Volume 12, Number 8 AHSAA Executive Director Update Newsletter

October 2019

Savarese Commentary

Page 2

Rivers-Pope Quite an

NFL Combination

Page 7

Simpson Pepper Tips

for PA Announcers

Page 8

Unruly Parents are

Concern for Officials

Page 9

Sportsmanship Photo

A Must See

Page 15

Inside this

Month’s

Update

All-Star Team Announced

for 33rd Annual

Alabama-Mississippi

Game

— See Pages 4-6

LA Chargers QB Philip Rivers

Hueytown RB

Roydell Williams

To reach one’s full potential, it is

important to set high standards. The

AHSAA strives daily to reach its full

potential, and as we move forward in

elevating our own expectations, I en-

courage our member schools to do the

same.

What exactly does it mean to elevate

your standards?

Tony Robbins, a prominent author,

philanthropist, and life coach, is quot-

ed: “Raising your standards will take

your life to a new level. Doing the same

mediocre things on a daily basis will

most definitely confine you to a life of

conformity. You must step up your

game on a daily basis in order for your

life to change."

Every day, we must “step-it-up”!

When we raise our expectations, we

not only raise our beliefs and hopes,

but we also raise our potential, our op-

portunities, our probabilities, and we

raise the expectations of those around

us.

Without a doubt, the most important

way to create change is to raise one’s

expectations. Change your expectations

and you change the status quo.

How can organizations like the AH-

SAA and our member schools elevate

our standards?

First, the leaders must elevate the

expectations of themselves.

“Leadership sets high standards. Refuse

to tolerate mediocrity or poor perfor-

mance,” says motivational speaker and

international author Brian Tracy.

Leaders not only set high standards,

but they also display them through

their actions and deeds. Remember,

raising your standards to create positive

change affects everyone around you.

Never apologize for having high stand-

ards. In reality, people will rise up to

meet those standards, especially when

they know you are striving to do the

same. What you expect, you get; there-

fore, expect the best out of everyone!

What is the most important quality

in a teacher or coach? Is it experience,

a winning record, knowledge of the

subject, the ability to teach, or is it

character? What qualities you empha-

size are the qualities you will see the

coach or teacher striving to improve.

The same goes for students. If we

expect more from our students, they

work harder; if we expect less, they stay

the same. As a teacher or coach, we

don’t have to tell our students what

standards we live by; they watch and

learn from our actions. We should ex-

pect every student to reach success at

his or her own level and encourage

them not to accept anything less.

Moreover, we must elevate the stand-

ards of sportsmanship. We should al-

ways expect good sportsmanship from

our players, coaches, and fans. Oppo-

nents should be treated as special

guests, and those in authority should be

treated with respect. Good sportsman-

ship is not about how the other side

acts, but it is about how YOU act to

the other side. What we permit, we

promote. What we allow, we encour-

age. What we condone, we own. Ex-

pect nothing less than good sportsman-

ship at all athletic events.

Lastly, elevate the expectations of

parents and support groups such as

booster clubs. Appreciate the impact

these individuals and groups have on

the students, the school, and the com-

munity, but remind them, they are a

representation of the school. Expect

them to set high standards of sports-

manship, integrity, and support. Show

and teach them that these standards are

essential. Never apologize for expecting

these groups to exhibit unflinching

standards of excellence, commitment

and integrity. They are, after all, some-

times the only vision the outside world

sees of the school.

In closing, this quote from philoso-

pher Matshona Dhliwayo sums up this

message.

“Your mind shines brightest when you

enlighten others; your heart, when you

encourage others; your soul, when you

elevate others; and your life, when you

empower others.”

God bless each of you and let’s con-

tinue to have a great school year as we

strive to positively impact those around

us by the life we live.

Elevate Your Expectations

Steve Savarese

AHSAA Executive Director

IMPORTANT DATES

October 7: Bowling practice can begin for upcoming season

October 9: Wrestling Lunch & Learn, AHSAA Office, 9 a.m.

October 11: Indoor Track practice can begin for upcoming season

October 11: Esports Team Registration Deadline

October 14: Esports Fall Season begins

October 14: AHSAA Office Closed

October 21: Basketball practice can begin for upcoming season

October 21-31: Volleyball playoffs (Area tourneys, Oct. 21-22); Regionals (Oct. 24-26) State (Oct. 30-31)

Alabama All-Star Team Roster Announced for

33rd Alabama-Mississippi Football Classic

A roster, including 26 players already com-mitted to Division I-A schools, has been completed for the 40-player Alabama All-Star Team that will face Mississippi in the 33rd annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game Dec. 14 at Hattiesburg on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. The roster, comprised of current high school seniors, was announced Oct. 2 by Ja-mie Lee, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Associ-ation. The annual contest is an event of the AHSADCA, the Alabama High School Ath-letic Association (AHSAA) and Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC). The game was played in Mississippi for the first time in the series in 2015. The hosts are 2-0 at home and Alabama is 22-8 in its home games. The series was played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile from 1988 to 2010; a second game in 2010 was held at Troy University’s Veterans Memorial Stadium and Cramton Bowl has hosted the All-Star Game six times, 2011-2014, 2016 and last year. Ala-bama is 22-10 overall. “We hope the 40-man Alabama roster se-lected for this year’s game hosted by the AH-SADCA will bring the Alabama-Mississippi Game Championship Trophy back to Ala-bama,” Lee said. Spain Park High School Coach Shawn Raney is serving as the head coach for Ala-bama. The All-Star squad has 14 players who are currently committed to SEC with the Crimson Tide receiving verbal commitments from six. Auburn has three commitments, Ole Miss has two. LSU, Kentucky and South Carolina have one each. Two players on the team are headed to the Atlantic Coast Con-ference (defending National Champion Clem-son and Georgia Tech); two have announced plans to attend Big Ten schools Nebraska and Purdue, and one player is heading to the Big 12 (Kansas). UAB has three commitments,

Troy University has two, Tulane and Middle Tennessee have one each. Of the 14 players still uncommitted, the majority are still em-broiled in national recruiting battles. The roster was selected through a rigor-ous process that began last winter, Lee said. “The selection committee has worked ex-tremely hard to trim down a strong list of more than 200 nominations to the 40 select-ed. It is a difficult task for sure, and we thank the committee for its dedication. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Kristian

Story

Jackson

Bratton

Alabama All-Star Team Roster Announced for

33rd Alabama-Mississippi Football Classic

Continued from Page 4 Among the University of Alabama commitments is running back Roydell Wil-liams of Hueytown, who rushed for 2,757 yards and 32 touchdowns as a junior. The husky 5-foot-10, 208-pound speedster had 409 yards and five touchdowns on 15 carries in one game last year. Linebacker Jackson Bratton of Muscle Shoals, another Alabama commit, recorded the 400th tackle of his prep career last week. Other Crimson Tide com-mitments include quarter-back/athlete Kristian Story of Lanett; defensive back Malachi Moore of Hewitt-Trussville; 6-7, 340-pound defensive lineman Jayson Jones of Calera; and 6-3, 215-pound linebacker Demouy Kennedy of Theodore. Auburn commitments selected are 6-5, 210-pound linebacker Cameron Riley of Hillcrest-Evergreen; offensive lineman Javian Cohen of Central-Phenix City; and defensive lineman Dan-iel Allen of St. Paul’s Episco-pal. Quarter-back Logan Smothers of Muscle Shoals and Robbie Ashford of Hoover com-mitted to Ne-braska and Ole Miss, respec-tively. Smoth-ers has led the Trojans to a 6-

0 record this season and eclipsed 6,200 passing yards in last week’s 29-10 win over Florence. He is 522-of-795 passing for 6,240 yards and 50 touchdowns for his career and has rushed 400 times for 2,420 yards and 28 TDs. Central-Phenix City wide re-ceiver Eddie Williams plans to attend Clemson, Spanish Fort receiver Kris Abrams plans to attend Ole Miss and Jamichael Thompson of Clay-Chalkville plans to join the Middle Tennes-see receiving corps. Hewitt-Trussville’s 6-5, 295-pound de-fensive lineman Eric Taylor has committed to LSU. Briarwood Christian offensive

lineman Trent Howard, 6-4, 285, has committed to Georgia Tech. Howard is the son of former Jess Lanier High School and University Alabama offensive lineman standout Johnny Howard. His dad also represented the AHSAA in the very first Alabama-Mississippi Game played at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in 1988 that was won in three overtimes 24-21 by the Alabama All-Stars.

Daquan

Johnson

Trent

Howard

Eddie

Williams

2019 Alabama All-Star Roster

AHSAA Athens-Anniston Combination Leads to

NFL Touchdown Connection for LA Chargers

Former Anniston High School and Jacksonville State standout Troymaine Pope scored his first NFL touchdown September 30 when he caught a 13-yard TD pass from another former AH-SAA standout, Los Angeles Chargers’ veteran quarterback Philip Rivers. For Rivers, a for-mer Athens High School stand-out who was playing in his 216th NFL game, the TD pass was the 381st of his legendary NFL career. Pope is in his second season in the NFL. He played in four games in 2016 but did not score. Rivers ranks among the top NFL quarterbacks of all time with 55,910 passing yards in 16 seasons. The North Carolina State star quarterback has com-pleted 4,619 passes out of 7,146 attempts for his career and has been named to the Pro Bowl eight times. He started at quarterback all four seasons in college and shat-tered every school and ACC passing record finishing with 13,484 yards and 95 career touchdowns. He has worn the No. 17 jersey since his ninth-grade year at Athens on every team he has played on – high school, college and NFL in honor of his father and high school coach Steve Rivers, who wore the same number in high school and was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2015. He was named ACC Player of the Year in 2003 and ACC Athlete of the Year for 2003-04. Drafted fourth in the 2004 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, he was traded to the Chargers for Eli Manning, who was taken second, and Rivers has been the Chargers quar-terback ever since.

He is currently ranked eighth all-time in the NFL for passing yards and sixth all-time with 381 TD passes thrown. He is third among active quarterbacks, trailing only Tom Brady and Drew Brees. Pope was named Class 4A Back of the Year at Anniston by the Alabama Sportswriters Association in 2011, running

for 2,539 yards and 31 touchdowns for the Bull-dogs. He finished third that year for Mr. Football hon-

ors behind Daphne running back T.J. Yeldon and Huey-town quarterback Jameis Winston. Yeldon is currently a running back with the Buf-falo Bills and Winston is the quarterback of the Tampa Bay Bucs and the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner at Florida State. Pope set the JSU single-season rushing record with 1,788 yards in 2015. Before this season, Pope had played

in four NFL games -- all in 2016, with one for the New York Jets and three for the Seattle Seahawks. He had 44 yards on 12 carries and caught a 5-yard pass. He signed as an undrafted free agent with Seattle in 2016, was released and signed by the New York Jets. He returned to the Seahawks when released by the Jets in November of that year and was promoted to the active roster. He signed with the Colts, Texans and again with the Seahawks as a practice player in 2017 and 2018 before the Chargers signed him last November.

Chargers Running Back

Troymaine Pope of Anniston

Chargers Quarterback

Philip Rivers

Simpson Pepper’s 15 Rules for Public

Address Announcing Are Worth Sharing

Handling the public ad-dress at high school sport-ing events is an important task that plays a key role at those events. From time to time, the AHSAA gets re-quests from member schools for instructions on just how that role should be done. The expert in the field was the late Simpson Pep-per, a high school teach-er, administrator and coach who handled the public address job at Legion Field and for the Uni-versity of Alabama for more than 50 years. He passed away in 2008. He also handled professional, college, high school, middle school and youth events of all sorts, each with the same zeal and pro-fessionalism he possessed for the big games. Upon request he shared his rules of good public announcing. We share these rules with our member schools as a teaching tool from time to time. Check them out. Is your public address announcer meet-ing these standards? SIMPSON PEPPER'S 15 RULES PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCING 1. Be early and be prepared. Get there one hour before a game and spell out the names in a manner that you can say them correctly. A mother or daddy won't let you go too long anyway if you get a name wrong. 2. You are not on the radio. You are not a play-by-play man. Give only the information pertinent to the game. Nothing more. 3. Don't be funny. The microphone makes some people think they are funny. They are usually wrong. Don't do it. 4. The National Anthem should be respected. An-nounce like this: "Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please rise as Mr. John Smith honors America with OUR National Anthem." Be bold and respectful to our country and our flag. That is very important. 5. Moments of silence should be just that, moments of silence. Count silently "one thousand one, one thousand two" until you go through one thousand eight and then thank the crowd for their reverence.

6. Weather alerts. When inclement weather is approaching, it is important to get their attention. "Ladies and gentle-men, for your safety..." then read whatev-er weather update you must in a serious but calm tone. 7. Announce lineups with a certain order. Always announce starters with the fol-lowing order: their position, number and name. Then announce the coach of the team. Don't forget to introduce the game officials to the crowd as well. 8. Always respect your visitor. Home

announcers need to make sure they speak with respect about the opponents - intro-

ducing their players with a positive spirit. That is the right thing to do. 9. Don't be a homer. The home announcer can add just a touch of tone inflection when talking about his own team, but this should not be overdone. 10. Be accurate. Call a touchdown a touchdown and a made basket in basketball should be called a field goal. 11. Be consistent. When announcing a junior high, college or state tournament game, give the same effort and keep the same tone all the way. Make sure the sound is up just a hair on the loud side. Then you back off the microphone for your pitch if needed. There is nothing worse than a bunch of garble coming out because it is either not loud enough or too loud. 12. Don't get ahead of the game. Do not call fouls out until the official has given it to the official scorekeeper. You are not the official. Your job is to handle introductions, substitutions, fouls, time outs, and any other announcement the school or stadium needs you to make. 13. Never talk over the action. 14. Prayer should be functional. When requested, have someone ready who can always ask for safety and sportsmanship for all participants. 15. Give the final score. At the end of the game, say, "Ladies and Gentlemen, our final score is Ensley 72, Jones Valley 70. Thank you for your attendance. Please help pick up the trash around you. We appreciate your support. All gates are now open for your convenience so please drive home safely. Good night.”

Coach Simpson Pepper

About four weeks ago, we dis-

tributed an op-ed suggesting that inappropriate behavior by parents and other adult fans at high school sporting events was causing many officials to quit before they even reached two years on the job. Although we received mostly positive support from this article, some people thought we went too far in telling parents to “act your age” and “stay in your own lane.” On the contrary, perhaps we should have been more direct. Re-cently, one of our member state associations shared a resignation letter it had received from a 20-year veteran soccer official who had taken all the abuse he could handle. A portion of that letter follows: “Soccer parents: you are absolutely 100% the reason we have a critical refer-eeing shortage and games are being cancelled left and right. And you are at least a part of the reason I’m done here. The most entitled among you are the ones that scream the loudest. And every time you do this, you tell your son or daughter the following: “I do not believe in you, I do not believe in your team, I do not believe in your collective ability to overcome your own adversity and you absolutely will not win and cannot do this without me tilting the table in your favor. “On behalf of myself and so many other referees – and I say this with every ounce of my heart and soul – shut up about the referees, and let your kids rise or fall as a team, as a FAMILY. Because the vast majority of you truly have no idea what you’re talking about, and even if you have a legitimate gripe about one play or one decision, you’re not fixing anything.” And if that wasn’t enough, last week the Eastern Panhandle Youth Football League in West Virginia released the following statement: “Unfortunately, it has come to the point that because of the abuse, negativity and utter disrespect shown to our officials from parents, coaches and most recently from our players, the Eastern Panhandle Officials Association president stated today that the association will no longer schedule officials for our league games at any field. This means effective immediately all remaining games are can-

celled.” This statement is from a youth league, which means the coaches are likely also

parents of players, and the play-ers are sons and daughters who are emulating their parents’ be-havior. So, no, our previous message was not too direct or emphatic. The kind of boorish parental behavior that compels a 20-year soccer official to quit cannot be allowed to continue. While we would hope that parents and other fans would embrace the concepts of education-based athletics by respecting the ef-forts of those men and women who officiate high school sports, that unfortunately is not occurring in some cases.

As a result, schools must adopt and enforce a strict, fan behavior policy. In soccer, a player re-ceives a “yellow card” as a first warning for un-sportsmanlike conduct. If the action occurs again, the player is hit with a “red card” and is ejected from the contest. Some schools have im-plemented a similar penalty structure for parents and other fans – not just at soccer games but all high school events. If the inappropriate behavior and verbal abuse of officials continues after one warning, the person is removed from the venue. There must be consequences for these offenders before we lose any more officials. Most of the 7.9 million participants in high school sports are on the fields and courts every day to have fun and compete as a team with their classmates, and the 300,000-plus officials assist in that process. Now, if parents would let the play-ers play and the officials officiate! Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff is in her second year as executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the sixth full-time executive director of the NFHS.

Veteran Officials ‘Hanging it Up’ Due to Unruly Behavior by Parents

Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff

Executive Director

Bayside Academy Coach Ann Schilling’s legendary volleyball coaching career reached another milestone September 28 when her team beat defending Class 5A state champion Jasper High School 2-1 in a prep volleyball tournament at Hoover. The victory was the 1,500th of her high school career. Schilling, who was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, finished the weekend with a 1,502-407 career record. The defend-ing Class 4A state champion Admirals posted wins over Etowah (GA), Class 5A Jas-per and Class 7A powers Vestavia Hills and Thomp-son before falling 2-1 to host and tourney champion Class 7A Hoover in the semifinals. The state’s volleyball coaching career wins leader is the only high school vol-leyball coach in the AHSAA to reach the 1,500-match victory milestone. Nation-ally, according to the NFHS Record Book, only two coaches had reached that distinction prior to 2019. Earlier this season, Mont-

gomery Academy Coach Julie Gordon coached her 1,400th career match win at Montgomery Academy, joining Schilling and retired coaches Glenda Wright and Tammy Richardson reaching that exclusive milestone. Bayside has won 17 straight AHSAA state vol-leyball titles dating back to 2002 and have won 24 state championships over a 27-year period since 1992. Schilling’s program has won titles in Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and last year, in Class 4A.

Bayside’s Schilling Has

Milestone win at Tourney

DID YOU KNOW? Former Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa High School baseball stand-out Tim Anderson won the 2019 American League batting title hitting .335 with 18 homers, 56 RBIs and 167 hits in just his third season in the majors. He became the seventh major leaguer with Ala-bama roots to win a MLB batting title. The other six include Heinie Manush of Tuscumbia, who hit .378 for the Tigers in 1926; Dixie Walker of Birmingham, who batted .357 in 1944 to win the NL batting crown; Willie Mays of Fairfield, who hit .345 to win the NL title as a New York Giant in 1954; Hank Aaron of Mobile, who claimed the NL title twice with the Braves hitting .328 in 1956 and .355 in 1959; and Billy Wil-liams of Whistler, who won the NL title in 1972 hitting .333 for the Cubs. Frank Thomas, who played at Auburn University, won the AL title in 1997 hitting .347 for the White Sox. 1972.

Coach Ann Schilling

The AHSAA’s much anticipated AHSAA Weekly television program made its debut on-air October 2 over the WOTM TV network of cable outlets. The show will be available on WOTM TV in Sylacau-ga and Channel 80 on Charter Cable in Montgomery and Birmingham and on WEAC TV 24 in Jackson-ville on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 3 and 4, as well, and will be shown weekly for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. The show aired October 2 at 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. It will also be aired again on October 3 at 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:30 p.m.; and on October 4 at 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 6 p.m. on TV 24. Shows will be ar-chived on you tube and the NFHS Network. AHSAA Weekly is produced by WOTM and executive producer Vincent Earley. Each week the 30-minute show will showcase AHSAA events, coaches, players, administrators, events and much, much more each week. Check out the first installment on a cable channel near you. AHSAA WEEKLY SHOW SCHEDULE

Thursday: Oct. 3 5 a.m. 8 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 11:30 p.m. Friday: Oct. 4 5 a.m. 8 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m.

The AHSAA TV Network/NFHS Network Game of the Week schedule set for the first

few weeks of October include Hoover at Tuscaloosa County on Oct. 3, and Thorsby at Fayetteville on Thursday, Oct. 10. The remaining three regular-season games of the week are still undetermined. For more information about the AHSAA’s TV and live-streaming network, go to the following links: To subscribe to the NFHS Network: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/subscribe/retail For information concerning the AHSAA TV Network’s cable availability: http://www.ahsaa.com/Media/AHSAANOW/News-Articles/ahsaa-signs-3-year-tv-agreement-with-nfhs-network-alabama-cable-network

AHSAA Weekly Makes Its TV

Debut on WOTM This Week

The 2019-20 AHSAA Handbook and Sports Book have been mailed to each member school prin-cipal. Please communicate to all your staff that the “online” copy is the official copy. In addition, you may access both books through our new texting system and eBooks. See the instructions below:

Text System

Handbook Text the word “handbook” to 334-954-1247. Next, choose a rule from the list and text that rule to the same number. Next, you will see a URL address that will link you to the online copy of the rule within the Handbook.

Sports Book

Text the word “sport” to 334-954-1247. Next, choose a sport from the list and text that sport to the same number. Next, you will see a URL address that will link you to the online copy of the sport within the Sports Book.

eBooks

You may access each eBook from the AHSAA website under the Publications icon or at the fol-lowing links:

Handbook

http://www.ahsaa.com/portals/0/e-books/ahsaa%20Handbook/mobile/index.html

Sports Book

http://www.ahsaa.com/portals/0/e-books/ahsaa%20sports%20book/mobile/index.html

Also, within the eBook, you are provided a “SEARCH” bar at the top right corner for quicker ac-cess to a specific rule or sport. Simply type the word in the search bar and click the search icon. A content list will appear on the left-hand side of the screen for you to choose from.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office. Our staff is always willing to assist.

Kim Vickers

Director of Publications

2019-20 AHSAA Sports Book and

Handbook Available On-line

HOF Nomination Deadline is October 15

The deadline for submitting nomina-tions for the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame is October 15. Forms should be sent to: Charlotte Da-vies, AHSAA, P.O. Box 242367, Mont-gomery, AL 36124. For more information, go to the fol-lowing link at the AHSAA website: http://www.ahsaa.com/School-Parent-Resources/AHSAA/Information/AHSAA-Hall-of-Fame

Volleyball Teams Should Check Rosters On-Line With AHSAA area volleyball tourna-ments set to begin Oct. 21-22, member-school coaches, athletic directors and principals are urged to check the school varsity roster online in C2C. To be compliant with AHSAA regula-tions, all rosters should list the maxi-mum 15 players set to participate on that team. Each player’s jersey number, position, height and grade in school are required to be listed. Recent inquiries by schools have shown several schools are needing to update their rosters online. While it is the responsibility of the host school for reporting score results after each contest, all schools should check their schedules and make sure all matches played, regular season and tournaments, are listed on the team schedule with results posted. Results will be needed for area seed-ing tie-breakers. Failure to have the games and results listed could result in a fine.

AHSAA News ….

Holly Pond Player Teaches Life Lesson Through Act of Kindness Holly Pond High School junior middle lineback-er Andy Garcia (42) jumped quickly to the aid of Danville opponent Jack Waddle during the Broncos-Hawks varsity football game at Dan-ville Sept. 27. Waddle collapsed with leg cramps and Garcia assisted until the athletic trainers were able to reach the player. His act of kindness for his opponent was cap-tured by Danville photographer Amy Welborn Sherrill and shared with the AHSAA by Dan-ville head football coach Shannon McGregory. The photo was also shared on social media and in newspaper accounts in the Cullman Tribune and has since gone viral with Garcia’s kindness has won the admiration of thousands who have viewed it. Fans on both sides of the field stood and cheered once they saw the act of kindness unfold in front of them. Thank you Andy Garcia for teaching us all a valuable life lesson about sportsmanship. We thank the photographer for capturing this moment and sharing with the AHSAA membership.

AHSAA SPORTSMANSHIP PHOTO OF THE MONTH

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CHECKING THE RECORD: Wilson-Hall Middle School principal Dr.

Carolyn Berry Taite stopped by the AHSAA office to take an LTC course

and took time out to look over results from the 1980 AHSAA Class 3A state

track meet she competed in and found her name — and the state record she

earned in winning the 220-yard dash in 25.75 seconds for Clarke County HS.