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3'S Not a Crowd State Board Approves Advancing Three Teams Into 4A Playoffs MAY, 1995 Volume 79 • Number Eight ISSN 0897-4314 ' 3's not a crowd State Board approves advancing three teams into 4A playoffs By PETER CONTRERAS WE WON. It was a weekend of highs and lows. For students such as these one-act play participants, winning a state UIL Media Director academic championship was the perfect way to end the school year. For those who finished out of the top places, H was a time to be wonder what might have been. The disappointment generally wore off as soon as students began Considered by many to be a success at the Con­ enjoying the rest of their weekend in Austin. Photo by Alan Smith, UT Photography Services. ference 5A level of the University Interscholasdc League, Conference 4A will now have an opportunity to judge its merits when three teams advance to the playoffs beginning the 1996-97 school year. Following State Board of Education approval last month, three teams will advance to the playoffs in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, Softball, and vol­ The Quad Squad leyball. The addition of three teams advancing to the playoffs in Conference 4A creates greater interest to Lindsay claims its 4th straight Conference A state academic title the communititcs and schools. Approximately 32 additional schools will get the opportunity to experi­ Scoring points across the board, Lindsay captured its fourth Farmersville in 1975. ence the benefits, both financially and from a competive consecutive Conference A state academic championship, May 6. Elsewhere, Gregory Pordand nudged Waco Midway, 94- standpoint, that the state playoffs provide. This in­ No other school in any conference has held such a stranglehold 86, to win its second consecutive 4A tide and its thitd in four creased interest is healthy in these team sports because on the academic championship as this tiny town, located a few years. Third place Snyder was led by its nationally renown one- the increased odds of making the playoffs provides for miles south of Gainesville. After San Isidro captured the first ever act play troupe, which won another state championship with A a more competitive district race. Conference A state academic crown in 1991, the North Texans Midsummer Night's Dream. For director Jerry Worsham, it was At the annual Legislative Council meeting in have held off all challengers. his 25th state meet appearance and his 13th state crown, making October, a decision will be reached by the committee This year, the team edged Rule, 133-110, and easily outdis­ him the winningest director in the 69-year history of the one-act whether to allow Conference 4A schools to play to two tancing third place Lago Vista (58), Lazbuddie (57) and play contest. Since 1949, his students have won 93 individual state champions in football like Conference 5A, or Rocksprings (54). acting awards, including Kevin Alejandro who won this year's whether play should allow the advancement of only So what's the secret? Samuel French Award and Best Actor awards, and Mark Bullard, one team to state championship. "We were talking about it the Monday morning after State who was named to the all-star cast. The issue of allowing three teams in the playoffs Meet, and someone noted that we have placed in completely Fourth place Friendswood (71 points) was powered by its in Conference 4A was first proposed last summer at the different events over the past four years," said Craig Hertel, the state championship current issues and events team, comprised of Athletic Committee meetings and was presented as a school's UIL academic coordinator. "One year, our math and sophomores Eric Steinhauser, Ryan Valicek and Shane Carter. referendum ballot item to the school last fall. With science will be real strong. The next year, it might be our speech, Steinhauser became the first and only student in CI&E history overwhemling approval from the schools, the proposal and then the next, our writing. So it seems like each year, we do to answer correcdy 40 of 40 objective questions and receive a 10 was forwarded to the state board of education for their well in different things. on his essay — a perfect score. approval. "And that's how we approach the spring meet contests. I In Conference 2A, Salado clipped New Diana, 68-67. The In another rule change, district champions in like for us to do well in everything," Hertel added. "A couple of Eagles were paced by their number sense and math teams, which Conference 5A that have a bye for the first round of the years, we have placed at least one student in every contest at scored 37 and 25 points respectively. Meanwhile, in 5A, Sugar playoffs will be allowed to play an extra game during district." Land Elkins scored 126 points to squeeze past defending state the time period the first round games are being played Despite this dominance, Lindsay isn't the state's lone aca­ champion Fort Worth Dunbar. The Knights scored heavily in in baseball, basketball, soccer, Softball, and volleyball. demic powerhouse. Paced by its runner-up one-act play troupe, calculator applications and literary criticism—30 points in each This change is effective the 1995-96 school year. Seminole won its third consecutive 3A state crown, edging — as well as in number sense (27 points). They also placed Other changes in athletic rules or policy, effective Bishop, 80-71. students in science, ready writing and headline writing. the 1995-96 school year are: Elsewhere in 3A Mineola, under the guidance of Larry At press time, the standings are as follows: • Allow ninth graders from separate campuses to Wisdom, won its second consecutive one-act play champion­ Conference A: 1. Lindsay, 133; 2. Rule, 110; 3. Lago be eligible for varsity competition with the high school ship. Winning in Austin is nothing new to Wisdom, who in 13 Vista, 58; 4. Lazbuddie, 57; 5. Rocksprings. in single high school districts. appearances while at Mineola has won seven state tides, includ­ Conference 2A: 1. Salado, 68; 2. New Diana, 67; 3. • Divide Conference 5A football schools in Divi­ ing five in a row between 1987-1991. One of two directors to Rosebud-Lott, 54; 4. (tie) Stinnett West Texas, and Olney, 50. sion I and II annually. ever win five state OAP crowns in a row, Wisdom's students also Conference 3A: 1. Seminole, 80; 2. Bishop, 71; 3. Waco • Prohibit coaches from moving a player more won the 3A tide last year. Over the years, his students at Mineola Connally, 63; 4. Denver City, 60; 5. Bridgeport, 54. than one position up or down the ladder in the singles have won 37 individual awards as well, including David Fluitt Conference 4A: 1. Gregory Portland, 94; 2. Waco Midway, team tennis lineup. who won this year's Samuel French Award and Best Actor 86; 3. Snyder, 78; 4. Friendswood, 71; 5. Austin LBJ, 45. • Allow schools, by mutual consent, to lengthen Award, Lanette Tucker, who was named to the all-star cast, and Conference 5A 1. Sugar Land Elkins, 126; 2. Fort Worth quarters in junior high school basketball to eight Aaron York, named honorable mention all-star cast. Dunbar, 102; 3. Klein, 70; 4. Corpus Christi Carroll, 49; 5. Wisdom won his first state tide while at Conference A College Station A&M Consolidated, 48. •CONTINUED on page 2 Base philosophy on sound principles The UIL is more "We are living in a must be given equal access to opportunity. All students society where we see more must be dealt with impartially, with sincere regard for than athletic and more reasons given their development as a person as well as a competitor. for compromising every A famous athlete once said, "If you don't know It happens now and then. A citizen, principle." where you are going, you won't know when you get upset with his or her local school board These words by there." So it is with a person without a sound philoso­ decision to cut a program or activity, suggests Ronnie Carter, Executive phy. Lack of a clear philosophy indicates few dear goals in a letter to the newspaper editor that all UIL Director of the Tennessee or little if any sense of direction. activities be eliminated. Recendy, the Austin American-Statesman ran a letter from a man Secondary SchoolAthletic You cannot buy a philosophy — at least not a who was upset that the school district had Association, in the spring benevolent philosophy. Your philosophy reflects the slashed funds for the school district's science 1995 issueof TSSAA News kind of person you are. If you are into "situational fair. Of course, he ended the letter by provide a mirror to di­ B/7/ F/iruev ethics," every wind will steer you to a different port. proposing that the district also eliminate lemmas in other states as well. Mr. Carter continues But if your personal philosophy is based on sound funding for all UIL activities which, in his with examples where exceptions had been made, viola­ principles, your goals will be more definite. A positive eyes, meant football, basketball and other tions ignored, and compromises made. interaction with students and peers will be a more likely sports. In state association work, it is important that outcome. exceptions NOT be made, except where rules permit Recent events in Oklahoma City illustrate what If citizens want their district to embrace deviations under specifically defined conditions. To happens when people do not live by sound principles. academic excellence, then the last thing they treat two different schools or students differendy goes Total disregard for the rights and feelings (and lives) of would want is to eliminate UIL activities.
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