NYSPHSAA News-July/August 2018

The Latest Headlines from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association

July/August 2018

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NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Congratulations to the NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Six new members were inducted to the Hall of Fame as part of the Central Committee meeting in Lake Placid on July 25.

Pictured L to R, (front row) Tracey Fuchs, Heidi Mann Vittengl

(back row) Charles Engle, Andy Capellan, Ben Nelson

(not pictured, Abby Wambach)

95th Annual Central Committee Meeting Recap

The 95th annual NYSPHSAA Central Committee meeting was held July 23-25 at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid.

A number of key items were discussed and voted on, some of the highlights include:

-Changes to the scoring and judging procedures in the sport of cheerleading, along with the addition of GameDay cheer for teams to participate in.

-Moving the Bowling State Championships to Week 36 of the standard calendar

-Making the Bowling State Championships a three day tournament starting in 2019

-Moving the Baseball and Softball State Championships to week 50 of the standard calendar (2019 only)

-Approving the use of video replay (when available) in the sport of Boys Ice Hockey, for looking at goals and game clock situations in the post season.

For a look at all of the items voted on at the Central Committee Meeting please click here

Community Service Challenge Champions

Congratulations to Farmingdale High School winners of the 2018 Community Service Challenge.

The Farmingdale High School Varsity Leaders Club and the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team, led by captain McKenzie Gaghan, started a project called Blessings for Bella. Isabella Inzerillo was diagnosed with Medullablastoma last winter, and at just three years old, had to undergo life changing brain surgery to remove a tumor. Bella went through radiation and chemotherapy treatments all while her parents, Justin and Michelle, were raising a newborn son Joseph John.

Read all the details here

Sportsmanship Promotion

Banner Winners

Four schools were chosen as 2018 sportsmanship promotion banner winners and honored in Lake Placid as part of the Central Committee meeting.

-Franklin High School (Section V)

-Islip High School (Section XI)

-West Genesee High School (Section III)

-Columbia High School (Section 2)

To see what the schools did this past year to earn the honor, please click here

Community Service Challenge Changes

NYSPHSAA is excited to announce changes to the Community Service Challenge starting in the fall of 2018.

Now there will be three winners every school year, one per sports season.

NYSPHSAA will partner with "Team Up 4 Community" to provide a FREE platform for students, coaches, teams, administrators, and schools to apply for the NYSPHSAA Community Service Challenge.

A challenge will take place each sports season. A team does not need to be in season to apply. The NYSPHSAA SAAC will determine a winner after each season’s submission deadline.

Submissions for fall will begin on August 13 ^th

Click here to submit a nomination

New Partnership with NYSIR

NYSPHSAA is proud to announce a new partnership with New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal.

As part of the partnership NYSIR is covering the costs for up to six football coaches, per school, to complete online and in-person training offered by USA Football in the "Heads Up" football program.

To see all the details of the partnership please click here

Schools of Distinction and Excellence

The 2017-2018 school year was a record breaking year for honoring the best and brightest student-athletes across the state.

NYSPHSAA awarded 30 School of Distinction honors and 111 were awarded as a School of Excellence.

To see a complete list of the schools honored please click here

2018-19 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

NYSPHSAA is pleased to announce the members of the 2018-19 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). This year, 14 new members will join the SAAC teaming with eight returning members who served as juniors last year.

The committee is comprised of two student-athlete representatives (one male and one female) from each of the 11 sections in New York State. A total of 61 student-athletes applied to be members of this year’s SAAC.

Section Student School

I Jacob Fridakis* Briarcliff High School

Jessica Polvino* Clarkstown North Senior High School

2 Toussaint Santicola Jones* Albany High School

Grace Wysocki Hoosick Falls Jr/Sr High School

III Richard Francisco* West Genesee Senior High School

Chloe Williams* Holland Patent Central High School

IV Jasper Koota Delaware Academy High School

Alli Miller* Bainbridge-Guilford High School

V Ryan Reynolds* Canaseraga School

Payton Powers Dalton-Nunda High School

VI Clayton Osborne Williamsville-East High School

Mindy Doktor* Akron High School

VII Terrence Benedict* Ticonderoga Senior High School

Allison Post Peru Secondary School

VIII Kevin Carratu* Manhasset Secondary School

Olivia Rodriguez South Side High School

IX Deeya Modhwadiya Newburgh Free Academy

Ryan Strobach* Wallkill Senior High School

X Andy Downs* HC Williams Senior High School

Sydney Levison* Norwood-Norfolk School

XI Erin Holler* Smithtown High School - East

Matthew Weltmann Half Follow Hills High School East

March On for Brain Injury

Help support our friends at the Brian Injury Association of New York State.

On September 15, in three locations across the state, we will be holding our Annual March On for Brain Injury 5K and Walks; races and walks will occur in the Hudson Valley and Long Island, while Rochester will host a walk only.

For more information, or to sign up to participate click here

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