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1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Savarese Commentary Page 2 Raycom New TV Partner Page 6 Russell Partner Spotlight Page 4 Champions Challenge Results Page 12 Stallworth Commentary Page 5 Sports Mini-Clinic Schedule Page 13 2013 AHSAA September Update Volume 6, Number 8 September, 2013 ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE SAVARESE BOB JONES HIGH SCHOOL WINS 6A CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE Head coach Kevin Rose and team members hoist the 2013 Champions Challenge Trophy won by the Patriots with a 23-20 win over Enterprise at Cramton Bowl Aug. 24. See results on page 12. (Photo by Robert Noles)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Savarese Commentary Page 2 Raycom New TV Partner Page 6

Russell Partner Spotlight Page 4 Champions Challenge Results Page 12

Stallworth Commentary Page 5 Sports Mini-Clinic Schedule Page 13

2013 AHSAA

September Update Volume 6, Number 8 September, 2013

ALABAMA

HIGH SCHOOL

ATHLETIC

ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

STEVE SAVARESE

BOB JONES HIGH SCHOOL WINS 6A CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE Head coach Kevin Rose and team members hoist the 2013 Champions

Challenge Trophy won by the Patriots with a 23-20 win over Enterprise at

Cramton Bowl Aug. 24. See results on page 12. (Photo by Robert Noles)

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Challenges Provide Opportunities

Volume 6, Number 7

Steve Savarese

Executive Director

I hope you have had a great

start to your new school year. Having been a classroom teach-er, a coach and an administrator for many years before coming to the AHSAA, I know the new school year is a time of excitement and optimism. Despite all the summer plan-ning, the beginning of school can be a challenging time – from unex-pected students and balancing class sizes to handling issues with tech-nology, transportation (buses) and/or the lunchroom. Soon though, things begin to fall into place and you are able to focus on the educational mission of your school. With every challenge we face during the school year comes op-portunity. I have learned through-out the years that to be a success-ful educator one must have pa-tience, flexibility and understand-ing. As we face the challenges of the new school and athletic year, there are many groups who deserve our appreciation. I want to thank each of you for the patience, flexibility and understanding you have demonstrated in working with the new C2C software. I also want to thank everyone at STI/INOW, C2C Schools and the Alabama State Department of Ed-ucation (ALSDE) for their pa-tience, flexibility and understand-ing as we implement our new aca-demic eligibility software program. Always remembering that the

C2C software only picks up infor-mation from INOW or uploads from private schools, it is impera-tive that administrators, coaches and local LEAs work together to facilitate the athletic eligibility of their student-athletes. As I’ve said, all these challenges provide us with opportunities. The new software program will provide all AHSAA member schools with a more communica-tive tool designed for coaches, ad-ministrators, parents, students, and other interested parties while maintaining the academic integrity of our bylaws. We also will appreciate your pa-tience, flexibility and understand-ing as we begin gathering infor-mation for a new classification pe-riod. This year, we will not an-nounce the new classifications and

alignments until after the January 2014 Central Board of Control meeting. This will allow us to study the data, analyze various classifica-tion scenarios and provide the Central Board with the best possi-ble information on which to base its classification decision for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years. AHSAA Compliance Officers will again check online eligibility rosters for all sports either com-pleted or in season. All online eligi-bility rosters must have been in compliance prior to that sport’s first regular season contest. Compliance Officers will also audit all coaches who have been issued coaches’ cards to make sure the coach meets the coaches’ certi-fication requirements found on page 53 of the 2013-14 Handbook. Please have each coach’s file avail-able for on-campus visits by Oct. 1, 2013. Lastly, I want to thank Dr. Eric Mackey, Executive Director of the School Superintendents of Ala-bama, and Dothan City Schools Superintendent Tim Wilder for their assistance in establishing the AHSAA’s first Superintendents Committee. This new committee will meet in September in an effort to provide better communication between the AHSAA and our state superintendents. In closing, I want each of you to know that you can always call on any member of the AHSAA staff if you need assistance. We are here to serve you and we strive to return all phone calls and emails daily.

Executive Director

Steve Savarese

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ALABAMA

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC

ASSOCIATION

AHSAA Corporate Spotlight

Russell Extends Partnership

Volume 6, Number 7

The AHSAA and Russell Athlet-ic announced Aug. 15 a five-year extension to a long-term corporate agreement that extends one of the AHSAA’s longest running corpo-rate partnerships through the 2020-21 school year. “We are extremely happy about extending this important partnership,” AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said. “Russell has provided tremendous support for the AHSAA champi-onship events and our member schools. “We appreciate the investment this valued partner is continuing to make in the youth of our state and what this means for all our mem-ber schools. I also want to thank our marketing partner, the Alabama Sports Foundation, for its im-portant role in managing our cor-porate partner program.” With this arrangement, Russell will continue to serve as the official uni-form and cloth wear partner of the AHSAA. “Russell Athletic is excited to continue our partnership with the Alabama High School Athletic Association,“ said Senior Vice President Gary Barfield. “Our partnership has been very important to our past and will continue to be important in the future.” Company representative Danny Moore was pre-sent for the announcement. With its affiliation with the AHSAA, Russell is directly supporting the children, schools and communities of Alabama through the AHSAA’s Reve-nue Sharing Program. Over the last four years, $5 million in corporate sup-port has been returned to AHSAA member schools through this program.

Russell’s Danny Moore makes the an-

nouncement of the AHSAA-Russell corpo-

rate partnership extension through 2021.

(Photo by Robert Noles)

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Volume 6, Number 7

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Volume 6, Number 7

Middle School/Junior Conference Set For Sept. 18

The Alabama High

School Athletic Association

(AHSAA) is hosting its an-

nual Middle School/Junior

High Mini-Conference Sept.

18 at the AHSAA State Of-

fice.

The AHSAA has placed a

high priority on the profes-

sional development of ad-

ministrators and coaches of

our middle schools and jun-

ior highs and your attend-

ance at this conference will

benefit you greatly.

An outstanding line-up of

speakers has been assembled

to discuss several current topics

of interest for middle school

and junior high school adminis-

trators and coaches.

The topics include eligibility

bylaws, school audits and a

C2C overview. The fiscal man-

agement and accountability of

athletic funds will be addressed.

Attendees will also receive an

AHSAA Medical Advisory up-

date regarding concussions and

other health related issues.

The C2C software session

should be of special interest,

considering the current imple-

mentation of this new software.

Registration for the confer-

ence is available online by go-

ing to the AHSAA website,

www.ahsaa.com. Please feel

free to contact our office at any

additional information. We look forward to seeing

you there!

SECTION 9. ACADEMIC RULE Requirements (a) Students entering the 10th and 11th and 12th grades must have passed during the last two semes-ters in attendance and summer school, if applicable, at least six new Carnegie units with a minimum composite numerical average of 70 in those six units. (1) Four core curriculum courses must be included in those units passed and averaged. (English, mathematics, science and social

studies are core curriculum courses. Any combination of these courses is accepted.) (2) Any student that accumulates more than four units of core cours-es per year may earn less than the required four core courses during the next school year and be eligible as long as the student remains on track for graduation with his/her class. (b) Students entering the 8th and 9th grades must have passed during the last two semesters in attendance and summer school, if applicable, at least five new subjects with a mini-mum composite numerical average of 70 in those five subjects and must have been promoted to the next grade. Note: A new unit is one that has not been previously passed. A se-mester is half of a school year as defined by the local school system. (c) Students entering the 7th grade for the first time are eligible. (d) Students in high school must complete a STAR Sportsmanship online interactive course one time during their high school careers. Middle/junior high school students must take the Advanced Middle/Junior High STAR component. Students taking The Advanced Mid-dle/Junior High component will not have to take another compo-nent in high school. A certificate of completion must be kept on file in the school principal’s office along with other eligibility items. Cheer-leaders must also complete the course one time during their high school years.

Tony Stallworth

Associate Executive

Director

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Volume 6, Number 7

Raycom To Broadcast Super 6, Final 48 Through 2019

The AHSAA announced a long-term corpo-rate agreement with Raycom Media Aug. 15 at the annual Media Day at the AHSAA office. Executive Director Steve Savarese made the announcement. The agreement with Montgomery-based Ray-com Media, Inc., owned by the Retirement Sys-tems of Alabama, makes the company the AH-SAA’s live television partner beginning in 2014. Raycom will broadcast the AHSAA’s Tier 1 events -- Super Six state football championships and Final 48 state basketball championships -- over its extensive TV network plus the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game and the Champions Challenge. With the contract running through June 30, 2019, Raycom will broadcast all semifinal and final games (boys and girls) at the Final 48 be-ginning with the 2014 state basketball tourna-ment. The agreement, developed by the AHSAA with assistance from the Alabama Sports Foun-dation (ASF), solidifies the AHSAA broadcast package that also includes the recently-announced digital live-streaming partnership with PlayOn! Sports and the NFHS TV Net-work. Raycom Media and the AHSAA recently completed a two-year contract that provided live television or web-streaming of more than 60 Tier 2 events each year. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Ray-com once again,” said Savarese. “This partner-ship is important to us and will take us into the next decade with one of the best broadcast packages anywhere. The Raycom Network in Alabama includes some of the state’s strongest television stations and covers basically the entire state. It will no doubt provide enormous expo-sure of AHSAA championship events for our member schools and help promote our message of education-based athletics.” Raycom vice president Pat LaPlatney said the

company is proud of its relationship with the AHSAA. “Raycom Media, an Alabama company, is very happy to be working hand-in-hand with the AHSAA to bring the Super 6 and Final 48 to our viewers across our great state,” LaPlatney said. “We salute the young men and women in Alabama’s high schools who work very hard every day to make themselves better students and athletes, and we are pleased to recognize our wonderful teachers, coaches and parents as well. We look forward to working with Coach Savarese and his team in building a great pack-age of events that will benefit our schools and citizens.” Alabama television stations in the Raycom Media Group include WSFA NBC TV-12 in Montgomery (www.wsfa.com), WBRC Fox TV-6 in Birmingham (www.myfoxal.com), WAFF NBC TV-48 in Huntsville (www.waff.com), and WDFX Fox TV-34 in Dothan (www.myfox34.net).

Raycom’s Pat LaPlatney speaks to

media at AHsAA Media Day in August.

(Photo by Robert Noles)

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Volume 6, Number 7

Volume 6, Number 7

District 1: Terry Sheffield District 1: Richard Ford District 2: Larry Hicks District 3: Rayvell Smith District 4: Jim Tuley

District 5: Ron Swann District 6: Moe Smith District 7: Don Cox District 8: Larry Morris

IMPORTANT DATES

Sept. 2

AHSAA Office closed for Labor Day

Football, Volleyball Rules Tests close at midnight

Sept. 6-10 NFHS Section III Meeting, Savannah, Ga.

Sept. 12 Basketball Mini-Clinic, AHSAA Office

Sept. 18

Middle School/Junior High Conference, AHSAA Office

Oct. 10

Wrestling Mini-Clinic, AHSAA Office

Oct. 11

Training Courses LTC 506 & 619 and CAA Exam, AHSAA Office

Oct. 15

Deadline for AHSAA Hall of Fame nominations

Oct. 21 Volleyball area tournaments (1A, 2A, 3A)

Oct. 22 Volleyball area tournaments (4A, 5A, 6A)

Oct. 24

Tennis Mini-Clinic, AHSAA Office

Oct. 25-26

Volleyball Super Regionals,

Montgomery & Huntsville

AHSAA Compliance Officers (Auditors) for 2013-14

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Volume 6, Number 7

Volume 6, Number 7

Overview of AHSAA Concussion Safety Guidelines

The following processes were established by

the AHSAA through research, Medical Advisory

Board recommendations and input from other key

sources (certified trainers, doctors, NFHS re-

search, etc.). These guidelines were instrumental

in enabling the Alabama Legislature to establish a

concussion law that must be used by all levels of

athletic competition in the state.

Concussion Education – It is an AHSAA

requirement that all coaches complete an

online concussion course provided by the

NFHS before a coach is allowed to partic-

ipate in practice or a game. More than

11,000 member-school coaches have tak-

en the course since 2009, ranking the AH-

SAA as one of nation’s top state associa-

tions in concussion education. The course

is required for all coaches in all sports. A

mandatory session at the AHSAA Sum-

mer Conference deals with medical issues

(including concussions).

Minimizing Risk (Protection) – It is im-

portant that equipment meets NFHS and

NOCSAE certification standards and that

helmets be properly fitted. Equally im-

portant is teaching the proper techniques

for blocking and tackling and having play-

ing rules that require those techniques be

used at all times. The AHSAA expecta-

tions include:

A. Requiring a pre-participation physi-

cal evaluation signed by a medical doctor

and a concussion history form signed by

the parent and student-athlete annually

B. Equipping players with properly fit-

ted and maintained helmets

C. Training players to tackle and block

properly

D. Enforcing existing rules against hel-

met-to-helmet contact

E. Collaborating with the NFHS to de-

velop rules to further reduce helmet-to-

helmet contact

F. Encouraging players to maintain peak

physical condition and strengthen neck

muscles

G. Working to reduce total brain trauma

through sensible, evidence-based limits on

full-contact practices

Identifying Signs and Symptoms of a Con-

cussion – Once a student-athlete shows

signs or symptoms of a concussion, he/she

is held out of the practice or contest for a

minimum of the remainder of that day and

cannot return to play or practice without

written approval of a medical doctor.

Conservative Treatment and Management

– A student-athlete may return to play

once a medical doctor has provided writ-

ten clearance. It is recommended that

safeguards also include being able to re-

turn to a full academic workload without

special accommodations and performing

at or near their pre-injury baseline on all

post-concussion tests.

Retirement – There is no pre-determined

number of how many concussions are too

many. The number that leads to increased

risk of other problems later in life is likely

to be different for each athlete. Consulta-

tion with medical professionals involved

in the student’s care is important in deter-

mining the future participation of those

who suffer recurring concussions.

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Volume 6, Number 7

Teams Shine in 2013 Champions Challenge Games

The Champions Challenge at

Cramton Bowl was a great way to kick off the 2013 high school football sea-son. I want to thank the schools that participated, their coaches, players, bands, administration and fans. We had very good crowds and excellent games loaded with outstanding play by all teams. I want to also thank the City of Montgomery, the hardworking folks at Cramton Bowl and the AHSAA staff for making the tripleheader a success. A special thank you also goes out to the AHSAA Radio Network for broadcasting the games and to PlayOn! Sports for webcasting the games live over the AHSAA and NFHS TV Networks. Benjamin Russell and Walker high schools played in the 5A game on Friday night. Saturday’s doubleheader included Straughn versus Walter Wellborn in the small-school game and Enterprise versus Bob Jones in the 6A game. I congratulate the head coach-es: Kevin Rose of Bob Jones, Da-vid Faulkner of Enterprise, Trent Taylor of Straughn, Jeff Smith of Walter Wellborn, Danny Horn of Benjamin Russell and John Hol-laday of Walker. Their example set the pace for their teams and fans. This was the eighth year of the Champions Challenge. A total of 33 schools have participated with

all eight districts represented. The Champions Challenge is just one of many events the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA) is involved with. Another major game we will host in December is the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game at Cramton Bowl. The coaching staff is busy already in the team selection process. The head coach this year is Woodrow Lowe of Central-Phenix City. We look forward in December to another outstanding ef-fort. Coaches Cards One last item, coaches cards now require a photo. Make sure all coaches in your school upload their photos in

their contact information online.

Alvin Briggs

Director, AHSADCA

Volume 6, Number 7

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Volume 6, Number 7

Know The Rules For Foreign Exchange Students

We want to wel-

come all of you back

to school. I hope eve-

ryone has a great year! I want to take this

space to provide

schools with a remind-

er concerning Foreign

Exchange Students.

Please send the forms

in early for approval.

A foreign exchange

student attending a

member school located

in the school zone where the host family re-

sides is eligible to receive a waiver of the

Transfer Rule for a period of one year provid-

ed this is the student’s first year as a foreign

exchange student. The student must be as-

signed by a program on the current Advisory

List of International Travel and Exchange Pro-

grams published by the Council on Standards

for International Educational Travel (CSIET). This waiver is granted under the stipulation

that the foreign exchange student meets all oth-

er eligibility requirements of the AHSAA and

has not received a high school diploma or its

equivalent. A Foreign Exchange Student Registration

must be completed and filed with the AHSAA

before eligibility can be determined on any for-

eign exchange student. After approval, the stu-

dent must be submitted to the State Office via

online reporting. If you have any questions, please contact the

AHSAA office and we will be glad to assist

you.

Wanda Gilliland

Assistant Director

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Volume 6, Number 7

The AHSAA would

like to congratulate the football crews that worked the 2013 Champions Chal-lenge Aug. 23-24. They did a great job with the games. The regu-lar season got underway this past weekend for football and volley-ball. All officials are re-minded they must com-plete the registration pro-cess which includes the testing process before accepting an assignment. Temperatures will be hot, thus requiring the need for heat timeouts during football con-tests. They will occur once every period at the midway point in the quarter. Also, an additional minute will be added to the time between the first and second periods and the third and fourth periods. These timeouts are re-quired for the first three weeks of the season. Af-ter that time, they will be assessed as needed. We expect good sportsmanship during contests at all times. We also expect the officials and game management personnel to be professional at all times. If a player or coach does get ejected, we remind the officials the report must be submitted online within a 12-hour period. The AHSAA looks forward to a great Fall sea-son and an exciting Super 6 in Tuscaloosa Dec. 5-6.

2013 Champions Challenge Contest Officials

(GAME 1 - Benjamin Russell vs. Walker)

Referee: Gene Dickinson Decatur Umpire: Allen Orman Decatur Linesman: Tim Moss Decatur Line Judge: Mark Myers Decatur Back Judge: Rob Cook Decatur Field Judge: Brian Davis: Decatur Side Judge: Jay Johnson: Decatur

(GAME 2 – Straughn vs. Walter Wellborn)

Referee: John Hudson South Central Umpire: Richard Wilson South Central Linesman: Terry Qualls South Central Line Judge: Jeff Sexton South Central Back Judge: Norman Flowers South Central Field Judge: Troy Jinright South Central Side Judge: Sam Kitchens South Central

(GAME 3 – Enterprise vs. Bob Jones)

Referee: Steve Newton Birmingham Umpire: Jonathan Gibson Birmingham Linesman: Ron Craddock Birmingham Line Judge: Philip Davis Birmingham Back Judge: Anthony Jeffries Birmingham Field Judge: John Moriarty Birmingham Side Judge: John Bonner Birmingham

Champions Challenge Officials Were Outstanding

Greg Brewer

AHSAA

Director of Officials

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Volume 6, Number 7

At 8th Annual Champions Challenge

Ben. Russell, Straughn, Bob Jones Post Wins

Walter Wellborn’s Chantz Goodman (23) snags Straughn RB Daryl George (20) in

the Champions Challenge small-school game won by Straughn 35-26 at Cramton

Bowl. (Photo by Robert Noles)

CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE HISTORY

2013

Benjamin Russell 28, Walker 14

Straughn 35, Walter Wellborn 26

Bob Jones 23, Enterprise 20

2012

Spanish Fort 33, Muscle Shoals 22

Central of Clay County 25, Beauregard 13

McGill-Toolen 27, Northridge 0

2011

Hueytown 36, Thomasville 27

Hamilton 38, Sweet Water 35

Daphne 24, Clay-Chalkville 21|

2010

Opelika 34, Greenville 6

Auburn 30, Spain Park 3

Jackson 30, Trinity 8

2009

Prattville 37, Carver-Montgomery 0

T.R. Miller 27, Leeds 7

Hoover 32, Oxford 27

2008

Prattville vs. Oxford, canceled due to inclement weather

2007

Prattville 36, North Gwinnett, Ga. 3

2006

Hoover 38, UMS-Wright 0

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The new Mini-

Clinic Series for 2013-14 school year has been scheduled. We hope you will make every effort to take advantage of the professional development of-fered at our mini-clinics, as well as the camaraderie and exceptional economic value they offer. This year’s clinics will be offered in 10 differ-ent sports and will begin Thursday, Sept. 12. The first mini-clinic offered will be for basket-ball. All mini-clinics are open to both middle school and varsity coaches. Each clinic will be a combination of Q&A, classroom and some will also have demonstrations. Each clinic will be taught by qualified, suc-cessful high school and/or college coaches. Our hope is that the smaller setting will en-courage questions and interaction. The goal is also to provide professional development, in close proximity, at a reasonable price. A schedule of all mini-clinics is listed. A schedule is also available at our website, www.ahsaa.com. Registration information is also available online and may be accessed through the “Athletic Directors and Coaches Association” page of our website.

2013-14 Mini-Clinic Series Set

Volume 6, Number 7

Denise Ainsworth

Assistant Director

Feel free to call or email me with any suggestions, questions or ideas.

2013-14

AHSADCA Coaching Mini-Clinic Series

Basketball September 12

Wrestling October 10

Tennis October 24

Track & Field November 7

Baseball November 19

Soccer January 9

Softball January 14

Golf January 16

Volleyball February 11

Football March 6

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Volume 6, Number 7

Meet The

AHSAA Staff

3rd Year

Alvin

Briggs

The STAFF . . .

ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Update

Issued monthly by the Alabama High School Athletic Association

P.O. Box 242367, Montgomery, AL 36124-2367

7325 Halcyon Summit Dr., Montgomery, AL 36124

Phone: 334-263-6994; Fax: 334-387-0075;

Web: www.ahsaa.com

OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays

- AHSAA STAFF - STEVE SAVARESE ([email protected])

- Executive Director -

Overall AHSAA Administration

TONY STALLWORTH ([email protected])

- Associate Executive Director - Administration, Eligibility, Investigations, School Audits, Championship

Events

WANDA GILLILAND ([email protected])

- Assistant Director - Girls Program Director, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Eligibility, Inves-

tigations, Championship Events, Declaration Forms, Foreign Exchange

Students

GREG BREWER ([email protected])

- Assistant Director - Director of Officials for All Sports, Officials Guide, Officials Camps,

Classification, Playing Rules Implementation, Championship Events,

ALVIN BRIGGS ([email protected])

- Director of Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association - Director of All-Star Sports Week, Player and Coaches Selection for All-

Star Games, Sports Committees, Sports Mini-Clinics, Champions Chal-

lenge, Community Involvement, Fund Raising Activities

JIM TOLBERT ([email protected])

- Director of Publications - Publications, Publicity, Championship Program Formats, AHSAA Hand-

book, Editing and writing copy,

RON INGRAM ([email protected])

- Director of Communications - Communications with Schools, Coaches, Media, Website Update and

Development, Publications, Publicity, Records Updates, Championship

Events, STAR Sportsmanship

DENISE AINSWORTH ([email protected])

- Assistant Director - Director of Special Projects, All-Star Sports Week Coordinator, Sports

Mini-Clinic Coordinator, Champions Challenge

SANDY LOGAN ([email protected])

- Office Manager -

Bookkeeper for AHSAA and AHSADCA, Coaches Registration, Catastrophic Insurance Premiums, Championship Programs, All-Star

Sports Week, Mini-Clinics, Principal/AD Conference and Junior High/

Middle School Conference registration

CHARLOTTE DAVIES ([email protected])

- Administrative Secretary - Correspondence of Official AHSAA Letters for Executive and Associate

Directors, Sanction Approval, AHSAA Hall of Fame Coordinator, Legis-

lative Proposals, Bryant-Jordan contact

ELVIA HENDERSON ([email protected])

- Secretary (Eligibility) - Computer Data Coordinator for AHSAA Eligibility, Volleyball

and Basketball Rosters, Member school correspondence,

Telephone Receptionist, Facsimile Coordinator, Fines and

Ejections

ALAINE DAVIS ([email protected])

- Secretary (Finance) - Championship Programs, Football Regional Standings and

Playoffs, Ticket Distribution

VANDA PEPPERS ([email protected] )

- Secretary (AHSAA, AHSADCA) - Player and Coaches Coordinator and Coaches Registration

for All-Star Sports Week, School Ads for All-Star Sports

Week, Financial Secretary for Officials, Ala.-Miss. All-Star

Games.

EULA MILNER ([email protected])

- Secretary (AHSADCA) - General Assignments, Program Ads and Exhibits for All-Star

Sports Week, All-Star Sports Week Golf Tourney, Tickets

and Programs for All-Star Sports Week

ALAN MITCHELL ([email protected])

- Assistant Director (retired) -

Website, Publications consultant

RODNEY MILLS ([email protected])

- IT Coordinator - Technology Coordinator, Online Procedures, New Software

Education, Technology Equipment Upkeep

(Director of AHSADCA)