April, 2014
04/30/14 – Spring Sports Championship Media Credentials
The KHSAA’s online media credentialing system for the Spring Sports Championships is now live. Media members can visit credentials.khsaa.org to apply for credentials online.
Credentials to each KHSAA state championship event are issued by the KHSAA to working members of the media that regularly cover high school athletics. Credentials must be requested prior to the established deadline for each sport through the online credentialing system (credentials.khsaa.org).
Credentials should be requested by the sports editor/director for all members of his/her organization needing to attend an event. Credentials for freelance photographers and stringers must be requested by the sports editor/director at the outlet the freelancer will be representing. No credentials will be issued outside of the online credentialing system. The KHSAA reserves the right to limit the quantity of credentials issued to media outlets when space is at a premium.
Failure to adhere to the KHSAA policies and guidelines, […]
04/30/14 – April 2014 Board of Control Meeting Review
The following is a review of the items discussed at the April KHSAA Board of Control Meeting and the status of those issues. The Board meets six times per year, and each time, the membership will be updated as far as actions by the Board. While many of them attempt to communicate with you on a regular basis, I also want the schools informed of a consistent summary. All documents related to this meeting can be found online at http://portal.ksba.org/public/Agency.aspx?PublicAgencyID=4374&AgencyTypeID=1&BeginDate=04-1-2014&EndDate=4-30-2014
BOARD MEETING – April 15, 2014
The Board meeting began with a presentation from Karl Schmitt and Greg Fante, representing the Greater Louisville Sports Commissioner. Both were emphatic about the city’s desire to work with the Association and return some of the KHSAA championships to the state’s largest city.
That presentation was followed by a presentation from the iHigh staff with a report on external corporate sales. The Board then recessed to conduct committee meetings.
[…]04/30/14 – Baseball/Fast Pitch Softball Draw Show This Thursday
Baseball/Fast Pitch Softball Draw Show This Thursday
The annual Draw Show for the 2014 Rawlings/KHSAA Baseball State Tournament and the Worth/KHSAA Fast Pitch Softball State Tournament will be conducted at the Association’s headquarters on Thursday, May 1 at 2 p.m. The Draw Show will be streamed live online at KHSAA.org, with complete brackets available on the KHSAA website and the KHSAA/Riherds.com Scoreboard following the draw.
The 2014 Rawlings/KHSAA Baseball State Tournament will take place June 2-7 at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, while the Worth/KHSAA Fast Pitch Softball State Tournament will be held June 5-7 at Jack C. Fisher Park in Owensboro.
04/28/14 – Forcht Bank/KHSAA CLASS Regional Winners Announced; BA/FP Draw Show This Thursday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2014
Regional Winners Announced For 2014 Forcht Bank/KHSAA CLASS Awards Recognition Program
Thirty-two regional winners have been selected as part of the 2014 Forcht Bank/KHSAA CLASS Awards Recognition Program. The 32 regional winners will each receive a $350 scholarship, an award from Forcht Bank and the KHSAA, and an invitation to the Awards Banquet on Sunday, May 4. One male and one female from the pool of regional honorees will be selected as the statewide winner at the Awards Banquet, with each individual receiving a $3,000 scholarship.
The Forcht Bank/KHSAA CLASS Awards Recognition Program (Citizenship, Leadership, Athletics, Sportsmanship, Scholarship) honors deserving senior student-athletes across the state. This is the 18th year the KHSAA has recognized student-athletes through a scholarship program, which is open to all seniors that have participated in athletics and/or sport-activities (competitive cheerleading, bowling, archery and bass fishing). One male and […]
04/28/14 – State BA Draw & Reminders
Here are some updates and reminders for Baseball Coaches and Umpires:
State Draw
The draw for the 2014 Rawlings/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament will be streamed live Thursday, May 1 at 2 p.m. (ET) at www.khsaa.org.
Deadline for Seeded Games
The deadline for seeded district games to be played is Wednesday, May 14. Any games not able to be played by that date will count as a win and a loss for both teams.
Batters Box
Games should be played with the batter’s box chalked.
Dugouts
An ongoing point of emphasis with regard to safety is that all players and coaches are to be in the dugout. Only the on-deck batter is permitted outside the dugout during a particular team’s at bat. We continue to get reports and observe photos where this is not being followed.
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04/28/14 – Clarification on Last Date for Track Meets Counting Toward Postseason Requirement
This blog has been updated as of 4/28/14 at 4:07pm – The correction is highlighted below.
Allowing two weeks to host the regional track meets has exposed a piece in the regional instructions that needs to be clarified for this season and future years.
A meet shall count toward the 4 meet requirement as long as it occurs on the last day before the regional and results are posted to the milesplit.com website. Competition rules do allow for meets to be held and count toward the 4 meet minimum requirement after the entry deadline, but those times or marks will not count for seeding purposes.
For example: If your school’s regional meet is to take place on Saturday, May 10th, the last day to count a meet toward the requirement of four meets for regional competition is Friday, May 9th, but any meets held after Tuesday, May 6th cannot be […]
04/28/14 – Arbiter Reports Emailing Issue with Assigners who use Yahoo or AOL
Officials and Assigners: The KHSAA received this email from Arbiter. We wanted to make sure that you are aware of the situation.
EMAIL:
We are currently experience higher rates of email delivery failure for assigners using Yahoo or AOL email addresses due to recent policy changes that these two providers have implemented. The policy they have adopted is called DMARC Rejection. Basically, they are no longer letting non-Yahoo or non-AOL servers, send in their clients’ behalves. Unfortunately, this includes our servers and any other website that was sending in behalf of AOL and Yahoo clients. Yahoo began this policy on April 11thand AOL on April 22nd. It is our belief that many others may follow suit. Here are a couple of articles on the policy changes:
http://postmaster-blog.aol.com/2014/04/22/aol-mail-updates-dmarc-policy-to-reject/
http://www.spamresource.com/2014/04/up-in-arms-about-yahoos-dmarc-policy.html
We are working on solutions. The most likely solution is that we will need to have the sender on all emails be More
Correspondence Submitted Regarding 2015-2018 Football Realignment
Football Realignment Correspondence04/22/14 – Regional Track Instructions and More
After this crazy winter, it is great to see the spring and the track season well under way. Regional Instructions, Regional Managers Listing, and other general track information have been posted on the track page of the KHSAA website under “Regional Track Information.” Please review the instructions and print any forms that you will need for entry to the regional competitions. If your school has a wheelchair participant to compete in the regional competition, please notify me immediately via email at apassafiume@khsaa.org. It is important that the officials are aware and prepared for those competitors, as well as having the awards needed for those participants. As you all know, the state meet will be in Lexington this year at the University of Kentucky Outdoor Sports Complex. With the new venue will come new information as far as instructions, maps, bus routes/drop off, etc. Those items are being hammered out now and will be posted soon. […]04/22/14 – KHSAA Bass Fishing Championship, Hall of Fame Banquet This Weekend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2014
2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing Championship Starts Friday
The second annual KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship gets underway Friday morning with the boat launch at 7 a.m. (CT) from the Kentucky Dam Marina in Gilbertsville. The first flight will return to the marina at 3 p.m. to begin the weigh-in process, with the second flight returning at 3:15 p.m. The schedule of events will be the same for Saturday’s competition, with the awards presentation taking place immediately following the final day’s weigh-in.
Forty-six teams qualified for this year’s event from a pool of 185 teams at the four regional tournaments, an increase in participation of 76 percent over the sport’s inaugural 2012-13 campaign. A random draw was conducted to determine the launch order for the 2014 championship, and can be found at the following link:
http://khsaa.org/bassfishing/2014/state/randomboatassignments.pdf
A […]
04/21/14 – Updated State Information for Bass Fishing
Please click on the following link to view updated information in regards to the 2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing State Tournament. The practice time for Thursday, April 24, 2014 has been extended from 12:00 p.m. Central Time to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. Team Check-in/Registration will still begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Time on the third floor of the Curris Center at Murray state University.
Current Members – Middle School Advisory Committee
Update The Middle School Advisory Committee is being re-tooled following the departure and retirement of several members immediately prior to and during the current pandemic. This page will be updated in the the fall of 2023 with revised membership.04/18/14 – Deadline for Free Baseball Clinic Tonight
This is a reminder for Athletic Directors, all baseball coaches and baseball umpires that the deadline to complete the 2014 KHSAA/NFHS online Rules Clinic at no cost is midnight tonight. If you have already completed the clinic, please disregard this reminder.
Below is the information on the clinic that we published in February to assist you in tracking and the remaining schedule.
Athletic Directors – see the information below to assist you in checking on your coaches to make sure they have met the requirement. As a reminder, all coaches (head and assistant) are required to complete the clinic.
The window for the free online clinic is Feb. 3 – April 18.
Rules Clinics
2/1 to 4/18, for 2014, the Baseball Clinic will be online only and may be viewed by coaches and officials at no charge during this period.
4/19 to 5/10 for 2014, the Baseball Clinic will be online only and may be […]
04/15/14 – Middle School Regulation-Repeating Students, Age
As part of its required charge, the Middle School Advisory Committee has recommended the change below to the Kentucky Board of Education. The change was approved through two readings of the Kentucky Board of Education, and is slated for final consideration by the General Assembly (Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee) in June, 2014.
Below is the text of the relevant portion of the regulation. It is important to note that the regulation change has a phase-in date in 2015-2016, however the regulation is not final until approved by the Kentucky General Assembly through its committees.
(7) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year and thereafter, require that no student enrolled initially in grade (5) through grade (8) during the 2015-2016 school year or thereafter who is repeating a grade for any reason be eligible to compete in interscholastic competition involving students enrolled in grades six (6) through eight (8) while repeating a grade;
04/16/14 – Scheduling Grid for 2015-2018, Week 0
Because of the scheduling moratorium, the scheduling grid for 2015-2018 was not originally included in the material released yesterday. It is imperative that you remember that because changes could still be made to the alignment before it is adopted, that you not sign contracts for games to be played 2015 and beyond. These changes could result from the feedback requested of the membership and related responses considered by the Board of Control at its May meeting.
However, several schools have indicated a desire to conduct tentative scheduling meetings in the next few weeks. Therefore, the tentative scheduling grid for 2015-2018 has been posted on the page with the other realignment information. Go to www.khsaa.org, click on Sports/Activities, Football, Football Alignment, Realignment Information, 2015-2018 Alignment/Realignment Information, Football General Realignment 2015-2018.
Several have also questioned whether Week 0 will be available during the next realignment period. As of now, there has been no proposal passed by […]
04/15/14 – Board of Control Approves Addition of Field Hockey
The Board of Control approved the addition of Field Hockey as a KHSAA sanctioned sport for the fall of the 2014-2015 school year. Though the sport has been played in Jefferson County for over 50 years and in Oldham County for most of the past 10 years, the sport will be relatively new to the rest of the state.
The addition of field hockey meets the needs of the schools currently participating, as well as the schools that responded to the triennial survey that are interested in adding the sport. The current structure will marry nicely to the KHSAA guidelines and rules, as the current schools have already applied most of the KHSAA bylaws. Bylaw 6 is one of the bylaws that will not apply to field hockey until the 2015-2016 school year as a year of transition is needed.
Field hockey is a female-only sport and requires the basic facilities and equipment to play: field […]
04/15/14 – Board of Control Adds Field Hockey For 2014-15; Approves Football Alignment Draft for 2015-18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2014
During Tuesday’s meeting at the KHSAA Office, the Board of Control approved a motion to add field hockey as a team sport beginning with the 2014-15 season and approved a draft of the football alignment for the 2015-18 seasons to be distributed to the membership for feedback. The addition of field hockey as a female-only team sport, brings the Association’s total number of sports offered to 13 beginning in the fall of 2014, with four additional sport-activities. The Association will work in the coming months to select a site for the 2014 field hockey championship, and put the infrastructure in place for field hockey to be an officially-sponsored KHSAA sport.
The Board approved a draft of the football alignment for the 2015-18 seasons, which was configured after member schools were given the opportunity to declare their desire to “play up” in classification. The […]
04/15/14 – Coed Competitive Cheer Divisions Approved
The KHSAA Board of Control, at its April meeting, approved a change with regard to coed competitive cheer divisions beginning with the 2014-15 school year.
Coed Competitive Cheer
Division A
Minimum of 1 to 3 male participants, with an overall minimum squad size of 12 and a maximum squad size of 24.
Division B
Minimum of 4-or-more male participants, with an overall minimum squad size of 12 and a maximum squad size of 24.
There are no changes to the All-Girl Divisions for 2014-15.
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04/15/14 – Football DRAFT Alignment of Teams, 2015-2018
DRAFT 2015-2018 KHSAA Football Alignment of Teams
Proposed Class 1A
District 1 – Crittenden County, Fulton City, Fulton County, Russellville
District 2 – Berea, Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Caverna, Fort Knox
District 3 – Eminence, Frankfort, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day
District 4 – Beechwood, Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow
District 5 – Bishop Brossart, Bracken County, Nicholas County, Paris
District 6 – Fairview, Paintsville, Raceland
District 7 – Harlan, Lynn Camp, Pineville, Williamsburg
District 8 – Hazard, Jenkins, Phelps, Pikeville, South Floyd
5th place team from District 8 as the 4th place in District 6 for playoff brackets
5th place team from District 2 will not advance to playoffs
Proposed Class 2A
District 1 – Ballard Memorial, Mayfield, Murray, Webster County
District 2 – Butler County, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central
District 3 – Clinton County, Glasgow, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County
District 4 – Christian Academy-Louisville, DeSales, Shawnee, Washington County
District […]
04/15/14 – Football Draft Alignment Information and Feedback
Throughout this school year, the Board of Control Team Sports Committee has been conducting discussions and working with staff on finalizing a draft alignment of schools for the 2015 through 2018 playing seasons. The Board has authorized me to release a draft of schools divided into districts for play during the 2015 through 2018 seasons.
All of the information relative to the realignment is located at http://khsaa.org/football-alignmentrealignment-information/. Select the 2015-2018 alignment/realignment menu to review maps and other related data.The draft alignment is listed at http://khsaa.org/041514-football-draft-alignment-of-teams-2015-2018/
Let me give you a brief summary of the Board’s discussions and where things stand as of now:
04/14/14 – Tennis Postseason Information
The information and instructions for the 2014 Regional and State Tennis Tournaments have been posted online. You can access the information by going to the Tennis page of the KHSAA website. All coaches are expected to take the time to read these items carefully, even veteran coaches, as changes have been made this year. Those of you who will serve as Regional Managers will find your instructions have also been posted to the Tennis page.
I would strongly suggest that all competing schools download the files to ensure that you are aware of all KHSAA rules regarding these tournaments.
Best of luck to you for the remainder of the season. Keep looking to this blog for further updates as we get closer to the Regional and State Tournaments.
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04/10/14 – Reminders about Title IX and Participation List Submission Due April 30
As spring sports are now fully in swing, it is time to remind each of you that the annual reports for Title IX and the Participation List are due on April 30.
- If you have specific questions about Title IX and the law itself, any of our Assistant Commissioners should be able to help get you some assistance. Asst. Commissioner Darren Bilberry is our primary contact for your questions related to the law and its interpretations.
- Information Technology Director Rob Catron as well as almost any of our support staff can help you with electronic issues including login and report preparation using the online system. The online system will have entry available beginning on Monday, April 14.
Again this year, based on feedback from the membership and members of our Athletic Directors Advisory Committee, there have been several system changes to make this task easier. Here are the highlights:
- You […]
04/10/14 – KHSAA Announces Official of the Year Nominees For 2013-14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2014
On May 4, the KHSAA will honor the top officials for 2014 at the Association’s 21st Annual Officials Recognition Banquet. The ceremony, conducted at the KHSAA Offices, honors the finalists for each sport in which the KHSAA licenses officials.
Finalists in each sport were selected through a combination of their service to their association and excellence in officiating. One official in each sport will be named “Outstanding Official of the Year” for his/her sport in appreciation for their dedication and service to schools and student-athletes across the state
Outstanding Official Nominees
BASEBALL – Harvey Baxter (Richmond), Jimmy Guerra (Fort Thomas), Chad Hasch (Shepherdsville)
BASKETBALL – Rick Browning (Louisville), Michael Pangallo (Alexandria), David Smithmier (Paducah), Jason Wilkins (Central City)
CHEER – Suzy Edmister (Richmond), Kris Alderman (Morehead)
FOOTBALL – Steve Coleman […]
4/10/14 – Bass Fishing State Tournament Information
Registration Instructions, a Time Schedule, and Hotel Information for the 2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing State Tournament are now posted on the KHSAA website. You can access this information by going to the link below and clicking on State Information and Instructions to see the links under the Bass Fishing Information for 2014 heading. Please be sure to share this information with participants, parents, and fans.
04/09/14 – Roster Maintenance, 2014 Title IX/Participation Entry
Later this week, the balance of the reporting mechanisms will be released regarding this year’s Title IX and participation reports. These reports are required of ALL KHSAA member schools annually. There are two important reminders and items schools may be working on in advance of the final report release which will greatly expedite the completion of the required work.
ROSTER REVIEW
Though there is a formal and technical part of roster review as a component of the reports, a minor revision has been made in the menuing system that can help you maintain your data on an ongoing basis, and not have to do everything at the last minute.
On the school login menu, under the heading “Student Athlete Rosters”, and the command that says “Maintain Specific Team Rosters”, the code has been revised to clearly show you teams that need addressing. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have a team in a sport and a level, […]
04/07/14 – Positive Changes on the Catastrophic Insurance Front
As most of you who are involved in purchasing athletic insurance for districts or schools are aware, the market remains very tough for this specialized type of coverage. For more than 30 years, the most visible benefit to membership in the KHSAA has been the Catastrophic Insurance that is provided to all member schools and funded by the membership dues. As a matter of fact in recent years, the premiums for insurance paid by the Association total almost exactly the same as the total dues received, making it a smart volume purchase for the membership. This excess insurance policy currently has a deductible of $25,000, and each student is required to have basic coverage up to that deductible in order to be eligible to play sports and sports activities per an order of the Kentucky Board of Education approximately twenty years ago.
We are pleased to report that our broker, RJ (Bob) Roberts out if […]
04/07/14 – Field Set for Second-Annual KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2014
Forty-six teams earned a spot in the second-annual KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship during four regional tournaments conducted over the weekend. This year’s state championship will take place April 25-26 at the Kentucky Dam Marina in Gilbertsville.
A total of 185 teams competed at the regional tournaments this season, an increase of 76 percent over the sport’s inaugural 2012-13 campaign. Trigg County’s Douglas Colson and Zach Colbert led all competitors across this weekend’s regional competition, catching five fish at a total weight of 20 lbs., 11 oz. at Lake Barkley.
Complete results from the 2014 Regional Tournaments can be found through the links below.
Region 1 results:
http://khsaa.org/bassfishing/2014/2014region1results.pdf
Region 2 results:
http://khsaa.org/bassfishing/2014/2014region2results.pdf
Region 3 results:
http://khsaa.org/bassfishing/2014/2014region3results.pdf
Region 4 results:
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04/07/14 – Reminder on Interrupted Baseball Games
This is a reminder to Athletic Directors and Baseball Coaches regarding interrupted games.
1) If a game is interrupted in tournament play or regular season play, and is subsequently to be completed, it will be reset at the same point once play resumes (same inning, same number of outs, same balls and strikes, same batter or number of batter in the batting order).
2) If a game is interrupted and unable to be completed, it shall be counted against all applicable game limits, including total number of games and all pitching limitations.
This information is published in the Baseball Competition Rules, was shared at the Baseball Coaches Conference and included in the Baseball Online Rules Clinic.
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04/05/13 – KHSAA Bass Fishing Regional Results
Results from the three regional Bass Fishing tournaments contested today (Region 1, 2 and 4) can be accessed through the links below. The Region 3 Tournament will take place Sunday, April 6 at the Conley Bottom Marina in Monticello.
04/04/14 – Late Registration for Regional Bass Fishing Tournaments
This is a reminder that schools competing in the Bass Fishing Regional Tournaments that failed to register by the April 1st deadline can still register by completing the attached form and e-mailing it to Mark Gintert at mlgintert@yahoo.com. This form can also be submitted on site at check-in prior to the start of the tournament. When submitting this form please make sure that you have already signed up with the Student Angler Foundation and have included your SAF number. If you are registering for the tournament on site you are required to have already signed up with the Student Angler Foundation prior to the day of the tournament.
http://khsaa.org/bassfishing/2014/regionregistrationform.pdf04/03/14 – Baden Perfection Series Volleyball Named Official Ball of KHSAA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 3, 2014
High-quality, multi-colored Baden Perfection VX5EC-210 game ball delivers maximum playability and performance
RENTON, Wash. – Baden Sports, Inc., today announced its premium Baden Perfection® series volleyball has been selected by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) as the official ball for postseason play beginning with the 2014-15 school year.
Starting this fall, all postseason matches in Kentucky will be contested using Baden’s highest-quality, multi-colored game ball, the Baden Perfection® VX5EC-210, featuring a red, white and navy color pattern. Constructed using full-grain, pre-sorted leather and a new tanning process for increased durability, the ball is designed for maximum playability and includes Baden’s Stealth Soft-Valve System™ for consistent hitting and comfort.
Baden will provide a complimentary volleyball to each KHSAA member school as part of the adoption.
“We take great pride in designing products with […]
03/31/14 – Important Survey Available Concerning Swimming Facilities
It has been nearly twenty years since a complete facility inventory/assessment has been conducted in our state regarding competitive swimming pools and available resources for high school competitions. As swimming continues to grow, it is important that we have accurately identified the location of all of the competitive swimming facilities available to KHSAA member schools.
With that in mind, we are asking one person from each school to complete the online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/20132014swimdive on or before Monday, April 21, 2014. The data will be used for future research into regional site selection, alignment of teams and the maintenance and growth of the sport.
If you have questions regarding the survey, please contact Assistant Commissioner Darren Bilberry at the KHSAA.
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