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MHSAA football schedule for 8-19-16

  Date Sport Level Home Away Site Time 08/19/2016 Football Varsity ALCORN CENTRAL BIGGERSVILLE ALCORN CENTRAL HS 7:00 PM Football Varsity AMORY DESOTO CENTRAL AMORY HS 7:00 PM Football Varsity BALDWYN MOOREVILLE BALDWYN HS 7:00 PM Football Varsity BELMONT SMITHVILLE BELMONT HS 7:00 PM Football Varsity BILOXI ST STANISLAUS BILOXI …

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Games for the week of 8-14-16

Mississippi High School Activities Association game schedule for the week of August 14, 2016 Date Sport Level Home Away Site Time 08/15/2016 Football Mid Sch BOGUE CHITTO (7)MS TBA BOGUE CHITTO HS 6:00 PM Football Mid Sch TOPEKA TILTON TBA TOPEKA TILTON MS 6:00 PM Slowpitch JV BOONEVILLE BALDWYN BOONEVILLE …

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Volleyball pre-game procedure

Pre-game warmups procedure for the 2016 volleyball season for regular season and for the playoffs: This follows the procedure for prematch in the NFHS Handbook on Page 9 Section 6. Pre-match conference and coin toss 10 minute warm-up for both teams  Home team – 4 minutes Visiting team – 4 …

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South Carolina football player dies after collapsing at practice

According to The State newspaper in South Carolina, a 14-year-old football player on the River Bluff football team died Wednesday after collapsing at practice. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Lexington Medical Center Emergency Department. Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/sports/high-school/prep-football/article95002192.html  

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Games for the week of 8-7-16

  Header Sport Level Home Visitor Site Time 08/08/2016 Soccer-G JV Presbyterian Christian Copiah Acad. Tatum Park Field # 11 4:00 PM Soccer-G Varsity Presbyterian Christian Copiah Acad. Tatum Park Field # 11 5:30 PM Volleyball JV BRANDON MADISON CENTRAL BRANDON HS 5:30 PM Volleyball Mid Sch Desoto Central MS …

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High temperatures welcome start of football

Football teams across the state hit the field today as August 1 marked the date that MHSAA schools could begin practice for the 2016 season. High temperatures across the state ranged from the high 80s in Biloxi to the mid 90s in Tupelo, and the heat indexes across Mississippi reached or …

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2016 Region 6 Cross Country Championships

Schedules: Tuesday, October 25 Region Girls’ Race Boys’ Race Awards 3-2A 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 3-3A 3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 2-4A 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Thursday, October 27 Region Girls’ Race Boys’ Race Awards 2-5A 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 2-6A 3:15 p.m. …

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2016-2017 MHSAA basketball region tournament sites

Will be updated. Class Region Location 1A 1 Wheeler at Booneville 1A 4 Vardaman 1A 8 Stringer 2A 1 Mantachie 2A 6 Puckett 2A 8 Richton 3A 1 Booneville at NEMCC 3A 4 North Pontotoc 3A 6 Morton 3A 8 Seminary 4A 1 IAHS at ICC 4A 7 Forrest AHS …

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Heat illness prevention course

http://nfhslearn.com/courses/34000/heat-illness-prevention Exertional heat stroke is the leading cause of preventable death in high school athletics. Exertional heat stroke also results in thousands of emergency room visits and hospitalizations throughout the nation each year. This free course, brought to you by EAS Sports Nutrition, a division of Abbott Labs, is designed …

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New lineup procedures approved for volleyball

2016-17 MMVOA Volleyball Rules By Cody Porter of the NFHS The process for submitting lineups in high school volleyball has been revised for the 2016-17 season. In addition to the revision in Rule 7-1-4 regarding lineup procedures, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Volleyball Rules Committee recommended …

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Freestyle turn position clarified in swimming and diving

2016-17 Swimming and Diving Rules By NFHS on April 19, 2016 At its March 21-23 meeting in Indianapolis, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Swimming and Diving Rules Committee approved a change to the freestyle portion of the individual medley and medley relay as it relates to …

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Track & field/cross country rules changes include assisting injured competitor

2017 Track and Field and Cross Country Rules PowerPoint 2017 – 2nd Update By Maddie Koss of the NFHS on July 13, 2016 Effective with the 2017 high school track and field season, a participant who assists an injured/ill competitor shall not be disqualified if an appropriate health-care professional is …

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Softball rules changes focus on uniforms, equipment

2017_softball_rules_changes By Maddie Koss of the NFHS on July 12, 2016 The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Softball Rules Committee approved four additions to Rule 3 regarding uniforms, equipment and substitutions at its June 13-15 meeting in Indianapolis. These changes approved by the committee, along with one …

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