
Moore
SOUTHWESTERN SECTION -
CLASS C AND D SCHOOLS (#3)
Total
number of legal ballots received 37
Norm Johnson, Bangor 37
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 1
Elected by majority of votes--
Norm
Johnson
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION -
CLASS C AND D SCHOOLS (#4)
Total
number of legal ballots received 29
Randy Salisbury, Britton-Macon
29
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 5
Elected by majority of votes--
Randy
Salisbury
STATEWIDE AT-LARGE (#5)
Total
number of legal ballots received 551
John P. Gasidlo, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
68
Scott
Grimes, Grand Haven 164
Karen Leinaar, Gaylord 188
Dail Prucka, Monroe-Jefferson
59
Brian
Zdanowski, Greenville 72
Illegal or incomplete ballots received
59
No
majority-- Names of Scott Grimes & Karen Leinaar submitted
to schools
JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOLS (#6)
Total
number of legal ballots received 178
Paul Ellinger, Hartford 108
Craig
Haugen, Addison 70
Illegal or incomplete ballots received
19
Elected
by majority of votes-- Paul Ellinger
UPPER PENINSULA
ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
CLASS D SCHOOLS (#7)
Total
number of legal ballots received 17
Russell Bailey, Ewen-Trout Creek
17
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 0
Elected by majority of votes--
Russell
Bailey
CLASS A AND B SCHOOLS (#8)
Total
number of legal ballots received 4
Don Edens, Kingsford 4
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 0
Elected by majority of votes--
Don Edens
CLASS C SCHOOLS (#9)
Total number of legal ballots
received 11
Michelle
Kanipes, Ironwood-L. L. Wright 0
Dee Jay Paquette, Munising 8
Don
Poshak, Calumet 3
Illegal
or incomplete ballots received 0
Elected by majority of votes--
Dee
Jay Paquette
BOARD OF CANVASSERS (Signed)
Ron
Beegle, Athletic Director, Charlotte HS
Rudy Godefroidt, Principal,
Hemlock HS
Paul
Hornak, Athletic Director, Ithaca HS
Joe Lopez, Superintendent, Quincy
Community
Schools
Roger
Rush, Athletic Director, Leroy-Pine
River Area HS
OFFICIAL REPORT OF SECOND MEETING OF
BOARD OF CANVASSERS
East
Lansing, Oct. 6, 1999
STATEWIDE AT-LARGE
Total number of legal ballots received 632
Scott Grimes, Grand Haven 287
Karen Leinaar, Gaylord 345
Illegal or incomplete ballots received 48
Elected by majority of votes— Karen Leinaar
Board of Canvassers (Signed)
Ron Beegle, Athletic Director, Charlotte HS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING East Lansing, Sept. 15, 1999
Members Present:
Robert Grimes, Battle Creek
Dennis
Kniola, Stevensville
Tom
Rashid, Detroit
Dan
Flynn, Escanaba
Dewayne
Jones, West Bloomfield
Staff Members Present:
Jerry Cvengros, East Lansing
Jack
Roberts, East Lansing (Recorder)
Executive Committee Authority
and Responsibility -
The Executive Committee was reminded of its authority under Article
VII of the MHSAA Constitution and specifically its responsibility
to consider each application for waiver of an eligibility requirement
on its individual merits, determining if the regulation serves
the purpose for which it was intended in each case or if the regulation
works an undue hardship on any student who is the subject of a
request for waiver. (These underlying criteria may not be restated
for every subject of this agenda.)
The Executive Committee was
reminded that it was the responsibility of each member school
involved to provide sufficient factual information about the specific
request for the Executive Committee to reach a decision without
further investigation. If information is incomplete, contradictory
or otherwise unclear or has been received too late to be studied
completely, the Executive Committee may deny the request for waiver
or delay action. Such requests may be resubmitted to the Executive
Committee with additional information at a subsequent meeting
or appealed to the full Representative Council.
A determination of undue hardship
is a matter addressed to the discretion of the Executive Committee
within the educational philosophy and the place of voluntary extracurricular
competitive athletics in the academic environment. The Executive
Committee was cautioned to avoid making exceptions that would
create precedent that effectively changes a rule without Representative
Council action or local board of education adoption, which would
exceed Executive Committee authority.
Students for whom waiver of
a particular regulation is granted must be eligible in all respects
under all other sections and interpretations of the regulations
prior to participation.
Consistent
with rulings of the Attorney General, schools are not bound by
the decisions of the Executive Committee, but the Association
may limit participation in the postseason tournaments it sponsors
to those schools which apply rules and penalties as promulgated
by the MHSAA and adopted by each member school's board of education.
Brighton
and Howell High Schools (Regulation I, Section 1[F]) - The Executive Committee approved
a cooperative program between these schools in girls gymnastics.
Brighton High School will be the primary school.
Brighton, Howell, Fowlerville
and Hartland High Schools (Regulation I, Section 1[F]) - At its Aug. 18, 1999 meeting,
the Executive Committee reviewed an application to add Fowlerville
High School to the cooperative program that exists between Brighton
and Howell High Schools in boys swimming and diving. Also reviewed
at that time was a request to waive the Aug. 15 deadline for the
addition of Hartland High School to this program. At that meeting,
the Executive Committee granted waiver of the deadline until Sept.
8, 1999, and indicated it would consider the status of both Fowlerville
and Hartland when all application materials were complete and
clearly understood by the MHSAA and all four schools. Subsequently,
the MHSAA received some of the requested information.
The Executive Committee approved
the addition of Fowlerville and Hartland High Schools with two
conditions: (1) that documentation be provided that indicates
that Kensington Valley Conference approves the addition of Hartland
High School, and (2) that Fowlerville High School documents that
it will permit and support any number of its students' participation.
Chassell
and Calumet-Copper Country Christian High Schools (Regulation
I, Section 1[E]) - The
Executive Committee approved the addition of Calumet-Copper Country
Christian High School to Chassell's cooperative program with Painesdale-Jeffers
in girls volleyball. The committee also approved an application
for a new cooperative program with Copper Country Christian in
boys basketball. Chassell will be the primary school.
Hartland and Linden High Schools
(Regulation I, Section 1[F]) -
Request was made for an extension of the Aug. 15 deadline for
winter sports cooperative program applications so that these schools
could complete preparation of an application in girls gymnastics.
At its Aug. 18, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver until Sept. 8, 1999. Subsequently, the
MHSAA received additional information but not completed applications.
The information indicated that the effort is on behalf of a single
student at Linden and that three of nine responding school districts
oppose the application.
The
Executive Committee declined to approve this application.
Hudsonville
and Hudsonville-Unity Christian High Schools (Regulation I, Section
1[F]) - The
Executive Committee approved a cooperative program in boys swimming
and diving between these schools. Hudsonville will be the primary
school.
Traverse
City-St. Francis and Traverse City Christian High Schools (Regulation
I, Section 1[E]) - The
Executive Committee approved a cooperative program in boys and
girls skiing. St. Francis sponsored the sport previously and will
be the primary school.
Waterford
Kettering, Waterford Mott and Clarkston High Schools (Regulation
I, Section 1[F]) -
The Executive Committee approved the addition of Clarkston High
School to the cooperative agreement in girls gymnastics which
Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott have conducted since the
1996-97 school year. Waterford Kettering will be the primary school.
Bangor
High School (Regulation I, Sections 4 & 5) - Request to waive the maximum
semesters sections of the eligibility regulation was made on behalf
of a student who entered 9th grade at Bangor High School in 1995-96.
In 1996-97, because of hospitalization from an accidental gunshot,
he began school Oct. 6. He attended sporadically over three weeks
and was suspended for five days. He did not return to school until
the next semester when he enrolled in the alternative education
program where he was enrolled until being promoted to the regular
high school this year.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Detroit-Mumford High School
(Regulation I, Sections 4 & 5) -
A late request to waive the maximum semesters sections of the
eligibility regulation was made on behalf of a 12th-grade student
who attended Detroit Country Day School for 9th, 10th and 11th
grades. It was alleged the student had a disability and that Detroit
Country Day could not meet his needs. He then transferred to Blue
Ridge School in Virginia where he repeated 11th grade. Unable
to continue the expense of the private school, the family returned
their son to Detroit, first indicating he would enroll at Martin
Luther King High School but ultimately enrolling at Mumford High
School.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Clio High School (Regulation
I, Section 7) -
A late request was made to waive the previous semester record
regulation on behalf of a 12th-grade student who was diagnosed
ADHD in June of 1994. Because of stomach disorders, he had to
discontinue medication in January of 1999. He has had a steadily
declining high school academic record and passed only one of five
courses in the second semester of the 1998-99 school year. He
received a D- in each of the two 1999 summer session courses that
school policy allowed him to make up.
The Executive Committee cited
the student's weak and deteriorating academic performance throughout
high school; there was not a sudden change last January. It was
noted that MHSAA regulations permit deficiencies to be made up
during the summer and that it would be inappropriate for the Executive
Committee to grant waiver for a student whose record was so poor
that even by the school's maximum accommodation for making up
credits, the student still is lacking the academic record to meet
the bare minimum for athletic eligibility. The request for waiver
was denied.
Caro
High School (Regulation I, Section 8) -
The Executive Committee was requested to consider Handbook
regulations in the case of a student who was home schooled
in 1998-99. This year the student is being home schooled for four
core courses and is enrolled for two courses at Caro High School
and three courses at Baker College, for which Caro recognizes
credit.
The
Executive Committee confirmed that this student could be deemed
eligible for interscholastic teams at Caro High School provided
there is a system of regular reporting of academic progress between
the college and Caro High School, as well as ongoing documentation
to Caro High School to assure the student remains enrolled in
and regularly attending the home school courses indicated to assure
this is an eligible shared-time student under Interpretation No.
48 and not an ineligible transfer student.
Ann Arbor-Huron High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 9th-grade student who enrolled at Huron High School Aug. 31,
1999, the first day of the current school year. The student resides
in the Huron attendance area but began football practice at Pioneer
High School and played in its first game on Aug. 26. When it was
discovered that the address provided by the student's guardian
was false and his actual residence was not within the Pioneer
attendance area, the student was directed to Huron High School,
which requested immediate eligibility for the student at least
at the sub-varsity level.
The
Executive Committee found that this student was not ordered to
transfer within the meaning and intent of transfer regulation
exception 9, but was required to change schools because records
had been falsified. Noting also that the student had participated
in a game, the Executive Committee denied the request for waiver
under Section 9(B) to permit eligibility at the sub-varsity level.
Auburn-Bay
City Western High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - A late request to waive the
transfer regulation was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
whose parents are divorced and who moved from the residence of
his mother in Oklahoma to the residence of his father's parents
in Bay City. The student's father incurred head and other injuries
in an automobile accident in 1991, shortly before the divorce
decree was granted. The student and his brother have lived with
these grandparents during summer vacations for many years.
The
Executive Committee noted there was no compelling reason provided
for the student to relocate from Oklahoma, and it denied the request
for waiver.
Auburn-Bay
City Western High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a student whose parents have
lived apart for reasons of their employment, she in Iowa and he
in Bay City, but who are together many weekends. The student moved
with his mother to Iowa in June of 1998 because his father's work
schedule did not allow adequate supervision of the student. The
student has returned to Michigan because he is now able to drive
himself to school and activities.
The Executive Committee noted
the legitimate need for the student to move to Iowa and that the
student is returning to the same residence and school, and it
granted the request for waiver.
Birmingham-Groves High School
(Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
A late request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who attended Eton Academy of Birmingham last year where a limited
interscholastic athletic program was conducted. This student practiced
once a week and played in approximately eight soccer games, and
then practiced twice a week and played in eight to 10 basketball
games against small high schools' 9th and 10th-grade teams.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver, noting that
the specific conditions of Section 9(B) include that the student
has not participated in high school in any sport for which the
MHSAA conducts a postseason tournament, whether or not that student
actually participated in that tournament.
Burr Oak High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a student who lived with his father in Bronson during the previous
school year and has relocated to Burr Oak and the residence of
his mother, who was never married to his father. Documentation
identified the biological parents and an otherwise completed Educational
Transfer Form was provided.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Coloma High School (Regulation
I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who last year attended Benton Harbor High School where he did
not participate in any sports.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver for immediate eligibility only at the sub-varsity
level during the first semester of the current school year.
Dearborn
Heights-Annapolis High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 12th-grade student who attended
school in this district through 10th grade. His family moved to
Chelsea where he attended 11th grade. He participated in athletics,
but gradually lost interest in sports and school. The student
moved to his grandparents and reenrolled at Annapolis High School.
At its Aug. 18, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee denied the
request for waiver. The matter was resubmitted with additional
information, including that the health of the grandparents is
failing and the family has moved back to Dearborn Heights because
the home in Chelsea is undergoing major renovations.
The Executive Committee determined
that the student is eligible under the regulations if Handbook
Interpretation No. 70 is satisfied and the student is living
with his parents in the Annapolis High School district. It was
also requested the school take notice of Interpretation No. 69
and advise the student and his family of its content.
Dearborn Heights-Crestwood High
School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
A late request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf
of an 11th-grade student who previously attended Redford-Detroit
Catholic Central High School where he did not participate in athletics.
The transfer was for unspecified family reasons.
The Executive Committee denied
the request for waiver.
Detroit-Benedictine
High School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
A late request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf
of an 11th-grade student who enrolled March 19, 1999, transferring
from St. Martin dePorres High School where he encountered some
discipline problems.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Detroit-Benedictine High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
A late request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf
of a 12th-grade student from U-D Jesuit High School where he had
academic deficiencies.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Detroit-Benedictine High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
A late request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf
of 12th-grade twins, one of whom for his safety was asked not
to return to Detroit-Chadsey as a result of an April 14, 1999
altercation. Both students completed the 1998-99 school year at
Chadsey.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Detroit-Holy Redeemer High School
(Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit immediate eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who previously attended West Wayne Christian Academy where he
did not compete in any sports.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver for immediate eligibility only at the sub-varsity
level during the first semester of the current school year.
Dowagiac
Union High School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation to permit eligibility only at the sub-varsity level
during the first semester of the current school year was made
on behalf of a 10th-grade student who attended Volinia Outreach
Center in the Marcellus School District last year while living
in Dowagiac. He did not participate in any sports last year. Dowagiac
releases students and their records to Volinia. Dowagiac has its
own alternative education program and those students are counted
as potentially eligible at Dowagiac.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver for immediate eligibility only at the sub-varsity
level during the first semester of the current school year.
Dowagiac
Union High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 12th-grade student who attended
Dowagiac Union High School for 9th, 10th and the first semester
of 11th grade while living with her mother. Then she moved to
live with her father in Georgia, completing 11th grade there.
She has returned to her mother's residence and Dowagiac Union
High School for 12th grade. The student's mother and father were
never married but are identified on her birth certificate. An
otherwise completed Educational Transfer Form was provided.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
East Lansing High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a student who has moved from the residence of her brother to the
residence of her aunt in East Lansing (additional details confidential).
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Essexville-Garber High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 12th-grade student who is neither a permanent nor temporary
ward of the court but has been placed with his grandparents with
whom he has lived since April 1999.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver subject to the condition that the school
submit to the executive director documentation that confirms the
Executive Committee's understanding of circumstances that compelled
the student's relocation.
Farwell High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 9th-grade student who practiced three days at Harrison High
School before enrolling at Farwell. The student's family is constructing
a home adjacent to Farwell athletic facilities.
Inasmuch as the student only
practiced at the previous school and much of the competitive season
has passed, the Executive Committee granted the request for waiver
for immediate eligibility at any level.
Ferndale High School (Regulation
I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who attended Ferndale High School until an illness to her guardian
caused the student to move to her sister's residence in Pontiac
where she attended Northern High School. The guardian (an aunt)
is now able to care for herself and the student has returned to
that residence and to Ferndale High School. The student did not
participate in any sports at Pontiac-Northern High School.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for immediate
eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the current school year.
Gladstone High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 10th-grade student who has been a ward of the court and was
returned from an institutional setting to his home in a district
which neighbors the Gladstone School District where he had attended
school in the past.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Grand Rapids-Creston High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 12th-grade student who last year attended Grand Rapids-Catholic
Central High School where she participated on the swim team but
had difficulties with several students.
The Executive Committee reiterated
its long-standing position that the making and losing of friends
and peer group pressures and problems are common and do not rise
to the level of creating undue hardship; and the request for waiver
was denied.
Harper
Woods-Regina High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request was made to waive the
transfer regulation on behalf of a 10th-grade student who attended
St. Thecla School through 6th grade. Her father's employment relocated
the family to China. She had registered for 9th grade at Regina
High School when her father's stay in China was extended another
year, causing her to attend 9th grade in Singapore. The family's
home is closer to Center Line-St. Clement than Regina.
The
Executive Committee noted that she has returned to the school
where she was originally registered and would have been eligible,
and it granted the request for waiver.
Holland High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 9th-grade student who attended 7th, 8th and the first day of
9th grade at Black River Public Academy before enrolling at Holland
High School.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Jonesville High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 10th-grade student who resides in Jonesville with his family
but last year attended Concord High School, which is not participating
in schools of choice but accepts a limited number of out-of-district
residents. Concord would not accept this student's return at least
in part because of the student's behavior problems last spring.
The Jonesville athletic director met with the Executive Committee.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver.
Lake Linden-Hubbell High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a student who previously attended Norway High School. He moved
to Dollar Bay but enrolled at Lake Linden-Hubbell, where his family
is building a home. He desires to play football in the Lake Linden-Hubbell/Dollar
Bay cooperative program.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for football
only. The student is ineligible for any other sport until the
first day of classes of the second semester at Lake Linden-Hubbell
High School or until the family relocates within the Lake Linden-Hubbell
district, whichever is earlier.
Lansing Catholic Central High
School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
at only the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who attended DeWitt High School last school year. He participated
in two track meets before an injury ended that season.
The
Executive Committee denied the request for waiver, noting that
the specific conditions of Section 9(B) include that the student
has not participated in high school in any sport for which the
MHSAA conducts a postseason tournament, whether or not that student
actually participated in that tournament.
Lansing-New Covenant Christian
High School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 10th-grade student who in 1998-99 attended Lansing Christian
High School where he tried out for and practiced with the golf
team. His score never qualified for use in a meet. He desires
to play soccer at New Covenant Christian, which he is attending
because it is 15 miles closer to his residence and more closely
aligned with the family's beliefs and practices.
The Executive Committee denied
the request for waiver, noting that the specific conditions of
Section 9(B) include that the student has not participated in
high school in any sport for which the MHSAA conducts a postseason
tournament, whether or not that student actually participated
in that tournament.
Mackinaw
City High School (Regulation I, Section 9[C]) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student who resides
in the Pellston School District and attended Pellston High School
for 9th grade. He played the 1999 football season's first two
games as a part of the cooperative program between Pellston and
Mackinaw City.
The
Executive Committee found that all requirements of this section
had been met, including the written approval of both schools;
and it granted the request for waiver.
Madison Heights-Bishop Foley
Catholic High School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation to permit eligibility only at the sub-varsity level
during the first semester of the current school year was made
on behalf of a 10th-grade student who attended 9th grade in 1998-99
at Rochester High School where he did not participate in school
sports.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for immediate
eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the current school year.
Menominee High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) - Request
to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of two students
who attended Menominee Area Public Schools for the past five years.
Their father took a job in Ohio, the family moved there in August,
the students attended class briefly, and the mother and students
moved back to Menominee. In Ohio, the 12th-grader attended one
day of class and seven cross country practices (no meets); the
10th-grader attended three days of class and participated in no
practices or competition.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Merrill High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
a 10th-grade student who lives in Merrill and attended Midland-Bullock
Creek High School last school year and for five school days this
year where he practiced with the junior varsity football team
before he enrolled at Merrill, which would not sign a letter of
release for this school year.
Expressing disappointment for
the decision regarding this student by Merrill High School, the
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver; but it indicated
it would not grant waiver of the transfer regulation for this
student in the future.
Michigan
Center High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student who transferred
to Michigan Center in April after moving from his mother who was
unable to care for him to his grandmother's residence in Michigan
Center. The student played basketball at Jackson-Northwest High
School last year.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver subject to
the condition that the school prove to the executive director's
satisfaction that the student's father is not a viable option
for his care.
Montague
High School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
an 11th-grade student who attended Calvary Baptist Academy in
Muskegon for four years. The school has relocated 9.3 miles further
from the family's home in Montague, where the student has enrolled.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Muskegon High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation and specifically Interpretation
No. 68 was made on behalf of a 9th-grade student who enrolled
at Muskegon Catholic Central in early August and practiced with
its football team Aug. 9-16. He enrolled at Muskegon High School
on Aug. 18. The parents have recently divorced, are engaged in
a custody battle and disagree where the student should attend
high school.
Inasmuch
as the student only practiced at the previous school and much
of the competitive season has passed, the Executive Committee
granted the request for waiver for immediate eligibility at any
level.
Muskegon-Western
Michigan Christian High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student who attended
Algoma Christian School last year (additional details confidential).
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver.
Niles-Brandywine High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
an 11th-grade student who lives in Edwardsburg but who attended
8th, 9th and part of 10th grade in the Brandywine system. In December
of 1998, she returned to the Edwardsburg district when her mother,
who has Multiple Sclerosis, could no longer drive her to school.
The student's father works for the railroad and is unable to assist
with transportation. This year the student is able to drive herself
and has returned to Brandywine High School. The school's assistant
principal and the student's parents met with the Executive Committee.
The
request for waiver was granted.
Okemos High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) - Request
to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of a 10th-grade
student who moved from the residence of his mother in Okemos to
the residence of his father in Farmington Hills, where he enrolled
at Harrison High School in November of 1998 and played two sports
without completion of an Educational Transfer Form, divorce exception.
He has returned to his mother's residence in Okemos. It was stated
in late received information that the first move was necessitated
by a living situation in Okemos and a serious disease of the father.
The
Executive Committee noted that the student has received the maximum
eligibility available when relocating between divorced parents
and that waiver, which would provide additional participation
that would exceed that available to other students, should be
denied.
Ontonagon
High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request
to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of a 12th-grade
student who attended Ontonagon schools through 8th grade while
he and his mother resided at the student's maternal grandparents'
house. When he and his mother moved to her boyfriend's house,
the student entered Baraga schools. Tension in that home rose
over three years until the student returned to his grandparents'
house in Ontonagon and he enrolled at Ontonagon High School for
the 1999-00 school year. At its Aug. 18, 1999 meeting, the Executive
Committee denied the request for waiver. The matter was resubmitted
with additional information supporting the increasing volatility
of the student's living situation in Baraga.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver.
Ortonville-Brandon
High School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation (Interpretation No. 68)
was made on behalf of a 9th-grade student who attended football
practice at Pontiac-Notre Dame Preparatory High School on Aug.
18, 1999 and returned the next day to the Brandon School District,
which he attended his entire academic career.
Inasmuch as the student only
practiced at the previous school and much of the competitive season
has passed, the Executive Committee granted the request for waiver
for immediate eligibility at any level.
Parchment High School (Regulation
I, Section 9) -
Request was made to permit immediate eligibility at the sub-varsity
level only during the first semester of the 1999-00 school year
for a 10th-grade student who attended Kalamazoo-Hackett Catholic
Central High School as a 9th-grader in 1998-99 where he participated
in football. At its Aug. 18, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee
denied the request for waiver. The matter was resubmitted with
additional information about the circumstances of the 1998-99
school year.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver at any level
of competition.
Redford-Bishop
Borgess High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation (Interpretation No. 68) was made on behalf of a 9th-grade
student who practiced basketball with Detroit-Cody High School
between Aug. 16 and 24 before enrolling at Bishop Borgess High
School on Sept. 3, 1999. The school requested the student continue
to be ineligible for the first three contests after Sept. 15 and
then allowed eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during
the remainder of the current semester.
Inasmuch as the student only
practiced at the previous school and much of the competitive season
has passed, the Executive Committee granted the request for waiver
for immediate eligibility at any level.
Redford-Detroit Catholic Central
High School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation (Interpretation No. 68)
was made on behalf of a 9th-grade student who attended five days
of football practice at Livonia-Franklin High School but attended
no classes. He attended Detroit Catholic Central's largest feeder
school, St. Michael Grade School, for eight years. He took the
8th-grade placement test in November of 1998 and directed that
his test scores be sent to Detroit Catholic Central, which accepted
him in January of 1999 for enrollment as a 9th-grade student in
1999-00. He attended Detroit Catholic Central for its first day
of school on Aug. 17. Detroit Catholic Central would limit his
eligibility to the sub-varsity level.
Inasmuch as the student only
practiced at the previous school and much of the competitive season
has passed, the Executive Committee granted the request for waiver
for immediate eligibility at any level.
Riverview-Gabriel Richard High
School (Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
an 11th-grade student whose family has relocated from River Rouge
to a home they have constructed which is closer to several other
non-public schools than the one attended by her sister now and
her uncle and cousins previously.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver.
Royal
Oak-Dondero High School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation to permit immediate eligibility at the sub-varsity
level only was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student who last
school year attended Southfield-Lathrup High School where he practiced
with the football team but did not play in any contests due to
an injury.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for immediate
eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the current school year.
Royal Oak-Dondero High School
(Regulation I, Section 9[B]) - A
late request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
immediately at only the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the 1999-00 school year was made on behalf of an 11th-grade
student from Oak Park High School who wishes to participate in
soccer that was not sponsored by Oak Park.
The Executive Committee denied
the request for waiver, noting that this section applies only
to 9th and 10th-grade students.
Royal Oak-Kimball High School
(Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit immediate eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who attended Howell High School in 1998-99 when he did not participate
in any school sports.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for immediate
eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the current school year.
Saginaw-Heritage High School
(Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
an 11th-grade student who, at the end of the first semester of
the 1998-99 school year, relocated from his mother's residence
in the Heritage district to his father's residence in Oxford where
he played sports through use of the Educational Transfer Form.
While at Oxford, the student's father was charged with criminal
sexual conduct. There is now a custody struggle. Neither the criminal
sexual conduct charges nor custody has been resolved. The student
has reenrolled at Heritage but has already used the one-time exception
for transfers related to divorce.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver subject to the condition that the student's
stepsister has also been removed from the home of the student's
father.
St.
Joseph High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of a 9th-grade student who was new
to the community last year and attended St. Joseph Middle School
for 8th grade in 1998.99. He participated in three practices with
the St. Joseph High School freshman football team this fall and
then practiced once at Lake Michigan Catholic. He participated
in no scrimmages or contests at either school and attended no
classes before Sept. 15 at St. Joseph High School.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver, to be effective after the student has
attended at least ten complete school days at St. Joseph High
School and has established an adequate academic record there and
the student also has attended at least ten separate days of football
practice at St. Joseph High School.
Traverse City Christian High
School (Regulation I, Section 9[B]) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation to permit eligibility
only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester of the
1999-00 school year was made on behalf of a 10th-grade student
who did not participate in sports at his previous school.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for waiver for immediate
eligibility only at the sub-varsity level during the first semester
of the current school year.
Westland-Lutheran High School
Westland (Regulation I, Section 9) -
Request to waive the transfer regulation was made on behalf of
an 11th-grade student who previously attended Valley Lutheran
High School in Saginaw. The family has relocated but the residence
is closer to another Lutheran school. The student's father is
pastor of a Lutheran church which operates a feeder school for
Lutheran High School Westland.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver.
Wyoming-Tri-unity
Christian High School (Regulation I, Section 9) - Request to waive the transfer
regulation was made on behalf of 10th and 12th-grade students
who previously attended Freedom Baptist High School and whose
sister, who attends elementary school in the same building as
Freedom Baptist High School, was emotionally abused by an elementary
teacher whom the Board refused to terminate in spite of administration
recommendations to the contrary.
The Executive Committee granted
the request for waiver.
Burt
Lake-Northern Michigan Christian Academy (Regulation III, Section
1[C]) - Request
to waive the enrollment regulation was made to permit 6th grade
boys to play basketball with 7th and 8th-graders. The high school
enrollment is 29.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for the 1999-00 school
year only.
Bronson
Junior High School and Bronson-St. Mary's Assumption School (Regulation
III, Section 1) -
The Executive Committee approved the addition of girls basketball
and girls volleyball to the cooperative agreement that exists
between these schools in four other sports.
New Buffalo Middle School and
New Buffalo-St. Mary of the Lake School (Regulation III, Section
1) - The Executive
Committee approved a cooperative program in football, girls competitive
cheer, girls volleyball, boys and girls track and field, boys
and girls cross country and boys and girls basketball. New Buffalo
Middle School will be the primary school.
Millington High School (Regulation
V, Section 3[C]) -
The Nov. 14, 1998 MHSAA Football Playoff game between Chesaning
and Millington High Schools was ended by the officials with 1:43
remaining in the game because of a series of personal fouls against
Millington, which has submitted a summary report of internal actions
which have included public apologies by players, school sanctions
against players, development of a school district task force to
improve sportsmanship among all constituents, and increased involvement
in the Program of Athletic Coaches' Education (PACE). At its January
meeting, the Executive Committee requested that the school's administration
and head football coach appear at a future meeting to address
more specifically the student sanctions that have been imposed,
the steps being implemented to improve sportsmanship among athletes,
other students, fans and coaches, the district's expanded involvement
in PACE, a report of the first task force meeting(s), and, since
many comments were received about the inadequacy of the facility
as a contributor to problems, what is being done to address those
concerns.
The
principal and two members of the football coaching staff met with
the Executive Committee to discuss each of the designated topics.
Recommendations by the Task Force to the Millington Board of Education
were reviewed, as were facility concerns. Many other positive
ideas were exchanged.
At
its Feb. 25, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee determined
as follows:
(1)
The action of the Board of Education with respect to the task
force recommendations should be communicated to the MHSAA as soon
as it occurs; and
(2)
Because facility deficiencies were cited by all parties, until
there are significant changes that solve existing problems, if
Millington should otherwise earn the privilege of hosting an MHSAA
Football Playoff game, it will be required that Millington High
School arrange an alternative site acceptable to the MHSAA staff.
On
Aug. 11, 1999, the executive director faxed to Millington High
School a request for follow-up, which was received Aug. 13.
The
Executive Committee found the school's response to be inadequate
and directed the executive director to receive more from the school
in writing about the progress in improving its football facility,
the plans to have its personnel participate in PACE, and means
being used by the district to communicate and reinforce its Sportsmanship
Policy, consistent with Article II, Section 3 of the MHSAA Constitution.
The
school's response of Sept. 10, 1999, was reviewed by the Executive
Committee, which determined it is still lacking in several respects
which the executive director is to communicate to the school's
administration.
Ravenna
High School (Regulation I, Sections 4 & 5 & Regulation
V, Section 4[B]) -
Requests to waive the maximum semesters regulation and the requirement
of forfeiture for participation by an ineligible student were
made. The student attended Coopersville High School for 9th, 10th
and the start of 11th grade while living with his mother. In October
of 1997, the student moved to his father's residence and was placed
in 10th grade at Ravenna. The student, who is now in his 5th first
semester and 9th semester overall, played in a football game Aug.
27, 1999.
The
Executive Committee denied the request to waive the maximum semesters
eligibility standard and the requirement of forfeiture of the
contest in which a student participated who was in excess of the
semesters limitation.
Ann
Arbor-Pioneer High School -
At its April 22, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee reviewed
the conduct by some of the Pioneer spectator section at the conclusion
of the 1999 MHSAA Class A Boys Basketball Final game.
The Executive Committee directed
the staff to (1) require a response from the school's administration
that, among other information, will identify the administrators,
staff and chaperones who were assigned to the contest and their
roles during and after the game; and (2) review tournament printed
materials for the possibility of adding clearer, stronger and
more thorough coverage of schools' responsibilities to supervise
their spectators. In addition, the Executive Committee requested
that the Representative Council discuss this situation and the
possibility of revising Handbook language to deal more
effectively with similar situations in the future.
The school's written response
was received June 3. Also provided to the Executive Committee
were pages 14 and 15 of the Tournament Manager's Manual, pages
4-6 of the Final Round Qualifying Team Manual provided after the
Regionals, and two additional pages for qualifying teams' chaperones.
At
its June 9, 1999 meeting, the Executive Committee requested that
the executive director communicate its dissatisfaction with the
school's response and require additional follow-up by the school.
Ideas were discussed for strengthening the MHSAA's written expectations
of participating schools' administration and spectators at MHSAA
Basketball Tournaments.
There
was no response from the school. Therefore, at its Aug. 18, 1999
meeting, the Executive Committee directed the executive director
to ask the school for its response prior to the Sept. 8 meeting
of the Boys Basketball Tournament Committee.
The school's response was received
Sept. 7. It required additional follow-up, which was requested
by the executive director but not yet provided by the school.
The Executive Committee asked the executive director to obtain
the information previously requested.
Saginaw High School - Pursuant to Regulation V, Section
4(A), Saginaw High School was placed on probation for the 1996-97
school year for failure to rate any boys soccer, volleyball, baseball
or softball officials during the 1995-96 school year. The probation
was extended to the 1997-98 school year for failure to rate any
officials in volleyball, wrestling and softball during the 1996-97
school year. Then in the fall of 1997, the school failed to rate
any boys soccer officials and was notified March 31, 1998, that
probation would continue for the 1998-99 school year with the
stipulation that the school must show cause by Aug. 1, 1998, why
it should not be prohibited from participation in the MHSAA tournament
in any sport where there is a violation during 1998-99, meaning
that the school at this time may not participate in the 1998 MHSAA
Boys Soccer Tournament. Subsequently, the school failed to rate
any officials in girls soccer, meaning that the status of girls
soccer is the same as boys soccer for 1998-99.
The school's response was that
the boys soccer coach was hospitalized during the season and that
there were three different coaches for the girls team, which eventually
withdrew from the 1998 MHSAA Girls Soccer Tournament.
At its Aug. 12, 1998 meeting,
the Executive Committee directed staff to reemphasize that the
obligation to rate officials is a duty of the member institution,
not just coaches. However, the Executive Committee accepted the
school's explanation. It was determined the school would remain
on probation through the 1998-99 school year, but without loss
of tournament participation privileges, while its compliance record
is monitored.
During
the 1998-99 school year, Saginaw High School had the following
violations:
Girls
Volleyball - failure of head coach to attend rules meeting or
pass exam; failure to rate any officials.
Wrestling - failure to rate
any officials.
Boys
Golf - failure of head coach to attend rules meeting or pass exam.
Baseball
- failure to rate any officials.
Softball - failure to rate any
officials.
Girls
Soccer - failure to rate any officials.
The school was placed on probation
through the 1999-00 school year. It was requested that the executive
director express the concern of the Executive Committee directly
to the superintendent and board president, as well as principal
and athletic director of Saginaw High School, and that recommendations
be prepared for the Representative Council for publicizing chronic
offenders and penalizing them in ways that affect financial reimbursements,
hosting opportunities, and participation opportunities for students
of schools which are chronic offenders of administrative rules.
On
Sept. 7, 1999, the MHSAA received a letter from the Saginaw High
School principal reporting a meeting occurred with the superintendent,
assistant superintendent and athletic director and a meeting also
occurred with head coaches of girls volleyball, boys golf, wrestling,
baseball, softball and girls soccer. The letter described new
procedures that will be implemented to eliminate recurring violations,
including the policy that coaching stipends will not be paid until
all duties are completed.
The
Executive Committee accepted these remedial actions by Saginaw
High School, which the Executive Committee will continue to monitor.
New
Schools - Pursuant
to procedures for MHSAA membership, as established by the Representative
Council March 21, 1997, MHSAA membership is approved for:
a.
Flat Rock-Summit Academy, a public school academy with
9-11 enrollment of 220 which anticipates sponsoring cross country,
basketball and baseball for boys and basketball, volleyball and
softball for girls and adding 12th grade in 2000-01. Its membership
would be at both the high school and junior high/middle school
levels; and
b.
Hillsdale Academy, a private school with 29 students in
grades 9-11 which anticipates sponsoring boys soccer, boys basketball,
boys track and field, girls basketball, girls volleyball and girls
track and field. Its membership would be at both the high school
and junior high/middle school levels.
c. Detroit-Charlotte Forten
Academy, a public school academy with 120 students in grades
9-12 which anticipates sponsoring only boys basketball. Its clientele
is primarily individuals housed at Boysville Medium Level Risk
Facility. The school will participate in the Michigan Athletic
League.
Kimball-New
Life Christian Academy -
At the June 10, 1998 Executive Committee Meeting, the executive
director reported that this school had been suspended from MHSAA
membership for 1998-99 for its continuing failures to meet Handbook
obligations, including the failure to rate any officials and attend
rules meetings in boys and girls basketball. The school previously
had been prohibited from entering the MHSAA Boys and Girls Basketball
Tournaments in 1997-98 and 1998-99 for failure to attend required
rules meetings three consecutive years in boys basketball, and
for failure to attend a rules meeting or pass a rules examination
and failure to rate any officials in girls basketball.
The
school sought membership for 1999-00. MHSAA staff conducted a
site visit and recommended that the school be accepted into membership
but remain on probation for the 1999-00 school year.
The Executive Committee approved
membership with probation for New Life Christian Academy.
Sault
Ste. Marie-Sault Area High School (Classification) - The school, which since 1993
has utilized the option to move from the Class B/C/D tournament
to the Class A tournament in ice hockey, requested waiver of the
Aug. 15 deadline to permit its reclassification from Division
3 to Division 2 of the 2000 MHSAA Ice Hockey Tournament.
The
Executive Committee granted the request for Sault Area High School
to participate in Division 2 of the 2000 and 2001 MHSAA tournaments.
Non-Traditional
Schools and Students - The
Executive Committee reviewed the reports of the three task force
groups which met in August, pursuant to the Representative Council's
request that the MHSAA (1) develop strategies for Representative
Council consideration to promote greater awareness and use of
options that currently exist for interscholastic athletic participation
by students who are less than full-time enrolled students of the
school sponsoring the athletic program, and (2) explore additional
options that might be considered by the membership to expand such
opportunities with appropriate oversight of attendance, behavior,
curriculum and progress toward graduation and other fundamental
requirements of educationally-based athletics.
The executive director provided
a preview of how the progress to date would be reported at Update
Meetings.
Finance
- The Executive
Committee reviewed cash flow projections identifying the effects
in July through October 1999 of increased payments to MHSAA tournament
hosts during the previous school year.
As of July 30, 1999, the Women
in Sports Leadership Fund had increased to $327,642.54 since its
inception in 1994 with an original investment of $211,975 and
after six withdrawals totaling $94,121.64 to support direct expenses
of the annual Women in Sports Leadership Conference. On Aug. 24,
1999, the executive director sold all of the Women in Sports Leadership
Fund in the American Funds US Government Securities, totaling
$81,198.92. The balance in the Women in Sports Leadership Fund
as of Aug. 31, 1999 was $239,199.50. Because the balance still
exceeds the original investment, and far more than the recently
liquidated portion of this fund has come from the MHSAA's general
operational budget to support the indirect expenses of the event,
the Executive Committee voted that the amount sold on Aug. 24
not be restored to this designated fund.
Next Meetings - The next meeting of the Executive
Committee will be Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 9 a.m. in East Lansing.
Thereafter, the Executive Committee will meet Wednesday, Nov.
17, at 9 a.m. in East Lansing; and Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 8:30
a.m. in Grand Rapids.
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GIVE THANKS I can still recall
as if it were yesterday my high school choir director stretching
out his arms, throwing back his head, and looking to the heavens
when we got a particularly loud and inspirational chord just right.
I can remember his eyes welling up with tears when we got a soft,
delicate phrasing just right. His love for music and for us was
so infectious, he won the hearts of 50 adolescents for music and
for him.
When
I was a senior, I joked with him that he should be the highest
paid employee of the school district. He said he disagreed because
the highest paid employee didn't get to see the love and hear
the music of 50 kids for 50 minutes every day the way he did.
He felt he was the most highly compensated employee in
the district.
But
ten years later, my mother told me that this choir director had
left teaching for private business. I was incredulous. I couldn't
picture Mr. Schultz as anything but a teacher. I was greatly saddened.
Ten
years after that, I attended my 20th high school reunion; and
the two teachers invited to join the Class of 1966 that night
included Mr. Schultz.
That evening, I asked to speak
with him privately. I told him I was saddened when I heard he
had left teaching and I was still sad, because he was the best
teacher I had in high school. "Why did you leave teaching?"
I asked.
He
answered, "Because no one told me what you just did."
What
a loss for education. And what difference a word a encouragement
might have made.
So
this Thanksgiving, let us each seize the opportunity to give thanks
for and to give thanks to the most important educators
of our lives.
REVIEWING THE REGULATIONS
A REVIEW
OF NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS,
STUDENTS & ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES
I.
"NON-TRADITIONAL"
SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS
MHSAA rules are minimum
standards. Schools may adopt higher standards or may deny eligibility
where MHSAA rules permit. Local rules which exceed MHSAA minimum
standards prevail.
In General . . .
A. A student of a
non-traditional school may be eligible at the school where he
or she is physically taking and passing at least 20 credit hours
provided (1) local policy allows, (2) these credits count toward
graduation requirements at the school where he/she is enrolled
and intends to graduate, and (3) that school does not have any
inter-scholastic athletics.
B. Courses taken in
a school other than the one in which a student is enrolled may
be counted toward athletic eligibility in the school of actual
enrollment provided arrangements for current eligibility reports
are made between the schools. This may apply to:
1. Adult Education,
including night school
2. Alternative Education
3.
Colleges and Universities
4. Home Schools
5.
Nonpublic Schools
6. Public School Academies
(charter schools)
7. Special Education
8.
Vocational Education, including skills centers and tech
centers
Adult Education/Night School
If
a student is enrolled in the adult education or night school program
of his/her community for at least some courses and receives credit
toward graduation at the high school in the district of his/her
residence, that student may be eligible for interscholastic athletics
at his/her base (original) high school only, provided local policy
allows and the student is passing the equivalent of 20 credit
hours overall which count toward the graduation requirements of
the base high school.
Alternative Education
If
a student is placed in an alternative school administered directly
or through a consortium by that student's school district, and
the alternative school does not have an interscholastic program,
that student may be eligible at his/her base (original) high school
only, provided local policy allows and that student is passing
the equivalent of 20 credit hours overall which count toward the
graduation requirements of the base high school.
Colleges, Universities
If
a regularly enrolled undergraduate high school student takes courses
in advance of the high school level, these courses may be included
for high school graduation credit and for athletic eligibility
purposes; and that student may be eligible at his/her base (original)
high school only, provided local policy allows and that student
is passing the equivalent of 20 credit hours overall which count
toward graduation requirements of the base high school.
Home Education
If a student is unable
to attend school but remains enrolled in it and instructed by
its teachers through a "homebound" program, that
student may be eligible for interscholastic athletics at the school
where he/she is enrolled, provided local policy allows and the
student is passing the equivalent of 20 credit hours overall which
count toward the graduation requirements of that school.
See
Part II for three options for "home schooled"
students.
Nonpublic Schools
See
Part III for five options.
Public School Academies
(Charter Schools)
See
Part III for five options.
Special Education
If
a student is placed by an Individual Education Program Committee
in a special education program at another high school, that student
may be eligible at his/her high school of residence or the high
school to which he/she is assigned, provided local policy allows
and the student is passing the equivalent of 20 credit hours overall
which count toward the graduation requirements of the school from
which he/she expects to graduate. The choice is available one
time in grades 9-12.
Vocational Education, Skills
Center,
Tech
Center
If
a student is enrolled in a vocational education program, skills
center or technical center administered directly or through a
consortium by that student's school district, that student may
be eligible at his/her base (original) high school only, provided
local policy allows and that student is passing the equivalent
of 20 credit hours overall which count toward the graduation requirements
of the base high school.
II.
EXISTING ATHLETIC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS
Outside of Schools
Students
of home schools may participate in sports through youth leagues,
church leagues, YMCA/YWCA, boys/girls clubs, health/fitness clubs,
etc.
Within Schools
(If local school policy
allows)
THREE OPTIONS:
Option
1 -
Home School Sponsors and Conducts an Athletic Program:
Home
school groups are encouraged to sponsor and conduct self-sufficient
athletic programs for their students and compete against any other
schools.
Option
2 -
Enrolled in a Home School, Taking Courses at Another School:
A
student who is enrolled in a home school that sponsors no teams
in any sports may participate on sports teams of a high school
if that student is taking and passing at least 20 credit hours
of course work (usually four full subjects) at that high school.
The
two schools may set up the academic reporting procedures that
suit them, so long as they meet the minimum requirement of providing
academic progress reports at least every ten weeks.
Option 3 - Enrolled at a High
School, Taking Courses at Home:
A student who is enrolled
in a high school may take as many courses as he/she wishes at
home and still remain eligible for athletics at that high school
as long as the student is doing passing work in at least 20 credit
hours (usually four full subjects) for which the traditional public
or private high school will provide credit on that student's transcript.
The
two schools may set up the academic reporting procedures that
suit them, so long as they meet the minimum requirement of providing
academic progress reports at least every ten weeks.
III.
EXISTING ATHLETIC
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STUDENTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIES
(CHARTER SCHOOLS) AND
NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS
(EXCEPT
HOME SCHOOLS)
Outside of Schools
Students
of public school academies and nonpublic schools may participate
in sports through youth leagues, church leagues, YMCA/YWCA, boys/girls
clubs, health/fitness clubs, etc.
Within Schools
(If local school policy
allows)
FIVE OPTIONS:
Option
1 -
Public School Academy or Nonpublic School Sponsors and Conducts
an Athletic Program:
Public school academies and
nonpublic schools are encouraged to sponsor and conduct self-sufficient
athletic programs for their students and compete against any other
schools.
Option
2 - Cooperative
Programs:
If
a public school academy or nonpublic school joins the MHSAA, it
may combine with one or more other member schools to jointly sponsor
teams in one or more sports.
Cooperative program
application forms are available from the MHSAA office and require
the approval of the board of education and administration of each
school, as well as the league/conference in which the program
will participate.
Deadline for fall sports is
April 15.
Deadline
for winter sports is Aug. 15.
Deadline for spring
sports is Oct. 15.
Cooperative programs are permitted
in all 24 sports when the combined 9-12 enrollment of the
cooperating schools does not exceed the maximum for Class B (997
students in 1999-00).
Even if the combined enrollment
of the schools exceeds Class B, cooperative programs are permitted
in eight of 24 sports: girls competitive cheer, girls gymnastics,
girls golf, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls
skiing and ice hockey.
In a cooperative program, all
cooperating schools must be MHSAA members. There is no cost for
MHSAA membership, but each member school's governing board must
adopt each year a resolution which obligates the school to enforce
all MHSAA rules and regulations as to its own students and faculty
in all MHSAA tournament sports. MHSAA Membership Resolutions are
available from the MHSAA office.
In cooperative programs,
all cooperating schools contribute students, resources and oversight
to the effort.
A
school may sponsor its own teams in some sports and enter a cooperative
program with another school in other sports.
Option 3 - Enrolled in a Public
School Academy or Nonpublic School, Taking Courses at Another
School:
A
student who is enrolled in a public school academy or nonpublic
school that sponsors no teams in any sports may participate on
sports teams of a high school if that student is taking and passing
at least 20 credit hours of course work (usually four full subjects)
at that high school.
The two schools determine for
themselves how to share state funding for the student and what,
if any, athletic participation fee is appropriate.
Option 4 - Enrolled at a High
School, Taking Courses at a Public School Academy or Nonpublic
School:
A
student who is enrolled in a high school may take as many courses
as he/she wishes at a public school academy or nonpublic school
and still remain eligible for athletics at that high school as
long as the student is doing passing work in at least 20 credit
hours (usually four full subjects) for which the traditional public
or private high school will provide credit on that student's transcript.
The
two schools may set up the academic reporting procedures that
suit them, so long as they meet the minimum requirement of providing
academic progress reports at least every ten weeks.
The two schools determine
for themselves how to share state funding for the student and
what, if any, athletic participation fee is appropriate.
Option
5 - Continuing Eligibility:
A student who has
been attending one high school for at least two semesters may
enroll in another MHSAA member school that offers a specialized
curriculum which is not available at the first school and continue
to be eligible at the first school in sports not sponsored by
the specialized school.
The student must be taking and
passing at least 20 credit hours of course work overall, there
must be regular academic reports between the schools, and there
must be compliance with all other eligibility requirements of
the MHSAA and both schools.
The determination
of whether the specialized curriculum of one school without a
sport is not available in the curriculum of a school with that
sport shall be made by the school providing the sport. The majority
of courses provided by the school without the sport must be different
in type (not degree of difficulty) from those available at the
school with the sport.
The two schools determine for
themselves how to share state funding for the student and what,
if any, athletic participation fee is appropriate. n
NOTE: Schools voluntarily
join the MHSAA and, to that end, it is necessary that each school
district sign each year a Membership Resolution adopting the rules
and regulations of the MHSAA as their own and agreeing to primary
enforcement of those rules. While a school district is not bound
by the decisions rendered by the MHSAA regarding rule violations,
the MHSAA may condition eligibility for its tournaments on compliance
with its rules and its determinations concerning rules violations
and the penalties to be imposed for violations of the rules. See
Attorney General Opinions No. 4795 (1977) and No. 6352 (1986).
Many
school districts have additional rules that may also apply to
the subject matter of this column.
UPPER
PENINSULA ATHLETIC COMMITTEE MEETING
Escanaba,
Sept. 24, 1999 The Upper Peninsula
Athletic Committee met in Escanaba on Sept. 24, 1999, and discussed
the following agenda.
Girls Basketball
Officials
were selected for the 1999 Girls Basketball District, Regional
and Final tournament. James Dompier of Keweenaw Bay was selected
to work a Final game while James St. Onge of Ishpeming was chosen
to officiate a Semifinal game.
Boys Basketball
The
following sites were selected for the District tournament.
Class A: Escanaba
Class B: Gladstone
Class C: Rudyard, Munising,
Houghton, Iron Mountain
Class D: Pickford, Brimley, Superior
Central, Carney Nadeau, Wakefield and Chassell High School At
Michigan Tech.
Boys Regionals 24 and 32 will be held at Northern
Michigan University while Regional 31 will be played at
Newberry High School.
Class D Quarterfinal 16 will be played at
Escanaba if both Regional winners are from the Upper Peninsula.
If Regional 32 winner is from the Lower Peninsula, the
game will be played at Sault Ste. Marie.
Boys & Girls Golf
The
following sites were selected for the June 2, 2000, Finals.
Class A-B: Escanaba
Class C: Girls at Norway,
Boys at Iron Mountain
Class D: Girls at Bark River-Harris
(Highland), Boys at Rock Mid-Peninsula
Gymnastics
The
finals will be held at Escanaba High School on March 4, 2000.
Ice Hockey
The
following sites were selected for the Hockey Regionals to be held
Feb. 28- March 4, 2000.
Region l: Marquette High School
Region
3: Calumet
High School will host at Michigan Tech University
Skiing
Tournament
sites will be selected by the MHSAA Ski Committee in October.
Boys & Girls Swimming
The
Feb. 19, 2000, Finals are scheduled for Houghton High School.
Boys & Girls Tennis
The
following sites were selected for Boys & Girls Tennis Finals
in 2000 and 2001.
Class A-B: Marquette
Class C-D: Iron Mountain
Track & Field
The
2000 and 2001 Track Finals will be held at Kingsford High School.
Volleyball
Sites
were selected for district and regional tournaments in the new
format of state competition.
Class A District and
Regional
competition will be held in the Lower Peninsula.
Class B Districts will be held in Gladstone,
with the winner advancing to a Regional downstate.
Class C Districts will be hosted by
Newberry, Ishpeming, Iron Mountain and Hancock. The Class C
Regional will be held at Negaunee High School.
The Class D Districts
will be at Brimley, Rapid River, Forest Park and Ontonagon, with
the Class D Regional to be played in Escanaba.
Regional winners in
all classes will progress to Quarterfinal play in the Gaylord
area.
Wrestling
The
Upper Peninsula Individual Finals will be held at Marquette High
School on Feb. 18-19, 2000. Marquette will host again in February
2001.
The
committee requested MHSAA staff to remind Marquette management
that there should be no trophies or awards presented at the finals.
Because the event is sponsored by the MHSAA as the individual
finals, there are no team trophies presented. Only MHSAA awards
can be presented at MHSAA events.
Next Meeting: The next meeting
of the UP Athletic Committee will be held in Escanaba on Friday,
Jan. 14, 2000.
Scholar-Athlete and Sports Nutrition Award Deadlines!
Applications for the
MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award, sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance,
and the Sports Nutrition Award, sponsored by the United Dairy
Industry of Michigan, have been sent to member schools for consideration
of candidates for the 1999-00 school year.
Please pay careful
attention to the following deadlines for each award.
Individual applications
for the Scholar-Athlete Award must be completed and turned in
to high school principals by Nov. 22, so that they may forward
the information to the MHSAA by 4 p.m. EST on Dec. 3. Schools
are required to submit all applicants in one packet along with
the School Applicant List.
Sports Nutrition Award fall
sports applications must be received by Nov. 5, while the winter
sports deadline is Feb 25, and the spring sports deadline is May
12. Sports Nutrition Award applicants must be sent directly to
the United Dairy Industry of Michigan.
Each school is responsible
for utilizing a delivery service that ensures that its applications
arrive on time. No applications that arrive after the deadlines
listed here will be considered for awards.
FROM THE NATIONAL FEDERATION HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION AT
ALL-TIME HIGH; MICHIGAN RATES SIXTH NATIONALLY
The number of students
participating in high school athletics reached an all-time high
during the 1998-99 school year, as participation increased for
the 10th consecutive year.
Based on figures from the 51
state high school athletic/activity associations that are members
of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),
participation in high school athletics during 1998-99 was 6,504,298,
an increase of 151,523 from 1997-98. The 1998-99 figure exceeds
the previous all-time high set by the "baby boom" mark
of 6,450,482 in 1977-78.
Data from the 1998-99 survey
indicated another record participation for girls at 2,652,796,
an increase of 82,463 from the previous year. Boys participation
also increased, up 69,232 to 3,832,352, the highest mark since
1977-78. In addition to the 2,652,796 female participants and
3,832,352 male participants, the 6,504,298 total includes 19,220
participants in the coed team tennis program in Texas.
The
NFHS has compiled the survey since 1971 based on figures from
its 51 member state associations. With the exception of a slight
decrease from 1987-88 to 1988-89, participation has risen each
year since the 1983-84 year. The 1984-85 total stopped a six-year
downward spiral in which participation dropped five years.
In
the listing of athletic participants by state, Texas remains No.
1 with 783,751, followed by California (584,590), New York (328,954),
Ohio (290,226), Illinois (288,212), Michigan (285,465), Pennsylvania
(234,644), Minnesota (220,583), New Jersey (208,791) and Massachusetts
(179,142).
NFHS
1998-99 Participation Summary -- Ten Most Popular Boys Programs
Schools
Participants
|
1. Basketball |
16,763 |
|
1. Football |
983,625 |
|
2. Track & Field |
14,620 |
|
2. Basketball |
549,499 |
|
3. Baseball |
14,486 |
|
3. Track & Field |
477,960 |
|
4. Football |
13,192 |
|
4. Baseball |
455,305 |
|
5. Golf |
12,251 |
|
5. Soccer |
321,416 |
|
6. Cross Country |
11,855 |
|
6. Wrestling |
235,973 |
|
7. Tennis |
9,521 |
|
7. Cross Country |
181,915 |
|
8. Soccer |
9,041 |
|
8. Golf |
167,781 |
|
9. Wrestling |
9,022 |
|
9. Tennis |
142,953 |
|
10. Swimming & Diving |
5,234 |
10. Swimming & Diving |
83,411 |
NFHS 1998-99 Participation
Summary -- Ten Most Popular Girls Programs
Schools Participants
|
1. Basketball |
16,439 |
|
1. Basketball |
456,873 |
|
2. Track & Field |
14,545 |
|
2. Track & Field |
405,163 |
|
3. Volleyball |
13,250 |
|
3. Volleyball |
380,994 |
|
4. Softball |
12,679 |
|
4. Softball |
340,480 |
|
5. Cross Country |
11,341 |
|
5. Soccer |
257,586 |
|
6. Tennis |
9,385 |
|
6. Tennis |
156,505 |
|
7. Soccer |
7,931 |
|
7. Cross Country |
155,529 |
|
8. Golf |
6,771 |
|
8. Swimming & Diving |
133,235 |
|
9. Swimming & Diving |
5,450 |
|
9. Competitive Cheer |
74,462 |
|
10. Competitive Cheer |
4,064 |
10. Field Hockey |
57,980 |
FALL RATING FORMS DUE DEC. 3, 1999 Officials rating forms
for varsity or sub-varsity girls basketball, boys soccer and football
were sent in late October to all MHSAA member schools sponsoring
those sports. The forms are designed to be "read" by
a mark sensor scanning device. Many of the blanks already have
been completed and returned. The deadline for receiving forms
in this office will be Dec. 3, 1999. Rating blanks received
after this date will not be processed.
Athletic directors
are reminded that only one rating may be submitted for each
official regardless of the number of times the official works
contests for one school. Each official may receive a varsity and
a sub-varsity rating from one school for working more than one
level of competition.
The mark sensor forms do require
attention and adherence to specific preparation rules.
1.
Use only a No. 2 pencil -- NO INK.
2. Fully mark each
space selected.
3.
Print the officials ID number and name in the space provided and
fully darken the appropriate spaces under the entry. Officials
ID numbers are found in the Officials Directory.
4.
Indicate "Varsity" or "Sub-varsity" rating.
5.
Print the school ID number in the space provided and fully
darken in the appropriate spaces under the entry. School ID numbers
are in the School Directory in parentheses following
the school name.
6.
Use only the original forms sent to your school. Copies of the
form cannot be read by our equipment because the carbon properties
in the copy machine ink violate the system.
7. Keep forms as neat
and free of wrinkles, folds and holes as possible.
8. Athletic directors
are asked to review the ratings and make copies of the ratings
sent for their files in case problems develop. File copies help
solve problems.
It is important that rating
forms be reviewed by athletic directors before mailing to insure
that they are completely and properly filled out. All schools
should be positive that EITHER the superintendent OR the principal
AND the athletic director OR the coach sign and review the ratings
forms and that they be returned to the MHSAA office at the earliest
opportunity.
NOTE:
When an official receives a rating value of 5, the school must
submit an Unsatisfactory Rating Explanation form to the official
and to the MHSAA with the Rating Form. WITHOUT THE DOCUMENT the
"5" rating will be expunged from the officials rating
record.
An
official may be rated as varsity and/or sub-varsity only once
pre sport, per school, per year.
Schools are responsible
for rating officials who officiate contests involving their teams
in the sports (listed below) for which official ratings are maintained.
Schools which fail to rate any official during the season shall
be subject to the penalties outlined under Regulation V, Section
4. The following information shows a four year tracking of the
ratings. The figures for 1994-95 were the first to include separate
ratings for varsity and subvarsity contests. The number of officials
ratings submitted by schools and processed by the MHSAA:
Sport 1992-93 1993-94
1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
|
Girls Basketball |
28,463 |
28,699 |
32,909 |
33,088 |
31,527 |
33,677 |
32,447 |
|
Football |
26,342 |
26,308 |
28,037 |
28,039 |
27,689 |
28,946 |
28,841 |
|
Boys Soccer |
5,210 |
5,428 |
6,362 |
7,024 |
6,975 |
7,604 |
7,498 |
|
Boys Basketball |
30,940 |
30,274 |
34,489 |
34,729 |
33,572 |
34,306 |
33,075 |
|
Girls Volleyball |
10,666 |
10,859 |
14,876 |
14,234 |
13,695 |
13,932 |
13,514 |
|
Wrestling |
7,697 |
7,528 |
7,972 |
7,877 |
7,807 |
8,313 |
7,840 |
|
Boys Ice Hockey |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1,455 |
1,582 |
2,026 |
2,417 |
|
Girls Soccer |
2,944 |
3,014 |
3,982 |
4,580 |
5,017 |
5,420 |
5,889 |
|
Baseball |
9,976 |
9,934 |
10,436 |
11,108 |
12,150 |
12,867 |
12,257 |
|
Girls Softball |
9,940 |
9,670 |
10,208 |
11,159 |
12,693 |
13,390 |
12,680 |
TOTAL 132,178 131,174
149,271 153,293 152,707 160,481 156,458
1999 MHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The Representative
Council has attempted to set up schedules of division of proceeds
and allowances for team expenses of schools participating in the
1999 Girls Basketball Tournament which will be as adequate as
possible in view of probable receipts. The financial format will
be the same as that scheduled for the Boys Basketball Tournaments.
It should be kept in mind by schools that participating in MHSAA
Tournaments is voluntary and that expenses of teams competing
in tournaments are not guaranteed although the MHSAA generally
has reimbursed competing teams and entertaining schools where
local receipts did not meet the allowed expenses. The cooperation
of all schools competing in the 1999 Girls Tournaments is asked
in order that there may be an equitable return both to entertaining
and competing schools, and to the MHSAA so that its services to
schools and the broad program of meets and tournaments in sports
other than basketball may be continued.
ADMINISTRATION OF
TOURNAMENTS
Classification of Schools
By
action of Representative Council, assignment to classes is based
upon the 1998-99 enrollment for all 1999 fall sports. The classification
limitations for 1999-00 are as follows:
Enrollment 254 and
below -- Class D
Enrollment
255-498--Class C
Enrollment
499-997--Class B
Enrollment
998 and above--Class A
Tournament Centers
128
-- District Centers
32 -- Regional Centers
16
-- Quarterfinal Centers
1 -- Semifinal Center and Final
Center
Dates of Tournaments
District
Tournaments--Nov.
15-20
Regional
Tournaments--Nov.
22-24
Final
Tournament--Quarterfinal--Tuesday,
Nov. 30; Semifinals--Thursday, Dec. 2 and Friday, Dec. 3; Finals--Saturday,
Dec. 4.
FINANCIAL PLAN
Transportation Expenses of Competing
Teams at District, Regional and Finals Tournaments
1. At all tournament
levels, competing teams will absorb their own travel expenses
where the distance to the tournament site is 50 miles or less
from the competing school.
2. Beginning with the 51st mile
one way a competing team at District, Regional or Final Tournament
level will be reimbursed at the following rate per mile from the
home city to the tournament center city for each trip:
051 to 100 miles -
$l per mile
101
to 150 miles - $1.50 per mile
151 to 250 miles -
$2 per mile
251
to 350 miles - $2.50 per mile
351 miles and over
- $3 per mile
3.
Those schools which travel 100 or more miles (one way) to a tournament
center are allowed up to a maximum of $200 for hotel expenses
(receipts required). A school cannot receive both hotel and additional
travel allowances if games are played on successive days. This
applies to travel in all levels of the tournament.
Other Expenses of Teams Competing
at
Final
Tournament
1.
Meal Allowance - The maximum allowance for meals is three
dollars ($3) for breakfast, four dollars ($4) for lunch, and six
dollars ($6) for dinner, per person for a maximum of fifteen individuals.
2.
Lodging - The maximum allowance is the current hotel rate
secured for a maximum of fifteen individuals. Allowance for expenses
of competing schools at the Final Tournament will continue 24
hours after the time of their elimination, provided they remain
at the tournament center city. Schools which are defeated in Quarterfinal
games (Tuesday, Nov. 30) will not receive expense allowances for
coming to the Final Tournament Center to attend Final games. Overnight
lodging will not be arranged or reimbursed for schools within
50 miles of the tournament site, unless competition begins before
10 a.m. the next day.
3. Additional Per Diem School
Allowance - In addition to the above allowances, schools competing
in the Final Tournament are to be paid one hundred dollars ($100)
for each day their team plays in Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and
Final games. Any of the four Upper Peninsula schools that win
Quarterfinal games on Tuesday, Nov. 30, will be paid the additional
$100 above allowed expenses for Wednesday, Dec. 1, if they cannot
return home Tuesday night.
4. Payment of Bills -
Competing schools at all levels of competition are to pay for
their own housing, meals etc. The MHSAA will mail checks to schools
competing at the Final level after the Finals are played.
Division
of District and Regional Tournaments Proceeds
1. Before any division
of proceeds is made, the following are to be deducted from the
admission gross receipts: cost of officials; the amount paid to
scorers and timekeepers (payment to each of above $20 for a single
game on one date: $10 for each of the above officials for each
additional game scored or timed on the same date). All other administration
costs not specified above must be deducted from the school's share
of the proceeds.
2.
The balance is to be divided as follows: 30% to entertaining school
(includes management, liability insurance, rentals, heat. lights,
janitor, honorarium, etc.); 70% to MHSAA (includes allowed expenses
for competing schools)
--or--
25% to the entertaining
college or university. (includes management, liability insurance
rentals, heat, lights, janitor, honorarium, etc.) 75% to the MHSAA
(includes allowed expenses for competing schools).
Division of Final Tournament
Proceeds
The
entertaining schools for Quarterfinal and Semifinal games of the
Final Tournament will receive 10% of the gross receipts plus $450
for administration expenses and security.
The cost of administration
of the entire Final Tournament (officials, trophies, medals, management,
etc.) will be deducted from the total of the balances from Quarterfinal
games plus the proceeds from the Semifinal and Final games. The
balance will be divided among the competing schools to the amount
of allowed expenses as indicated above.
Admission Prices for Tournament
Games
The
Representative Council has set the following prices for all tournament
game tickets: Districts $4 and Regionals $4 for students and adults;
Quarterfinal games--All tickets $4 each; Semifinal tickets are
$5 per session; Final game $6 per session.
District and Regional
Managers are authorized to conduct a pregame ticket sale but all
ticket prices are standardized for students and adults regardless
of pregame sale.
DRAWING
AT DISTRICT
TOURNAMENTS
Drawings
at both Upper and Lower Peninsula District Tournaments will be
by lot with the names of all the teams placed in the hat on an
even basis. Any school which has played four or more games
on a District Tournament floor during the 1999 season is not to
draw a first-round bye at that District Tournament.
Drawings
are to be completed not later than Saturday preceding the week
of the tournament and should be made in the presence of as many
representatives of the competing schools as desire to attend.
At Districts, drawings may not be made in any class prior to
Monday Nov. 8. Notification should be sent to all competing
schools as to the time and place of drawing. Attendance of school
representatives is optional on their part.
The surest method
of drawing so that no confusion will result is to place the names
of the teams on individual slips of paper, fold each of them,
and place them in a hat or container so that they may be drawn
one at a time. Have some neutral party draw one name, read it
aloud, display it to the group and place the name of the team
drawn on the first line numbered. Repeat the procedure placing
each name in its bracket as drawn. If this method is followed,
there can be no confusion or mistake.
Whenever the home
or any other team that is participating in a District Tournament
on a floor (one on which it has played four or more games, during
the 1999 season) and there are byes involved, do not place the
name of such team or teams in the hat until after the byes are
drawn. Home teams (or those having played four or more games in
tournament or regular schedule play on the floor during the current
season) are not entitled to byes on such floors in District Tournaments.
This assures an open draw to all contestants and eliminates any
chance of such a team drawing a bye.
OFFICIALS
Assignments and Fees
By
Representative Council action in May 1989, officials will be assigned
by a Committee selected for this purpose. All District, Regional,
Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final game assignments will be determined
by this committee.
District Fee--Officials working
one game per day in District Tournaments will be paid thirty-five
dollars ($35) plus the round trip allowance of $.15 per mile (minimum
allowance $3) from home city of the official to District Tournament
Center City for each day the official works.
Regional Fee--Officials working
one game in a Regional Tournament will be paid forty dollars ($40)
plus the round trip allowance of $.15 per mile (minimum allowance
$3) from home city of the official to the Regional Tournament
Center City for each day the official works.
Final Tournament Fees--Officials working
in Quarterfinal games, will be paid forty-five dollars, ($45),
Semifinal and Final officials will be paid fifty dollars ($50)
per day and expenses, the latter being limited to one round-trip
allowance at $.15 per mile from home city of official to Tournament
Center City (official highway map mileage). Semifinal and Final
officials will receive single occupancy lodging at the current
hotel rate and an allowance will be provided for meals. Officials
assigned to Semifinal games only will receive lodging and meal
allowance if their home city is 70 miles or more from the tournament
site (map mileage).
ADVANCE MASTER DRAWING FOR 1999
REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS
Advance drawings of 1999 District
Tournament qualifiers to Regionals were authorized by the Representative
Council. The advance master draw was conducted by the Lower Peninsula
Site Selection Committee members and the draw applies to all 1998
Girls Regional Tournaments.
Four-Team Regional Tournament
Advanced
Master Drawing
(Winners from District
Tournaments As Drawn Below)
1.
Lowest
2.
Highest
3.
2nd Lowest
4.
2nd Highest
FINAL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
Quarterfinal,
Semifinal and Final Pairings appear on the following pages. Quarterfinal
pairings were made, in general, on a geographic basis. Semifinal
and Final pairings were made by an open draw.
BASKETBALLS
Balls that meet National
Federation Rules code standards that are of top-grade, catalogue
numbered, leather covered or composite cover, molded, orange-tan
color will be used in all tournaments. Each tournament manager
will provide a ball of the above description for use in their
Tournament.
PROGRAM
Teams
still participating in the 1999 tournament after Nov. 20 are required
to prepare and submit the following materials to the MHSAA office
for use in the souvenir programs produced for the Semifinals and
Finals:
1.
Horizontal team photograph, either 5 x 7 or 8 x 10, with typed
identification (photo may be black & white or color).
2.
Team Data Form with the following information:
a. Numerical Roster
b.
School Facts
c.
Season Results
d.
Head Coach Information
e. Miscellaneous Information
f.
Pronunciation Guide
g. Statistical Data
h. Probable Lineups
Information
kits will be sent directly to all schools, and also may be obtained
via the MHSAA Web Site at www.mhsaa.com.
PRESS, RADIO, AND TELEVISION
All
requests for press credentials are to be directed to the game
manager (MHSAA for Final games). Radio and television requests
for all games are to be directed to the MHSAA.
Live Television Coverage/Radio
Coverage--No
radio or television origination is permitted at any site until
application has been made through the MHSAA, fee paid and authorization
given by the MHSAA through the tournament manager.
Delayed Television--Arrangements for
tape delayed broadcasts must be made through the MHSAA office
and only one origination will be allowed at a tournament center. A fee is required for
each game at each site. Tape delayed telecasts of games for which
live television is contracted will not be permitted. Contact the MHSAA
office for additional information.
BANDS, HALFTIME
PERFORMANCES,LOTTERIES
By
action of the Representative Council, pep bands are allowed at
Semifinal and Final Tournaments only. This regulation was adopted
to conserve space, lessen expense to schools, and avoid unnecessary
confusion.
Also
by Council action, halftime performances shall not be permitted.
This would apply to such activities as demonstrations for dance,
trampoline and any other similar performances.
Schools should not
conduct lotteries or drawings for distributing money or merchandise
either before, during or after any tournament basketball contest.
Non-players
are not to shoot baskets at halftime. The distribution of miniature
balls is prohibited. The sale of merchandise such as t-shirts,
belts, etc. is not permitted at MHSAA sponsored events, except
at the Final Tournament when coordinated with the MHSAA staff.
VIDEO TAPING OR FILMING AT MHSAA
SPONSORED MEETS
AND
TOURNAMENTS
Competing Schools--A competing school
desiring to videotape or film an athletic event in which that
school competes must receive permission in advance from the tournament
manager. The film/tape is not to be used to second-guess decisions
made by game/meet officials. The film/tape may not be sold, rented,
or loaned for commercial purposes.
Media Filming--The filming/taping
of MHSAA events must be cleared through the Michigan High School
Athletic Association. Members of the media may, without paying
a fee, arrange with the local tournament manager to take clips
of MHSAA events for public showing. Under no conditions may an
entire athletic event be filmed or taped for showing without advance
clearance through the MHSAA and the local tournament manager.
Spectator
Videotaping/Filming for All games except State Semi and Final
Games --If
permission is granted for spectators to film/tape the entire event
or take clips, it is to be with the understanding the tape/film
may not be sold, leased, borrowed, or rented for commercial purposes.
The tournament manager should not permit spectators to interfere
with the view of other spectators or news media personnel covering
the activity, and if there is any question as to the purposes
of filming or taping, the request should be denied by the local
tournament management.
ADVANCE SALE OF TICKETS TO
NON-COMPETING SCHOOLS
FOR FINAL SERIES
An
unlimited number of tickets may be ordered from the MHSAA in advance
for Final Games at Rose Arena, Central Michigan University.
Afternoon
Session Finals:
Class D-11 a.m. Class A-1 p.m.
Evening
Session:
Class
C-5 p.m. Class B-7 p.m.
The price of tickets for each
session is $6 per ticket.
An application for schools to
order tickets for Final Sessions will be sent directly to individual
schools. The deadline date for ordering tickets in the advance
sale is Nov. 15, 1999.
CONTESTANT, CHEERLEADER AND
PEP BAND TICKETS
The Council has instructed that
tournament managers and competing schools be advised that the
limit for number of contestants' tickets is twenty. Twelve (12)
tickets for cheerleaders, including mascots, are to be made available
to each competing school provided there is that number dressed
for cheering. Up to 12 cheerleaders may lead cheers from the floor
and sidelines. Local tournament management may limit the number
of sideline cheerleaders to any number under 12 if circumstances
of the venue require.
Teams are limited to 15 players
in uniform, two (2) statisticians, and five (5) other persons
including all coaches.
Player Exception: The only exception
allowed will be for those basketball teams that have had more
than 15 players on their regular season rosters.
Pep bands up to the
limit of 21 persons including the director will be admitted free
of charge to Semifinals and Finals only.
ADVANCE PURCHASE BY COMPETING
SCHOOLS OF TICKETS FOR DISTRICT, REGIONAL, QUARTERFINAL,
SEMIFINAL AND FINAL GAMES
Competing
schools are urged to contact tournament managers in advance if
they plan to bring groups of students or adults to tournament
games. Usually tickets for such spectators should be purchased
in advance to assure seating accommodations. Managers at Quarterfinal,
Semifinal, and Final games will reserve tickets for competing
schools. Representatives of competing schools are to contact managers
immediately after their team qualifies to the next round of competition
to obtain ticket information and make arrangements for ticket
pick-up, sales,
etc.
SALE OF TICKETS TO FINALIST
TEAMS IN FINAL TOURNAMENT GAMES
Because Rose Arena
will accommodate the anticipated demand for Final tickets, all
tickets may be purchased at the gate on Saturday, Dec. 4.
BOYS BASKETBALL SITE SELECTION MEETING
East Lansing,
Sept. 8, 1999
Members Present:
Alice Benefield, , Warren-Lincoln
Rusty
Chatfield, Burt Lake-Northern
Michigan Christian
Dave DeCou, Marcellus
Ken
Dietz, Hartford
Ken
Fletcher, Kalamazoo Christian
Keith Froelich, Okemos
Jamie Gent, Haslett
Dorothy Gill-Jackson, Muskegon
Heights
Jim
Gilmore, Tecumseh
Nancy Jungkans, Dansville
Glen Kelly, Flint-Northwestern
Vic
Michaels, Detroit Catholic League
Melanie Miller, Lansing-J. W.
Sexton
Zack
Moushegian, Wayland Union
Jack Murchie, Mason County Central
William Newkirk, Meridian Public
Schools
Charles
Nichols, Detroit Public Schools
Dale Sage, Reese
Jim Sanford, Stevensville-Lakeshore
Norton
Schramm, Deckerville
Don Selon, Roscommon
Terri-Lee Smith, Indian River-Inland
Lakes
John
Sonnemann, Traverse City Central
Mike Unger, Lutheran Westland
Ken
Vallieu, Camden-Frontier
Members Absent:
Russell Davis, Jackson
John Fundukian, Novi
Lori Hyman, Dexter
Stan Jesky, Zeeland
Kathy McGee, Flint Catholic
Thomas
Rodenbaugh, Port Huron Northern
Daniel Zang, Cedar Springs
Staff Members Present:
Nate
Hampton, East Lansing (Recorder)
Sharla Stokes, East Lansing
After
the welcome and introductions, the committee was reminded of its
responsibility and reviewed the accepted criteria for selecting
the 2000 hosts for MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament contests.
Drawings
Drawings
were conducted for District qualifiers to Regional Tournament
competition as well as Semifinal bracket placement in all classes.
Four Team Regional:
Tournament
Advance Master Draw
2nd Highest District No.
Lowest
District No.
Highest
District No.
2nd
Lowest District No.
The committee
then selected Quarterfinal, Regional and District centers in all
classes except schools located in the Upper Peninsula.
Discussion
Discussion
was presented regarding Representative Council action concerning
selecting sites for the 2000 Boys Basketball Tournament in September
1999, and 2000 Girls Basketball Tournament sites in the spring
of 2000 with selection of the 2001 Boys Basketball Tournament
in the fall of 2000.
RULES CHANGES AFFECTING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
FOR 1999-2000
BASKETBALL
1.
Specifications provided for a forward braced backboard support
system.
2.
Deleted reference to "leather" balls. Composite balls
may be used.
3.
Two-foot center circle and jumper's requirement has been deleted
and will be removed from the official court diagram.
4. Free throw lane
line added. A two-inch-by-eight-inch lane marker is placed 36
inches from the bottom of the 12-by-8- inch hash mark.
5. Mid-court line.
An editorial revision specifics that the mid-court division line
must be marked.
6.
Placement of the coaching box. By state association approval the
coaching box may have alternate positioning to accommodate the
varied scoring table and team bench placement.
FOOTBALL
1. Mandatory equipment
includes a jersey with clearly visible and legible Arabic
numbers.
2.
The body of the number shall be either a color(s) contrasting
with the jersey color, or the same solid color(s) as the jersey
with a minimum of one border that is at least 1/4-inch.
3.
A visible logo/trademark exceeding 2 1/4 square inches and exceeds
2 1/4 inches in any dimension is not permissible.
4. Prohibits the use
of eye shields which are non-rigid, non-molded and have less
than 100 percent allowable light transmission.
5. Provides the optional
use of yard numbers and 1-yard extensions when marking fields.
6.
Beginning with the 1999 season, the jersey shall be long enough
to reach the top of the pants and shall be tucked in if longer.
7.
Restraining lines for the team box and coaches' area have been
increased from between the 30-yard lines to the 25-yard lines.
9.
The numbers on a jersey now must be centered horizontally on the
front and back.
10.
Personal player towel size (if worn during competition) is 4-by-12
inches.
GYMNASTICS
1. 3-1-3e -
A specially manufactured mat may be used around the board for
the vaulting event.
6-1-2e - Rationale: Safety
2.
7-1-1 - Beginning with the 2000-2001 season, the round
fiberglass rails are required.
Rationale: Most schools already
have round rails, and it could be a safety factor if gymnasts
are forced to compete on oval rails.
ICE HOCKEY
1. There shall be
two "Ls" in each goal crease.
2. Beginning with
the 2000-2001 season, all pucks shall have the NFHS authenticating
mark.
SKIING
MHSAA suggests that
coaches and competitors consider and be aware of the availability
and value of supplemental safety equipment which might include:
helmets, shin guards, body armor and basher bands.
Riser Rule: The maximum allowable
distance from the bottom (flat running surface) of ski, to any
point along the bottom of the ski boot sole, with the boot engaged
completely in binding shall be 55 millimeters.
SOCCER
1. 1-1 Note:
When designing a new athletic facility, consideration should be
given to broken-back curve tracks to accommodate soccer fields.
Broken-back curved tracks are oval in nature and can accommodate
a wider soccer field.
2. 2-2-5 - Beginning
with the 2000-2001 season, the ball shall have the NFHS authenticating
mark.
TENNIS
Recommendation: To help improve on
sportsmanship, rope off an area 10 feet back from the fence. This
area is for coaches only. Spectators and other team members must
stay behind the barrier and off the fence.
TRACK & FIELD
POLE
VAULT
- Requirements include placing a 1-inch contrasting color band,
6 inches from the top of the pole. Tape panel with 1-inch numerals
indicating the Manufacturers pole weight ratings. A valuator may
not use a pole that has a manufacturers weight rating below the
individual valuator's weight.
VOLLEYBALL
The service area is
30 feet wide and is laterally limited by two short lines, each
6-by-2 inches wide, drawn 8 inches behind and perpendicular to
the end line.
Reminders: The centerline is
a 2-inch line which must be continuous from one sideline to the
other sideline.
WRESTLING
1.
Mats with a minimum of 28 feet in diameter circular wrestling
area are required.
2. Arrows are no longer required
on mats. Rule 2-1-4 specifies that two 1-inch wide starting lines
shall be placed at the center of the mat on the diameter of the
10-foot circle. The lines should be parallel, 3 feet long, and
12 inches from outside to outside. The 3-foot lines shall be connected
on one end by a 1-inch red line and on the other end by
a 1-inch green line.
3. Coaches' zone (2)
shall not be closer than 5 feet from the circle.
4. Special equipment
­ anything which does not permit normal movement of the joints
and which prevents one's opponent from applying normal holds shall
not be permitted. Any equipment which is hard and/or abrasive
must be covered and padded. All special equipment must be unadorned.
5.
Effective with the 1996-97 wrestling season any manufacturer's
logo/trademark that appears on the wrestling uniform can be no
more than 1 1/2 inches square in size and may appear no more than
once on each item of uniform apparel. Effective immediately, it
is permissible for the American flag to appear on the uniform
with a maximum size of 2-by-3 inches.
NEW PROGRAMS, EXPANDED INTERNET EXPOSURE FOR MHSAA
FALL FINALS Two
new television programs and unprecedented Internet coverage will
take place for three MHSAA Finals this fall.
The media package
is highlighted by live coverage of the MHSAA Football and Girls
Basketball Finals for the second straight year by FOX Sports Net,
with those broadcasts reaching over 2.4 million homes. FOX Sports
Net will also carry the exclusive announcement of the 256 teams
qualifying and the pairing for the 1999 MHSAA Football Playoffs
with the Selection Sunday Show, live at 6 p.m. (EDT) on Sunday,
Oct. 24.
There's
also expanded TV coverage of the MHSAA Girls Basketball Semifinals,
with the debut of the December Dreams Recap, a 30-minute highlights
program which will air after play concludes on Dec. 2-3 to the
statewide network. Stations as of release time were WSYM-TV, Lansing;
WLLA-TV, Battle Creek-Grand Rapids- Kalamazoo; WGKI-TV, Cadillac;
and WLUC-TV, Marquette.
In addition, the Finals of the
Boys Soccer Tournament will be shown on a tape-delayed basis on
the MHSAA Championship Network, which will reach over 1.1 million
homes on participating cable systems statewide.
For the second straight
year, the MHSAA Championship Radio Network will prvide coverage
of the Girls Basketball Finals on Dec. 4. The flagship station
for the network will be WMMI/WCZY-FM in Mt. Pleasant, which will
also broadcast all semifinal action. Other network affiliates
as of Oct. 7 were: Adrian - WABJ; Cheboygan - WCBY; Grand Rapids
- WBBL (Class D and A games only); and St. Ignace - WIDG. Additional
Finals network stations will be announced at a future date.
In
addition, Internet coverage of MHSAA Finals expands this fall
through a partnership with Michigan Live -- mlive.com/preps. Michigan
Live will provide audio coverage of all 8 title games in the MHSAA
Football Playoffs on Nov. 26-27, and carry the radio origination
of the MHSAA Girls Basketball Semifinal and Final games. The Boys
Soccer Finals championship games will be available for viewing
on-demand through the Michigan Live Web Site.
MHSAA MAGAZINE DEBUTS IN JANUARY A new television program,
MHSAA Magazine, debuts for a 13-week pilot run in January
on WKBD-TV (Channel 50) in Detroit, which is carried statewide
on cable television systems.
MHSAA Magazine is
a 30-minute look at all sports, and will feature student-athletes,
teams, coaches, officials and administrators across the state.
Story
ideas for MHSAA Magazine are being solicited at this time. Story
ideas should be forwarded to 5th Down Sports, P.O. Box 14151,
Lansing, MI 48901. The telephone number is 517/485-1139; the fax
number is 517/485-0983; and the e-mail address is [email protected].
MHSAA ICE HOCKEY COMMITTEE MEETING
East Lansing,
Sept. 29, 1999
Members Present:
Ron Baum, East Kentwood
David
Durkin, Lapeer East
Eric Federico, Gibraltar-O.
A. Carlson
Jeff
Hatley, Livonia-Churchill H.S.
Paul Helber, Ann Arbor
John
Kavanagh, Pontiac-Notre Dame
David Messner, Dexter
Mike
Popson, Birmingham Brother Rice
Pete Ryan, Saginaw-Heritage
Ken
Sherman, Sault Ste. Marie
Mike Turner, Trenton
Staff
Member Present:
Jerry Cvengros, East Lansing
(Recorder)
The 1999-00 Ice Hockey
Committee met for the purpose of reviewing the status of high
school hockey and the MHSAA tournament series as well as to review
rules changes and select tournament sites.
Ad Hoc Ice Hockey Committe Report
The
committee reviewed minutes of the Ad Hoc Ice Hockey Committee
that met on April 28, 1999. That committee met expressly to review
solutions to what are perceived to be problems in high school
hockey ­ particularly behavior of on-ice players, coaches
and fans.
A
30-minute meeting to be held prior to each hockey rules meeting
is required for an administrator of every school sponsoring hockey.
The Hockey Committee approved an agenda for the meeting and reviewed
the bulletin for schools and coaches new to hockey, prepared by
Coach Ron Baum of East Kentwood. The booklet will be presented
to school administrators at rules meetings.
Rules Changes and Requirements
Dave
Durkin, Finals Manager and National Federation rules representative
discussed three new rule changes for this year. Mr. Durkin also
reported on the status of arena improvements at the Flint- IMA.
The
committee discussed the new MHSAA requirement that hockey players
wear neck guards during all competition. It was recommended that
schools purchase the dickie-style guard because it affords maximum
protection.
2000 Tournament Dates
With
three rather than two divisions of play it was necessary to add
a second night of Quarterfinal and Semifinal games as well as
an additional Final game.
2000 Schedule
Tuesday,
March 7
- Division 2 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 8 - Divisions 1 &
3 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9 - Division 2 Semifinals
Friday,
March 10
- Divisions 1 & 3 Semifinals
Saturday, March 11 - Final Games
11
a.m. - Division 2
3 p.m. - Division 3
7 p.m. - Division
1
Regional
Sites for 2000
Division 1 - East Kentwood, Milford, Dearborn,
Royal Oak-Kimball, Port Huron, Traverse City-Central, Marquette.
Division
2
- Grand Rapids Public Schools, Cadillac, Kalamazoo Central, Novi,
Grosse Pointe North, Flint-IMA, Midland-H. H. Dow.
Division 3 - Big Rapids, Grand
Rapids-Catholic, Allen Park-Cabrini, River Rouge, Cranbrook, Flint-IMA
and Calumet.
Quarterfinal Sites
for 2000
Division
1
- Rockford, Redford Catholic, Flint-IMA and Traverse City.
Division
2
- Grand Rapids Public Schools, Okemos, Wyandotte and Flint-IMA.
Division
3
- Allen Park-Cabrini, Flint-IMA and Gaylord
Semifinal Draw
QF
1 vs QF 4; QF 2 vs QF 3
Discussion
Items
Discussion
items included ways of better preparing officials to work high
school hockey games. It was felt that USA Hockey currently runs
clinics for officials and more could be done for the high school
game.
Recommendation to the Representative
Council
The
committee recommended that the MHSAA sponsor an in-service program
for schools and coaches new to hockey each year. The meeting would
be held at the MHSAA office prior the season with guest presenters
from member schools, including administrators, coaches and officials
(unanimous).
GIRLS BASKETBALL OFFICIALS ASSIGNMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
East Lansing, Oct. 7, 1999
Members Present:
Tim Aldrich,
Petersburg
Mel
Atkins, Grand Rapids
Jane
Bennett, Ann Arbor
Wayne
Brady, Bad Axe
Bill
Brisson, St Clair Shores
Jim
Cooper, Harrison
Dottie
Davis, Pinckney
Alan
DeMott, Sandusky
Amy
Dickinson, Muskegon
Tim
Flynn, Athens
Dorothy
Gill-Jackson, Muskegon Heights
Marla Grant, Jackson
John Gross, Kalkaska
David Hahn, Milan
Buddy Kimura, Flint
Dennis Kniola, Stevensville
Kathy
McGee, Flint
Vic
Michaels, Detroit
Zack
Moushegian, Wayland
Charles
Nichols, Detroit
Jane
Pierce, Lakeview
Fred
Proctor, Beverly Hills
John
Shepich, Hart
Larry
Shilling, Deerfield
Bertha
Smiley, Detroit
Members
Absent:
Joe
Droski, Fowlerville
Dennis
Fulk, Charlotte
Nancy
Jungkans, Dansville
Staff
Members Present:
Bill
Bupp, East Lansing (Recorder)
Nate Hampton, East Lansing
The
Committee was presented with the entire list of approved officials
in Girls Basketball who had completed availability forms at the
MHSAA rules meetings in the fall. Assignments were made for the
tournament on the basis of recommendations and availability of
the officials.
Ratings
Minimal ratings required
for consideration were 2.1 for Finals; 2.5 for Semifinals and
Quarterfinals; 2.7 for Regionals and Districts. Officials recommended
by one or more leagues/conferences and/or officials associations
were qualified to be considered for the next higher tournament
level.
Tournament Invitations
Officials
are assigned to work only one game per day in any tournament competition.
The District, Regional and First-Round Management were sent copies
of Official Response Forms for those officials assigned to their
site. At Regional Tournaments, officials are assigned to work
one game of the three available.
Officials Availability
The
number of officials indicating their availability for Tournament
assignments was 734. Of this number, 567 were assigned to the
Districts. Regional assignments for officials this year totaled
195 for the Lower Peninsula. Fifty-three officials were selected
to work the Quarterfinals, while 24 Semifinal officials and 12
Final officials were selected.
FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSIGNMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
East Lansing, Sept. 28, 1999
Members
Present:
Wes
Cummings, Belding
Russell Davis, Jackson
Dave DeCou, Marcellus
Jim Deming, Bay City
John Dolce, Grand Rapids
John Dean, Detroit
Mike Fusco, Clinton Township
Rick
Guild, Johannesburg
Dave Hammer, Coldwater
Larry Hilton, Lake Odessa
Glen Kelly, Flint
Bill Klinger, Grayling
Dan MacLean, Beverly Hills
Konrad Molter, Traverse City
Peter
Moss, Beulah
Craig
Nartker, Allegan
Dee
Jay Paquette, Munising
Dick Pauly, Pigeon
Tom Rashid, Detroit
Scott Riley, Hillsdale
Al Schrauben, Portland
Tom Spas, Monroe
Fred Stage, Rapid River
Ken Vallieu, Camden
George Waning, St Joseph
Hans Wienke, Quinnesec
John Wilcox, St Johns
Paul Williams, Mesick
Dan Wilson, Saugatuck
Members Absent:
Bruce Horsch, Houghton
Staff Members Present:
Jerry
Cvengros, East Lansing
Bill Bupp, East Lansing (Recorder)
The
Committee was presented with the entire list of approved officials
in Football who had completed availability forms at the MHSAA
rules meetings in the fall. A list of officials who were recommended
by leagues, and nominated by officials associations were also
provided for review by each zone committee. Assignments were made
for the playoffs on the basis of the availability of the officials
and the criteria outlined in the Officials Guidebook.
Ratings
Specific
rating standards as published in the Officials Guidebook
were used in the selection process. Minimal ratings required included
2.1 for Semifinal and Final officials and 2.5 for Pre-District,
District and Regional officials. Officials recommended by two
or more leagues/conferences and/or officials associations were
qualified to the next rating level.
Officials Availability
Approximately
1157 officials indicated their availability for the Football playoff
games. Of this number 80 officials were assigned to Semifinals;
and 40 officials were assigned to the Finals. Crews available
for the Pre-District, District and Regional playoff games totaled
194. Crew assignments included over 100 crews assigned to Pre-District
(128 games), District (64 games), Regional (32 games). Nearly
1000 officials are involved in this year's playoffs.
GIRLS
VOLLEYBALL SITE SELECTION
COMMITTEE MEETING
East Lansing, Oct. 5, 1999
Members
Present:
Jonathan
Ambrose, East Kentwood
Charmaine Balsillie, Whitmore Lake
Jane Bennett, Ann Arbor Huron
Gary
Bruns, Frankenmuth
Jerry Fouch, East Grand Rapids
Nancy Jungkans, Dansville
Maureen Klocke, Capac
Jean LaClair, Bronson
Carl Latora, Portage Northern
Sal
Malek, Livonia-Ladywood
Denny Patzer, Vicksburg
Nancy Poole, Allen Park Inter-City
Baptist
Mike
Rea, Kingston
Pete
Ryan, Saginaw Heritage
Jan Sander, Warren Woods Tower
Jerry Sykes, Jackson Lumen Christi
Tom
Williams, Dundee
Tammy
Wilson, Lawrence
James
Wood, Lake Orion
Betty
Wroubel, Pontiac-Notre Dame Prep
Mike Young, Buchanan
Members Absent:
Steve Hoke, Hastings
Kris Isom, Adrian Madison
Kathy Westdorf, G.R. Forest
Hills Central
Staff Members Present:
Gina
Mazzolini, East Lansing
Sharla Stokes, East Lansing (Recorder)
After
the welcome and introductions, the committee was reminded of its
responsibility and reviewed the accepted criteria for selecting
the 2000 hosts for MHSAA Girls Volleyball Tournament contests.
Drawings
Drawings
were conducted for District qualifiers to Regional Tournament
competition as well as Semifinal bracket placement in all classes.
Four Team Regional:
Tournament
Advance Master Draw
2nd Lowest District No.
2nd
Highest District No.
Highest District No.
Lowest
District No.
The committee then
selected Quarterfinal, District and Regional centers in all classes
except schools located in the Upper Peninsula.
Discussion
Discussion
was presented regarding Representative Council action concerning
selecting officials for all levels of the 2000 Girls Volleyball
Tournament.
Further
discussion centered on team assignments in girls volleyball.
GYMNASTICS
COMMITTEE MEETING East Lansing, Oct. 6, 1999
Members Present:
John
Cunningham, Canton HS
Deb Heck, Hartland HS
Carol Schneller, Mona Shores
HS
Madeline
Siehling, Zeeland HS
Mary Ann Ochab, Farmington
Vicki Winchell, Western HS
Members
Absent:
Melanie
Miller, Lansing - Sexton HS
Staff Members Present:
Suzanne
M. Martin, recorder
The 1999 MHSAA Gymnastics Committee
met to determine the 1999-2000 Regional Qualifying scores and
review correspondence received by the MHSAA since the 1998-99
season. In addition, Regional and Final sites, dates and times
were established along with a review of the criteria for determining
Division I gymnasts. The minutes reflect all topics that were
discussed.
MHSAA Tournament Dates, Sites
and Times
Regionals
- Saturday, March 4, 2000
Region 1 and 3 - TBD
Region
2 - Canton-10 a.m.
Region 4 - Hartland - 10 a.m.
LP Finals - Hartland High School,
Friday, March 10, 2000 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, March 11, 2000
at Noon
UP Finals - Escanaba High School,
Saturday, March 4, 2000 (as long as at least five schools enter)
Qualifying Scores
The
committee reviewed the number of competitors in each event at
each Regional last year and also considered the number of gymnasts
who event scores greatly exceeded the 1998-99 qualifying score
in each event to determine the 1999-00 qualifying scores. The
qualifying scores for the 1999-00 season are as follows:
Vault
- 7.7 Bars - 7.0
Beam
7.4 Floor Exercise - 7.9
The team qualifying score has
been raised to 118.0.
Final
Tournament Procedures
The MHSAA received correspondence
authored by coaches who were asking for clarification regarding
second day admission for non-competing gymnasts, hospitality for
coaches and the Saturday warm-up procedures.
Second Day Admission
for Non-Competing Gymnasts -
Coaches will be given a pass for Saturday admission. Any non-competitors
of a team which has gymnasts competing on Saturday will be able
to enter the tournament free of charge with the coach.
Hospitality for Coaches
- A
room will be provided for the coaches meeting and will be open
throughout the two day event for coaches. Meals will NOT be provided
by the host school.
Saturday Warm-Up - The second gym will
be set up for open warm-up. There will not be scheduled warm-up
times for gymnasts. Warm-up time for Division 1 gymnasts will
be 10 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Competition will begin at noon. The gym
will remain available for Division 1 competitors until 1 p.m.
At 1 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. the warm-up gym will be available for
Division 2 gymnasts. Division 2 competition will begin at 3 p.m.
The warm-up gym will remain open for at least one hour after competition
begins.
Division
I and II Gymnasts
The criteria for determining
who competes in Division I and II is as follows:
*A gymnast who has
EVER competed in a non-school competition at the USAG Level 9
or above, USAIGC - Intermediate Optional Level or the USAIGC Open
Optional Level, or Y Program at Level 9 or competed in the AAU-Michigan
qualifying meet judged at Level 9.
OR
*A gymnast who has
competed in USAG Optional 8 or USAIGC Developmental Optional Level
or Level 8 equivalent Y Program since Jan. 1, 1998.
Items Discussed But Not Sent
as Recommendations to the Representative Council
1. Require gymnasts
to declare the Division they will compete in and remain in all
regular season at invitational events.
2. Prohibit any gymnast
from competing at Regionals who knows she will not be competing
at Finals. Committee members question whether such a decision
on the part of the coach, school administration and parents of
the gymnast to compete, knowing she is taking a Finals position
from another gymnast is ethical, but chose not to develop a policy
that could not be enforced.
3. Require all coaches
to carry a form to every meet for judges to sign verifying qualifying
scores. This form would have to be sent to the Regional host along
with the Entry Blank. Committee members agree that the current
procedure of reporting qualifying scores is sufficient because
all coaches must be able to produce documentation verifying scores
should they be questioned.
Proposal for Additional Team
to Qualify to Finals
The committee discussed and
reconsidered recommending that one more team be allowed to compete
at the state Finals. The committee noted that in recent years
at least one 4th place team score was so high that it was in the
140.0 range and difference in judging from one region to another
could not be the only reason for the team to earn such a high
score. The recommendation to the Representative Council reflects
the committee's decision on how to proceed with this matter.
Recommendations to
Representative Council
1.
Require Gymnastic judges to attend one of three clinics offered
by the Michigan Interscholastic Gymnastics Coaches and Judges
Association in order to judge at MHSAA Regionals and/or Finals
(unanimous).
The
clinics now offered are:
· Summer Clinic hosted
by MHSGCJA Judges
· Fall MHSGCJA Clinic
for Coaches and Judges - held in November
· Instructional
Judges Course - focusing on new judges. Four classes held one
night per week in consecutive weeks in October and early November.
2.
Allow teams that qualify for Regional competition to be guaranteed
five entries into each event instead of the current four entries
(unanimous).
3.
Allow one more team than the current 12 to qualify to the Finals
tournament. In order to qualify, the team would have to earn a
Regional team score of 140.0 or above and not be among the top
3 scoring teams in its Regional (unanimous).
MHSAA
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 1999-2000 As appointed by the
Representative Council or Executive Committee
Listed below are the
coaches, ADs, principals, superintendents, other faculty members
and board of education members of MHSAA member schools who have
been selected by the MHSAA Executive Committee to serve on the
1999-00 sport committees, and committees of special interest.
NOTE:
Names of those individuals invited but not confirmed as of Oct.
11, 1999, are not included here.
Committee appointments
are made on an annual basis after receiving nominations of schools
and recommendations of MHSAA Representative Council members. Potential
committee members are notified of their appointments early in
September as the school year begins. At that time, committee members
receive a description of committee responsibilities and the dates
and times of the meetings. The MHSAA requests that schools do
not send substitutes.
Each year school representatives
who serve as committee members meet in the MHSAA building to provide
staff members with an array of opinions and information. Sport
committees meet to select tournament sites, specify tournament
procedures, and set time schedules. Sport committees may also
recommend changes to the Representative Council regarding regular-season
play and tournament qualification procedures.
Each committee is
comprised of representatives from Class A, B, C and D schools
if possible and the members are from several geographic areas
of the state. A committee may be comprised mainly of coaches or
administrators, depending on the responsibilities of each particular
committee. Several of the sport committees will include a representative,
if not the president, of the coaches association of that sport.
Beginning
with 1990-91, MIAAA and/or MASSP representatives have been appointed
to committees for most sports, and officials where appropriate.
(5)
Athletic Equity
Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, 9 a.m.
Brenda
Gatlin, Principal, Southeastern HS, Detroit (A)
Sharon Hammerschmidt,
Ath. Dir., Dominican HS, Detroit (D)
Earl Jaramillo, Asst. Principal,
Central HS, Bay City (A)
Karen
Leinaar, Athletic Director, Gaylord HS, Gaylord (B)
Sheryl Mox, Athletic
Director, Potterville HS, Potterville (D)
John Robinson, Athletic
Director, Plymouth Salem HS, Canton (A)
Joyce Seals, Office
of Minority Equity, Lansing
(7) Awards Committee
Monday,
Oct. 18, 1999, 1 p.m.
Keith
Alto, Athletic Director, Newberry HS, Newberry (C)
Keith Eldred, Athletic
Director, Williamston Middle School, Williamston
Paul Hornak, Athletic
Director, Ithaca HS, Ithaca (C)
Jean LaClair, Athletic Director,
Bronson HS, Bronson (C)
Melanie
Miller, Athletic Director, J. W. Sexton HS, Lansing (A)
Dail
Prucka, Athletic Director, Jefferson HS, Monroe (B)
Bill Scaletta, Principal,
Lakeshore HS, Stevensville (B)
Brian Zdanowski, Athletic Director,
Greenville HS, Greenville (A)
(10) Baseball/Softball
Thursday,
Jan. 27, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
John Amend, Athletic Director,
Akron-Fairgrove HS, Fairgrove (D)
Sue Barthold, President, MSBCA,
East Kentwood HS, Kentwood (A)
Theresa Beeckman, Softball Coach,
Bridgeport HS, Bridgeport (B)
Jim Benoit, Athletic Director,
Cardinal Mooney Catholic HS, Marine City (D)
David Briggs, Softball
Coach, Addison HS, Addison (C)
Jeff Dassance, Baseball Coach,
Kenowa Hills HS, Grand Rapids (B)
Marty DeJong, Softball Coach,
Kalamazoo Christian HS, Kalamazoo (C)
Gerald Dodd, Principal,
Edsel Ford HS, Dearborn (MASSP) (A)
Chris Ervin, Athletic Director,
Carson City-Crystal HS, Carson City (C)
Timothy Flahive, BA
Official, Muskegon
Doug
Guenther, Baseball Coach, Valley Lutheran HS, Saginaw (C)
David
Hoard, Softball Coach, Cass City HS, Cass City (B)
Linda Hoover, SB Official,
Marshall
Lynn
Hopkins, Softball Coach, Evart HS, Evart (C)
Scott Kemple, Athletic
Director, Kalamazoo Central HS, Kalamazoo (A)
Dennis Kniola, Administrative
Asst., Lakeshore Schools, Stevensville
Greg Lewis, Baseball
Coach, Tecumseh HS, Tecumseh (B)
Fred Ligrow, Principal, Ubly
HS, Ubly (C)
Phil
Marazita, Athletic Director, Catholic Central HS, Lansing (B)
Doug
Noch, Baseball Coach, Utica Eisenhower HS, Shelby Township (A)
Dail
Prucka, Athletic Director, Jefferson HS, Monroe (MIAAA) (B)
Roger
Rush, Athletic Director, Pine River Area HS, Leroy (C)
John
Salter, Baseball Coach, Detroit Catholic Central HS, Redford (A)
Dick
Vanderkamp, President, MBACA, Christian HS, Grand Rapids (A)
Betty
Wroubel, Softball Coach, Notre Dame Preparatory School, Pontiac
(B)
(15) Basketball
Thursday,
Dec. 9, 1999, 9 a.m.
Paul
Clark, Athletic Director, Cheboygan Area HS, Cheboygan (B)
Patricia
Domagala, Principal, St. Florian HS, Hamtramck (D)
Chris Ervin, Athletic
Director, Carson City-Crystal HS, Carson City (C)
Mike Foster, Principal,
Laingsburg HS, Laingsburg (MASSP) (C)
Dorothy Gill-Jackson,
Ath. Dir., Muskegon Heights HS, Muskegon Heights (C)
Jim Gilmore, Athletic
Director, Tecumseh HS, Tecumseh (B)
Eric Jenkins, Official, Monroe
Johnny
Jones, Basketball Coach, Everett HS, Lansing (A)
John Malatinsky, Official,
Holt
Kathy
McGee, Athletic Director, Luke M. Powers Catholic HS, Flint (B)
Brian
Miller, Athletic Director, U. Of D. Jesuit HS, Detroit (A)
Rick
Mitchell, Athletic Director, Paw Paw HS, Paw Paw (B)
Stephen Piereson,
Supt. Of Schools, Ishpeming HS, Ishpeming (C)
Dale Sage, Athletic
Director, Reese HS, Reese (C)
Randy Salisbury, Principal,
Britton-Macon HS, Britton (D)
Gary Scott, Basketball Coach,
Gaylord HS, Gaylord (B)
Robert
Shannon, Athletic Director, Cass Technical HS, Detroit (A)
Marc
Throop, Athletic Director, Gull Lake HS, Richland (MIAAA) (B)
Patti
Tibauldi, President, BCa.m., Traverse City West HS, Traverse City
(A)
John
Walker, Basketball Coach, Union HS, Grand Rapids (A)
(20) Lower Peninsula
Girls/Boys Basketball Tournament
Wednesday, Sept. 8,
1999, 9 a.m.; Wednesday, May 17, 2000, 9 a.m.
Alice Benefield, Athletic
Director, Lincoln HS, Warren (B)
Rusty Chatfield, Principal,
No. Michigan Christian Academy, Burt Lake (D)
Russell Davis, Athletic
Director, Jackson HS, Jackson (A)
Dave DeCou, Athletic Director,
Marcellus HS, Marcellus (C)
Ken Dietz, Athletic Director,
Hartford HS, Hartford (C)
Ken
Fletcher, Athletic Director, Kalamazoo Christian HS, Kalamazoo
(C)
Keith
Froelich, Athletic Director, Okemos HS, Okemos (A)
Jamie Gent, Athletic
Director, Haslett HS, Haslett (B)
Dorothy Gill-Jackson, Ath. Dir.,
Muskegon Heights HS, Muskegon Heights (C)
Jim Gilmore, Athletic
Director, Tecumseh HS, Tecumseh (B)
Stan Jesky, Athletic Director,
Zeeland HS, Zeeland (A)
Nancy
Jungkans, Athletic Director, Dansville HS, Dansville (C)
Glen
Kelly, Athletic Director, Northwestern HS, Flint (A)
Kathy McGee, Athletic
Director, Luke M. Powers Catholic HS, Flint (B)
Vic Michaels, Associate
Director, Catholic HS League, Detroit
Melanie Miller, Athletic
Director, J. W. Sexton HS, Lansing (A)
Zack Moushegian, GBB
Coach, Wayland Union HS, Wayland (B)
Jack Murchie, Principal, Mason
County Central HS, Scottville (C)
William Newkirk, Supt. Of Schools,
Meridian HS, Sanford (C)
Charles
Nichols, Supervisor, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit
Thomas Rodenbaugh,
Athletic Director, Port Huron Northern HS, Port Huron (A)
Dale
Sage, Athletic Director, Reese HS, Reese (C)
Jim Sanford, Athletic
Director, Lakeshore HS, Stevensville (B)
Norton Schramm, Athletic
Director, Deckerville Community HS, Deckerville (C)
Don Selon, Athletic
Director, Roscommon HS, Roscommon (B)
Terri-Lee Smith, Athletic
Director, Inland Lakes HS, Indian River (C)
John Sonnemann, Athletic
Director, Traverse City Central HS, Traverse City (A)
Mike Unger, Athletic
Director, Lutheran H. S. Westland, Westland (C)
Ken Vallieu, Athletic
Director, Camden-Frontier HS, Camden (D)
Daniel Zang, Athletic
Director, Cedar Springs HS, Cedar Springs (B)
(35) Board Of Canvassers
Friday,
Sept. 17, 1999, 9:30 a.m.
Ron Beegle, Athletic Director,
Charlotte HS, Charlotte (B)
Rudy Godefroidt, Principal,
Hemlock HS, Hemlock (C)
Paul
Hornak, Athletic Director, Ithaca HS, Ithaca (C)
Joe Lopez, Supt. Of
Schools, Quincy HS, Quincy (C)
Roger Rush, Athletic Director,
Pine River Area HS, Leroy (C)
(40) Classification
Wednesday,
Jan. 12, 2000, 1 p.m.
John
Amend, Athletic Director, Akron-Fairgrove HS, Fairgrove (D)
Jim
Dittmer, Board Member, Mason County Central HS, Scottville (MASB)
(C)
Keith
Eldred, Athletic Director, Williamston Middle School, Williamston
Dan
Flynn, Teacher/Coach, Escanaba HS, Escanaba (A)
Ron Hart, Principal,
New Buffalo HS, New Buffalo (MASSP) (D)
Terry Maier, Principal,
Fulton Middle School, Middleton (MASSP)
Lillian Mason, Board
Member, Grand Blanc HS, Grand Blanc (MASB) (A)
Dan McShannock, Athletic
Director, H. H. Dow HS, Midland (MIAAA) (A)
Robert Olsen, Supt.
Of Schools, Sturgis HS, Sturgis (MASA) (B)
Tom Rashid, Director,
Catholic HS League, Detroit
Robert Riemersma, Principal,
Manistee HS, Manistee (B)
Norm
Schichtel, Athletic Director, Buckley HS, Buckley (D)
Fred Smith, Athletic
Director, Comstock HS, Kalamazoo (MIAAA) (B)
Roger Thelen, Supt.
Of Schools, Central Montcalm HS, Stanton (MASA) (B)
(42) Competitive Cheer
Wednesday,
March 22, 2000, 10 a.m.
Penelope Burmann, Comp. Cheer
Coach, Marine City HS, Marine City (B)
Jacquie DeJonge, Comp.
Cheer Coach, Christian HS, Grand Rapids (A)
Penny Grinage-Guy,
Comp. Cheer Coach, Shelby HS, Shelby (C)
Joe Haines, Athletic
Director, Kenowa Hills HS, Grand Rapids (MASSP) (B)
Cheryl Hunter, Comp.
Cheer Coach, Sacred Heart Academy HS, Mt. Pleasant (D)
Kristen
Karbon, Official, Rochester Hills
Tracy Lentz, Comp. Cheer Coach,
Portage Central HS, Portage (A)
Vic Michaels, Supervisor, Detroit
Catholic League, Detroit
Amanda
Pelukas, Official, Dearborn
Kelli Piatt, Comp. Cheer Coach,
West Ottawa HS, Holland (A)
Kathy Showers, Comp. Cheer Coach,
Mason HS, Mason (A)
Julie
Smith, Comp. Cheer Coach, Gull Lake HS, Richland (B)
Beth Taylor, Comp.
Cheer Coach, Bedford HS, Temperance (A)
(45) Cross Country/Track
& Field Regulations
Thursday, Jan. 20,
2000, 9 a.m.
Phil
Bedford, Director of Athletics, Midland Public Schools, Midland
Ken
Bokhoven, Athletic Director, Christian HS, Grand Rapids (A)
Don
Dickman, C. Country Coach, Petoskey HS, Petoskey (B)
Ted Duckett, Track
Coach, Loy Norrix HS, Kalamazoo (A)
Jill Evers, C. Country Coach,
Kent City HS, Kent City (C)
Dan Flynn, Teacher/Coach, Escanaba
HS, Escanaba (A)
Rudy
Godefroidt, Principal, Hemlock HS, Hemlock (C)
Sherm Greider, C.
Country Coach, Bath HS, Bath (C)
Doug Grezeszak, C. Country Coach,
Ogemaw Heights HS, West Branch (B)
Charles Janke, C. Country Coach,
Jackson HS, Jackson (A)
Brian
Macomber, Official, Comstock Park
Greg Miller, President, MITCA,
Cranbrook Kingswood HS, Bloomfield Hills (B)
Lou Miramonti, Athletic
Director, Shrine HS, Royal Oak (C)
Charles Pelham, C. Country Coach,
Pittsford HS, Pittsford (C)
Pat Richardson, C. Country Coach,
Grass Lake HS, Grass Lake (C)
Bertha Smiley, Dean of Students,
Central HS, Detroit (A)
Fred
Smith, Athletic Director, Comstock HS, Kalamazoo (MIAAA) (B)
Kim
Spalsbury, C. Country Coach, Grand Ledge HS, Grand Ledge (A)
Fred
Stage, Athletic Director, Rapid River HS, Rapid River (D)
Chris
Sura, C. Country Coach, Houghton Lake HS, Houghton Lake (B)
Ron
Waldvogel, C. Country Coach, St. Joseph HS, St Joseph (B)
(50) Football
Tuesday,
Jan. 25, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
Tom Beals, Athletic Director,
Parchment HS, Parchment (C)
Wellington Burrell, Athletic
Director, Northwestern HS, Detroit (A)
Jim Coady, Football
Coach, Lawrence HS, Lawrence (D)
Peter Dewitt, Football Coach,
Britton-Macon HS, Britton (D)
Bart Estola, Football Coach,
Shelby HS, Shelby (C)
Jim
Feldkamp, Dist. Ath. Director, Troy Public Schools, Troy
Donald Gustafson,
Official, St Ignace
Barry
Hobrla, Athletic Director, Lowell HS, Lowell (A)
Doug Kinter, Principal,
Hill Mc Cloy HS, Montrose (MASSP) (C)
Vincent Lysaght, Adrian
John
Mileski, Football Coach, Gladstone HS, Gladstone (B)
Mike Rea, Athletic
Director, Kingston HS, Kingston (D)
Bob Riemersma, Principal, Manistee
HS, Manistee (B)
Dale
Sage, Athletic Director, Reese HS, Reese (C)
George Sahadi, Athletic
Director, Bishop Gallagher HS, Harper Woods (D)
Stephen Schleicher,
Athletic Director, L'Anse Creuse North HS, Macomb (A)
Jerry VanHavel, Football
Coach, Mason HS, Mason (A)
Jim
Venia, Athletic Director, Marysville HS, Marysville (MIAAA) (B)
Jack
Wallace, Athletic Director, Fowlerville HS, Fowlerville (B)
Jim
Webb, Football Coach, Cadillac HS, Cadillac (A)
(60) Golf
Monday,
Dec. 6, 1999, 1 p.m.
Cal
DeKuiper, Golf Coach, Ludington HS, Ludington (B)
Roger Fuller, Golf
Coach, Coldwater HS, Coldwater (B)
John Fundukian, Athletic Director,
Novi HS, Novi (MIAAA) (A)
Jean
Holbert, Golf Coach, Clio HS, Clio (A)
Greg Kirchen, President,
MGCA, Holland HS, Holland (A)
Vicki Kowalski, Golf Coach,
Mercy HS, Farmington Hills (A)
Sharon Laskowski, Golf Coach,
Churchill HS, Livonia (A)
Doug
McKay, Golf Coach, De La Salle Collegiate HS, Warren (A)
Lois
McManus, Golf Coach, Traverse City Central HS, Traverse City (A)
Trish
Murray, Golf Coach, Northville HS, Northville (A)
Pete Ryan, Athletic
Director, Heritage HS, Saginaw (MIAAA) (A)
Randy Thomas, Golf
Coach, Gaylord HS, Gaylord (B)
Mike Vondette, Athletic Director,
Hemlock HS, Hemlock (C)
Chris
Wigent, Supt. Of Schools, Olivet HS, Olivet (C)
Brian Zdanowski, Athletic
Director, Greenville HS, Greenville (A)
(65) Gymnastics
Wednesday,
Oct. 6, 1999, 1 p.m.
John
Cunningham, President, MGCA, Plymouth Canton HS, Canton (A)
Deb
Heck, Finals Manager, Hartland HS, Hartland (A)
Melanie Miller, Athletic
Director, J. W. Sexton HS, Lansing (MIAAA) (A)
Mary Ann Ochab, Official,
Farmington Hills
Carol
Schneller, Gymnastics Coach, Mona Shores HS, Norton Shores (A)
Madeline
Siehling, Official, Zeeland
Vicki Winchell, Gymnastics Coach,
Western HS, Parma (B)
(75) Ice Hockey
Wednesday,
Sept. 29, 1999, 9:30 a.m.
Ron Baum, Hockey Coach, East
Kentwood HS, Kentwood (A)
David
Durkin, Tournament Manager, Lapeer East HS, Lapeer (A)
Eric
Federico, Athletic Director, O. A. Carlson HS, Gibraltar (MIAAA)
(B)
Jeff
Hatley, President, MIHCA, Churchill HS, Livonia (A)
John Kavanagh, Athletic
Director, Notre Dame Preparatory School, Pontiac (B)
David Messner, Principal,
Dexter HS, Dexter (MASSP) (B)
Mike Popson, Athletic Director,
Brother Rice HS, Bloomfield Hills (A)
Pete Ryan, Athletic
Director, Heritage HS, Saginaw (A)
Ken Sherman, Hockey Coach, Sault
Area HS, Sault Ste. Marie (B)
Mike Turner, Hockey Coach, Trenton
HS, Trenton (B)
(85) Junior High/Middle
School
Wednesday,
Jan. 19, 2000, 1 p.m.
Judy
Branch, Athletic Director, Parchment Middle School, Parchment
Bill
Chilman, Principal, Meridian J.HS, Sanford
Keith Eldred, Athletic
Director, Williamston Middle School, Williamston
Paul Ellinger, Supt.
Of Schools, Hartford HS, Hartford
Sue Gaudet, Principal, Dundee
Middle School, Dundee
Donald
Gustafson, Principal, St. Ignace Middle School, St Ignace
Melody Hasselback,
Principal, Bath Middle School, Bath (MASSP)
Dennis Kniola, Administrative
Asst., Lakeshore Schools, Stevensville
Tom Mecsey, Athletic
Director, Cranbrook-Kingswood Middle Sch, Bloomfield Hills
Bill Regnier, Athletic
Director, Bedford HS, Temperance
Rick Swilley, Athletic Director,
Faith Christian Academy, Southfield
Dave Yarbrough, Athletic Director,
Walled Lake Consolidated Schls, Walled Lake
Brian Zdanowski, Athletic
Director, Greenville HS, Greenville
(90) Ski
Tuesday,
Oct. 26, 1999, 1 p.m.
Jim
Bartlett, Nub's Nob Ski Area, Harbor Springs (Advisory)
Bob
Bonetti, Asst. Principal, Negaunee HS, Negaunee (C)
Sue Dieters, Ski Coach,
Rochester HS, Rochester Hills (A)
Jerry Fouch, Athletic Director,
East Grand Rapids HS, Grand Rapids (B)
Tom Halsey, President,
MSCA, Cranbrook Kingswood HS, Bloomfield Hills (B)
Dale Harrison, Ski
Coach, Brighton HS, Brighton (A)
Sue Miller, Ski Coach, Charlevoix
HS, Charlevoix (C)
Kent
Reynolds, Supt. Of Schools, Grayling HS, Grayling (B)
Robert Riemersma,
Principal, Manistee HS, Manistee (B)
Sherri Schultz, Ski Coach, Cadillac
HS, Cadillac (A)
John
Sonnemann, Athletic Director, Traverse City Central HS, Traverse
City (MIAAA) (A)
((95) Soccer
Wednesday,
Feb. 16, 2000, 10 a.m.
Bob
Bolinger, President, MISCA, Kalamazoo Central HS, Kalamazoo (A)
Brian
Burtch, Athletic Director, Holland HS, Holland (MIAAA) (A)
Bob
Jannuzzi, Soccer Coach, Shrine HS, Royal Oak (C)
Mike Jolly, Athletic
Director, De La Salle Collegiate HS, Warren (A)
Jon Manier, Asst.
Principal, West Ottawa HS, Holland (MASSP) (A)
Jose Mejia, Soccer
Coach, Tecumseh HS, Tecumseh (B)
Sue Milner, Soccer Coach, Houghton
Lake HS, Houghton Lake (B)
Mark
Prieur, Soccer Coach, Genesee Christian HS, Burton (D)
Pete
Ryan, Athletic Director, Heritage HS, Saginaw (A)
Linda Smith, Official,
Dewitt
David
Sutton, Official, Swartz Creek
(110) Swimming
Tuesday,
March 21, 2000, 10 a.m.
Jonathan Ambrose, Athletic Director,
East Kentwood HS, Kentwood (MIAAA) (A)
Dennis Bandy, Swim
Coach, Southgate Anderson HS, Southgate (A)
Susan Barthold, Official,
Kentwood
William
Benn, Official, Vernon
Jim
Downs, Swim Coach, Mercy HS, Farmington Hills (A)
John Dudley, Swim
Coach, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti (Advisory)
Joel
Eddy, Swim Coach, Michigan State University, East Lansing (Advisory)
Mary
Ann Egnatuk, Swim Coach, Albion HS, Albion (C)
Vicki Herman, Swim
Coach, Alpena HS, Alpena (A)
Jude Johnson, Swim Coach, Owosso
HS, Owosso (A)
Jim
Lawrence, President, MISCA, Trenton HS, Trenton (B)
Patrick Low, Asst.
Principal, Jonesville HS, Jonesville (MASSP) (C)
Carol Lucht, Swim
Coach, St. Clair HS, St Clair (B)
Al Merian, Swim Coach, Troy
HS, Troy (A)
Dave
Parsons, Swim Coach, Spring Lake HS, Spring Lake (B)
Jim Schafer, Swim
Coach, Portage Central HS, Portage (A)
Maria Stanton, Swim
Coach, Huron HS, Ann Arbor (A)
Doug Thorne, Swim Coach, South
Haven HS, South Haven (B)
Tom
Williams, Athletic Director, Dundee HS, Dundee (C)
(115) Tennis
Tuesday,
Jan. 11, 2000, 1 p.m.
Steven
Beyer, Tennis Coach, Boyne City HS, Boyne City (C)
Glenn Corey, Tennis
Coach, Troy HS, Troy (A)
Tim
Corwin, Tournament Manager, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo (Advisory)
Jan
Esper, Tennis Coach, Lahser HS, Bloomfield Hills (A)
Dave Foster, Tournament
Manager, Midland Community Tennis Ctr, Midland (Advisory)
Eric
Gajar, Athletic Director, Greenhills HS, Ann Arbor (C)
Jan
Gottlin, Tennis Coach, Riverview Community HS, Riverview (B)
Tom
Hadden, Principal, Marysville HS, Marysville (MASSP) (B)
Judy
Hehs, Asst. Principal, Academy Of The Sacred Heart, Bloomfield
Hills (D)
Russ
Hicks, Tennis Coach, Eaton Rapids HS, Eaton Rapids (A)
Rhonda
Jastrzembowski, Tennis Coach, Chesaning HS, Chesaning (B)
Karen
Langs, Tennis Coach, Petoskey HS, Petoskey (B)
Steve Miller, Tennis
Coach, Jackson HS, Jackson (A)
Barb Myler, Tennis Coach, Shrine
HS, Royal Oak (C)
Chuck
Salvano, Principal, Lakeshore Middle School, Stevensville
John Shade, President,
MHSTeCA, Grosse Ile HS, Grosse Ile (B)
Greg Stauffer, Tennis
Coach, East Kentwood HS, Kentwood (A)
Jim VanZandt, Tournament
Manager, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo (Advisory)
(120) Boys Tennis
Seeding
Wednesday,
May 24, 2000, 5 p.m.; Thursday, May 25, 2000, 8 a.m.
Charles
Bassett, Tennis Coach, Spring Lake HS, Spring Lake (B)
Warren
Block, Tennis Coach, Athens HS, Troy (A)
Gary Ellis, Tennis
Coach, Allegan HS, Allegan (B)
Jeff Newingham, Tennis Coach,
Garber HS, Essexville (B)
Stan
Noland, Tennis Coach, Monroe HS, Monroe (A)
Elliott Pearce, Tennis
Coach, Forest Hills Central HS, Grand Rapids (A)
Jim Powers, Tennis
Coach, Okemos HS, Okemos (A)
Bob Wood, Athletic Director,
University Liggett HS, Grosse Pte. Woods (C)
(125) Girls Tennis
Seeding
Monday,
Oct. 11, 1999, 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, 8 a.m.
Glenn
Corey, Tennis Coach, Troy HS, Troy (A)
Gary Ellis, Tennis
Coach, Allegan HS, Allegan (B)
Al Inkala, Tennis Coach, Okemos
HS, Okemos (A)
Barb
Myler, Tennis Coach, Shrine HS, Royal Oak (C)
Jeff Newingham, Tennis
Coach, Garber HS, Essexville (B)
John Shade, Tennis Coach, Grosse
Ile HS, Grosse Ile (B)
Dean
Sousanis, Tennis Coach, Almont HS, Almont (C)
Dwayne Teusink, Tennis
Coach, Holland HS, Holland (A)
(240) Track &
Field Standards
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, 9 a.m.
Sherm
Greider, Track Coach, Bath HS, Bath (C)
Jim Long, Track Coach,
Kalamazoo Central HS, Kalamazoo (A)
John Quiring, Track Coach, Okemos
HS, Okemos (A)
Pat
Richardson, Track Coach, Grass Lake HS, Grass Lake (C)
John
Rowan, Track Coach, Haslett HS, Haslett (B)
(140) Volleyball
Tuesday,
Nov. 16, 1999, 9:30 a.m.
Sarah Baco, Asst. Ath. Director,
Kalamazoo Central HS, Kalamazoo (A)
Karel Bailey, Volleyball Coach,
North Muskegon HS, North Muskegon (D)
Carol Brewis, Athletic
Director, Divine Child HS, Dearborn (B)
Paula Davidson, Athletic
Director, Peck Community HS, Peck (D)
Diana Davis, Asst.
Principal, Lakeshore HS, Stevensville (B)
Tom Gauerke, Asst.
Principal, Grosse Pointe North HS, Grosse Pointe (MASSP) (A)
Blake
Hagman, Tournament Manager, 6440 Saybrook Drive, Kalamazoo (Advisory)
Sue
Heinzman, Athletic Director, Plymouth Canton HS, Canton (A)
Barry
Hobrla, Athletic Director, Lowell HS, Lowell (A)
Linda Hoover, Official,
Marshall
Jamie
Ianni, Volleyball Coach, Okemos HS, Okemos (A)
Michelle Kanipes,
Volleyball Coach, Luther L. Wright HS, Ironwood (C)
Karen Leinaar, Athletic
Director, Gaylord HS, Gaylord (MIAAA) (B)
Jodi Manore, President,
MIVCA, Bedford HS, Temperance (A)
Josephine Mayville, Official,
Burton
Vic
Michaels, Associate Director, Catholic HS League, Detroit
Ruth Mielke, Volleyball
Coach, Bath HS, Bath (C)
Dick
Pauly, Athletic Director, Laker HS, Pigeon (C)
Mark Thomas, Athletic
Director, Northview HS, Grand Rapids (A)
Deborah VanKuiken,
Athletic Director, Bridgeport HS, Bridgeport (B)
(142) Volleyball Site
Selection
Tuesday,
Oct. 5, 1999, 9:30 a.m.
Jonathan Ambrose, Athletic Director,
East Kentwood HS, Kentwood (A)
Charmaine Balsillie, Athletic
Director, Whitmore Lake HS, Whitmore Lake (C)
Jane Bennett, Athletic
Director, Huron HS, Ann Arbor (A)
Gary Bruns, Athletic Director,
Frankenmuth HS, Frankenmuth (B)
Jerry Fouch, Athletic Director,
East Grand Rapids HS, Grand Rapids (B)
Steve Hoke, Athletic
Director, Hastings HS, Hastings (B)
Nancy Jungkans, Athletic Director,
Dansville HS, Dansville (C)
Maureen Klocke, Athletic Director,
Capac HS, Capac (C)
Jean
LaClair, Athletic Director, Bronson HS, Bronson (C)
Carl Latora, Athletic
Director, Portage Northern HS, Portage (A)
Sal Malek, Athletic
Director, Ladywood HS, Livonia (A)
Denny Patzer, Asst. Principal,
Vicksburg HS, Vicksburg (B)
Nancy Poole, Athletic Director,
Inter-City Baptist HS, Allen Park (D)
Mike Rea, Athletic
Director, Kingston HS, Kingston (D)
Pete Ryan, Athletic Director,
Heritage HS, Saginaw (A)
Jan
Sander, Athletic Director, Warren Woods-Tower HS, Warren (B)
Jerry
Sykes, Athletic Director, Lumen Christi HS, Jackson (B)
Kathy
Westdorf, Asst. Principal, Forest Hills Central HS, Grand Rapids
(A)
Tom
Williams, Athletic Director, Dundee HS, Dundee (C)
Tammy Wilson, Athletic
Director, Lawrence HS, Lawrence (D)
James Wood, Athletic Director,
Lake Orion HS, Lake Orion (A)
Betty Wroubel, Athletic Director,
Notre Dame Preparatory School, Pontiac (B)
Mike Young, Athletic
Director, Buchanan HS, Buchanan (C)
(150) Wrestling
Monday,
Jan. 31, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
Pat Boyd, Wrestling Coach, Mt.
Pleasant HS, Mt. Pleasant (A)
Dennis Brighton, Wrestling Coach,
Bedford HS, Temperance (A)
Tim
Conners, Wrestling Coach, Tecumseh HS, Tecumseh (B)
Mark Cooper, Wrestling
Coach, Mayville HS, Mayville (C)
Tom Delia, Official, Rochester
Hills
Eric
Federico, Asst. Principal, O. A. Carlson HS, Gibraltar (B)
Mike
Garvey, Athletic Director, Delton Kellogg HS, Delton (MIAAA) (B)
Al
Kastl, Wrestling Coach, Fraser HS, Fraser (A)
John Kavanagh, Athletic
Director, Notre Dame Preparatory School, Pontiac (B)
Anthony Leonardo,
Official, Clio
Ted
Manning, Athletic Director, Schoolcraft HS, Schoolcraft (C)
Tom
Muir, Wrestling Coach, Grand Ledge HS, Grand Ledge (A)
Ronald
Nagy, Official, Hazel Park
Dennis
Paquette, Wrestling Coach, Bangor HS, Bangor (C)
Mike Rodriquez, Wrestling
Coach, Detroit Catholic Central HS, Redford (A)
Bruce Romick, Wrestling
Coach, Kingsford HS, Kingsford (B)
Tony Silveri, Wrestling Coach,
Pine River Area HS, Leroy (C)
Rick Smith, Wrestling Coach,
East Kentwood HS, Kentwood (A)
John Sonnemann, Athletic Director,
Traverse City Central HS, Traverse City (MASSP) (A)
Dennis Storrs, President,
MIWCA, Goodrich HS, Goodrich (B)
Deborah VanKuiken, Athletic
Director, Bridgeport HS, Bridgeport (B)
Brian Zdanowski, Athletic
Director, Greenville HS, Greenville (A)
(200) Track &
Field Site Selection
Friday, Jan. 14, 2000,
9 a.m.
Phil
Bedford, Athletic Director, Midland Public Schools, Midland
Craig Brueck, Athletic
Director, Centreville HS, Centreville (D)
Bruce Caswell, Supt.
Of Schools, Pittsford HS, Pittsford (C)
Lewis Clingman, Official,
Grand Rapids
Jim
Emery, Principal, Ellsworth Community HS, Ellsworth (D)
John
Fundukian, Ath. Dir., Novi HS, Novi (A)
Rudy Godefroidt, Principal,
Hemlock HS, Hemlock (C)
Christine
Kelly, Track Coach, Tawas Area HS, Tawas City (B)
Steve Linn, Track
Coach, Harbor Beach Community HS, Harbor Beach (C)
John Lober, Coach,
Traverse City Central HS, Traverse City (A)
Tony Magni, Coach,
Detroit Catholic Central HS, Redford (A)
John Quiring, Coach,
Okemos HS, Okemos (A)
John
Rowan, Coach, Haslett HS, Haslett (B)
Dale Sage, Athletic
Director, Reese HS, Reese (C)
Frank Sipes, TR & FD Coach,
Lawton HS, Lawton (C)
George
Waning, Athletic Director, St. Joseph HS, St Joseph (B)
Dave
Wenzel, Track Coach, Gaylord HS, Gaylord (B)
Sid Wright, Athletic
Director, Lincoln HS, Ypsilanti (A)
APPROVED/SANCTIONED MEETS
MHSAA and National Federation Sanctioning
Procedure
The following situations
must be approved by the MHSAA before any meet or tournament held:
1. Those events which
are sponsored by other than member schools and held within the
state.
2. Those events between
member schools of Michigan and bordering states (regardless of
the number of schools involved) and hosted by a member school.
The bordering state association must also grant approval for such
event through the MHSAA.
National Federation
Sanctioning guidelines appear on page 26 of this Bulletin.
All sanctioned or
approved meets are listed below.
(Includes requests
received and approved by Oct. 8, 1999, for events to be held in
November, December, January and February)
NOVEMBER
26-27 Thanksgiving Ice Hockey
Tournament (MI, NY) (600 R.T. Limitation)
DECEMBER
17-18 North Canton Holiday Wrestling,
Canton, Ohio (OH,MI,WV)
22-23 GRCC Holiday Basektball
Classic, Grand Rapids
27 Bugsy's Holiday Basketball
Classic, West Virginia (600 mile R.T. Limitation)
27 West Michigan Volleyball
Officials Tournament (Grand Rapids)
JANUARY
8 FSU Volleyball Tournament,
Big Rapids
8 Timberwolf JV Volleyball Tournament,
Northwood
15 FSU Varsity Volleyball Tournament,
Big Rapids
15 Northwood Varsity Volleyball
Invitational
15 Oakland Cheer Championships,
Utica
22 FSU Frosh Volleyball Tournament,
Big Rapids
22 Competitive Cheer, Davison
29 FSU Varsity Volleyball Invitational,
Big Rapids
29 Redwing Cheer Classic, St.
Johns
29 Oakland-Macomb Cheer Championship,
Grosse Pointe
FEBRUARY
5 West Michigan Classic, Caledonia
5
Timberwolf Varsity Volleyball Tournament, Northwood
12 MISCA Meet, Ypsilanti (Meet
counts as one of the 16 team competitions)
12 Panther Cheer Classic, DeWitt
12
Upper Peninsula Cheer Classic, Munising
12 Spring Arbor Lions Volleyball
Tournament
