Prep Notebook: Top state volleyball teams visit Longview
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:17 PM PDT
By Rick McCorkle
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E-mail this articleFive state-ranked teams will be in the hunt for tournament hardware when they visit Ted M. Natt Court and Myklebust Gym on Saturday for the 10th annual Monarch Challenge volleyball tournament, hosted by Mark Morris.
Besides MM, the 16-team field includes state-ranked Class 2A teams Lynden (third), Black Hills (fifth), Burlington-Edison (sixth) and Tumwater (seventh), along with La Conner, the top-ranked Class 2B team.
In addition, teams from Kelso, Kalama, Columbia River, Hudson’s Bay, W.F. West, River Ridge, Capital, Timberline, Sequim and Mount Baker are also slated to compete.
Teams will be split into four-team pools, with the top two teams from each pool advancing to the championship bracket. The remaining teams will be seeded into a consolation bracket.
Games will be played on two courts at MM’s Natt Court and two courts at Lower Columbia College’s Myklebust Gym. Pool games begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue through the last round at 12:30 p.m.
Championship and consolation bracket matches will follow.
Monarchs’ Perkins named NFL/Sterling top coach
Mark Morris football coach Shawn Perkins was named the NFL/Sterling Savings Bank Football Coach of the Week for the combined Class 2A/1A/2B/1B, following the Monarchs’ 28-18 victory over Centralia on Sept. 12.
Each week during the football season, the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington State Football Coaches Association select two high school coaches to receive Coach of the Week honors. The winning coach’s school also receives a $500 donation to its football program from the Seahawks and the NFL Youth Football Fund.
OSAA considering new standards for athletes
A proposal before the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) would make student-athletes more accountable in the classroom so they can maintain eligibility in their extra curricular activities.
At the Sept. 8 meeting of the OSAA executive board, it supported increasing the number of classes students must pass from five to six for students enrolled in seven or eight courses and require students to have earned a specific number of credits before their sophomore, junior and senior years.
The OSAA’s proposed rule is partly a result of the State Board of Education’s decision last year to increase the graduation requirements to 24 credits. The OSAA hopes the proposed academic eligibility requirements make certain that student-athletes would be on track to earn a diploma.
“It’s not the kind of issue that’s going to get people angry,” OSAA executive board member Craig Rothenberger told Oregonlive.com. “The ultimate goal for everybody is that kids get through school and graduate.”
Under the current standards, student-athletes must have passed five classes in their previous semester, and be passing five classes in the current semester to be eligible. Grades and grade point averages in prior years weren’t factored into figuring current eligibility.
The proposal will be discussed at the OSAA delegate assembly on Oct. 20. If passed in April, it would take effect at the beginning of the 2009-10 school session, and would be implemented on the incoming freshmen only.
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