BULLETIN Number 1 © 2006 Michigan High School Athletic Association TABLE of CONTENTS Page Representative Council and up Athletic Committee Elections
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® In This Issue: • Coaches Advancement Program • Representative Council and U.P. • Whom to Contact in the MHSAA Athletic Committee Elections • Cooperative Program Listing • Representative Council Meeting • CSIET Program Listing • Executive Committee Meetings • AD In-Service / Update Meeting • National Testing Dates Schedule • 32nd Annual Football Playoff Rules and Regulations August 2006 Volume LXXXIII BULLETIN Number 1 © 2006 Michigan High School Athletic Association TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Representative Council and UP Athletic Committee Elections . 4 2006 Spring Representative Council Meeting . 6 Online Score Reporting Mandatory for Football-Playing Schools in 2006 . 19 May Executive Committee Meeting. 20 June Executive Committee Meeting. 26 Upper Peninsula Athletic Committee Meeting. 34 From the Executive Director: Keeping Educational Athletics Educational . 36 From the Executive Director: Calendar Concerns . 39 Student Focus: Listening to Student-Athletes . 40 Scholar-Athlete Award Materials Available Online. 40 Guest Editorial: Participation in Sports and Civic Engagement. 41 Staff Profile: Mark Uyl Leads with Experience . 42 Basketball Coaches Boxes Must Be Marked . 44 Reviewing the Regulations: Due Process Reviewed . 45 Eligibility Advancement Reminders. 45 Officials Services: Online Ratings a Must . 46 Failure to Rate Officials . 46 Instructions of Submitting Online Ratings . 47 Update Meetings Follow AD In-Services at Select Sites in 2006 . 48 New AD Orientation Program Registration . 49 2006-07 Michigan Merit Exam Dates . 50 2005-06 National Testing Dates/MHSAA Tournament Conflicts . 50 Coaches Advancement Program Overview . 51 CAP Enrollment Form . 52 Master Eligibility Lists . 53 Out-of-State Travel Guidelines. 55 Sanctioning Procedures . 56 Register All Nonfaculty Coaches Before They Assume Responsibility . 57 Summary of Nonfaculty Coaches. 57 Health and Safety: Hydration and Heat Illness. 58 Reviewing the Regulations: Yearly Rules Meetings Requirements. 60 Marcy Weston Earns NASO Award. 60 Legal Aspects: Public Act 215 of 2006 . 61 Reviewing the Regulations: Fundraising Clarifications. 64 Athletic Participation Numbers at All-Time High . 65 MHSAA Tournament Ball Agreements . 66 32nd Annual Football Playoffs Rules and Regulations . 67 2006-07 CSIET List of Approved Exchange Programs . 76 2006 Spring Coach Ejection Listing. 78 Officials Reports Summary-Spring 2006 . 79 Officials Reports for Spring 2006. 79 MHSAA Classification by Sport-2006-07 . 80 Status of Classification Changes . 82 2006-07 Order Form for MHSAA Materials . 85 Request for Interpretations/Whom to Contact in the MHSAA . 86 Girls Soccer Officials Selection Meeting . 87 Girls Basketball Site Selection Committee Meeting . 88 Baseball/Softball Officials Selection Committee Meeting. 89 Girls Lacrosse Committee Meeting . 90 Boys Lacrosse Committee Meeting . 92 2006-07 Cooperative Program Listings . 94 Michiganders Fill Positions with NFHS. 111 ON THE COVER The 2006-07 school year is underway, as student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators have returned to schools across the state for another exciting year of interscholastic athletics. Highlighting the Fall Finals schedule are Football, Girls Tennis in both peninsulas, and Lower Peninsula Boys Golf. (Photos by 20-20photo.com and John Johnson, Okemos) August 2006 2 MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 1661 Ramblewood, East Lansing, 48823-7392 • Telephone 517-332-5046 FAX 517-332-4071 mhsaa.com Members of Representative Council Renee Bird** Karen Leinaar** Board of Education Athletic Director Tawas Area Schools Benzie Central High School Appointee Statewide At-Large James Derocher* Vic Michaels* Superintendent Director of Physical Education & Athletics Negaunee Public Schools Archdiocese of Detroit Class C-D — Upper Peninsula Private and Parochial Schools Ken Dietz** Linda Myers* Athletic Director Superintendent Watervliet High School Morley-Stanwood Community Schools Class C-D — Southwestern Michigan Appointee Keith Eldred*, Vice President William D. Newkirk*, Secretary-Treasurer Dean of Students Superintendent Williamston Middle School Sanford-Meridian Public Schools Junior High/Middle Schools Class C-D — Northern Lower Peninsula Paul L. Ellinger**, President Fred Procter* Superintendent Principal Cheboygan Area Schools Beverly Hills Wylie E. Groves High School Junior High/Middle Schools Appointee Lafayette Evans** Peter C. Ryan* Director of Athletics Athletic Director Detroit Public Schools Saginaw Township Community Schools City of Detroit Class A-B — Northern Lower Peninsula Eric Federico* Randy Salisbury** Superintendent Principal Gibraltar Schools Britton-Macon High School Class A-B — Southeastern Michigan Class C-D — Southeastern Michigan Dan Flynn** Fred Smith* Faculty Member/Coach Athletic Director Escanaba High School Comstock High School Class A-B — Upper Peninsula Class A-B — Southwestern Michigan Scott Grimes* Roberta Stanley (ex-officio) Principal Office of Administrative Law and Federal Relations, Grand Haven High School Michigan Dept. of Education Statewide At-Large Lansing Leroy Hackley** Designee Athletic Director Jenison High School *Term Expires December 2006 Appointee **Term Expires December 2007 Any individual who is a representative of a member school (faculty member or Board of Education member) may become a candidate for the MHSAA Representative Council. Please contact the MHSAA Executive Director for an outline of procedures. MHSAA Staff Randy Allen, Assistant Director Andrea Osters, Program & Development Assistant Tony Bihn, Director of Information Systems (part-time) Andy Frushour, Marketing and Special Programs Coord. Thomas M. Rashid, Associate Director Mandi Hoover, Administrative Assistant John E. Roberts, Executive Director Nate Hampton, Assistant Director Laura Roberts, Receptionist John R. Johnson, Communications Director Sharla Stokes, Administrative Assistant Rob Kaminski, Publications and Web Site Coordinator Mark Uyl, Assistant Director Camala Kinder, Administrative Assistant Jamie VanDerMoere, Administrative Assistant Laurie LaClear, Bookkeeper Faye Verellen, Administrative Assistant Sue Lohman, Administrative Assistant Debbie Waddell, Executive Assistant Gina Mazzolini, Assistant Director Kathy Vruggink Westdorp, Assistant Director Thomas L. Minter, Assistant to Executive Director Karen Yonkers, Executive Assistant 3 August 2006 REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL AND UPPER PENINSULA ATHLETIC COMMITTEE ELECTIONS Ballots to be Sent to Schools August 31, 2006 MAP OF REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL SECTIONS Upper Peninsula Northern Section Southeastern Lower Peninsula Section Lower Peninsula Southwestern Section Lower Peninsula City of Detroit Ballots for Representative Council elections In addition to the above named Representa- will be mailed to principals of member schools tive Council positions, there are two Upper from the MHSAA office Aug. 31, 2006. The Peninsula Athletic Committee positions to be ballots will be due back in the MHSAA office voted in September. A representative of the Sept. 14, 2006. Class D schools and an Athletic Coach will be Eight positions for membership on the elected by the principals of the Upper Penin- Representative Council will be up for election sula schools. this fall. Vacancies for two-year terms begin- Look for the ballots and return them in ning December 2006 will occur as follows: time to be counted by the Board of Class A-B Northern Section L.P., Canvassers. Be sure you mark your ballot Southwestern Section L.P. and Southeastern correctly and signatures are affixed in the Section L.P; Class C-D Upper Peninsula and proper places. Ballots must have two (2) sig- Northern Section L.P.; Statewide At-Large; natures to be considered valid. Junior High/Middle School, elected on a Details of the Representative Council com- statewide basis; and Private and Parochial position may be found near the beginning of High Schools. the MHSAA Handbook. August 2006 4 Following the due date of Sept. 14, 2006, Upper Peninsula - Class C and D the Board of Canvassers as provided in Schools — James Derocher, Superintendent, Article IV of the Constitution of the Michigan Negaunee Public Schools High School Athletic Association, will meet Northern Section, Lower Peninsula - and declare the winners for the various vacan- Class C and D Schools — William D. cies. Newkirk, Superintendent, Sanford-Meridian In accordance with the approved nomin- Public Schools ation and election procedures, listed candi- dates have submitted their desire to run Statewide At-Large — Rod Bragg, for a position by March 15, 2006. They Faculty Member/Coach, Gaylord-St. Mary have included an approval to serve from their Cathedral School; Scott C. Grimes, Principal, respective Superintendent or Principal and Grand Haven High School; Nick Kocsis, have certified their qualifications to run for Faculty Member/Coach, Zeeland East High the office which they seek. No write-ins will School; Cheri L. Meier, Principal, Ionia be possible because each candidate must be Middle School approved by March 15 in order to run for a Junior High/Middle Schools — David position on the Representative Council. Baldus, Faculty Member, Fremont Middle Following are the declared candidates and School; Keith Eldred, Dean of Students, the vacancies which will occur in December Williamston Middle School 2006: Private and Parochial High Schools — REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL Vic Michaels, Director of Physical Education CANDIDATES FOR & Athletics, Archdiocese of Detroit SEPTEMBER 2006 ELECTION UPPER PENINSULA ATHLETIC COMMITTEE