Monday Morning News – November 15, 2021
UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 1-15 – Winter Rules Clinics
November 15 – Basketball Practice Begins
November 17 – Commission Meeting
November 19-20 – 3A-6A Football Semifinals
November 20 – 2A Football Championship
November 24-26 – NMAA Office Closed
November 27 – 3A-6A Football Championships
December 1 – Winter Sports Information Due Online
December 2 – Board of Directors Meeting
December 7 – Hardship Review
IN THE NEWS:
8-MAN FOOTBALL & VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2021 NMAA 8-Man Football Championship and the 2021 Rudy’s Real Texas Bar-B-Q State Volleyball Championships wrapped up this past weekend. Congratulations to all the winners and student-athletes that competed. For complete results of all these events, please visit each sports landing page on the NMAA website.
2A-6A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS UPDATED
The 3A-6A Football State Championship brackets have been updated thru the quarterfinals and the 2A Football bracket has been updated following the semifinal games. Please click the link below to view the brackets.
NMAA FOUNDATION GRANT/SUPPORT PROGRAM
The NMAA Foundation was established in 2007 to serve the schools and students of New Mexico in various ways. Most notably, this has been done through the many scholarships that the Foundation offers each year to students across the state. Another part of the NMAA Foundation’s mission is to assist schools through the awarding of financial grants/support. In the past, these funds have been used to help with costs of starting a new sport or activity, purchasing essential equipment, and helping schools in emergency situations.
Please note that although this program is still available for our schools, the application process has changed. There are now three categories for which a school can apply for funding. These are Program Start-Up, General Operating Support, and Emergency Use. Schools applying through the Emergency Use category can submit applications at any time. There are two deadlines during the school year for funding requests made via the Program Start-up and General Operating Support categories, however. The second deadline is also around the corner – December 20th, 2021. The week after this deadline, the NMAA Foundation Board of Directors will review all applications and consider awards from there.
If you are interested in making a funding request, the school grant/support application can be accessed from the following link: https://www.nmact.org/file/NMAA_Foundation_Support_Grant_Application.pdf
The NMAA Foundation has allocated $15,000 for this program in 2021-2022, and awards typically range from $250-$1,500. Feel free to contact either myself or Tammy Richards (tammy@nmact.org; 505-923-3278) with questions.
REMINDER TO CHECK THE ARBITER
Athletic Directors please make sure you double, and triple check the Arbiter and make sure that all your games are in there correctly. That includes the game times. We owe it to the kids to make sure we have done the administrative side correctly, so that when they put on their uniform officials are there so teams can play.
COMPETE WITH CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
The New Mexico Activities Association, in conjunction with the NMAA Foundation, will be awarding a maximum of eight (8) $1,000 Compete with Class scholarships during the 2021-2022 school year. Awards will be given to students that best exemplify the three pillars of the Compete with Class sportsmanship initiative – Respect, Integrity, and Responsibility. Recipients will be selected by the NMAA Foundation Board of Directors based on recommendations from the NMAA and its member schools.
