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ALABAMA
HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
STEVE SAVARESE
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
June/July, 2011 AHSAA Update
Inside This Issue
Savarese
Comments 2
AHSAA Partner
Spotlight 3
All-Star Sports
Week 6-8
Evans: Summer
Practice Rule 9-
10
Hackleburg Spirit
Soars in Playoffs 13-
14
Fine/Ejection Free
Schools, 2010-11 15
AHSAA Staff
16
AHSAA
June/July Update
Pisgah’s Shelby Holley, at right, is shown slug-ging her 35th homer of the 2011 softball season to lead Pisgah to the Class 3A state champi-onship over Geneva at La-goon Park. Her 35 home runs in 2011 and 72 career homers are national prep records.
JULY 11-15
Schedule
inside
Schools Rally Together
In Difficult Times
As we close out the 2010-11 school year, I am so thankful to be asso-
ciated with such an outstanding state association of member schools.
The devastation that was left behind by the tornadoes of April 27 could
have been too much for many states to overcome.
SEE SCHOOLS SET EXAMPLE - Page 5
Photo Courtesy of Creative FX
All-Star Sports
Week
Special Edition
The 2011 Alabama
High School All-Star
Sports Week will be return-
ing to Montgomery, July 11
-15 after six years in Hunts-
ville. This will be an informa-
tion-packed week that I
urge all schools to make
plans to attend. I want to personally in-
vite each high school, mid-
dle school and junior high
coach and administrator to
this year’s 15th annual All-
Star Sports Week. There
will be all-star contests for
baseball, softball, boys and
girls soccer, boys and girls
basketball, volleyball and
football. Wednesday, July 13, will
once again be set aside for
school administrators. Our
entire staff will be on hand
for the mandatory meeting
to present issues that cur-
rently affect our member
schools. It all begins at 8:30
a.m. AHSAA Medical Ad-
visory Committee members
Dr. James Robinson and
Dr. Lawrence Lemak will
also address a mandatory
afternoon session of AH-
SAA schools from 2:30 to
3:30 p.m. And as in previous years,
each school will be required
to sign in for each manda-
tory session to insure repre-
sentation for this important
presentation that deals with the
health and safety of our student
-athletes. There will also be the Coaches
School, which will offer
coaches from all sports some
sports-specific seminars. In
addition, rules clinics, now
mandatory for all head coaches
in middle, junior high and high
school, will also be offered to
any attendee for the cost of All
-Star Week registration and
without a rules test. Those who do not attend All-
Star Sports Week will be re-
quired to take the Rules Clinic
on line at a charge of $40 for
head high school coaches and
$20 for head middle and junior
high coaches. The on-line ver-
sion will also have a required
test that must be completed.
There will be no other rules
clinics available starting with the
2011-12 school year. I can’t say enough about Steve
Bailey, Director of the Alabama
High School Athletic Directors &
Coaches Association, and his
sports committees for the job they
have done in lining up the 2011
list of guest clinicians. In football, four head coaches
from the Southeastern Conference
will be on hand on Thursday and
Friday, July 14-15, beginning
with Derek Dooley of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee. Dooley will
address the attendees at 9 a.m. on
Thursday, followed by Arkansas
head coach Bobby Petrino later
that morning at 10:30. LSU head
coach Les Miles will kick off the
afternoon session at 1:15 p.m. and
Gene Chizik, head coach of the
2010 National Champion Auburn
Tigers, will close out the college
coaches session from 2:45 to 4
p.m. This marks the third straight
year that All-Star Sports Week
has featured the head coach of the
reigning BCS National Champi-
onship team addressing our high
school coaches. I don’t think any
other state association can make
that claim. A special New Coach Orienta-
tion will be conducted by AHSAA Hall of Fame coach
Spence McCracken from 4:15 to
5:15 p.m., on Thursday to close
out the day just in time for the
North-South All-Star football
game which kicks off at 7 p.m.
See Savarese, Page 5
Mandatory School Session Set July 13 At All-Star Week
Page 2 AHSAA Update
Steve Savarese
Executive Director
P.O. Box 242367 Montgomery, AL
Zip: 36124-2367
Phone: 334-263-6994 Fax: 334-387-0075
E-mail: [email protected]
ALABAMA
HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
AHSAA Update Page 3
Each month in the AHSAA Update
Newsletter to its member schools, the
Alabama High School Athletic Associa-
tion will spotlight one of its valued cor-
porate partners. This month the AHSAA is proud of its
corporate partnership with Encore Rehabilitation, Inc., one of America’s most di-
versified rehabilitation providers. Encore began in 1984 as a rehabilitation manage-
ment company under the vision of physical therapists Paul Henderson and Paige
Plash, today, under the same partnership, Encore continues to grow and explore
new frontiers, helping to shape the quality and outcome of rehabilitative care. En-
core employs over 400 people with the corporate office based in Decatur, AL. The company’s goal is to provide cost effective and efficient rehabilitation to
meet the needs of all members of the community – including patients, physicians,
healthcare managers, business, industry and schools. Encore remains steadfast in its
dedication to provide the highest quality of rehabilitative care and to ensure integ-
rity in all operations. Encore is the official athletic training provider for the AHSAA. Since 2004, Encore
Rehabilitation has provided athletic training coverage for all AHSAA boys and girls
state championships and also has worked closely with the AHSAA at other special
events, including Alabama All-Star Sports Week, Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Foot-
ball Classic, Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Boys and Girls Basketball Classic, and the
annual Alabama Champions Challenge Pre-season Football Classic. Outpatient Clinics – Represents the largest division of Encore with over 45 facilities across
Alabama and Mississippi. Physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology
services provided utilizing a large selection of treatments and modalities. Therapists work closely
with each patient and physician to assure positive outcomes management. Work Zone Industrial Rehab – Specializing in worker’s comp rehabilitation, the Encore
Work Zone is positioned to keep industrial working forces healthy and to reduce costly time
lost from work. Post injury rehab may be conducted in an Encore outpatient clinic or at an on-
site rehabilitation department designed, equipped and staffed through Encore. The Work Zone’s
goal is to restore function, mobility and independence to the injured worker and to assure su-
perb communication between all parties involved in the worker’s compensation process. Sports Medicine/Athletic Training – Provides athletic training coverage for more than
25,000 athletes daily. Exciting, fast-paced and athlete focused, the Encore Sports Medicine Divi-
sion is dedicated to returning athletes back into action quickly and safely. Our professional teams
provide complete sports medicine services for high school, collegiate, professional and weekend
athletes. SportsFit Fitness & Wellness – Encore understands the vital relationship of successful reha-
bilitation and developing a healthy lifestyle. Under the SportsFit division, Encore integrates full
service fitness centers within rehabilitation facilities providing a great transition for discharged
rehabilitation patients and producing a quality fitness and wellness program for the community. Contract Services With Hospitals, School Systems, Nursing Homes – Providing specific
programs for specific needs, Encore works closely with hospitals, school systems and nursing
homes to provide plans designed for each client.
AHSAA Corporate Partner Spotlight
Page 4 AHSAA Update
A22011-12 AHSAA Central Board of Control
Bobby Parrish
Mobile
Ed Lathan
Mobile
Lamar Brooks
Dale County BOE
Dyneshia Jones
Troy
Luke Hallmark
President
Marengo Co. BOE
Mose Jones
Thomaston
Richard Brown
Beauregard
Terry Cooper
Birmingham
Curtis Coleman
Birmingham
Mike Welsh
Spring Garden
John Hardin
Hackleburg
Brenda Mayes
Muscle Shoals
Larry Morris
Vice President
Scottsboro BOE
Janet Latham
Athens
Craig Pouncey
State Dept. of Ed.
Montgomery
Page 5 AHSAA Update AHSAA Update
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Not Alabama, and certainly not Alabama’s high schools. This terrible nightmare was
turned into a magnificent life lesson as we continue to witness displays of kindness,
concern and love for each other like I have never witnessed before. After April 27, we all had to step back, take a deep breath and then contemplate
where we must go from here. It became prudent to shut down our spring playoffs for a
little while as we tried to recover. I toured the areas of our state most affected with the
intent of lifting the spirits of those so tragically affected, but what I found was that I
was the one that had my spirits lifted the most. When Principal John Hardin of Hackleburg High School pleaded with me to let the
kids return to play, I was moved to tears. I was so proud to see how Hackleburg’s base-
ball and softball teams fought valiantly in the playoffs. I was also proud to see how
their opponents went out of their way to offer such wonderful hospitality and kindness. The humility and character displayed continued to be at the forefront throughout the
remainder of the playoffs as all worked tirelessly to find a way to get the games in.
One thing I know for certain. Our kids and coaches do get it. While I want to offer my congratulations to all who won state championships this
spring, I want to congratulate our teams more for showing the kind of character that
education-based athletics is really all about.
Steve Savarese, Executive Director
Member Schools Set Example To Follow
SAVARESE: From Page 2
On Friday, some of the nation’s top college assis-
tant coaches will be speaking, including Don
Yanowsky of the University of Memphis, Trooper
Taylor and Phillip Lolley of Auburn University,
Greg Gregory of South Alabama, Kim Helton of
Alabama-Birmingham, Mike Groh and Chris
Rumph of Alabama. We will cap the week on Friday night, July 15, at
the Renaissance with the Coaches Championship
Award Banquet. Being recognized will be the
head coaches who guided teams to AHSAA state
championships during the 2010-11 school year just
completed — as well as six additional coaches
who will be honored with the inaugural ―Making
A Difference‖ Coach of the Year awards. The six
will include one head coach from each classifica-
tion of the AHSAA. This award is being pre-
sented to a coach who has gone above and beyond
the normal influence of a high school coach to
make major positive difference in the communi-
ties where they work and live and with the chil-
dren they serve. This will indeed be a special
award for six very special coaches, and I think it
will become the most prestigious award a high
school coach in this state might receive. Speakers lined up for the Basketball Clinic in-
clude: Tony Barbee of Auburn University, Lennie
Acuff, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Tho-
mas Johnson of East Tennessee University,
Donnie Marsh of Alabama-Birmingham, Althe-
rias Warmley of Alabama A&M., George Hatch-
ett of Vestavia Hills High School as well as a spe-
cial forum on Friday including Nigel Card of
Saint James, Brian Privett of Madison Academy,
Melissa White of Enterprise, and Tammy West of
Cold Springs. A complete list of all All-Star
Sports Week Clinicians can be found on page 8
of the AHSAA Update.
Page 6 AHSAA Update AHSAA Update
RENEWED EXCITEMENT PROMISES OUTSTANDING ALL-STAR SPORTS WEEK
The return of
the 15th annual
All-Star Sports
Week to Mont-
gomery, Ala-
bama, promises a
renewed enthusi-
asm and plenty of
excitement! A
special thanks to
the city of Hunts-
ville and the
Huntsville Sports
Commission for
being outstanding
hosts over the
past six years.
This summer, 2011 promises to carry on the
great tradition of education and fellowship
among coaches and administrators and exciting
all-star games. The event this year will be
highlighted by an outstanding speaker lineup
that includes Gene Chizik of the National
Champion Auburn Tigers. Coach Chizik will
be joined by a host of others including Derek
Dooley, Tennessee; Bobby Petrino, Arkansas;
and Les Miles, LSU.
Administrators and coaches will again be
greeted by several luncheon opportunities.
Learning Through Sports will host the 4th an-
nual Sportsmanship Luncheon on Wednesday
for qualified schools. On Friday at noon the
FCA will host a luncheon for all coaches.
Also, on Friday at 6:30 p.m., we will honor our
championship and retiring coaches at the
Coaches Championship Awards Banquet. The
public is invited to the banquet but seating is
limited.
For those seeking educational opportuni-
ties, the Alabama State Department of
Education will again offer the free School Bus Re-
certification course on Tuesday.
The National Center for Sports Safety will offer
the Prepare Sport First Aid course on Wednesday
at 1:00 p.m. and Thursday at 8:30 a.m. The Urol-
ogy Centers of Alabama will continue its’ service
of free prostate screenings on Thursday.
We will again offer a variety of Leadership
Training Courses on Tuesday and Thursday along
with our Certified Athletic Administrator Exam
(CAA) on Thursday.
As always, the athletic directors and principals
sessions will be very informative and useful for
both the newly hired and the veteran. A special
treat this year will be Stephen Bargatze, a nation-
ally known magician and motivational speaker. In
addition, a mandatory general session on Wednes-
day promises to enlighten attendees on current
medical issues.
Once again, our committees have secured na-
tionally recognized speakers for clinics in 10 indi-
vidual sports. These clinics will provide a special
opportunity for you to increase your knowledge
and share ideas with your peers
The Expo will once again feature numerous na-
tionwide vendors to allow you to see the latest in
products related to your sport.
As you can see, a lot will be happening July 11-
15. You deserve the best for what you do for the
student athletes of our state and we hope that you
will join us for these exciting events. Register
early and come be a part of this special event in
Montgomery. Once again, thank you for what you
do in the ―trenches‖ each and every day!
Steve Bailey
Director, AHSADCA
Once again, our committees have secured nationally recognized speakers for clinics in 10 individual sports.
Page 7 AHSAA Update AHSAA Update
All-Star Sports Week -- July 11-15
ALL-STAR WEEK
COACHING SCHOOL
DAILY SCHEDULE At Renaissance Hotel
and Convention Center,
Montgomery
Monday, July 11 8:30 a.m. - noon: Baseball School 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Swimming School
1:20 p.m.-2:05 p.m: Baseball School 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.: Baseball Rules Clinic 4:00 p.m.: North-South All-Star Baseball Riverwalk Stadium
9 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Softball School 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Softball School 4 p.m.-5 p.m.: Softball Rules Clinic 6:00 p.m..: North-South All-Star Softball Lagoon Park Softball Complex
Tuesday, July 12 8 a.m.-noon: Bus Recertification Clinic 8 a.m.-noon: Leadership Training Course 501 8 a.m.-noon: Leadership Training Course 504
1 p.m.: Golf Tourney, Lagoon Park 5 p.m.: Girls North South ll-Star Soccer Emory Folmar YMCA Complex 7 p.m.: Boys North South ll-Star Soccer Emory Folmar YMCA Complex
Wednesday, July 13 8:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: AD/Principals Meeting 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Volleyball School
9:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Wrestling School 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Soccer School Noon-1:30 p.m.: Sportsmanship Luncheon 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Soccer School 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Volleyball School 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.-Wrestling School 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Prepare Sports First Aid
Course 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: AD/Principals Meeting 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: General Session
(Mandatory School Representation) 3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Soccer Rules Clinic 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Computer In-Service 4 p.m.-5 p.m.: Wrestling Rules Clinic 4:30 p.m.-until: One-on-One Computer Ses-
sion 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m.: North-South All-Star Girls
Basketball, Alabama State U. Acadome 8 p.m.-9:45 p.m.: North-South All-Star Boys
Basketball, Alabama State U. Acadome
North-South All-Star Series History
Football
2010: North 14, South 7 (South leads series, 28-22-2)
Boys Basketball
2010: North 86, South 81 (North leads series, 42-25)
Girls Basketball
2010: North 58, South 42 (North leads series, 12-2)
Baseball
2010: Rained out (North leads series, 13-9)
Boys Soccer
2010: North 7, South 1 (North leads series, 6-3-1)
Girls Soccer
2010: North 3, South 2 (North leads series, 7-2-1)
Volleyball 2010: North 3, South 0 (25-14l 25-19, 25-23) (North
leads series, 10-4)
Softball 2010: North 11-12, South 0-1 (North leads series, 20-
6)
Page 8 AHSAA Update AHSAA Update
All-Star Sports Week -- July 11-15
15th All-Star Sports Week Guest Clinicians
Gene Chizik Mitch Gaspard Tony Barbee Melanie Davis
Football Clinicians: Derek Dooley, Tennessee; Bobby
Petrino, Arkansas; Les Miles, LSU; Gene Chizik, Auburn Uni-
versity; Don Yanowsky, University of Memphis; Trooper Tay-
lor and Phillip Lolley, Auburn University; Greg Gregory,
South Alabama; Kim Helton; Alabama-Birmingham; Mike
Groh and Chris Rumph, University of Alabama.
Basketball Clinicians: Tony Barbee, Auburn University;
Lennie Acuff, University of Alabama-Huntsville; Thomas
Johnson, East Tennessee State; Altherias Warmley, Alabama
A&M; Donnie Marsh, Alabama-Birmingham; George Hatch-
ett, Vestavia Hills HS; Nigel Card, Saint James HS; Brian
Privett, Madison Academy; Melissa White, Enterprise HS;
Tammy West, Cold Springs HS.
Baseball Clinicians: Mitch Gaspard, University of Alabama;
Bobby Pierce of Troy University; Jim Case of Jacksonville
State; D. J. Conville of Huntingdon College; Chris Heaps,
Hartselle HS.
Soccer Clinicians: Jody Smith, Alabama State University;
Kris Keplinger, Hoover HS.
Softball Clinicians: Gerry Glasco, University of Georgia;
Melanie Davis, Troy University; Holly Currie, Auburn-
Montgomery; Cindy Patterson, Scottsboro HS; Jerry
Goodson, Ariton HS; Stephanie Brown, Opelika HS; Amy
Sullivan, Pelham HS.
Swimming Clinician: John Howell, Emory University.
Track Clinicians: Harvey Glance, former University of Ala-
bama head coach; Michael Barbee, University of South Ala-
bama; Drew Bentley, McGill-Toolen HS.
Volleyball Clinicians: Ed Allen, University of Alabama (and
staff).
Wrestling Clinician: Steve Garland, University of Virginia.
Cheerleading Clinicians: Brad Jones, UCA-Alabama State
Director, and Sandra Seals, Winfield HS.
ALL-STAR WEEK
COACHING SCHOOL
DAILY SCHEDULE At Renaissance Hotel
and Convention Center,
Montgomery
Thursday, July 14 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Cancer Screening Clinic 8 a.m.-11 a.m.: Basketball School 8 a.m.-noon: Leadership Training Course 502 8 a.m.-noon: Leadership Training Course 506 8:30 a.m.-9 a.m.: AHSADCA Meeting 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Football School 8:30 a.m.-noon: Prepare Sports First Aid
Course 8:45 a.m.-11 a.m.: Track and Field School 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Cheer Coach School 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Volleyball Rules Clinic 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: AACCA Certification 1:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Football School 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Track and Field School 2 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Basketball School 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: CAA Exam 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Track Rules Clinic 4 p.m.: North-South All-Star Volleyball Con-
test, Faulkner University 7 p.m..: North-South All-Star Football Game,
Cramton Bowl
Friday, July 15 8 a.m.-noon: Football School 9 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Basketball School Noon: FCA Luncheon 1 p.m.-2 p.m.: Basketball School 1:45 p.m.-3 p.m.: Football School 2 p.m.-3 p.m.: Basketball Rules Clinic 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Football Rules Clinic 6:30 p.m.: Championship Coaches/Making A
Difference Awards Banquet
Each summer
AHSAA mem-
ber-school stu-
dent-athletes are
encouraged to
take as much
time off as they
can. However,
we know that
youngsters are
going to play as
much as they
can.
We caution our
coaches to re-
member how im-
the starting practice date for fall
sports. All-Star Sports Week is a
“dead week” for team camps.
The maximum length of a
team camp is one week (seven
consecutive days). A junior
high/middle school team may
attend a team camp at a differ-
ent time than its high school
varsity. Helmets are the only
type of protective equipment
that may be worn at an organ-
ized football team or individual
camp.
Each day at a team camp
(includes 7-on-7 competition)
counts toward the maximum
seven days allowed for summer
practice competition. Only eligi-
ble athletes may participate in
summer competition.
Other guidelines for team camps
(a) Camp fees charged each
school should cover room,
This month, the AHSAA
is emphasizing Rule III (Contests) and
the part that deals with summer practice par-
ticipation and summer camps.
RULE III (CONTESTS)
SECTION 20:
SUMMER CAMPS Students may attend
summer camps (for indi-
viduals) provided they do so
individually at their own ex-
pense. When students at-
tend camps as individuals,
the Fifty Percent Rule will be
in effect for team play.
All individual and team
camps sponsored by a
school must be held prior to
Understand The Do’s and Don’ts of Summer Practice Rule
RULE OF THE MONTH: Summer Practice Competition
Page 9 AHSAA Update
board and insurance for all par-
ticipants.
(b) Team camps are instruc-
tional in nature. Practice times
are provided for teams when
they are not participating in
modified games.
(c) All teams must be guaran-
teed an equal number of modi-
fied games (Most camps guar-
antee a minimum of 10
games.)
(d) Modified games must use a
running clock.
(e) Schools cannot be required
to wear game uniforms.
(f) The Amateur Rule is in ef-
fect.
(g) No trophies may be
awarded.
(h) Spectators may not be
charged admission.
SEE SUMMER PRACTICE
RULE, PAGE 10
portant it is for the
students to not be
overworked. For
those student-athletes
who play multiple
sports, especially, it is
important that coach-
ing staffs work to-
gether to insure the
student isn’t stretched
too thin.
That’s why we are
taking a look in the
June/July AHSAA
Update at the Summer
Practice and Partici-
pation Rule as set
forth by the membership. With
that in mind, coaches and par-
ents alike should work to make
sure the student-athlete develops
his/her skills carefully.
Some things to remember: All
practice competition and team
camps sponsored by AHSAA-
member schools must include
only AHSAA-member schools
or schools from other NFHS-
affiliated state associations.
Each student is allowed seven
days of practice competition per
sport. Only eligible students
may participate in summer com-
petition.
Joe Evans
Associate Executive
Director
Page 10 AHSAA Update
Summer Practice Rule …. Continued from Page 9
A high school coach may work at team
and individual summer camps, but coaching his/her own players in team
competition would count as one of the allowed seven days of competition.
SECTION 21. SUMMER PRACTICE
RULES. Coaches are allowed to practice with their own students during the sum-
mer months (from the end of school un-til the starting practice date for fall
sports) and use drills to teach skills.
Mandatory practices are prohibited until the starting practice date for fall sports.
No football equipment except helmets and hand-held blocking pads may be
used until the starting date for fall prac-tice. Weight training and conditioning
programs are not restricted. It is the re-sponsibility of each school to see that
the Summer Practice Rule is not vio-lated.
All practice competition and team camps sponsored by AHSAA-member
schools must include only AHSAA-member schools or schools from other
NFHS-affiliated state associations. (All Team camps hosted by colleges and
other outside organizations are ex-cluded.)
Summer Practice Competition.
1. A school may participate in seven days of practice competition per sport
during the time school is out until the first fall practice date (Aug. 1 in 2011).
Volleyball practice competition can be held until July 28.
No interscholastic contest may be scheduled on Sunday without prior ap-
proval of the Central Board of Control.
This includes summer play.
Note: If a coach conducts more than
seven days of practice competition, he/she could be restricted from coaching
that team the following school season.
2. Each student is allowed seven days of practice competition per sport. Only eli-
gible students may participate in sum-mer competition.
3. Coaches may coach their own school players in practice competition. Coaches
may coach their own children in more than seven days of competition if none
of the coach’s other players are on the child’s team.
4. Each day of practice competition in organized events (team camps, Sports
Festival, etc.) will count toward the maximum seven days allowed.
5. Practice competitions between
schools are deemed to be modified or practice contests under the jurisdiction
of participating schools, therefore AH-SAA-registered officials are not required
and National Federation rules may not
apply.
6. Each school should analyze the liabil-ity issues of its practice competition and
act accordingly.
7. Admission may be charged to any
practice competition under the direction of the school principal.
8. No practice competition involving
coaches and players in grades 7-12 (including team camps) is allowed dur-
ing All-Star Sports Week, a “dead
week”.
9. Helmets and hand-held blocking pads are the only types of protective equip-
ment that may be used in any football practice competition (includes team and
individual camps).
State High School Associations
Summer Meeting at Philadel-
phia, PA, June 28-July 2.
Washburn, Mitchell
Honored by NFHS Former AHSAA Executive
Director Dan Washburn and AH-
SAA Assistant Director Alan
Mitchell will be honored at the
NFHS Summer Meeting.
Washburn, who served as Execu-
tive Director from 1991-2007, is
being inducted into the NFHS
National Sports Hall of Fame.
Mitchell, who has served as Di-
rector of Publicity and Publica-
tions since 1979, is being recog-
nized as one of eight recipients
of the NFHS Citation award for
state associations. The award designed to honor
individuals who have made con-
tributions to the NFHS, state
high school associations, athletic
Three new members have been
elected by their districts to replace
three longtime outgoing members
of the Alabama High School Ath-
letic Association Central Board of
Control. Stepping down from the
Board are veteran members Leo-
nard Riley, Superintendent of
Chambers County Schools (District
4), Don Cox, Superintendent of
Russellville City Schools (District
7) and Clyde Goode, Sr., of the
Colbert County School System
(District 7). Named to replace the trio are
Richard Brown, principal of
Beauregard High School (District
4), John Hardin, principal of
Hackleburg High School (District
7) and Brenda Mayes, Muscle
Shoals High School teacher/coach
(District 7). The new members will be joining
the Central Board for the July
meeting and will be attending the
92nd annual National Federation of
Everyone Worked Together To Help Crown Spring Sports Champs
Three New Members Join AHSAA Central Board of Control
Page 11 AHSAA Update
and fine arts/performing arts pro-
grams, the NFHS Citation is one of
the most highly-regarded achieve-
ments in high school activities. The
2011 recipients will receive their
awards July 1 at the 92nd NFHS
Summer Meeting in Philadelphia,
PA. Washburn, who will be inducted
on July 2, becomes the eighth Hall
of Fame selection from Alabama.
Previous inductees include former
executive directors Cliff Harper
(1987) and Herman L. ―Bubba‖
Scott (1990), contest officials Dan
Gaylord (1988) and Sam Short
(2007), football coach Glenn Daniel
(1999) and basketball coach Wal-
lace ―Mickey‖ O’Brien (1992) and
athlete Bart Starr (1989). Past NFHS Citation Award recipi-
ents from the AHSAA include Greg
Brewer, Ken Blankenship and 2010
Officials Citation recipient Houston
Young.
Congratulations to all the AHSAA spring
sports champions. We closed out an incredible
school year with championships in boys and girls
tennis, boys and girls track, boys and girls soc-
cer, boys and girls golf, softball and baseball.
We also crowned individual champions in the
decathlon and heptathlon. We owe a special thank you to all the section,
regional and state groups that worked to make all
our playoffs successful. We applaud the tireless
efforts of those who went out of their way to
help re-schedule events in order to make sure
schools most affected by the April 27 tornado
destruction could participate. The events were
truly outstanding.
I also personally owe a special thank you to the
City of Decatur for all
their help during the
Class 1A-3A state tennis
championships. They were fully pre-
pared to keep our par-
ticipants and fans safe
from harm during the
bad weather. I look forward to see-
ing you at All-Star
Sports Week in Mont-
gomery in July. Before
you know it, it will be
time to start a new
school year. Until then, I
hope all of you have a great summer.
Wanda Gilliland
Assistant Director
Attending sports spe-
cific rules clinics for
coaches in the AHSAA
has been made much sim-
pler. Register and attend All-
Star Sports Week. That’s
it. No longer will the AH-
SAA be conducting rules
clinics prior to a sports
season at numerous sites
across the state. There is
just one site now where a
coach can sit in on a rules clinic – All-Star Sports
Week. I emphasize this for a couple of reasons. Each
year many schools must pay fines because head
coaches failed to attend a rules clinic. It is man-
datory that all head coaches (high school, middle
school and junior high) in the sports of football,
boys and girls basketball, volleyball, baseball,
softball, wrestling, boys and girls track and boys
and girls soccer attend a rules clinic each year
prior to their sports season or take an on-line
rules clinic and test. There is no test with the
rules clinic series offered at All-Star Sports
Week and there is no cost other than the cost of
registration for the All-Star Sports Week. There
will be a $40 charge for high school head
coaches and a $20 for junior high and middle
school head coaches for the on-line rules clinic
and test (in each sport). Failure to comply will result in a fine being
levied against the school the head coach repre-
sents. Schools are required to list on its Form 1
the head coach for each sport the school offers.
If a head coach’s name is not found on the
school’s Form 1 on line or not listed as head
coach, the school will be automatically fined. To comply, principals and athletic directors
should inform each head coach of their respon-
sibility in this matter and follow up to make
sure they meet the necessary requirements. The AHSAA’s contest officials have been
taking on-line rules tests ever since the 2006-07
school year. Coaches now have the option, however, of
attending a rules clinic for free at All-Star
Sports Week or taking it on line at a nominal
charge and then successfully completing the test
following the on-line clinic.
SPORT CAMP LOCATION DATES
Baseball: Spain Park/ June 2-5
Indian Springs
Basketball: Albertville June 23-26
Football: Decatur August 11-14
Soccer: Guntersville July 7-9
Softball: Arab July 15-17
Volleyball: Briarwood/ June 24-26
Indian Springs
Wrestling: Vestavia Hills/ June 17-18
Indian Springs
Rules Clinics Now On-line Or At All-Star Sports Week
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Greg Brewer
AHSAA
Director of Officials
2011
AHSAA
SPORTS
OFFICIALS
CAMPS
Hackleburg Baseball Team Spirit Soars Despite Town’s Destruction
Page 13 AHSAA Update
This story of one team’s tenacity and how it has inspired an entire town and state to rebuild appeared
in the Birmingham News just a few weeks after a F-5 tornado destroyed the small town of Hackleburg
in northwestern Alabama. It was written by Birmingham News prep sports editor Jeff Sentell and is be-
ing re-printed this month thanks to The Birmingham News. It is a story that won’t be forgotten.
By Jeff Sentell, Birmingham News
HACKLEBURG -- The drive into Hackleburg won't be the same for a long time.
The small town in Marion County was one of the hardest hit by the April 27 tornadoes. An EF-5 tor-
nado reduced a town of about 1,600 to nothing.
The Piggly Wiggly? Gone. Gas station? Dollar General? The Wrangler plant? Gone, gone and gone. Hackleburg City Councilman Darrin Wigginton said 197 buildings were destroyed. There were an-
other 298 damaged. There was one business out of 30 that survived.
The latest figures reported the community suffered 18 casualties from that storm. But baseball season was not going to be one of those. Hackleburg High's team played on, the Panthers
losing in the state baseball playoff quarterfinals to South Lamar last Saturday. "You have to know Hackleburg to know we never considered canceling our season," junior Adam
Sutherland said. "That's how we are. We never even asked the question if we were going to play. ... If
one of us had died, we'd have played even harder for them."
That spirit ran through town long before any tornado.
Neighbors reached out. Russellville donated gear. The Spring Garden team Hackleburg eliminated in the playoffs offered its
facilities so the Panthers could "host" the next round. The players on the Cedar Bluff team the Panthers
beat in the second round made peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches for them to eat between games. Brantley faced Hackleburg in the 2009 Class 1A football championship game. That community col-
lected cash at an intersection one Saturday and presented more than $5,600 to Hackleburg. When South Lamar welcomed the Panthers to their baseball diamond last Friday, the school's baseball
boosters set up a concession stand behind their dugout. The Reese's Cups were free. So were drinks, chips, hot dogs and hamburgers. The items were all do-
nated by the Millport community. "It was the right thing to do," Scott Cole said, a former South Lamar booster club president. "We
wanted to make this day easier. They've got plenty of tough ones ahead." When last Friday's games resulted in a split, there was a potluck dinner awaiting the visitors and their
fans. They came both for therapy and town pride.
But it's going to take even more therapy and time to get past what Hackleburg saw April 27.
Four boys on the team lost their homes. Sutherland went into the cellar "four or five" times on April 27. Before the big one hit, the boys de-
cided they didn't want to go down again. But the mother "laid the law down" and now Sutherland's
CONTINUED ON PAGE 14, SEE HACKLEBURG ….
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Page 14 AHSAA Update
around to tell you how his brother's No. 16 Hackleburg football jersey was whisked away and found
in Tennessee. Those four will always remember their ears popping and those 30-to-60 seconds of
dread where they wondered if they would get another breath. "The first thing when I left that cellar was, 'Oh, God' and then go house to house to find these
guys," Sutherland said. "All of us live within walking distance of one another."
Sutherland found his jerseys under a broken wall. His glove is missing. "I'm a designated hitter," he said. "I don't really need to worry about a glove with everything else
everybody lost." Their stories are heartbreaking but revealing. The boys shared one about a 3-year-old from Phil
Campbell who told everyone a man put him in a freezer and said not to come out until someone came
for him. "The kid said the man with wings told him that," Sutherland said. "What 3-year-old has the sense to
make up a story that a man with wings put him in a freezer to save him from a tornado?" They speak of a member of their community who found a mass of flesh in the front yard. It was the
remnants of a face stripped from its skull. "You live through that, and being down 8-3 in the sixth inning just doesn't bother you," Justen Gal-
laway said. Jordan Baccus was in a carpeted basement with seven other people. The power went out. That EF-5
hit 10 seconds later. "My friend grabbed my foot," Baccus said. "I was in the air half the time. I watched the tornado rip
the house to shreds." His friend Jerry didn't join them fast enough. He was on the steps coming down to that basement.
He held on to two rods that supported the house. The winds sucked a tooth from his mouth. The carpet the Baccus family was standing on was blown out from underneath them. It hasn't been
found.
Austin Ingle woke up his mother when the tornado was about 200 yards away. His family got in a closet. He remembers being turned upside down. Their mobile home was
thrown across a pasture about 90 yards. He's just got scrapes to show off. His mother was sent to UAB Hospital. She had a broken neck. She's got stitches from her eyelid to
the top of her head. She needed 10 staples and has a halo device attached to her neck. "She's fine, be-
cause it could've been a whole lot worse," Ingle said. "With what she lived through, she's great." That's the Hackleburg coming out. The hardware store, the post office and two churches turned
schoolhouses are all that's left along with plenty of that survivor's mindset. "We lost everything," Sutherland said. "Can you imagine what it would mean to our town if we
won a state championship to show the tornado could take lives and homes but not take the fire from
our town? It almost destroyed us, but gave us a way to show how strong Hackleburg is." Wiggington agrees with his residents that the Wrangler factory must be rebuilt. If that comes back,
the town will rally. Students who think a school is just walls can learn from those guys. "We lost our
houses, but seeing everyone in the family is alive makes it OK to take because we just lost houses,"
Sutherland said. "But to know we're not going to finish our senior year in a school you love and that
you've been going to all your life is the hardest part to take." When there were "Go Panthers" signs erected in front of the rubble of that school shortly afterward,
it was no surprise. "That's Hackleburg," Wigginton said. "We'd have 100 people show up for a mar-
ble match if we were playing in it."
Page 15 AHSAA Update
AHSAA Schools Without a Fine or Ejection in 2010-11 Ninety-nine high schools completed the 2010-11
school year without receiving an ejection or fine, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the AHSAA. The 99
schools will be recognized at the fourth annual Sports-
manship Luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel and Con-
vention Center on Wednesday, July 13, at noon, during
the 15th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week. Included in this year’s group are five schools that
have not had a fine or ejection since the inception of
the STAR Sportsmanship Program in 2007-08. The
five include the Alabama School for the Blind, Athens
Bible, Covenant Christian, Linden and Westminster
School of Oak Mountain.
In addition, nine schools to be recognized have been
fine and ejection free for the last three years: Hubbert-
ville, McIntosh, J.F. Shields, Oakman, Westbrook
Christian, Bayside Academy, Colbert Heights and An-
niston. The complete list of AHSAA member high schools
without a fine or ejection in 2010-11 is listed below.
SCHOOL District Class Addison D-8 1A Akron D-3 1A Alabama /Blind D-6 1A
Athens Bible D-8 1A Belgreen D-7 1A Covenant Christian D-7 1A Decatur Heritage D-8 1A Faith Christian D-6 1A Gaston D-6 1A
Gaylesville D-6 1A Hubbertville D-7 1A Jacksonville Christian D-6 1A Jefferson Christian D-5 1A Keith D-3 1A Linden D-3 1A
Marion County D-7 1A McIntosh D-1 1A Paint Rock Valley D-8 1A Sacred Heart D-6 1A Saint Bernard Prep D-8 1A Shields, J.F. D-1 1A Skyline D-8 1A
South Lamar D-7 1A Spring Garden D-6 1A Sweet Water D-3 1A Tharptown D-7 1A Westminster/Oak Mtn D-5 1A Woodville D-8 1A
Colbert Heights D-7 2A Cold Springs D-8 2A Cottonwood D-2 2A Flomaton D-1 2A Francis Marion D-3 2A Highland Home D-2 2A
Holy Family D-5 2A Horseshoe Bend D-4 2A
SCHOOL District Class Houston County D-2 2A LaFayette D-4 2A Lexington D-7 2A
Long, G.W. D-2 2A Mars Hill Bible D-7 2A Mobile Christian D-1 2A New Brockton D-2 2A Oakman D-5 2A Phil Campbell D-7 2A
Providence Christian D-2 2A Tanner D-8 2A Westbrook Christian D-6 2A Alabama /Math & Science D-1 3A Ashville D-6 3A Bayside Academy D-1 3A
Carbon Hill D-5 3A Clements D-8 3A Dale County D-2 3A Elkmont D-8 3A Gordo D-7 3A Hale County D-3 3A
Hamilton D-7 3A Handley D-6 3A Holly Pond D-8 3A Montevallo D-5 3A Opp D-2 3A Pennington, J.B. D-8 3A Randolph D-8 3A
Rogers D-7 3A Sipsey Valley D-5 3A Susan Moore D-8 3A Trinity Presbyterian D-3 3A Winfield D-7 3A Winston County D-7 3A
Alexandria D-6 4A Anniston D-6 4A Ardmore D-8 4A Brooks D-7 4A Childersburg D-6 4A Corner D-5 4A
Deshler D-7 4A East Lawrence D-7 4A Good Hope D-8 4A Guntersville D-8 4A Lincoln D-6 4A North Jackson D-8 4A
Oneonta D-8 4A Southside D-6 4A Springville D-6 4A West Limestone D-8 4A Athens D-8 5A Brookwood D-5 5A
Charles Henderson D-2 5A Greenville D-3 5A Pleasant Grove D-5 5A Saint Paul's D-1 5A Selma D-3 5A Alma Bryant D-1 6A G.W. Carver D-5 6A
Grissom D-8 6A Hoover D-5 6A Oak Mountain D-5 6A Stanhope Elmore D-6 6A
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Meet
The
AHSAA
Staff
3rd
Year
Vanda Peppers Secretary for AHSAA
and AHSADCA
The AHSAA STAFF …..
ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Newsletter
Issued monthly by the Alabama High School Athletic
Association 7325 Halcyon Summit Dr., (P.O. Box 242367) Montgomery,
AL 36124-2367
Phone: 334-263-6994; Fax: 334-387-0075;
Web: www.ahsaa.com
OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- AHSAA STAFF -
Primary Areas of Responsibility
STEVE SAVARESE ([email protected])
- Executive Director –
Overall AHSAA Administration
JOE EVANS ([email protected])
- Associate Executive Director - Administration, Eligibility, Investigations, School Audits, Champion-ship
Events
WANDA GILLILAND ([email protected])
-Assistant Director - Girls Program Director, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Eligibility, Inves-
tigations, Championship Events, Declaration Forms, Foreign Exchange
Students
ALAN MITCHELL ([email protected])
-Assistant Director – Publications, Publicity, Championship Program Formats, AHSAA Hand-
book, Website Coordinator, AHSAA Records, AHSAA Hall of Fame
Coordinator, Awards, Computer Operations
GREG BREWER ([email protected])
-Assistant Director – Director of Officials for All Sports, Officials Guide, Officials Camps,
Classification, Playing Rules Implementation, Championship Events,
Computer Operations
STEVE BAILEY ([email protected]) -Director of Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Asso-
ciation- Director of All-Star Sports Week, Player and Coaches Selection for All-
Star Games, Sports Committees, Sports Mini-Clinics, Champi-ons Chal-
lenge, Community Involvement, Fund Raising Activities
RON INGRAM ([email protected])
- Director of Communications - Communications with Schools, Coaches, Media, Website Update and
Development, Publications, Publicity, Records Updates, Cham-pionship
Events, STAR Sportsmanship
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 Coordina-tor, Leg-
islative Proposals, Bryant-Jordan contact
ELVIA HENDERSON ([email protected])
-Secretary (Eligibility)- Computer Data Coordinator for AHSAA Eligibility, Volley-
ball 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
Play-offs, 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 Alabama
All-Star Sports Week, All-Star Week Golf Tourney, Tickets
and Programs for All-Star Week
RODNEY MILLS ([email protected])
-IT Coordinator- Technology Coordinator, Online Procedures, New Software
Education, Technology Equipment Upkeep
DENISE AINSWORTH ([email protected])
- Assistant to AHSADCA Director - All-Star Sports Week Coordinator, Sports Mini-Clinic Coor-
dinator, Champions Challenge,
MARK ISTVAN
-Programmer-
Website Programming, Website
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The AHSAA STAFF …..