Post by Alumni on Mar 8, 2007 13:10:59 GMT -5
This is also why there is no confirmation of Mojave's move.
LAS VEGAS - After a 70-minute discussion to shift the state's athletic teams to different leagues, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association tabled a proposal until its June meeting to give Board of Control members more time to look at all options for realignment.
The NIAA concludes its quarterly meeting Thursday at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas.
Ed Bonine, the NIAA's executive director, said a realignment committee spent many hours making recommendations. However, he said board members need to hear directly from those schools affected by the realignment proposal.
At issue is whether or not Hug, Wooster, Elko, South Tahoe and Churchill County high schools will be required to move down to the Northern 3A. The realignment committee looked at three factors: enrollment, competitive balance and geographic location.
After the Board of Control met in September, members released a proposal to have the five schools move to the 3A.
The proposal also gave schools the right to petition the Northern 4A to allow them to play certain sports against the larger schools. At the NIAA's November meeting, the Board of Control removed that option.
"That looked good on paper, but the leagues said they had concerns with scheduling," Bonine said.
Administrators and coaches from Hug and Wooster immediately rejected the revised proposal in November. South Tahoe and Elko sent letters to the NIAA in February expressing a desire to remain in the Northern 4A. Fallon coaches and administrators favor a move to the Northern 3A; only if Elko and South Tahoe are required to play in the Northern 3A.
Brad Daum, Fallon's athletic director, said in a letter to the NIAA he had concerns about scheduling if the Northern 3A consisted of only seven teams and if some schools weren't required to field junior varsity or freshmen teams. He cited boys and girls soccer at some schools for not having programs for the younger players.
Donnie Nelson, the NIAA's assistant director, gave a short history of the current realignment process. After the Board of Control heard concerns involving 2A schools, the discussion moved to the Northern 3A.
Bonine suggested three options to board members in dealing with the Northern 4A high schools recommended for realignment. He said the NIAA could realign schools based only on enrollment. For example, he said schools under 1,500 students would be required to play in the Northern 3A.
The second suggestion he mentioned would take the committee's recommendation and come back with either a yes or no vote. The third option would have board members voting for the committee's recommendation and then having the schools approach the NIAA asking for permission to remain in the Northern 4A.
Lyon County Superintendent Nat Lommori, who represents District III in Northern Nevada, said he strongly wants to re-examine Hug and Wooster for realignment. Until a vote is taken for realignment, Lommori said Yerington's proposed move to the Northern 2A will be on hold.
Charlie Walsh, vice principal at Sparks High School and Class 3A liaison to the Board of Control, said his conference is unique and needs direction from the NIAA. Walsh said he is concerned with the future of the league if the 3A is allowed to exist with six teams in Northern Nevada and five in Southern Nevada.
"The 3A has been the best thing for Sparks," Walsh said. "But our girls' program is struggling."
Walsh then slammed several Washoe County high school officials for rejecting the initial proposal.
"The coaches at Hug and Wooster don't want to go to the 3A because it's beneath them," Walsh said.
Instead of allowing schools to pick and chose, Walsh said the NIAA may have to be a dictatorship and tell the schools where they are going to play.
Bonine said every four years the NIAA looks at realigning Nevada's high schools. During the third year, the NIAA begins to examine schools and their enrollment. This year, the NIAA also added competitive balance and geographic location.
"We decided to look outside the box," Bonine said several times.
Nelson said the NIAA has the right to realign schools the way it wants.
"It should be a wild meeting in June," Nelson said.
LAS VEGAS - After a 70-minute discussion to shift the state's athletic teams to different leagues, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association tabled a proposal until its June meeting to give Board of Control members more time to look at all options for realignment.
The NIAA concludes its quarterly meeting Thursday at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas.
Ed Bonine, the NIAA's executive director, said a realignment committee spent many hours making recommendations. However, he said board members need to hear directly from those schools affected by the realignment proposal.
At issue is whether or not Hug, Wooster, Elko, South Tahoe and Churchill County high schools will be required to move down to the Northern 3A. The realignment committee looked at three factors: enrollment, competitive balance and geographic location.
After the Board of Control met in September, members released a proposal to have the five schools move to the 3A.
The proposal also gave schools the right to petition the Northern 4A to allow them to play certain sports against the larger schools. At the NIAA's November meeting, the Board of Control removed that option.
"That looked good on paper, but the leagues said they had concerns with scheduling," Bonine said.
Administrators and coaches from Hug and Wooster immediately rejected the revised proposal in November. South Tahoe and Elko sent letters to the NIAA in February expressing a desire to remain in the Northern 4A. Fallon coaches and administrators favor a move to the Northern 3A; only if Elko and South Tahoe are required to play in the Northern 3A.
Brad Daum, Fallon's athletic director, said in a letter to the NIAA he had concerns about scheduling if the Northern 3A consisted of only seven teams and if some schools weren't required to field junior varsity or freshmen teams. He cited boys and girls soccer at some schools for not having programs for the younger players.
Donnie Nelson, the NIAA's assistant director, gave a short history of the current realignment process. After the Board of Control heard concerns involving 2A schools, the discussion moved to the Northern 3A.
Bonine suggested three options to board members in dealing with the Northern 4A high schools recommended for realignment. He said the NIAA could realign schools based only on enrollment. For example, he said schools under 1,500 students would be required to play in the Northern 3A.
The second suggestion he mentioned would take the committee's recommendation and come back with either a yes or no vote. The third option would have board members voting for the committee's recommendation and then having the schools approach the NIAA asking for permission to remain in the Northern 4A.
Lyon County Superintendent Nat Lommori, who represents District III in Northern Nevada, said he strongly wants to re-examine Hug and Wooster for realignment. Until a vote is taken for realignment, Lommori said Yerington's proposed move to the Northern 2A will be on hold.
Charlie Walsh, vice principal at Sparks High School and Class 3A liaison to the Board of Control, said his conference is unique and needs direction from the NIAA. Walsh said he is concerned with the future of the league if the 3A is allowed to exist with six teams in Northern Nevada and five in Southern Nevada.
"The 3A has been the best thing for Sparks," Walsh said. "But our girls' program is struggling."
Walsh then slammed several Washoe County high school officials for rejecting the initial proposal.
"The coaches at Hug and Wooster don't want to go to the 3A because it's beneath them," Walsh said.
Instead of allowing schools to pick and chose, Walsh said the NIAA may have to be a dictatorship and tell the schools where they are going to play.
Bonine said every four years the NIAA looks at realigning Nevada's high schools. During the third year, the NIAA begins to examine schools and their enrollment. This year, the NIAA also added competitive balance and geographic location.
"We decided to look outside the box," Bonine said several times.
Nelson said the NIAA has the right to realign schools the way it wants.
"It should be a wild meeting in June," Nelson said.