Posted:
Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:53 pm
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[align=center]NDHSAA at it again
[url=mailto:daves@jamestownsun.com]David Selvig[/url] The Jamestown Sun
Published Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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[align=left]A long time ago I quit trying to make heads or tails of some of the decisions the North Dakota High School Activities Association makes.
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Why? Because many of the things they do are as perplexing as those green sport coats they parade around in. What’s the deal with those things? Did each one of them win the Masters or something? I know the answer to that one, unlike many of the decisions they’ve come to in recent years.
The original plan to move Jamestown High School to the West Region left many people scratching their heads to the point of needing Neosporin.
Well, here we go again.
On Thursday at the NDHSAA’s Board of Directors Meeting in Bismarck, the four-person football committee is scheduled to meet and likely pass, or more appropriately, fumble, the Blue Jays back into the East Region for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
The deal is not believed to be completely sealed, but the adhesive appears to have been licked to say the least.
Due to the demographics of this state, finding a perfect and permanent solution to everyone’s problems might be virtually impossible. But for the NDHSAA to turn Jamestown into North Dakota’s version of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders is simply not fair.
[size=17]When asked last year why Jamestown was being moved into the West Region, about the best answer I could pull out of any NDHSAA big-wig went something like this: “Well, it was going to happen eventually.â€Â
Posted:
Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:02 pm
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Proposals for North Dakota high school football team divisions
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Proposals for a four-division alignment and three-division alignment being considered by the North Dakota High School Activities Association for football:
[align=center]Four Division Alignment[/align]
[align=center]Division AAA[/align]
East Fargo North, Fargo Shanley, Fargo South, Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River, Jamestown, Wahpeton, West Fargo.
West Bismarck, Bismarck Century, Bismarck St. Mary's, Dickinson, Mandan, Minot, Turtle Mountain, Williston.
[align=center]Division AA[/align]
East Bottineau, Carrington, Central Cass, Devils Lake, Fargo Oak Grove, Grafton, Rugby, Valley City.
West Beulah, Bowman, Dickinson Trinity, Hazen, Minot Ryan, New Town, Standing Rock, Watford City.
[align=center]Division A[/align]
Region 1: Enderlin-Maple Valley, Kindred, LaMoure-L-M, Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock, Lisbon, Milnor-North Sargent, Northern Cass, Oakes.
Region 2: Cavalier, Larimore, Mayville-Portland-C-G, Midway-Minto, North Border, Northwood-Hatton, Park River-Fordville-Lankin, Thompson.
Region 3: Des Lacs-Burlington, Harvey, Kenmare, Langdon, New Rockford-Sheyenne, Rolla-Rock Lake-Rolette-Wolford, Surrey, Velva.
Region 4: Beach, Belfield-South Heart, Berthold, Garrison-Max, Grant County, Killdeer, New Salem, Stanley-Powers Lake.
[align=center]9-man[/align]
Region 1: Edgeley-Kulm, Ellendale, Napoleon, Shiloh Christian, Steele-Dawson-TTP, Strasburg-Zeeland, Wishek-Ashley.
Region 2: Barnes County North, Hankinson, Hillsboro, Hope-Page-Finley-Sharon, Richland, Sargent Central, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood.
Region 3: Adams-Edmore-Edinburg, Central Valley, Dakota Prairie, Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley, Griggs County Central, Lakota, North Star.
Region 4: Dunseith, Maddock, North Central Benson, St. John, Towner-G-U, Tri-County, Wells County.
Region 5: Divide County, Glenburn, Mohall-Sherwood, Parshall, Tioga-Ray, Trenton, Westhope-Newburg.
Region 6 Center, Hettinger, Mott-Regent, Richardton-Taylor, Underwood, Washburn, Wilton-Wing.
[align=center]Three Division Alignment[/align]
[align=center]Division AAA[/align]
East Fargo North, Fargo Shanley, Fargo South, Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River, Jamestown, Wahpeton, West Fargo.
West Bismarck, Bismarck Century, Bismarck St. Mary's, Dickinson, Mandan, Minot, Turtle Mountain, Williston.
[align=center]Division AA[/align]
Region 1: Central Cass, Enderlin-Maple Valley, Fargo Oak Grove, Kindred, LaMoure-L-M, Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock, Lisbon, Milnor-North Sargent, Oakes, Valley City.
Region 2: Carrington, Cavalier, Devils Lake, Grafton, Hatton-Northwood, Langdon, Larimore, Mayville-Portland-C-G, New Rockford-Sheyenne, Rolla-Rock Lake-Rolette-Wolford.
Region 3: Berthold, Bottineau, Des Lacs-Burlington, Harvey, Kenmare, Minot Ryan, New Town, Rugby, Stanley-Powers Lake, Velva.
Region 4: Beulah, Bowman, Dickinson Trinity, Garison-Max, Grant County, Hazen, Killdeer, New Salem, Standing Rock, Watford City.
[align=center]9-man[/align]
Region 1: Edgeley-Kulm, Ellendale, Napoleon, Steele-Dawson-TTP, Strasburg-Zeeland, Wishek-Ashley.
Region 2: Barnes County North, Hankinson, Northern Cass, Richland, Sargent Central, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood.
Region 3: Central Valley, Dakota Prairie, Griggs County Central, Hillsboro, Hope-Page-Finley-Sharon, Thompson.
Region 4: Adams-Edmore-Edinburg, Drayton-St. Thomas-Valley, Lakota, Midway-Minto, North Border, Park River-Fordville-Lankin.
Region 5: Dunseith, North Central Benson, North Star, St. John, Towner-G-U, Westhope-Newburg.
Region 6: Maddock, Tri-County, Underwood, Washburn, Wells County, Wilton-Wing.
Region 7: Divide County, Glenburn, Mohall, Parshall, Surrey, Tioga-Ray, Trenton.
Region 8: Beach, Belfield-South Heart, Center, Hettinger, Mott-Regent, Richardton-Taylor, Shiloh Christian.
Posted:
Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:40 pm
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Editorial - Football proposal puts additional burden on area high schools
The Dickinson Press
Published Saturday, October 21, 2006Given the lower gas prices as of late, area high schools should start stocking up on the commodity for next year because they’ll be burning more fuel thanks to the North Dakota High School Activities Association.
The NDHSAA announced Thursday its reconfiguration for the upcoming football seasons, and the end result for area teams is extra miles. This also means extra time away from the classroom for students and teachers/coaches.
In the 9-man realm, Belfield-South Heart, Richardton-Taylor-Hebron, Hettinger and Mott-Regent will now travel during the regular season for games across the river. For those of you who may have forgotten, that also means Central Time Zone.
Underwood-Turtle Lake-Mercer, Washburn and Shiloh Christian are all “East Riverâ€Â