North Dakota High School Activities

Bulletin January 2008

Inside This Issue

NDHSAA Centennial Story 2Reception at NDASA Conference 2Baseball and Golf Administrators 2General Membership Meeting 3State Gymnastics Meet in Valley City 4State Class B Basketball Ticket Policy 42008 NDHSAA Meeting Dates 4Award of Excellence Recipients 42008 State Debate Tournament 5Report Scores 5NDHSAA Vacancy 5Hair Control Devices and Head Bands 5State Wrestling Ticket Order Policy 6State Wrestling Schedule 6Spring Rules Clinic Schedule 6Parents Are Teachers First 6State Boys’ Swim Meet Information 7Women and Girls in Sports Day 82008 Winter Tournament Ticket Prices 9How Much Do You Want It to Be? 92007 Fall Activities Financial Report 10State Wrestling Group Ticket Form 11

Celebrate100 Years

ofService to Schools

1908 - 2008Happy New YearFrom NDHSAA!

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Written by: Bob Hetler, NDHSAA Assistant to the Executive Secretary (Excerpts for this article taken from “Voices on the Prairie” by Dr. Robert Littlefield of the NDSU Communication Depart-ment, and Official Handbooks of the High School League and YEARBOOKS of the NDHSAA.)

Throughout North Dakota’s history, the school was viewed as the cultural heart of most communi-ties. This centrality produced a tension for community members who wanted and expected their children to have exposure to the benefits of cultural activities, but who also expected teachers and coaches to carry out their wishes with limited resources and overloaded schedules. Competition was first held in declamation in 1904, debate in 1910 one-act plays in 1923, and music in 1929. Contest results in De-bate, Declamation, Junior Playmaker’s and Class A and B Music were first listed in the “1929 Official Handbook” of the High School League. When President Merrifield of the University of North Dakota called for his Extension Division to reach out to teachers and schools in the state through forensics and fine arts, his motivation was to promote activities that would help improve the lives of North Dakota citizens. School administrators in the state looked to UND for leadership and support for these activities. As UND assumed greater and greater control, schools expected that institution to cover all associated costs. This was problematic in

1933 when the legislature cut appropriations drastically, but legislators expected UND to continue with state contests. World War II left its mark on forensics and music in North Dakota. As the war effort increased, people sold their cars, gas was rationed and travel was greatly restricted. Some high schools simply shut down and the Extension Division at UND was reduced substantially. When the war ended, the Division was not reinstated to its previous size and without emerging leadership to take over the fine arts activities, schools turned to the North Dakota High School League. To quote G.W. Hanna, “Theoretically, the League could control all inter-high school competition, but in practice, it began with basketball and foot-ball.” The state contests in literary events, music, track and tennis , although under the direction of the Board of Control, were actually administered by the University of North Dakota in the early years. In 1949, the High School League established ”A plan for the Organization of Interschool Events in Music and Speech.” All League member schools, regardless of class, were eligible. In this plan, the schools already in the established “East – West conferences” were classified as Class A. The remaining Class B and C schools in the state were organized into eight districts of competition for music, speech and plays. Student Congress and debate competi-tion were held at the state level only and schools of all classes were invited to participate at one level of competition. Music festivals were divided into solo and ensemble festivals and large group festivals. Solo/ensemble festivals were divided into Class A and B divisions while large groups were divided into Class A, B and C based on the size of the band or choir. Beginning in 1949, the district and state contest work was handled in a fairly loose governing structure with entries and fees sent from the member schools to the central office. Fees were distributed to each district or region with a portion kept to run state contests/festivals. By 1953, under the leader ship of Earl Abrahamson, Executive Secretary of the High School League, all speech, debate, drama, and music activities in the state were under League supervision. In 1955, another result of the added non-athletic activities of the League was a name change of the organization to the North Dakota High School Activities Association. Dramatic growth came quickly after this time and student congress began in the 1960’s. League offices were set up in the City Hall building in Valley City, until 1962 when the association acquired an office building in downtown Valley City. When Frank Smith was appointed as the Assistant Executive Secretary in 1963, he began working with Abrahamson on the music, speech, debate, student congress and one-act play activities. In 1965, he became Executive Secretary and continued supervision. His familiarity with the rules and interpretations and purposes of the NDHSAA was without question, and everyone turned to him for clarification. During the end of this period, the Speech and Music Advisory Committees were formed and worked with the NDHSAA Board to play a much more visible role in the governance of the contests at the district, regional and state levels. Rex Robinson joined the NDHSAA staff in 1969 to work specifically with speech and music activities, along with managing the Association Ac-cident Benefit program. Robinson had been Superintendent at several Class C schools. In 1973, Mary Anderson became an Assistant to the Executive secretary to handle girls’ sports and fine arts activities. Because of ill health, she resigned in March of 1978. At this time the NDHSAA Board expanded as Sheryl Solberg became a field representative for girls’ sports in July of 1978 and Bob Hetler became the field representative for fine arts, publications and press relations in August of 1978.

“Evolution of Fine Arts” to be continued in the February BULLETIN.

The NDHSAA Centennial Story

Pictured on the cover of this issue is an action photo of the 2007 State Boys’ Hockey Tourna-ment championship game between Fargo South and reigning champion, Grand Forks Red River. (Photo courtesy of Rick Westra and School Pride Group, the NDHSAA Official State Tournament Photographer.)

Cover Picture

The NDHSAA Board and staff will be host-ing a Root Beer Float Centennial celebration from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Bismarck Ramkota courtyard on Monday, January 28th. This reception will be held in conjunction with the NDASA Mid-Winter Conference and is also the day of the NDHSAA General Membership meeting.

Centennial Reception at NDASA Conference

Regional baseball and golf alignments will be listed in the February BULLETIN. If your school participated last year, an assign-ment will be automatically listed. If your school has not participated in one or both sports, please e-mail Dave.Carlsrud@sendit.nodak.edu prior to January 15, 2008 to be assigned a region.

Attention: Administrators of Baseball and Golf

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A meeting of the General Membership of the NDHSAA will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008 at the Bismarck Ramkota Inn.Items on the agenda shall include action on sev-eral amendments proposed by the Board, results of the recent Board election and reminders on the ongoing Centennial celebration. A special treat will be a NDHSAA Centennial “root beer float” reception from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Bismarck Ramkota courtyard on January 28th.

The following two By-Law amendments are being proposed by the NDHSAA Board of Direc-tors in response to a need to distinguish between team and individual sports when applying penalty for the use of an ineligible participant. Please refer to page 9 of the NDHSAA Constitution and By-Laws. Portions in red and underlined will be added and portions in blue and crossed out will be deleted. If the amendment is approved by the mem-bership, the attached interpretations will be used in the administration of the rule. In addition, questions and answers will be developed to help clarify the penalty for different sports.

Amendment to ARTICLE V – PENALTIES, SECTION III:Forfeit of Games/Contests: delete: (A school may be required to forfeit games) a. delete (For playing ineligible players, or)

add: The deliberate or inadvertent use of an ineligible participant in a team sport/fine arts contest shall require the offending school to forfeit the contest(s) in which the ineligible participant participated.

Amend b. to readb. The deliberate or inadvertent use of an ineli-

gible participant in individual sports/contests shall require the offending school to forfeit the matches won and/or points earned by the ineligible participant or by a relay team of which he/she was a member. The points contributed by an ineligible participant to his/her team score shall be deleted, and the contest score as well as any affected place-ments will be adjusted according to the rules of that sport.

Move old b to c and add:b. c. (A school may be required to forfeit games)

for other violations of the Constitution, By-Laws or regulations of the Association.

Amendment to Article XIV, Section III, Part b on page 18.Article XIV, Section III, part b:b. Students who have participated in athletics

representing a member school and who have not yet graduated from high school shall not compete on an all-star team, or in an all-star game, contest, or meet during the school year in sports sponsored by the Association. An all-star team is one made up wholly or in part

General Membership Meeting on January 28 in Bismarckof players selected in any manner from two or more schools, teams or areas includes, but is not limited to, the Shrine All-Star Football Team, the Lions All-Star Basketball Teams, and the Optimists All-Star Volleyball Teams. Violation of this regulation shall result in loss of eligibility of the student for a period of one year from the date of the last violation. Noth-ing in this regulation shall prohibit any student from participating as an unattached individual or as a member of a non-school team in these sports during the off-season for that sport in the school term, providing the contest is not all-star in character.

Rationale: The NDHSAA Board of Directors with the aid of Gary Thune, NDHSAA Legal Counsel proposes the change to allow a differ-ent interpretation of the definition of an all-star contest. This change would keep the Shrine and Lions games after the school year, but would allow hockey select and other traveling teams the opportunity to continue as they have been. This makes the rule enforceable. The crossed out language would be replaced with the underlined language.

ARTICLE V - PENALTIESNOTES ON PENALTIES:1. If a player participates in a sport during a

semester in which he/she is ineligible, he/she may be required by the board to sit out a number of games or events not to exceed the number he/she participated in while ineligible in that sport. If the sport overlaps two semesters he/she may be required to sit out during the next semester when he/she becomes eligible. If the sport does not overlap two semesters, he/she may be required to sit out as many games or events in that sport the next season.

2. The use of an ineligible participant in team sports or a violation of the period/quarter rule by any individual will result in forfeiture of the contest(s) in which the violation(s) oc-curred and the participant will sit out the next regular scheduled contest at that level.

INTERPRETATIONS SECTIONS - I, II, III & IV These sections list the four possible penal-ties that may be applied to a member school for violations of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association and the conditions under which these penalties may be applied. These penalties are expulsion, suspension, forfeit of games, forfeit of championship rights.Interpretations - Section III a: Team Sports/Fine Arts Contests1. Sports such as soccer, football, hockey, vol-

leyball, basketball, and baseball are classi-fied as team sports for the enforcement of Section III a.

2. Fine arts contests, such as plays, are included in Section III a.

3. If the infraction occurs during a tournament, including a state championship, the offending school shall be replaced by its most recently defeated opponent. Opponents defeated/eliminated prior to the most recently de-feated opponent shall not be entitled to relief other than an adjustment of any affected final placement.

4. Team and/or individual awards shall be re-turned to the event sponsor.

5. Team and/or individual records and perfor-mances shall be nullified.

6. The use of an ineligible participant in team sports/contests will require the participant to sit out the next regular scheduled contest at that level, in addition to the required forfeiture of the contest.

7. Self-reported violations during the tournament will be dealt with immediately.

8. Investigations of any allegations involv-ing the use of an ineligible participant will not take place until after completion of the tournament.

Interpretations - Section III b: Individual Sports/Contests

1. Sports such as cross country, wrestling, gym-nastics, swimming and diving, track and field, golf and tennis are classified as individual sports for the enforcement of Section III b.

2. Fine arts activities such as debate, speech, student congress and music are included in Section III b.

3. If the infraction occurs during a tournament, including a state championship, the ineligible participant shall be replaced by his/her most recently defeated opponent or the next highest finisher. Contestants defeated/eliminated prior to the most recently defeated opponent shall not be entitled to relief other than an adjust-ment of any affected final placement.

4. Individual awards earned by the ineligible participant and team awards, if necessary because of adjustments in the standings, shall be returned to the event sponsor.

5. Individual records and performances by the ineligible participant shall be nullified.

6. The use of an ineligible participant in individ-ual sports/contests will require the participant to sit out the next regular scheduled contest at that level.

7. Self-reported violations during the tournament will be dealt with immediately.

8. Investigations of any allegations involv-ing the use of an ineligible participant will not take place until after completion of the tournament.

It should also be noted under Article IV, Sec-tion IV, that a student who violates rules of the Association may be barred from participating in Association contests.

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January 26 Athletic Review Bismarck Ramkota January 26 Board Meeting Bismarck RamkotaJanuary 28 General Membership Meeting Bismarck RamkotaMarch 7 Board Meeting Bismarck RamkotaMarch 14 District Chairs Meeting FargoMarch 14 Board Meeting FargoApril 16 Board Meeting Valley CityMay 22 Fine Arts Review Bismarck RamkotaJune 11 Athletic Review Valley City June 18-19 Board Meeting Valley City

2008 NDHSAAMeeting Dates

State Class B Girls’ Basketball Orders for Adult Season Reserved Tickets from the general public for the 2008 State Class B Girls’ Basketball Tournament to be held at the Minot SU Dome on February 28, 29 and March 1 shall be postmarked on or after January 7, 2008. Tickets are $41 each which includes a $3.00 venue charge. (There is a limit of 8 tickets per individual and all purchases are final and non-refundable.) Send orders with a check made payable to “State Girls’ BB Tournament” to Rick Hedberg, Athletic Director, Minot State University, 500 University Avenue West, Minot, ND 58707. All envelopes bearing the January 7, 2008 postmark will be chosen in a common draw. All requests postmarked after that date, will be serviced in the order they are received. Special Notice: When ordering tickets by mail, the following policy will be followed and handling fee charged: if ordering 1 ticket, include a self addressed envelope with a 41 cent stamp attached. For 2 to 8 tickets, include your mail-ing address and a $2 handling charge to the total amount of your check.Seating Assignment Note: To check seating, go to www.msubeavers.com and click on the “dome seating chart” on the left side.

State Class B Boys’ Basketball The North Dakota High School Activities Association has entered into an agreement with the FargoDome and Ticketmaster to handle the distribution of tickets for the 2008 State Class B Boys’ Basketball Tournament to be held March 13-15, 2008 . Tickets to the general public will go on sale at Noon Central Time, Tuesday, January

22nd, 2008. (All purchases are final and non-refundable.)Ticket prices are as follows for the tournament:Reserved Adult Season (all three days) *$41.00 Adult Session *$7.50General Admission Student Season *$18.00 Student Session *$3.50 Adult Session *$6.50* Facility fees included in the ticket prices above are $3.00 for the tournament or 50 cents a session.* Children 2 years and under are free if in some-one’s lap.Sessions: Thursday, March 13th 1:00 pm & 6:30 pm Friday, March 14th 1:00 pm & 6:30 pm Saturday, March 15th 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm* Doors will open 1 hour before each session.

For more information and to view a seating map, please contact the FargoDome at 701-241-9100 or online at www.fargodome.com. Tickets will be available at the FargoDome box office. Office hours are 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday begining January 22.

Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone numbers: Fargo – 701-235-7171Bismarck – 701-222-2121Grand Forks – 701-772-5151All other ND Cities – 701-235-7171

Order online at www.ticketmaster.com

Ticketmaster walk-in outlets:Fargo-Moorhead NDSU Memorial Union Cash Wise Foods Discontent Macy’s Grand Forks Chester Fritz Auditorium Discontent All Hugo’s stores Macy’sBismarck Discontent Herberger’sThere is a convenience charge for purchasing through Ticket Master and a shipping charge for each order.

2008 Class B Basketball State Tournament Ticket Order Policy for the General Public

This list is in addition to award recipients listed in previous issues of NDHSAA BULLE-TINS. The NDHSAA honors recipients of the National Federation Award of Excellence. Those teams individuals, teams, coaches, schools or fans that show exemplary sportsman-ship in competition may be nominated and sent to the NDHSAA office. A nominator may be an individual, parent, administrator or other school personnel. New Salem boys’ basketball team, coaches and fans for a game played on December 7, 2007. Nominators: Officials Perry Smith and Kip Erickson. Underwood boys’ basketball team, coaches and fans for a game played on December 7, 2007. Nominators: Officials Perry Smith and Kip Erickson.

Award ofExcellence Recipients

The State Gymnastics Competition will be held in Valley City on February 22 & 23, 2008. Al Cruchet, Athletic Administrator of the Valley City Public Schools, is the manager.SCHEDULE:NOTE: Warm-up times will be determined by the meet manager. Friday (Team Day): 1:30 p.m. – Gym Opens 2:00 p.m. - Coaches' meeting 2:30 – 4:30 – Timed Warm-ups 4:00 p.m. - Officials' Meeting 4:45 p.m. - Opening Ceremony 5:00 p.m. - Begin CompetitionSaturday (Individual Day): 11:15 a.m. - Gym Opens 11:30 a.m. - Coaches' Meeting 12:00 noon - Timed Warm-ups Begin 1:30 p.m. - Base Score Routines 1:45 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies 2:00 p.m. - Begin Competition NOTE: (1) Meet manager may view the field each day and adjust the warm-up if needed. (2) Touch warm-ups will be used for team-day and individual day.

State Gymnastics Meet in Valley City

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The State Policy, Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas Debate Tournament will be held on February 1 and 2, 2008 at Shanley High School in Fargo located at 5600 - 25th Street South. Bob Hetler of the NDHSAA and Melissa Marek-Donahue of Shanley are the tournament managers. The Tournament Committee is comprised of Yvonne Kalka, Grand Forks Central; Gayle Hyde, Fargo South, Sue Anderson, Richardton-Taylor, and Lee Kaldor, May-Port CG. The state tournament registration forms, e-mailed or faxed, are due no later than 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 18, 2008. E-mail to Robert.Hetler@sendit.nodak.edu or Fax to 701-845-4935. The policy debate topic area is AFRICA. The debate resolution is RESOLVED: The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Novice Policy Limitations (same as South Dakota for the AFRICA resolution are as follows: (Not country specific – applies to all) 1. HIV/AIDS2. Malaria3. Water related diseases (not disease specific)4. Hunger/malnutrition5. Pre-natal care NOTE: These limitations must fit within the topic and the specific resolution. Students should not assume that topicality will NOT be an issue. The January/February Lincoln Financial Group/NFL L/D Debate Topic will be used for the state tournament. Resolved: It is just for the United States to use military force to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nations that pose a military threat.The NFL January Public Forum resolution will be used at the ND State Debate Tournament. Resolved: In a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice.

***NOTE: Shanley High School will be in session through 3:30 p.m. so teams should enter through the Main Entrance proceed directly to the Commons Area. Please do not arrive before 2:15 p.m. Stu-dents will be allowed to wait in the commons area while the coaches meet in the Conference Room. The coaches’ meeting MUST recess at 3:00 p.m. so the general meeting may start on time. The following is the 2-day tournament schedule:Friday, February 1 10:00 a.m. Final Deadline for changes/drops: On Friday, call Bob Hetler on his cell phone, 701-840-2896, and before Friday, e-mail Robert.Hetler@sendit.nodak.edu Noon Scheduling Committee meets in Library 2:20 p.m. Coaches' Meeting in Designated Coach/Judge Lounge 3:10 p.m. General Meeting for Judges/Coaches/Students and release of schedule for Round I in the Theatre 3:45 p.m. Round I for all Policy Divisions and portion of PF & L-D rounds 4:45 p.m. Round I continued for PF & L-D 5:45 p.m. Round II for all Policy Divisions and portion of PF & L-D rounds 6:45 p.m. Round II continued for PF & L-D 7:45 p.m. Round III for portion of PF & L-D rounds 8:00 p.m. Round III for all Policy Divisions 8:45 p.m. Round III continued for PF & L-D RoundsSaturday, February 2 8:00 a.m. Round IV - All Policy Divisions and portion of PF & L-D rounds 9:00 a.m. Round IV continued for PF & L-D 10:30 a.m. Quarterfinals of Varsity Policy and Novice PF & L-D 11:30 a.m. Quarterfinals of JV L-D and Semi-finals of Novice Policy and Novice LD 12:30 p.m. Quarterfinals of Varsity L-D, Semi-finals of JV L-D, Novice PF & and Varsity Policy Finals of Novice L-D and Novice Policy 1:30 p.m. Semi-finals of Varsity L-D and Finals of JV L-D and Novice PF 2:30 p.m. Final Round of Varsity L-D, Varsity PF and Varsity Policy 4:30 p.m. Awards in the Theatre.

2008 State Debate Tournament at Shanley

Editor’s Note: The following is clarification regarding the wearing of hair –control devices from the NFHS and Mary Struckhoff, NFHS Assistant Director. Basketball Rules Editor/National Interpreter. There have been numerous questions recently relating to the legality of certain hair-control de-vices. Players may wear rubber bands, scrunchies, pre wrap and narrow, multi-colored elastic bands to hold their hair back (3 – 5 – 3d). These items are not considered headbands (3 – 5 – 3a) and therefore do not fall under the new headband rule. These items do not have to be the same color as the uniform or white, but may be of any color. They do not have to be a single color and they are not subject to the logo restrictions in Rule 3-6. Further, a ribbon worn in addition to a hair-control device is considered to be a head deco-ration, and is prohibited (3 –5-3e). If a ribbon is being worn as a hair-control device, it would be permitted provided it is not judged to be danger-ous or inappropriate by the referee (3 - 5 -1).

Hair Control Devices and Head Bands Clarified

The Associated Press Data Center again will be collecting sports scores. Coaches and tournament managers are asked to phone or fax game scores to the following numbers or e-mail addresses:

Associated Press Phone: 1-800-300-8340Associated Press Fax:1-888-832-0338AP e-mail address: apscores@ap.org

Report Scores

NDHSAA Vacancy After 30 years of dedicated service to the North Dakota High School Activities Association, Bob Hetler, Asst. to the Exec. Sec. has made the decision to retire.Requirements of the position in-clude the following:

1. Education shall include a mini-mum of a four year teaching degree.

2.Abackgroundinfineartsthatincludes a successful teaching experience.

3. Strong administrative skills.4. Other responsibilities shall in-

clude but not be limited to: a. Publications b. Media Relations

Timeline:Applications will be received until March 3, 2008.Applications will be screened the weekend of State Class B Boys Basketball.Interviews will be conducted April 15, 2008.April 16th, the successful candi-date will be named.

Interested persons apply to:Sherman SyllingExec. Sec.NDHSAA134 3rd St. NEValley City, ND 58072

The 2008 State Wrestling Tournament will be held February 14-16 at the Bismarck Civic Cen-ter. Group season ticket orders of 12 or more will go on sale on January 7th - Note that orders can be faxed, delivered, or postmarked starting on that date. Download the group order form at www.bismarckciviccenter.com. Group orders sent prior to January 7 will be processed after all orders are received following the January 7th start date. (BY SENDING ORDERS EARLY YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE EARLY PLACEMENT). Individual season tickets will go on sale to the public on January 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM, and can be purchased through Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com or Charge By Phone at (701)222-2121, and at all Ticketmaster Outlets. Daily tickets for all three days will go on sale at the Bismarck Civic Center on Thursday, February 14.

Note: There is a convenience charge for purchasing tickets from Ticetmaster. Changes in ticket prices since publishing the December BULLETIN are due to changes in venue charges.Adult Season Reserved $38.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $41.00Adult Season Unreserved $30.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $33.00Adult Daily Reserved $14.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $15.00 Adult Daily Unreserved $12.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $13.00 Student Season Unreserved $15.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $18.00 Student Daily Unreserved $6.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $7.00

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Thursday, February 14 7:30 AM Civic Center opens to wrestlers and coaches 8:30 AM Skin checks & Weigh-ins 9:00 AM Arena opens to public 10:00 AM Four "A" team duals plus "B" first individual round B Team Duals first round plus Class A individual 1st round 6:00 PM Parade of Athletes 6:30 PM "A" and "B" second individual round

Friday, February 15 7:30 AM Civic Center opens to wrestlers and coaches 8:30 AM Skin checks & Weigh-ins 8:30 AM Arena opens to public 9:30 AM “A” & "B" first round individual consolation "A" & "B" second individual consolation round "A" & "B" team duals semifinal "B" dual consolation 4:00 PM Recognition of Former Champions 4:30 PM "A" & "B" individual semi-finals Team dual championship Team dual "A" & "B" 3rd and 4th and "B" 5thSaturday, February 16 7:30 AM Civic Center opens to wrestlers and coaches 8:30 AM Skin checks & Weigh-ins 8:30 AM Arena opens to public 9:30 AM A & B 3rd and 4th round consolation "A" and "B" place winners 2:15 PM Hall of Fame Recognition and Inductees 3:00 PM Individual introductions/championships 5:45 PM Tournament awards

2 0 0 8 S t a t e W r e s t l i n g S c h e d u l eBismarck Civic Center - February 14 - 16

Editor’s note: This is a copy of a radio com-mentary by Michael Josephson of the Joseph-son Institute and “Character Counts”. When John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, referred to the last game he ever "taught," he was asked about that phrasing. He said a coach is first and foremost a teacher who should not only improve his players’ athletic skills, but help them become better people. He was a superb teacher whose lasting influence is reflected in the values he instilled, not the championships he won. Henry Adams said, "Teachers affect all eter-nity." As those who are taught will in turn teach others, instructors’ legacies can grow. Sadly, the way we select and reward schoolteachers and coaches shows how much we undervalue their crucial role in shaping the character and destiny of our children. Even worse, we tend to forget that the pri-mary, and by far the most important, teachers are parents. Good child-rearing involves more than providing food, shelter, and education. It also includes instilling good values and habits, teaching right from wrong, and showing how to make good decisions that are both effective and ethical. Yes, it’s important to help kids become smart and competent, but as Teddy Roosevelt said, "To educate a person in the mind but not the morals is to educate a menace to society." Parents need to be attentive and dedicated to assuring their children have the tools to lead truly good lives -- lives with purpose and meaning and value. That means we need to teach, enforce, ad-vocate, and model the best we want our children to be.

Parents Are Teachers First

2008 State Wrestling Ticket Order Policy

You can’t build your reputation on what

you’re going to do.

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NOTE: Swimming and Diving Regulations are found on the web site www.ndhsaa.com under athletics, swimming.

1. The Boys' State Swim Meet will be held at the Mandan Community Center on Friday and Saturday, February 29 and March 1, 2008, Lorell Jungling, Manager.

2. Meet Schedule:Friday: 11:00 a.m.- Scratch Meeting for Coaches and Offi cials 11:15 a.m.- Diving Sheets Due 11:30 a.m.- Diving Warm-Ups Begin Offi cials Meeting 12:30 p.m.- Diving Preliminaries 2:15 p.m.- Swim Warm-Ups Begin 3:15 p.m. - Clear the Pool 3:30 p.m - Parade of AthletesSwimming Prelims follows Parade of Athletes

Note: There will be a 15 minute break immedi-ately following the 50 Yard Freestyle and a 10 minute break immediately following the 500 Yard Freestyle.

Saturday: 9:30 a.m.- Diving Warm-ups 11:00 a.m.- Diving Semi-fi nals 11:45 a.m.- Coaches and Offi cials Meeting Diving Warm-ups 12:15 p.m.- Swim Warm-ups 1:15 p.m.- Clear Pool 1:30 p.m.- Parade of Athletes Swimming and Diving Finals

Note: There will be a 5 minute break immediately following the Medley Relay 3. The meet fi nals will operate under the cur-rent National Federation Swimming and Diving Rules 4. Order of events: Rule 5, Sec. 1, Article 1. 5. Finals: Eight contestants will qualify for the fi nals and eight contestants will qualify for the consolation fi nals in individual swimming events. The twenty highest scoring divers through the preliminaries advance to the semi-fi nal round. (Rule 9-4-3). The sixteen highest scoring divers, through the semi-fi nals will advance to the fi nal round (Rule 9-4-4). There will be no preliminar-ies for relays. Finals will be seeded by their regu-lar season time and will be held on Saturday. 6. Scoring for fi nals: individual events (16 places): 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relay Events: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2. 7. Each team shall be permitted a maximum of four entries in an individual event. Qualifying times are mandatory, using 107% of the 20th place cumulative time from the three previous State Meets.

The following are those times: 200 Free 2:13.66 200 IM 2:34.87 50 Free 26.54 100 Fly 1:10.83 100 Free 59.63 500 Free 6:05.85 100 Back 1:10.88 100 Breast 1:17.20 NOTE: The above times must have been achieved in a sanctioned swim meet during the current season. These times are 107% of the average of the fastest 20th place times from the three previous State Meets with no more than a 1% change from the previous year. 8. A competitor shall be permitted to enter a maximum of four events, no more than two of which shall be individual events. Being designated as a member of a relay team does not count as an entry unless the swimmer actually competes in a relay event. 9. Heats will be drawn as prescribed in the current National Federation Swimming and Div-ing Rules Book in Rule 5 of Section 3 by using the swimmer's best time as reported during the season. 10. Diving: Diving will be conducted in ac-cordance with Rule 9. Divers shall qualify for the state with a total of 235 points in eleven dives. This scoring must be during a regular season meet with a minimum of three judges scoring. In the event that there are less than 32 qualifi ed divers, consideration divers will be added to fi ll the fi eld of 32, using the 220 point-11 dive and 135 point-6 dive consideration divers in that order. 11. It is the responsibility of the coach to see that no competitor is entered in more than two individual events and that each boy's full name, grade and seed time appears on the entry list. 12. The entry form is to be electronically commlinked using the HyTek program to the NDHSAA offi ce (Sue.Carlsrud@sendit.nodak.edu) in Valley City, no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday before the State Meet. DO NOT FAX OR SEND SWIM ENTRY THROUGH THE MAIL. ENTRIES SUBMITTED AFTER 10:00 A.M. MONDAY WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY IF ACCOMPANIED WITH A $25 LATE ENTRY FEE. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AF-TER 3:00 P.M. ON THAT MONDAY. THESE ENTRIES ARE FINAL. Diving sheets must be faxed to 701-845-4935 on the same day. 13. There will be a scratch meeting at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 29 and at 11:45 a.m. Sat-urday, March 1. No changes or additional entries are allowed at this time. 14. Diving Entry Sheets: Double check the previously submitted diving sheets and return to the Diving Referee, before the deadline of 11:15 a.m. Friday of the state scratch meeting. Changes shall be permitted until the specifi ed time on Fri-day, prior to the start of the diving competition. Correction of errors noted by the diving referee shall be permitted until the start of the diving

competition. Interscholastic Championships (Rule 9: Section 3, Article 4): Number of Contestants: 1-32 Preliminaries: Any two required and three optional Semi-Finals: Two required and one optional Finals: One required and two optional The 20 highest scoring divers through the prelims qualify for the semi-fi nals. The 16 highest scoring divers through the semi-fi nals qualify for the fi nals.NOTE: When there are more than 32 contestants, the fi rst 3 dives listed on the written description for preliminaries shall be performed to reduce the fi eld to 32. 15. Eight lanes are to be used for preliminaries in the State Meet. 16. Electronic timing with touch pads and horn start will be used, along with a back-up timing system. 17. For safety purposes, the following will be enforced concerning activity at the conclusion of the State Meet: A. The pool will be cleared immediately fol-lowing the 400 yard freestyle relay. B. The entire pool area will be cleared of all swimmers and spectators immediately following the awards ceremony. 18. Three team trophies and eight individual plaques for each event will be awarded (except relays in which only the fi rst, second, third and fourth place teams will receive individual plaques and places 5 through 8 will receive ribbons). Places 9 through 16 in each individual event will receive ribbons. Competing members of the fi rst and second place teams will receive individual team plaques which will be ordered following the competition. Additional individual plaques may be purchased by the school. 19. Teams will be reimbursed at the end of the fi scal year using the team payment plan. 20. Admission: 1 Day Tournament Ticket Adults - $10.00, Students - $5.00 2 Day Tournament Ticket Adult - $18.00, Student - $8.00 Note: No reserved seats.

2 0 0 8 S t a t e B o y s ’ S w i m M e e t I n f o r m a t i o n

Centennial Quiz

Question:Whatyearwasthefirstseason

the 3 point line was adopted for boys’ basketball?

HINT: Read “The NDHSAA Cen-tennial Story” in the December

BULLETIN.

PRIZE:Thefirstpersontoe-mailthe correct answer to Robert.Het-ler@sendit.nodak.edu will receive a free NDHSAA centennial notebook.

8 January Bulletin 2008

Please be a part of the 22nd annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day! On February 7, 2008, thousands of sports educators, coaches, athletic directors, recreation directors, association members, sponsors, students, and parents across the country will show their support of the Day and of this year's theme, "All In!"

NGWSD is celebrated in all 50 states with community-based events, award ceremonies, and activities honoring the achievements and encouraging participation of girls and women in sports. NGWSD began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements and her work to assure equality for women's sports. Hyman died of Marfan's Syndrome in 1986 while competing in a volleyball tournament in Japan. Since that time, NGWSD has evolved into a day to acknowledge the past and recognize current sports achieve-ments, the positive influence of sports participa-tion, and the continuing struggle for equality and access for women in sports. For more information go to http://member.aahperd.org/ngwsdcentral. Registering your activity is a way to adver-tise and allows others in your community or state to become aware of upcoming events and enables them to participate. Please click < http://member.aahperd.org/ngwsdcentral/template.cfm?template=postevent.cfm> to submit your event. A description of all submitted events can be found under the events calendar. Whether you are a new participant or a veteran, your support of the Day will go a long way to increase visibility for female athletes and advance their struggle for equality in sports. NGWSD is jointly organized by the National Girls and Women in Sport Coalition. The Co-alition combines the experience and resources of the five premiere girls- and women-serving organizations in the United States: Girl Scouts of the USA, Girls Incorporated, the National As-sociation for Girls and Women in Sport, National Women's Law Center, and the Women's Sports Foundation. Collectively, these organizations have been in existence for over 427 years and have a member-ship reach of 5.5 million girls and women.

National Women and Girls in Sports Day - February 7

Total Public High Schools 165 Total Nonpublic High Schools 10 ENROLLMENT BOYS ENROLLMENT GIRLS TOTAL 9th Grade 4349 9th Grade 4066 8415 10th Grade 4190 10th Grade 4043 8233 11th Grade 3988 11th Grade 3857 7845 12th Grade 3995 12th Grade 3812 7807 TOTALS 16522 15778 32300 ACTIVITY SCHOOLS B O Y S SCHOOLS GIRLS TOTAL BASEBALL 90 1300 2 3 1303 BASKETBALL 172 3384 169 2682 6066 CROSS COUNTRY 62 468 57 402 870 FOOTBALL 9 MAN 74 1256 2 2 1258 11 MAN 89 3335 4 15 3350 GOLF 126 1252 105 605 1857 GYMNASTICS 14 80 80 HOCKEY 29 571 19 195 766 SOCCER 15 574 16 595 1169 SWIMMING 15 284 18 297 581 TENNIS 19 276 21 453 729 TRACK (OUTDOOR) 156 2265 153 1933 4198 VOLLEYBALL 162 3398 3398 WRESTLING 72 933 10 13 946 TOTAL 26571 FINE ARTS SCHOOLS BOYS SCHOOLS GIRLS TOTAL DEBATE - POLICY 5 18 6 13 31 DEBATE - LD 14 35 8 31 66 DEBATE - PUBLIC FORUM 10 20 6 42 62 STUDENT CONGRESS 20 87 16 134 221 THEATRE (DRAMA) 87 450 90 812 1262INDIV. EVENTS (SPEECH) 109 560 127 1169 1729

MUSIC SCHOOLS BOYS SCHOOLS GIRLS TOTAL Band 133 2287 135 3015 5302 Orchestra 11 169 11 484 653 Vocal 142 1770 157 4321 6091 TOTAL 15417 SPIRIT SQUADS SCHOOLS BOYS SCHOOLS GIRLS TOTAL Cheerleaders 5 6 80 764 770 Dance Team 2 3 31 400 403

2006-07 ND Sports Participation Survey

The finish line is merely the symbol of vic-tory. All sorts of personal triumphs

take place before that point,and the outcome may be decided

long before the end.

-- Laurence Malone, cyclist

9 January Bulletin 2008

Region Wrestling Adults $6.00 Students $4.00

State Gymnastics @ Valley City Adult Season Unreserved $18.00 Adult Per Day Unreserved $10.00 Student Season Unreserved $8.00 Student Per Day Unreserved $5.00 State Boys Swimming @ Mandan Daily Pass Adults: $10.00 Students: $5.00 Tournament Pass (2 days) Adults: $18.00 Students: $8.00

State B Boys Basketball @ Fargodome Adult Season Reserved $38.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $41.00 Adult Per Session Reserved $7.00 + .50 venue charge = $7.50 Adult Per Session Unreserved $6.00 + .50 venue charge = $6.50 Student Season Unreserved $15.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $18.00 Student Per Session Unreserved $3.00 + .50 venue charge = $3.50

Region B Boys & Girls Basketball Adult 2 game session $6.00 Adult 1 game session $5.00 Student 2 game session $3.00 Student 1 game session $2.00 State B Girls Basketball @ Minot SU Dome Adult Season Reserved $38.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $41.00Adult Per Session Reserved $7.00 + .50 venue charge = $7.50Adult Per Session Unreserved $6.00 + .50 venue charge = $6.50 Student Season Unreserved $15.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $18.00Student Per Session Unreserved $3.00 + .50 venue charge = $3.50

State A Boys & Girls Basketball @ Bismarck Civic Center Adult Season Unreserved $30.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $33.00Adult Daily Unreserved $12.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $13.00 Student Season Unreserved $15.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $18.00Student Daily Unreserved $5.00 + 1.00 venue charge = $6.00

East Region Boys & Girls Basketball @ Grand Forks Alerus Adult Tournament Pass Unreserved $26.00 + $1.50 venue charge = $27.50Adult Session Pass Unreserved $10.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $11.00Student Tournament Pass Unreserved $13.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $14.00Student Session Pass Unreserved $5.00 + .50 venue charge = $5.50 Play in games: Adult - $5.00 Student - $3.00

West Region Boys & Girls Basketball @ Bismarck Civic Center Adult Tournament Pass Unreserved $26.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $29.00Adult Session Pass Unreserved $10.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $11.00Student Tournament Pass Unreserved $13.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $16.00Student Session Pass Unreserved $5.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $6.00

Play in games: Adult - $5.00 Student - $3.00

State Wrestling @ Bismarck Civic CenterChanges in ticket prices since publishing the December BULLETIN are due to changes in venue charges.Adult Season Reserved $38.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $41.00Adult Season Unreserved $30.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $33.00Adult Daily Reserved $14.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $15.00 Adult Daily Unreserved $12.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $13.00 Student Season Unreserved $15.00 + $3.00 venue charge = $18.00 Student Daily Unreserved $6.00 + $1.00 venue charge = $7.00 Season tickets must be purchased through Ticket Master. Daily tickets may be purchased at the door. Venue charges added to ticket price where applicable

2 0 0 8 W i n t e r T o u r n a m e n t T i c k e t P r i c e s

Leadersarelikeeagles–theydon’tflock.Youfindthemoneatatime. -- Knute Rockne, college football coach (1888-1931)

Editor’s note: This is a copy of a radio com-mentary by Michael Josephson of the Joseph-son Institute and “Character Counts”. A company founder needed to choose his successor. He studied resumes and talked to refer-ences, but he asked only one question during the fi nal interview: "How much is 2 + 2?" Ann, the fi rst candidate, worried that there was a trick but answered straightforwardly. "There’s only one correct answer: four." Terry, who had an engineering background, was more creative. "Depending on whether you’re dealing with positive or negative num-bers," he said, "the answer could be plus four, zero, or minus four." Chuck, the last candidate, looked the ques-tioner in the eye and whispered, "How much do you want it to be?" While Ann and Terry took different ap-proaches, they both provided an honest answer. Chuck, on the other hand, wanted the questioner to know he was willing to say or do whatever it took to succeed. Some employers may fi nd this combination of creativity and moral fl exibility highly attractive. I’d show him the door. You see, Chuck is a manipulator and rational-izer, and they don’t make good employees. They search for excuses rather than solutions and are more concerned with looking good than doing things right. People like Chuck who are adept at inventing justifi cations that sound good but aren’t true are simply clever liars. Eventually they will be found out. Remember, an employee who will lie for you will lie to you. Without conscience, there is no credibility. Without credibility, there is no trust. And without trust, there is no future.

How Much Do YouWant It to Be?

VOLLEYBALL 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 Receipts Expenses Revenue Receipts Expenses Revenue REGION 1 8,750.00 5,025.25 3,724.75 10,830.00 3,955.25 6,874.75 REGION 2 8,760.00 4,528.99 4,231.01 9,594.00 4,670.46 4,923.54 REGION 3 5,664.00 5,623.00 41.00 7,958.00 4,648.53 3,309.47 REGION 4 8,562.00 4,506.89 4,055.11 7,818.00 4,342.66 3,475.34 REGION 5 5,829.00 4,481.00 1,348.00 6,666.00 3,021.00 3,645.00 REGION 6 10,311.00 4,578.00 5,733.00 10,413.00 4,315.00 6,098.00 REGION 7 8,043.00 3,730.40 4,312.60 6,569.00 3,597.50 2,971.50 REGION 8 6,860.00 3,843.70 3,016.30 6,090.00 3,014.00 3,076.00 TOTAL 62,779.00 36,317.23 26,461.77 65,938.00 31,564.40 34,373.60 EAST REGION 8,593.00 7,581.90 1,011.10 6,234.00 7,327.50 -1,093.50 WEST REGION 8,688.00 5,500.40 3,187.60 5,435.00 5,313.75 121.25 TOTAL 17,281.00 13,082.30 4,198.70 11,669.00 12,641.25 -972.25 STATE A & B 31,309.50 23,466.87 7,842.63 46,168.00 30,119.23 16,048.77 GRAND TOTAL 111,369.50 72,866.40 38,503.10 123,775.00 74,324.88 49,450.12

Volleyball History 2002 (Winter) 2002 (Fall) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Profit/Revenue 21,914.78 26,219.36 22,018.04 11,166.89 44,759.20 49,450.12 38,503.10 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 FOOTBALL Receipts Expenses Revenue Receipts Expenses Revenue 9 MAN 56,897.00 29,447.45 27,449.55 35,908.00 15,412.54 20,495.46 A 40,071.00 18,268.70 21,802.30 34,557.00 16,048.95 18,508.05 AA 22,186.00 8,442.90 13,743.10 25,965.00 7,832.45 18,132.55 AAA 40,534.00 16,164.00 24,370.00 35,030.00 14,567.58 20,462.42 DAKOTA BOWL 9 - A - AA - AAA 65,998.50 29,750.05 36,248.45 53,361.00 28,877.90 24,483.10 FB TOTAL 225,686.50 102,073.10 123,613.40 184,821.00 82,739.42 102,081.58

Dakota Bowl History 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total Receipts 68,090.02 80,634.36 92,455.04 68,113.11 82,624.15 53,361.00 65,998.50 NDHSAA Revenue 24,822.11 40,173.71 60,858.25 34,434.87 54,209.09 24,483.10 36,248.45

2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 GIRLS CLASS Receipts Expenses Revenue Receipts Expenses Revenue A GOLF 0.00 1,234.85 -1,234.85 0.00 759.30 -759.30 GIRLS SWIMMING 8,795.00 8,727.25 67.75 9,090.00 6,673.70 2,416.30

CROSS COUNTRY 9,038.00 6,054.75 2,983.25 6,891.00 4,856.01 2,034.99

BOYS TENNIS EAST 0.00 5,236.42 -5,236.42 0.00 4,751.20 -4,751.20 WEST 0.00 3,072.71 -3,072.71 0.00 3,297.06 -3,297.06 STATE 0.00 5,929.50 -5,929.50 0.00 7,045.20 -7,045.20 TENNIS TOTAL 14,238.63 -14,238.63 0.00 15,093.46 -15,093.46

STUDENT CONGRESS 160.00 3,288.77 -3,128.77 435.00 2,511.68 -2,076.68 CLASS "B" 1-ACT PLAYS 0.00 5,155.50 -5,155.50 0.00 3,947.30 -3,947.30 STATE BOYS SOCCER 11,740.00 8,663.80 3,076.20 13,380.10 11,063.87 2,316.23 Beginning in 2005 team payments are not included in expenses. No t-shirt revenue or expenses are included.

10 January Bulletin 2008

2 0 0 7 F a l l A c t i v i t i e s F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t

11 January Bulletin 2008

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2008 North Dakota State Wrestling Tournament

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