Kentucky High School Athletic Association

Boys Coach Terry Birdsong, Marshall County, Reg.1 2016
Athletic Director Matt Bell, Webster County, Reg. 2 2018 Boys Coach Neil Hayden, Daviess County, Reg. 3 2019
Boys Coach Todd Messer, Clinton County, Reg. 4 2020 Girls Coach Tim Mudd, Elizabethtown, Reg. 5 2017
Athletic Director Troy Barr, Bullitt East, Reg. 6 2017
Girls Coach Jeff Sparks, DuPont Manual, Reg. 7 2017
Athletic Director Sally Zimmerman, Shelby County, Reg. 8 2016 Athletic Director T J Wesselman, Owen County, Reg. 8, 2020
Girls Coach Jaime Walz Richey, Highlands, Reg. 9, 2019
Girls Coach Robbie Graham, George Rogers Clark, Reg. 10 2020
Girls Coach Joey Thacker, Franklin County, Reg. 11 2019
Athletic Director/Boys Coach Rodney Woods, Wayne County, Reg. 12 2018
Boys Coach Tony Pietrowski, Corbin High School, Reg. 13 2019
Girls Coach Dickie Adams, Letcher County Central, Reg. 14 2019
Girls Coach Kristy Orem, Pikeville, Reg. 15 2017 Athletic Director Bill Farley, Raceland, Reg. 16 2020 […]

Current Members – Football Focus Group

Athletic Director Tony Bacigalupo, Covington Catholic, 5A, 2021-2022
Athletic Director Craig Cassady, Glasgow, 3A, 2020-2021
Athletic Director Alan Donhoff, St. Xavier, 6A, 2019-2020
Athletic Director/Coach Craig Foley, Frankfort, 1A, 2020-2021
Athletic Director Tim Green, Kentucky Country Day, 1A, 2018-2019
Athletic Director/Coach Philip Haywood, Belfry, 3A, 2018-2019
Coach Robbie Lucas, Somerset, 2A, 2019-2020
Coach Jim McKee, Scott County, 5A, 2021-2022
Coach Mark Peach, Anderson County, 4A, 2020-2021
Coach Chuck Smith, Boyle County, 4A, 2018-2019
Athletic Director Mark Swift, Ashland Blazer, 3A, 2019-2020
Assigning Secretary Mike Black, 13th Region, 2021-2022 (ex-officio)
President Clay Clevenger, KFCA (ex-officio)
Exec. Director Jimmie Reed, KFCA (ex-officio)
Rob Sayre, Fayette County AD (ex-officio)
Jerry Wyman, Jefferson County AD (ex-officio)

Current Members – Golf Focus Group

Athletic Department Blog Updates

TBD, KGA/PGA
Glenn Spalding, Athletic Director, Elizabethtown, Region 3
Casey Stephens, Coach, South Warren, Region 4
David Dawson, Athletic Director, LaRue County, Region 5
Marcus Camacho, Coach, Grant County, Region 6
Kevin Mims, Coach, Henry Clay, Region 7
Chris O’Hearn, Principal, Mason County, Region 8
Mike Neal, Coach, Madison Central, Region 9
Ed Morgan, Coach, Jackson County, Region 10
Larry Slone, Coach, Rowan County, Regions 11/12

03/25/13 – Clarification on Cold Weather Participation

The office has received several calls from people asking about a “Cold Weather Index” to parallel the existing Heat Index rules and regulations. At the present time, such an index does not exist in terms of a policy to eliminate participation at certain temperature combinations. However, the NFHS Sports Medicine Committee, as part of its 4th edition Sports Medicine Handbook provided to the member schools, has set up best practices documentation and suggestions to dealing with extreme cold. The recommendations are posted on the KHSAA web site at /sportsmedicine/nfhs/coldweatherrecommendations.pdf Please feel free to use this valuable resource document. If you need additional copies of the Sports Medicine Handbook, contact Marilyn Mitchell (mmitchell@khsaa.org) at the KHSAA offices.

03/25/2013 – NAERA Statement on Helmets with After-Market Enhancements

Football Blog Updates

STATEMENT FROM NAERA – 3/25/2013 –

The NFHS has been provided with a copy of a newly enacted policy by NEARA pertaining to after-market football helmet attachments. Under the policy, reconditioners would remove such attachments and either return them to the submitting high schools or destroy them, at the schools’ direction. The complete release is located at /football/naerapressreleasemarchregardingaftermarkethelmetattachments.pdf. Please note that if these devices are attached to a helmet submitted for recertification, the devices will be removed. If they (or replacement devices) are re-attached, the warranty / guarantee for the helmet recertification would be voided.

Coaches should also note that due to these after-market enhancements voiding any warranty and recertification, they cannot be worn in competition.

Contact your helmet manufacturer with questions.

Current Members – Soccer Focus Group

Jim Baurer, Murray, Athletic Director. 2017
David Sandifer, Daviess County, Coach, 2017
Steve Phillips, Pleasure Ridge Park, Coach, 2018
Jamie Dumstorf, Waggener, Athletic Director, 2017
Steve Lorenz, St Henry, Coach, 2019
Keith Smith, Pendleton County, Athletic Director, 2019
Robbie Sayre, FCPS,District Athletic Director, 2020
Kevin Wright, West Jessamine, Coach, 2016
Kevin Whitman, Perry County Central, Coach, 2016
Mark Swift, Ashland Blazer, Athletic Director, 2019
Jerry Wyman, Louisville, Board of Control
George Huffman, Official, 2019
Jeff Hall, Official, 2019

Current Members – Softball Focus Group

Trent Lovett, Superintendent, Marshall County, Region 1
Vivian Tomblin, Athletic Director, Henderson County, Region 2
John Smart, Official, Region 3 Lisa Correa, Head Coach Bowling Green, Region 4 Jamie Goodman, Head Coach, Central Hardin, Region 5
Megan Miller, Head Coach, Pleasure Ridge Park, Region 6
David Zuberer, Athletic Director, DuPont Manual, Region 7
Steve Leanhart, Head Coach, Oldham County, Region 8
Flora Fields, Head Coach, Beechwood, Region 9
JT Taylor, Assigner, Region Region 10
Tracy Spickard, Athletic Director/Head Coach, Franklin County, Region 11 Kalem Grasham, Principal, Garrard County, Region 12 Jimmy Durham, Athletic Director, North Laurel, Region 13 Michael Melton, Assigner/Athletic Director, Letcher County Central, Region 14 Jason Hurt, Head Coach, Johnson Central, Region 15 Bill Farley, Athletic Director, Raceland, Region 16 Paul Lewis, Assignor

Current Members – Swimming and Diving Focus Group

Region 1 – Coach Kent Waide, Madisonville-North Hopkins
Region 2 – Coach Brad Schmied, Owensboro
Region 3 – Athletic Director Glenn Spalding, Elizabethtown
Region 4 – Athletic Director Ryan Bringhurst, Central
Region 5 – Coach/Manager Wayne Kraus, Trinity (Louisville)
Region 6 – Manager Susan Carey, Woodford County
Region 7 – Coach Amanda Johnson, Highlands
Region 8 – Coach/Manager Daniel Porter, Henry Clay
Region 9 – Manager Dee Dole
Diving – Jamie Palumbo
Ex-Officio Official – Bill Tingley
Ex-Officio Official – Bucky Stoess

Current Members – Tennis Focus Group

Larry Heflin, McCracken County, Coach, 2019
Chad Young, South Warren, Coach, 2018
Tim Smith, DuPont Manual, Coach, 2018
Glenn Zell, Moore, Teacher, 2019
Tony Bacigalupo, Covington Catholic, Athletic Director, 2019
Steve Hensley, Campbell County,Athletic Director, 2019
Cavanaugh Trent, Knott County Central, Athletic Director, 2018
Michael Kinney, Lafayette, Athletic Director , 2019
Kathy Johnston, Tournament Manager, ex-officio
Debbie Beichler, Board of Control, ex-officio
Jason Miller, USTAKY, ex-officio Mike Eden, KHSTCA, ex-officio

Current Members – Track & Field/Cross Country Focus Group

http://khsaa.org/track/2013/statetrackmeetschedule.pdf

Athletic Director Bryan Brown, West Carter, 1A Region 7, 2022
Coach Tara Henshaw, Warren East, 2A Region 2, 2020
Athletic Director Andrew Roark, Corbin, 2A Region 5, 2023
Athletic Director John Harris, Williamsburg HS, 1A Region 6 2019
Coach Ryan Vitatoe, Harlan County, 2A Region 7 2018
Athletic Director Angela Passafiume, Assumption, 3A Region 4, 2020
Coach Mark Boggess, Murray, 1A Region 1, 2020
Athletic Director Steve Hensley, Campbell County, 3A Region 5, 2023
Athletic Director, Terry Yeast, Mercer, 2A Region 5, 2019
Athletic Director Greg Howard, Logan County, 3A Region 2, 2022
Coach Barry Haworth, Assumption HS/KTCCCA President
James Webb, Unified Representative
Bob Stacey, Field Events Meet Management
Gordon Bocock, Official/Meet Management
Frank Miklavcic, KTCCCA/Meet Management
Tim King, Official/Meet Management

Board of Control Agenda Information

Board of Control Agenda

3/20/13 – State Competitive Cheer Photos Online

Relive moments from this year’s KHSAA Competitive Cheer Competition. Photos are posted online and may be purchased at khsaaphotos.org

03/20/13 State Track Meet Time Schedule

We hope that your track seasons are off to a good start. As spring approaches, and May plans for schools are being made, we want to make you aware of the time schedule for the state track and field meet.

The dates were announced in the fall and now the exact times of the meets are available to continue to help with your planning. We know that it is impossible to work around everyone’s schedule when it comes to schools functions and athletics post season. We can only hope that providing this information at the beginning of the season will be helpful for your student athletes and for you as coaches as your season develops.

Please choose the link below to view the State Meet Time Schedule of Events

You may also find this information on the track page of the KHSAA website under “State Meet Information”.

Good luck this season!

Current Members – Volleyball Focus Group

TBD (AD) – Region 1 (2019)
Matt Bell, Webster County (AD) – Region 2 (2017)
Tabby Davenport, Muhlenberg County (Coach) – Region 3 (2020)
Justin Griffin, South Warren (Coach) – Region 4 (2019)
Jerry Taylor, Hart County (AD) – Region 5 (2016)
Matt Thomerson, Mercy (Coach) – Region 6 (2020)
Patty Ernst, Christian Academy (Louisville) (Coach) – Region 7 (2018)
TBD (Coach) – Region 8 (2019)
Myanna Webster, Notre Dame (AD) – Region 9 (2019)
Jamie Keene, George Rogers Clark (AD) – Region 10 (2016)
Chris Langston, Lafayette (Coach) – Region 11 (2016) TBD – Region 12 Jimmy Durham, North Laurel (AD) – Region 13 (2018)
Arthur Ballard, Estill County (ADM) – Region 14 (2020) Jack Ousley, Paintsville (AD) – Region 15 (2018) Tammy Hensley, Morgan County (Coach) – Region 16 (2019)
Janet Ball – Assigner (2020)
Mitzy Donhoff, KVCA (Coaches Association)

3/20/13 KHSAA Will Host National Association of Sports Officials Summit in 2017

KHSAA To Host 2017 National Association of Sports Officials Summit

The National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) has chosen Kentucky as the host state for the 2017 NASO Summit (July 30-Aug. 1). In conjunction with the event, the KHSAA will host “Officiate Kentucky” Day on July 29, 2017 to kick off the National Conference and help promote, educate and celebrate the efforts of officials across the state.

The 2017 NASO Summit will be held at the Louisville Marriott (July 30-Aug. 1). The annual meeting provides officials from across the nation an opportunity to learn, discuss and evaluate the latest topics and trends in officiating, while examining new products and services. More details about the 2017 NASO Summit will be provided in the months to come.

Current Members – Wrestling Focus Group

Christopher King, Calloway County, Assistant Principal, 2019
Bob Davis, Meade County, Coach, 2020
James Kraeszig, St. Xavier, Coach, 2019
Che Founder, Central, Administrator, 2020
Tim Ruschell, Ryle, Coach, 2017
Troy Johnson, Fern Creek, Athletic Director, 2019
Philip Dettwiller, Montgomery County, Coach, 2020
Chris McCoy, Male, Coach 2018
Scott Hawkins, Woodford County Superintendent, Board of Control Representative
Mark Schumate, Louisville, KWOA, (ex-officio)
Scott Greenwald, Tournament Staff (ex-officio)

Current Members – Archery Focus Group

Officials Division Blog Updates

2016-17 Membership

REGION SCHOOL
1 Tom Patterson Trigg County 2019
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3 Mike Moritz John Hardin 2021
4 Mark Evans Mercy Academy
5 Dave Frederick Anderson County 2019
6 Brenda Klass Ryle 2019
7 Betty White Tates Creek 2021
8 Brian Miller Pulaski County 2020
9 Mike Melton Letcher County Central 2020
10 Sherman Holliday Prestonsburg 2021

BOC Mark Evans Mercy Academy
Ex Officio Patrick O’Connell KYNASP
Ex […]

03/18/13 – Part II Exam for Spring Officials is Now Open

For all baseball, softball, and track and field officials, the Part 2 Exam is now available online through midnight Eastern Time on Sunday, March 31.

Login to http://officials.khsaa.org/authorize/ to take the test. A minimum score of 80 on the exam is required to be assigned to officiate postseason play. If you have forgotten your password, click on the blue “click here” in the first line on the login page. This will take you through the steps to reset your password.

Good Luck!

03/18/13 – Baseball Jewelry Clarification

Baseball Blog Updates

We received confirmation that the Phiten and other collapsible necklaces and bracelets that may be popular at other levels and in outside leagues are considered jewelry per the NFHS and are NOT legal for Kentucky High School Baseball. Please advise players to be properly uniformed per NFHS rules.

03/18/13 – Inaugural KHSAA Archery Championships; KY HS Volleyball Teams Raise Money Through Dig Pink®; KHSAA To Host 2017 NASO Summit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 18, 2013

First-Ever KHSAA Archery Championships Begin Today In Louisville

The inaugural KHSAA Archery State Championships begin this week (March 18-19) at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville (221 Fourth Street). In its first year as a KHSAA-sponsored sport activity, the Association has partnered with the KY National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) to manage the KHSAA State Championship in conjunction with the National Field Archery Association Championships in Louisville.

The competition begins at 3 p.m. on Monday, with Tuesday’s action scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Over 1,000 student-athletes are expected to participate in the event, as qualifiers for the tournament include the regional team champions and all squads that scored over 3,000 points at the regional competition. Male and female individuals placing 1st through 5th also qualified for the KHSAA State Championship.

Tickets to the event are $5 per day as set by the NASP, […]

03/18/13 – NFHS Baseball Part 2 Test Now Online

Baseball Blog Updates

This is a reminder to all umpires that the NFHS Part 2 Exam is now open and available online. A reminder, you must score at least 80 on the Part 2 Exam to be eligible for the postseason. The window to take the test will close at midnight on Sunday, March 31, so make plans prior to that time to complete the exam. Log on to the KHSAA website through the officials division to take the test.

Current Members – Bass Fishing Focus Group

Athletic Director Victor Black, Casey County, 2015
Associate Principal Chuck Cash, Madison County, 2015
Athletic Director Jimmy Durham, North Laurel, 2015
R.B. Mays, District Finance Director, Graves County, 2015
Athletic Director Jeff Stokes, Marshall County, 2015
Dave Washburn, FLW
Wayne Winters, Transportation Department, Crittenden County, 2015

Current Members – Bowling Focus Group

Athletic Director Kris Garrett, McCracken County, Reg. 1 2021
Coach Stacy Ellis, Meade County, Reg. 2 2020
Athletic Director Nick Waddell, Pleasure Ridge Park, Reg. 3 2022
Athletic Director Matt Girardin, Eastern, Reg. 4, 2022
Coach Glenn Schmidt, Highlands, Reg. 5 2022
Athletic Director Tony Bacigalupo, Covington Catholic, Reg. 6 2020
Athletic Director Brad Allison, Harrison County, Reg. 7 2019
Coach Allison Whaley, Montgomery County, Reg. 8 2022
Jason Uchwal, Center Manager 2021
Jack McCarthy, Tournament Manager 2020
Michele Colangelo, Official/Center Manager 2019
Scott Thompson, Bowling Advocate 2022

2013 State Archery Team Results AP Paragraph Format

Archery Results 2013

Trigg County 3453 (1), Henderson County 3415 (2), Anderson County 3408 (3), Madison Central 3385 (4), Madison Southern 3382 (5), Southwestern 3369 (6), Western Hills 3366 (7), Letcher County Central 3357 (8), East Carter 3353 (9), Pulaski County 3346 (10), Hopkins County Central 3340 (11), Prestonsburg 3335 (12), Harrison County 3332 (13), Bullitt East 3318 (14), Logan County 3316 (15), South Laurel 3302 (16), Lincoln County 3280 (17), Woodford County 3273 (18), Paul Laurence Dunbar 3273 (19), Hart County 3252 (20), Corbin 3252 (21), Pleasure Ridge Park 3241 (22), Betsy Layne 3240 (23), Augusta 3219 (24), Lafayette 3219 (25), East Jessamine 3214 (26), Ryle 3194 (27), Muhlenberg County 3187 (28), Ashland Blazer 3187 (29), Murray 3179 (30), West Jessamine 3164 (31), Franklin County 3164 (32), Hancock County 3156 (33), Cumberland County 3156 (34), Somerset 3152 (35), Bullitt East 3150 (36), Lee County 3149 (37), Nelson County 3141 (38), Clay County 3137 (39), Madison Southern 3137 […]

2013 Boys State Archery Results AP Paragraph Format

Archery Results 2013

Jericho Vannoy, Hopkins County Central (12) – 297 (1), Billy Holliday, Prestonsburg (10) – 297 (2), Justin Mehs, Anderson County (12) – 296 (3), Dustin Sexton, East Carter (11) – 296 (4), Grant Willoughby, Madison Central (11) – 295 (5), Dylan Clem, Woodford County (10) – 295 (6), Cj Barnes, West Jessamine (9) – 295 (8), Chance Wayne, Anderson County (9) – 295 (8), Ryan Walker, East Carter (11) – 294 (10), Lucas Hyde, Trigg County (11) – 294 (10), Colten Shepherd, Prestonsburg (12) – 294 (10), Ryan Long, Madison Central (12) – 293 (13), Jake Macnab, Trigg County (11) – 292 (14), Dalton Lovins, Pulaski County (10) – 292 (14), Cameron Peyton, Anderson County (10) – 292 (17), Dylan Martin, South Laurel (12) – 291 (18), Clint Tinsley, Anderson County (9) – 290 (20), Wyatt Biever, Henderson County (10) – 290 (20), Evan Smith, Trigg County (10) – 290 (20), Dakota Fernandez, Letcher County […]

2013 Girls State Archery Results AP Paragraph Format

Archery Results 2013

Mary Aldridge, Western Hills (9) – 292 (1), Sarah Shipley, Trigg County (10) – 291 (2), Jessica Byrne, Henderson County (12) – 290 (3), Taylor Bochantin, Franklin County (10) – 289 (4), Kaitlin Farthing, Harrison County (11) – 289 (5), Amy Hall, Glasgow (10) – 288 (6), Payton Lykins, Henderson County (11) – 288 (7), Shaye Patterson, Trigg County (11) – 288 (8), Carrie Molden, Southwestern (9) – 287 (9), Brooklyn Stevens, Trigg County (9) – 287 (10), Sarah Burton, Pulaski County (9) – 287 (11), Sarah Purtee, Southwestern (10) – 287 (12), Kaila Cunningham, Trigg County (9) – 287 (13), Taylor Cobb, Madison Central (9) – 286 (14), Courtnie Carr, Western Hills (10) – 285 (15), Whitney Underwood, East Carter (10) – 284 (16), Whitney Stamper, Letcher County Central (11) – 284 (17), Marissa Eschman, Bullitt East (10) – 284 (18), Autumn Woods, Henderson County (9) – 284 (19), Deanna Ladd, Trigg County (9) […]

Current Members – Competitive Cheer Focus Group

Coaches Development
Section 1 – Lindsey Behrendent
Section 2 – Carrie DeBold
Section 3 – Kim Ritchie
Section 4 – Jeff Huffman

Event Management
Virginia Murphy
Maurie Bedwell
Gayle Mills
Carole Mullins
Donna Tackett

Regional Site Selection
Section 1 – Cindy Thompson
Section 2 – Phyllis Jenkins
Section 3 – Gay Trame
Section 4 – Gwen Gibbs

Rules & Judges Training
Section 1 – Jennifer Luttrell
Section 2 – Ruth Sorace
Section 3 – David Moore
Section 4 – Lucy Moore

3/11/13 – Championship Program Posted for Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen®

Fans wanting to peruse and review the 2013 Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen® program can download the complete program at no charge from the KHSAA web site. Go to www.khsaa.org/basketball and select Girls State Tournament Information for the link. In addition, you can scan the QR code on the KHSAA web site panel and download to your portable device.

03/11/2013 – Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16®; Inaugural KHSAA Archery Championships

Athletic Department Blog Updates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 11, 2013

2013 Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16® This Week In Bowling Green

The Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen® State Basketball Tournament returns to E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green this week (March 13-16). DuPont Manual heads to the campus of Western Kentucky University hoping to defend its 2012 state title, while Marion County enters the tournament with a perfect 35-0 record.

First round action will take place Wednesday and Thursday, with sessions beginning at 12:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (CT). Quarterfinal action on Friday starts at 12 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., followed by two Semifinal games on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Tip-off for Saturday night’s championship game is slated for 8 p.m.

Free live video from all 15 games will be available at khsaa.tv, with an audio feed of the KU/KHSAA Radio Network broadcast available at khsaa.ezstream.com. For more information, including pre-tournament stats, rosters […]

03/06/13 – Tennis Post Season

Good morning, several people have inquired as to which Ball will be used at this years state championships, we just finished the bid process and we have chosen the “Wilson Championship Balls”. As a reminder, the BOC stopped providing Balls for the regional tournament two years ago, so each region will get together and decide how to provide for their regional. The sites and hosts for this years regions and sectionals have been set, you can find these for reference on our tennis page. Here is the link to that particular PDF; http://khsaa.org/httpdocs/tennis/regionalsites.pdf

03/05/13 – Question of the Day

Soccer Blog Updates

In less than 24 hours, I have been asked by four different coaches whether girls on their varsity teams can play JV Boys soccer too. It seems some club coaches have been telling the girls that their best chance for improvement is to play against the boys. Regardless of the motivation to play on both teams,the Board of Control has set policy for this issue, copied below is that policy for Soccer. You may find this in the Handbook, look under Board Policy E) Soccer 1) If a school sponsors both a boys and girls team in soccer, students may only play for the gender speci? c team (girls may only play for the girls’ team, boys may only play for the boys’ team. 2) If a school sponsors only a boys team and does not sponsor a girls team, female students may […]

03/07/13 – Shake Contest During Tournament!

Basketball Blog Updates

For the first time, the KHSAA is sponsoring a contest to see which student cheering section has the most “pep”. At the end of the first quarter, cued by the PA, the popular “Harlem Shake” music will be played and each cheering section will have a chance to show off their shake. Needs to stay clean (no disrobing, etc.) but should be lots of fun.
Online voting will take place on khsaa.org. Voting will start during the first game! The school with the most votes will receive a $200 prize for their athletic program following the tournament!

03/05/13 – Game Program Posted for KHSAA Boys’ Sweet Sixteen®

Fans wanting to peruse and review the 2013 Boys’ Sweet Sixteen® program can download the complete program at no charge from the KHSAA web site. Go to www.khsaa.org/basketball and select Boys State Tournament Information for the link. In addition, you can scan the QR code on the KHSAA web site panel and download to your portable device.

03/05/13 – Statement Regarding Boys’ Sweet 16® Weather