MSHSL News
March 22, 2023
Winter into Spring
As we celebrate the final state championships of the winter season, we want to express gratitude and appreciation to all of our schools' teams for their participation and hard work throughout the season. The commitment to teamwork, sportsmanship, and athletic excellence has not gone unnoticed, and we want to thank you, educational leaders, for all of the time and effort that goes into a successful winter season of activities and athletics.
The majority of our Spring sports and activities are now underway. We look forward to snow and ice melting and the promise of exciting seasons.
This information is being reviewed by the League and partner organizations in preparation for taking the next step with these findings. Leaders of all partner organizations will be gathering the next few weeks as plans are made for the 23-24 school year. Please watch for further information.
MSHSL Foundation Form B1 and Form B2
Thank you to 100 members schools that submitted an MSHSL Foundation Form B1 or B2 Grant Application. On March 7, 2023, the MSHSL Foundation Board of Directors met, reviewed and approved the B1 and B2 Grant Applications based on the category requirements for each grant. Individual schools will be updated with their B1 or B2 Grant Application status in the next week. Thank you to all who applied for grants to assist with programming in the areas of leadership, health and safety and reducing barriers to participation in MSHSL Activities.
Schools with completed and approved grant applications will receive disbursement checks in late March or early April and are fully responsible for using the funds in accordance with the requirements of the MSHSL Foundation and consistent with their grant requests.
Competitive Section Placement Update
Below is an update on work being done in the Competitive Section Placement process. Here are the recent and next steps:
- On Tuesday, March 14, a subgroup of the AD advisory met to review submitted appeal information and score each appeal using the appeal rubric.
- On Wednesday, March 15, the full AD advisory committee met to consider all submitted appeals. ADs from those submitting appeals were invited to address the Committee. This committee submitted recommendations to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
- On Friday, March 17, the Board of Directors' Executive Committee met and took action on all appeals submitted.
- League staff is currently finalizing the section placements in all sports and activities.
- On Tuesday, April 4, AD Advisory will meet to review all section placements.
- At the Thursday, April 6, Board of Director's meeting, the board will act on the AD Advisory's recommendations for final section placement.
Following this process, the district football process will begin with the assigning of all football teams to districts with a completion deadline of the June 6 Board of Director's meeting.
More information can be found here. Classification and Competitive Section Resources
The video below was shared with ADs recently to assist in understanding and preparing for and learning more about the Competitive Section Placement process.
National High School Hall of Fame’s class of 2023
Two outstanding Minnesotans who have had significant impacts on Minnesota high schools received word last week that they are part of the 2023 National High School Hall of Fame’s class of 2023.
- Dave Stead, longest-serving executive director of the Minnesota State High School League and a pioneer in adding programs and national initiatives
- Bill Webb, longtime revered band director in the Edina School District
Read more about each here:
- Dave Stead, National High School Hall of Fame inductee, Class of 2023
- Bill Webb, National High School Hall of Fame inductee, Class of 2023
Stead and Webb will be enshrined in the National High School Hall during the NFHS Summer Meeting Conference on Saturday, July 1 in Seattle.
Connect
Connect, the Minnesota State High School League’s monthly online news magazine, is published the last week of each month. It compiles news and features from the League's previous month.