Hot topic: Should Arizona add a shot clock for HS basketball?
While eight states across the country have instituted the use of a shot clock in high school basketball games, Arizona isn’t one of them. However, that may be about to … Read More
Tag: Arizona Interscholastic Association
New COVID guidelines: no quarantine for HS sports teams
Arizona high school football players and coaches can breathe a little easier this season – literally. Gone are the bothersome face masks that were required to be worn last season … Read More
AIA: No mask mandate for winter playoffs, spring sports
The first sign that the COVID virus is loosening its grip on high school sports showed up this week. On Tuesday, the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board voted to approve … Read More
On second thought…AIA decides not to cancel winter sports
Jim Love’s vote turned out to be the shot heard ’round the state. At yesterday’s special meeting of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board, Love reversed his original vote, taken … Read More
AIA cancels winter sports season…but was there a better option?
For high school students who play a winter sport, the other shoe has finally dropped. After several delays to the start of their season, the long-awaited worst-case scenario has finally … Read More
Play ball! Fall sports back on track in AZ high schools
It’s been a long, winding – and bumpy – road to reopening high school sports in Arizona. But it looks like we’ve finally reached the end of the trail. The … Read More
AIA issues a game plan for starting fall prep sports season
Arizona’s governing body for high school sports is throwing out a lifeline to as many schools as possible to provide options that could save the fall season amid the threat … Read More
Year-round team practices…what were they thinking?!
This should have been a no-brainer. Instead, the members of the AIA legislative council apparently left their brains at the door. That’s perhaps the best explanation for what happened … Read More
New AIA bylaw finally addresses prep transfer ‘epidemic’
It has been a long journey – actually more of an odyssey – to finally reach a decision on amending the transfer rule that requires high school athletes in … Read More
AZ prep coaches assessing new conference placements
High school coaches around the state are busy evaluating the new classification placements that came out Monday – and probably asking themselves, “Didn’t I just go through this process?” … Read More
AIA shuffles the deck to find replacement for Schmidt
The hire of David Hines to become the new associate executive director of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) marks the most significant personnel change in the last 15 years … Read More
Sollenberger Classic won’t kick off 2015 football season
The Sollenberger Kick-off Classic, which has become the traditional start to the high school football season in Arizona, has navigated some rough waters during its nine years of existence … Read More
AIA’s failure to toughen transfer rules imperils prep sports
High School sports in Arizona just took another step closer to resembling how things operate at the college level by giving the green light to an increased proliferation of … Read More
Prep sports: finalizing a troubled division-placement plan
The idea was to create a more competitive landscape in Arizona high school sports by using a formula that would incorporate more elements than just enrollment size to more … Read More
AIA to schools: If you wanna play, you’re gonna pay…more
The AIA just can’t seem to put any points on the board. Once again, the governing body for Arizona high-school sports has struck out with its member schools. But … Read More
AIA responds to media charges of lack of accountability
Scott Bordow must have really hit a nerve when he voiced his concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability in the state’s high-school governing body. Bordow’s article in … Read More
Stop high school recruiting by holding coaches accountable
Hey, AIA … the elephant in the room is still here. And it gets bigger and more bodacious with each passing high school sports season. The ‘elephant’ in this case … Read More
2012 was full of penalty flags & fumbles in AZ prep sports
There is always a lot going on behind the scenes in high school sports, coordination and organization issues that must be handled apart from what happens during the games or … Read More
AIA’s proposal to slow prep transfers… just git ‘er done!
Finally, there’s an issue that has found common ground among high school administrators, coaches – and even the governing body for prep sports in Arizona, which is all too often … Read More
Sports camps as recruiting tools for HS coaches? Hmm…
Where do we draw the line for coaches trying to build good high school sports programs, but also needing to avoid the appearance of recruiting? And on which side of … Read More