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Postseason Assigning – Matt Troha Handbook – Beth Sauser Activities – Shaunda Brown Student Recognition - Tracie Brown SMAC Update - Kurt Gibson. IHSA Assigning & T he Geographic Principle by Matt Troha. IHSA Assigning & T he Geographic Principle by Matt Troha. At some point this year… - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Postseason Assigning – Matt Troha Handbook – Beth Sauser
Activities – Shaunda BrownStudent Recognition - Tracie Brown
SMAC Update - Kurt Gibson
IHSA Assigning &The Geographic Principle
by Matt Troha
IHSA Assigning &The Geographic Principle
by Matt Troha
At some point this year…a coach, athletic director, athlete, parent or fan will ask you about the IHSA’s postseason assignments. This presentation is designed to show you how that process works.
State Series ClassesONE CLASS Boys & Girls Bowling Boys & Girls Gymnastics Boys & Girls Swimming & Diving Boys & Girls Tennis Boys Volleyball Boys & Girls Water Polo Girls Badminton Competitive Dance All other activities
TWO CLASS (A, AA) Girls Golf Scholastic Bowl
State Series ClassesTHREE CLASS (1A, 2A, 3A) Boys & Girls Cross Country Boys Golf Boys & Girls Soccer Boys & Girls Track & Field Boys Wrestling
FOUR CLASS (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A) Baseball Boys & Girls Basketball Cheerleading Softball Girls Volleyball
EIGHT CLASS (1A – 8A) Football Playoffs
Sport DistinctionsINDIVIDUAL Girls Badminton Boys & Girls Bowling Boys & Girls Cross
Country Boys & Girls Golf Boys & Girls
Gymnastics Boys & Girls Swimming
& Diving Boys & Girls Tennis Boys & Girls Track &
Field Boys Individual
Wrestling
TEAM BRACKETED Baseball Boys & Girls Basketball Football Boys & Girls Soccer Softball Boys & Girls Volleyball Boys & Girls Water
Polo Dual Team Wrestling
TEAM Cheerleading Dance
State Series AdvancementINDIVIDUAL Regional
i Sectional
i State Final
or
Sectionali
State Final
TEAM BRACKETED Regional (32 sites)
i Sectional (8 sites) *
i Super-Sectional (4) ** i State Final
* Some start at Sectionals ** No Super-Sectionals for Water Polo, Boys Volleyball or Dual Team Wrestling
Policy 18GEOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE 1. The State Series is designed to determine a State
Champion. The State Series is not intended to necessarily advance the best teams in the state to the State Final.
2. Representation in an IHSA State Final Tournament is determined on a geographic basis — that is, schools advancing to the State Final Tournament (or in Boys Football, the State Final Game) qualify from given geographical areas of the state. Pairings for the State Final Tournament are determined every year in a drawing that is open to the media/public.
3. The number of schools in a State Final Tournament, and levels of competition in the State Series, are determined by the number of schools entered in the series.
Policy 18ELEMENTS THAT FACTOR INTO ASSIGNING 1. Number of schools entered in state series and
their locations; and,
2. Classification of schools in the state series.
3. In individual state series tournaments/meets, the number of schools with full teams assigned to the beginning competition is balanced as much as possible. Travel distance to the tournament/meet site could justify an imbalance in the number of schools assigned to a site.
Policy 18ELEMENTS THAT DO NOT FACTOR INTO ASSIGNING 1. Won-lost records of the schools;
2. Strengths or weaknesses of the schools in a geographic area;
3. Anticipated or potential revenue; and
4. Individual, private requests of schools and/or coaches.
Mapping Example 1IHSA MAPPING PROGRAM & HOW WE ASSIGN Blank map Clicking hosts and schools to assign
ASSINGING SECTIONALS Assigning backward, Sectional first Numerical balance, must stay within two schools in
each Sectional to assure contest balance.I.E 171 Schools = (1-23, 1-22, 6-21 or
4-22, 3-21, 1-20, ) Assign central placeholder site, then review data to
see who is willing and able to host.
Completed Map Human Element
Mapping Example 1ASSINGING REGIONALS Four Regionals per Sectional in team bracketed
sports Try to keep balance (20 team Sectional, equals 4
Regionals of 5), but other factors could force unbalanced, Policy 19 provides autonomy for administrator to choose
Take our time, play with assignments…once set…assign
CHOOSING HOSTS Host factors (history, facility, ability to host) Host sites change geography and travel, But can’t change assignments or numbers become
unbalanced
Mapping Example 2INDIVIDUAL SPORT NOTES The goal when assigning for individual sports is to
try and bring balance to the number of team entries and individual entries assigned to each site.
Anomalies will exist where a certain geographic area will contain significantly more individuals than teams or vice versa. The Policy allows each administrator some leeway to work through those situations.
Mapping Example 3OUTLIERS & EXCEPTIONS Some sports only have smaller numbers of
participating schools, many of which are generally located in the same geographic area, such as water polo, gymnastics
Less schools, still not easy or less controversial
In four class sports, the southern Sectional is often
made up of just 16 teams.
Football Only IHSA sport that requires postseason
qualification.
256 qualifiers – 8 classes – 32 teams per class
All teams with six wins or more qualify. Some 5-4 teams will not qualify based on tiebreakers.
1st tiebreaker is combined total of all nine opponents wins during the regular-season.
2nd tiebreaker is combined total of victories from the five teams that your school defeated.
FAQ “Why am I in a different Sectional for Softball
than I am for Volleyball?”
“I want to schedule teams from my Regional and Sectional during the regular-season. Will the group of schools I am assigned with change from year to year?”
“Why does my Regional have four teams with 20 wins and the best team in that other Regional is barely .500?”
“Why did my school travel north for Regionals & Sectionals last year, but this year is assigned to go South?”
Seeding All seeding conducted online
Records, rankings, other information taken into account at this time.
Seeded at the lowest level of the tournament in all team bracketed sports in Class 1A and 2A sports
In Class 3A & 4A, in the Chicago suburban area, all tournament State Series will begin with a Sectional Complex.
In all other cases, team bracketed sports begin with true geographic Regionals.
Officials AssigningPOWER RATING ATTRIBUTES License Level Exam Score Annual Rules Change Meeting Credit Previous State Series Experience Ratings by coaches and officials Top 15 lists from schools and officials Clinic attendance and level Varsity games worked
Activities Overview By Shaunda Brown
Presi link
“The IHSA serves member schools by providing leadership for equitable participation in
interscholastic athletics and activities that enrich the educational experience.”
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
The IHSA offers state series in 37 sports and activities and governs the interscholastic competition of all emerging sports and activities.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
IHSA activities such as music (solo & ensemble and organizational contest), speech (individual events), drama/group interpretation, debate, journalism, chess, bass fishing, scholastic bowl, and spirit activities (sideline cheerleading, dance, poms, drill, & flags) are where young people learn lifelong lessons.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
At a cost of only approximately 3 % (or less in many cases) of an overall school budget, high school activity programs are one of the best bargains around! There are no entry fees for our activity state series and only a few have minor event fees to cover the cost of judges.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Activities foster citizenship.
Activities support the schools mission.
Activities are inherently educational.
Activities develop success later in life.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Students who spend no time in extracurricular activities are 57% more likely to drop out of school, 49% more likely to use drugs, 37% more likely to become teen parents and 27% more likely to be arrested.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Students involved in interscholastic activities stay more involved in the community after graduation. Students are more socially involved.
Interscholastic participation is correlated to a positive impact on female and minority students.
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Interscholastic activities provide:• Boundaries for students• Achievement motivation
for students• Planning and decision
making skills for students
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Each activity home page contains specific contestterms and conditions and competition information
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
Questions can be addressed to the specific administrator
Entry questions canbe addressed to Tammy Craig at [email protected]
Check the activity tracker to follow your entries
Activities OverviewBy Shaunda Brown
“The IHSA serves member schools by
providing leadership for equitable participation
in interscholastic athletics and activities that
enrich the educational experience.”
Student Recognition
All State Academic Team• All State Academic Team Sponsor
26 student-athletes recognized each yearMember schools can nominate one boy and
one girlApplications are posted online through the
Schools Center and will be available in early December
All State Academic Team Banquet
All-State Academic Team Banquet • April 20th • DoubleTree Hotel, Bloomington
Scholastic RecognitionCertificate Program
Recognizes students who in the classroom while participating in IHSA sponsored sports or activities
• The student must currently be a junior or senior in an IHSA member school.
• The student must have completed at least one full season in an IHSA interscholastic activity in good standing.
• The student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent on an alternate scale, after the 5th or 7th semester.
Each member school principal or official representative should notify the IHSA office in writing as to the number of eligible students they have in their school. The IHSA will send member schools a certificate of recognition for each eligible student.
IHSA Team Academic Achievement Award Submission
When one of your qualifying teams achieves a 3.0 grade point average for their entire season, a representative at your school will simply have the sport and year engraved on the plate and attached to the plaque. A seasonal report will be submitted to the IHSA informing the IHSA on the number of teams recognized during each season.
1st and 2nd Quarter Grades: All Fall Sports/Activities - January 15th
2nd and 3rd Quarter Grades: All Winter Sports/Activities -
April 15
3rd and 4th Quarter Grades- June 30
Student Advisory Committee (SAC)
The SAC is a diverse group of students who participate in interscholastic athletics/activities and are focused on providing education and leadership through open and honest communication with all member school students, administrators and coaches. The committee serves as a liaison between students, administrators, the IHSA Staff and Board of Directors. The Student Advisory Committee promotes the ideals of the IHSA, including leadership, sportsmanship and integrity.
Student Advisory Committee
SAC Nomination Process • Any IHSA member school Administrator may nominate
a freshman and/or sophomore male and female to be a member of the IHSA Student Advisory Committee.
• There is no limit to the number of students nominated from a school but no more than one student from a school will serve on the committee at a time.
Nomination forms can be found online by clicking on the Advisory Committee page link followed by Student Advisory Committee.
Non-School Competition Participation Request
IHSA By-law 3.101 IHSA Policy #15
Non-School Competition Request IHSA By-law 3.101 prohibits a student from
participating on a non-school team or in non-school competition in the sport or any skill of a sport at the time the student is a member of a school team in that same sport. During the school term, special permission may be granted to permit a student to compete in a non-school event during the school season in competitions which are directly sanctioned by the national governing body for the sport or its official Illinois affiliate. No student may participate in more than three (3) approved non-school competitions during a sports season.
Non-School Competition Request
A request must be faxed to the IHSA Office no later than ten (10) days prior to the date of any competition.
Verification from the National Governing Body for that sport or its official Illinois affiliate indicating it is directly sanctioning the event is required with the fax.
No student may participate in more than three (3) approved non-school competitions. during a sports season
Official National Governing Bodies as it pertains to By-law 3.101.
Badminton-USA Badminton Baseball-USA Baseball Basketball-USA Basketball (USAB) Bowling-USA Bowling Diving-United States Diving, Inc. (USD) Golf-United States Golf Association (USGA) Gymnastics-USA Gymnastics Soccer-United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Softball-USA Softball Swimming-United States Swimming, Inc. (USS) Tennis-United States Tennis Association (USTA) Track & Field-USA Track & Field (USATF) Triathlon-USA Triathlon Association Volleyball-USA Volleyball (USAV) Water Polo-United States Water Polo, Inc. (USWP) Wrestling-USA Wrestling
Non-School Competition Request
Sanctioning
Policy 8 pg. 90
Sanctioning Philosophy Sanctioning enhances the likelihood that events
will adhere to sound and detailed criteria which meets the specific requirements of a state association.
Sanctioning serves to promote sound regulation of the conditions under which students and teams compete.
Sanctioning is a means of encouraging well-managed rules and regulations.
Sanctioning adds an element of “due diligence” that encourages compliance with state associations’ rules and regulations.
Sanctioning protects the welfare of the student-athletes.
Sanctioning Philosophy Sanctioning helps reduce the abuses
of excessive competition. Sanctioning promotes uniformity in
obtaining approval for events. Sanctioning helps protect students
from exploitation. Interstate and International
sanctioning at the NFHS level promotes financial transparency and equivalency of treatment of participating high schools.
Events that require Formal Sanctioning include:
a) Any interstate event involving two (2) or more schools which is co-sponsored by or titled in the name of an organization outside the high school community (e.g., a university, a theme park, and an athletic shoe/apparel company).
b) Non-bordering events if five (5) or more states are involved.
c) Non-bordering events if more than eight (8) schools are involved.
d) Any event involving two (2) or more schools that involves a team from a foreign country. The host school should complete the international sanction application. (The exceptions to this rule are Canada and Mexico, which are considered bordering states).
NFHS Process www.nfhs.org/sanctioning
What is the “host school” and its role?
The host school is the school who assumes the accountability of the being responsible for the event.
The host school’s principal assumes oversight responsibility for the event by being either present onsite during the event, either in person or by designee.
FAQ’s Can a host school be responsible for
an event outside of that state (e.g. Illinois high school signing off as the host school for a Florida event) ?
No, it is NFHS board policy, that the host school shall be in the same state of the event in the event something occurs at the event, then the principal or his/her designee could quickly assess and report the situation.
Sanctioning Process Applications must be completed 60
days prior to the event start date. • The initial list of schools must be submitted
upon application• The final list of schools must be submitted
20 days prior to the contest
Host states must then approve the event
Participating states must approve the event
NFHS approves the event
Host State Approval
Sanctioning Fees $100 if the application is received 60 days or more prior to
the event date
$200 if application is received 15-59 days prior to the event date ($100 application fee plus $100 penalty)
$200 penalty if the application is received less than 15 days prior the event date plus an additional $100 penalty for not forwarding the list of actual entries 20 days prior to the event date for a total of $300 ($100 application fee plus $200 penalty)
$300 penalty if the application is received less than 15 days prior the event date plus an additional $100 penalty for not forwarding the list of actual entries 20 days prior to the event date for a total of $600 ($200 application fee plus $400 penalty fees)
Resources Other School Forms
Sports Medicine Reminders
by Kurt Gibson