2024
01/22/24 – Postseason Diving Entry Requirements Adjusted Due to Weather
The KHSAA competition rules state that for risk minimization reasons, to be eligible to participate in the KHSAA Regional and State Diving meets, a contestant must have competed in at least four (4) diving meets on a team representing a member school. However, due to several cancellations last weekend as a result of inclement weather, it may be more challenging through no fault of the competitors, to meet that requirement.
As a result, for the 2023-24 season, the four (4) minimum number of Diving meets to enter the postseason is reduced to three (3) meets, all of which must be while representing a member school. Upon entering divers into the Regional Championship, the coach and athletic director of the member school are required to certify that all divers and diving alternates have participated in the required meets.
As plans are made for future years, all coaches and meet managers should be aware of this important […]
01/18/24 – PlayVS Nintendo Switch System Spring ‘24 Promotion
On the heels of the announcement that PlayVS is now 100% free to play for all KHSAA Member High Schools, we want to make certain that you are aware of an exciting promotional offer. Offer: High schools enrolling in a Nintendo Game league (Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate, Splatoon™ 3, or Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe) for Spring 2024 are eligible for a Nintendo Switch bundle and game codes. Supplies are limited; schools will be notified by their representatives if they qualify.Offer Eligibility: Offer is limited to high schools in the United States enrolled in a PlayVS Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate, Splatoon™ 3, or Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe league for the Spring 2024 season OR a PlayVS Mario Kart™ 8 Deluxe PlayVS Unified League. Offer is limited to schools that have not previously received a Nintendo Switch System bundle from PlayVS.
Requirements: Eligible high schools must enroll at least one team in a KHSAA/PlayVS Nintendo […]
01/17/24 – Board of Control Looks Ahead to Winter State Championships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JAN. 17, 2024
The KHSAA Board of Control conducted its fourth regularly scheduled meeting of the 2023-24 academic year on Wednesday in Lexington, approving status reports regarding upcoming winter state championships and items for possible action at a later meeting.
Following a data review conducted by KHSAA staff, the inaugural Girls’ Wrestling State Championships in February will be preceded by multi-region meets at Caldwell County (Regions 1-2), Central (Regions 3-4), Bryan Station (Regions 5-6) and Montgomery County (Regions 7-8). Due to the difference in participation numbers of teams and individuals, the pattern of regions and sites will differ between girls’ and boys’ competitions. Girls’ wrestling participation is on the rise in the first year of sanctioning a state championship, however, growing from 378 registered girls’ wrestlers in 2022-23 to 586 participants this season.
The Board also discussed a staff review of member schools’ requirements to submit individual and team roster entries unique […]
11/16/24 – Start of Regularly Scheduled Board of Control Meeting Delayed Two Hours Due to Weather
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JAN. 16, 2024
The start of this week’s fourth regularly scheduled KHSAA Board of Control meeting of the 2023-24 academic year has been delayed two hours due to severe weather conditions.
The Board will meet Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the KHSAA office in Lexington as previously scheduled, starting at 10 a.m. ET.
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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more […]
01/16/24 – Indoor Track & Field State Meet Updates
The inaugural KHSAA indoor Track and Field state championships will take place the first weekend in March at the Norton Healthcare Indoor Track Complex in Louisville. It is important that we get you qualifying details while the final logistics and scheduling are being completed in the next couple of weeks. Details that have been determined are below, additional details will be distributed once finalized. A finalized schedule should be released in the next ten days.
YOUR SCHOOL’S NEXT STEP IS CRITICAL AS WE NEED YOU TO BE SURE THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS DESIGNATED THAT YOU WILL HAVE A TEAM, HAS LISTED COACHES, AND HAS LISTED ATHLETES ON THE KHSAA ROSTER.
STATE ENTRIES AND QUALIFYING
- Due to the lack of indoor facilities across the state of Kentucky to conduct regional qualifying meets, the KHSAA will utilize documented regular-season indoor performances to be considered for state qualifiers as follows:
- The best 24 times/performances (while representing a […]
01/11/24 – Indoor Track & Field Nominations Sought for Midway/KHSAA Student-Athlete-of-the-Year
The nomination process for the Midway University/KHSAA Student Athlete-of-the-Year among Indoor Track & Field participants for 2023-2024 is now open.
This award is based on athletic and academic achievement as well as community service and leadership. The link to the application contains additional criteria and a form to nominate one participant from each 2023-2024 team. Nominations must come from a member school, but can be submitted by an administrator, guidance counselor, or coach. Nominations may only be submitted online at https://khsaa.org/ge35-midway-university-khsaa-female-student-athlete-of-the-year-nomination-form/.
The winner will be announced early in the postseason and recognized at an awards event at Midway University in early summer 2024. From the winners selected for each KHSAA championship, one student-athlete will be selected as the 2023-2024 Midway University/KHSAA Student-Athlete of the Year announced at the event. All individual winners will also receive their recognition awards at that time.
The deadline for nominations for the Midway University/KHSAA Student-Athlete of the Year in […]
01/11/24 – Swimming & Diving Regional Instructions and Additional Postseason Information
The KHSAA wanted to update member schools about the details available for the postseason in the sport of Swimming & Diving.
REGION SWIM & DIVE
- All information pertaining to the regional events, including regional instructions for participating teams, can be found here: REGIONAL MEET INSTRUCTIONS
- Regional swimming sites and information have been collected from host schools and manager information can be found here: SWIMMING MANAGERS
- Detailed information about each site can also be found here: REGION 2024
- Regional diving will all take place at the University of Louisville:
- Regions 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 will dive on February 5 (Boys Warm-up 8:30 AM, Dive 9:30 -12. Girls Warm-up 4:30, Dive 5:30 – 9)
- Regions 2, 4, 5, 7 will dive on February 6 (Boys Warm-up 8 AM, Dive 9 -12. Girls Warm-up 4:30, Dive 5:30 – 9)
DIVING ENTRIES FOR REGION
- *EDITED 1/22/24: To be eligible […]
01/09/24 – Regional Bowling Entries for Unified & Adapted Athletes
The KHSAA will continue to offer Unified (in partnership with Special Olympics Kentucky) and Adapted events to include regional and state bowling competitions. While most unified and/or adapted athletes have been participating throughout the season, it is important to review the following information prior to the start of the postseason.
Unified partner athletes and special athletes must be listed on the Unified roster in the KHSAA database and each school needs to check the box for a Unified Team if they wish to compete in the regional and/or state competition. The bowling head coach or Athletic Director for each participating member school should enter Unified student-athletes on its postseason roster on the KHSAA database for Unified bowling.
From that postseason roster, coaches can submit regional entries to the Regional Manager, via Form BW 127, four (4) days prior to the first day of each regional tournament. A student-athlete must be listed on the roster in […]
01/09/24 – Regional Bowling Entries
In preparation for the 2024 Regional Bowling tournaments, the KHSAA wanted to remind member schools of the entry process. The bowling head coach or Athletic Director for each participating member school should designate student-athletes to its postseason bowling roster on the KHSAA database under the member school system. From that postseason roster, coaches will be able to submit regional entries via BW 110 to the Regional Manager. Entries are now being accepted via BW 110. The deadline to submit entries is four (4) days prior to the first day of each regional tournament start date. A student-athlete must be listed on the postseason roster on the KHSAA website in order to participate in the postseason.
BW 110 is an online form that is now open and accepting entries. The head coach or Athletic Director for each team may submit entries through this form. Entries will automatically be sent to Regional Managers to make final arrangements […]
01/09/24 – REMINDER: KHSAA/PlayVS Spring 2024 Esports Interest Survey with Special Offer
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. The fall Championships at the University of Kentucky were super exciting, and I know everyone is looking forward to this upcoming Spring season.As a reminder, starting Spring ‘24, PlayVS will now offer competition on the platform at no cost. For an unlimited number of teams and players, you will be able to compete for free on the most robust competition platform across the largest selection of titles with the most reliable and prompt coach support.
Spring ‘24 enrollment is OPEN! If you are interested in participating, please take this short survey here: https://ly.khsaa.org/dmma Select schools that fill out the interest survey above and participate in the upcoming Spring season will have the opportunity to receive a Nintendo Switch bundle* (a value of $650) and/or a game copy of Madden NFL 24 and/or a game copy of NBA2K24 […]
01/08/24 – Applications Being Accepted for Louis Stout Memorial Scholarships for 2023-2024
When former Commissioner Louis Stout passed away in 2012, his widow Anna directed that donations on his behalf go to the Louis Stout Memorial Fund for Students. She felt this was a chance for the KHSAA to honor student-athletes who excel in athletics, academics, school service, and community service. The award process for 2023-2024 is now underway.
Applications are being accepted for students to apply for those awards through February 16, 2024. The award winners will be announced in conjunction with the boys’ state basketball tournament in March. Two grants, each in the amount of a one-time scholarship of $2,000 payable to an institution of higher learning, will be awarded. The scholarship is not renewable and is not endowed for expansion. The minimum criteria is a 3.5 (converted to 4.0 scale) grade point average; involvement in varsity sports or sport-activities; involvement in other school activities, a record of community service/involvement, and being a member of […]
01/05/24 – Bowling Regional Instructions Available
Instructions/information for KHSAA Regional Bowling Tournaments are now posted on the KHSAA website. Manager information is also posted on the KHSAA website and can be found here:
https://khsaa.org/bowling/region/2024/bowlingregionalmanagers.pdf
Regional bowling will be from January 15 – January 30 with the KHSAA State Bowling Tournament to take place February 5-7 at Kingpin Lanes in Jeffersontown. You can view the regional tournament instructions by clicking on the following link:
Please contact Assistant Commissioner Darren Bilberry (dbilberry@khsaa.org) should you have any questions.
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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 285 member schools both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 215 state championships to 51 teams and 164 individuals in 13 […]
01/04/24 – The Dairy Alliance Champions High School Athletics With Nature’s Drink
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JAN. 4, 2024
The Dairy Alliance, a leader in the dairy industry raising awareness about the nutritional and wellness advantages of dairy milk, is teaming up with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association to be its Official Milk Partner. The organization will sponsor a variety of high school sports championships across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
“We are delighted to show our support for high school athletes in our region and to be the Official Milk Sponsor for these exciting championship games,” said Geri Berdak, Chief Executive Officer at The Dairy Alliance. “We know these student-athletes work hard to balance school and sports, so we want to encourage them to stay strong on and off the field with dairy milk, which provides eight grams of high-quality protein and 13 essential nutrients in every serving.”
The Dairy Alliance sponsorship kicked off Nov. 3 with the KHSAA Volleyball State Tournament presented by UK HealthCare. The […]
01/02/24 – Initial RPI Rankings Released for Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JAN. 2, 2024
The first official KHSAA Ratings Percentage Index rankings for the 2023-24 basketball season have been posted.
Initial RPI rankings can be found through the links below:
RPI Background
RPI is a tool developed for all team sports using the official KHSAA/Riherds Scoreboard data, modeled after, but not identical to, similar measurement tools. It is provided for a variety of reasons, including district tiebreaking and football bracketing, and as a means to increase publicity, interest and promotion of interscholastic athletics. RPI is also used as a tiebreaking/contest-result mechanism to decide seeded district games that are not played by the deadline. RPI rankings are updated on an hourly basis but are not calculated for teams with missing scores from the previous day. Therefore, it is essential for results to remain comprehensive for accuracy.
01/02/24 – Bowling Postseason Updates
The KHSAA wanted to update member schools about Bowling postseason dates and sites as well as initial information about the upcoming Regional Tournaments:
REGIONAL BOWLING
- Regional Bowling will take place from January 15 – January 30.
- All 8 regional bowling host schools & sites have been finalized and are listed below for reference.
- Region 1 – South Warren/Southern Lanes – January 25-26
- Region 2 – John Hardin/B&B Lanes – January 25-27
- Region 3 – Southern/King Pin Lanes – January 22-28
- Region 4 – Eastern/Ten Pin Lanes – January 22-27
- Region 5 – Dayton/Super Bowl Bellewood – January 22-23
- Region 6 – St. Henry District/Strike and Spare – January 18-20
- Region 7 – Franklin County/King Pin Lanes – January 24-25
- Region 8 – Corbin/Richmond Galaxy Bowl – January 24-26
The oil patterns for the 2024 regional competitions have been selected. All regions will utilize the same patterns again […]
01/01/24 – Wrestling Nominations Sought for Midway/KHSAA Student-Athlete of the Year
The nomination process for the Midway University/KHSAA Male and Female Student Athlete-of-the-Year among wrestling participants for 2023-2024 is now open.
This award is based on athletic and academic achievement as well as community service and leadership. The link to the application contains additional criteria and a form to nominate one participant from each 2023-2024 team. Nominations must come from a member school, but can be submitted by an administrator, guidance counselor, or coach. Nominations may only be submitted online at https://khsaa.org/ge35-midway-university-khsaa-female-student-athlete-of-the-year-nomination-form/.
The winner will be announced early in the postseason and recognized at an awards event at Midway University in early summer 2024. From the winners selected for each KHSAA championship, one student-athlete will be selected as the 2023-2024 Midway University/KHSAA Student-Athlete of the Year announced at the event. All individual winners will also receive their recognition awards at that time.
The deadline for nominations for the Midway University/KHSAA Student-Athlete of the Year in […]
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