Monday Morning News presented by Final Forms – February 22, 2022
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 27 – Basketball Brackets Released
March 1 – Spring Sports Information Due
March 2 – Hardship Review
March 4-5 – 1st Round of State Basketball
March 8-9 – Quarterfinals State Basketball
March 10 – NMAA Hall of Fame Banquet
March 10 – NMADA General Meeting
March 11 – NMAA Reunion Banquet
March 10-12 – Semifinals & Finals State Basketball
March 18-19 – State Spirit Competition
March 23-29 – NMAA Office Closed
IN THE NEWS:
STATE BASKETBALL SELECTION SHOW
The NMAA State Basketball Selection Show will be Sunday evening, February 27th, on the NMAA website (www.nmact.org). For an explanation of the seeding and selection process please visit the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCPRtxda_s&feature=youtu.be
STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING & WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to all the winners and competitors from this past weekend’s State Swimming & Diving Championships and State Wrestling Championships. Final results can be found on each sports landing page at nmact.org.
2022 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PASSES
2022 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes are on sale to the public. Tickets are $95 each. Tournament Passes will be sold over the phone ONLY and no in-person sales will be taken. To purchase your 2022 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes on February 15th, call 505-923-3110.
BECOME AN OFFICIALS
The New Mexico Officials Association is looking for enthusiastic people that want to make an impact on the high school and middle school youth in our State by becoming a sports official. If you are interested in becoming an official, please contact Zac Stevenson at zac@nmact.or or Dillon Metzgar at dillon@nmact.org or call 505-923-3277.
NMAA STUDENT LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
The NMAA is looking for students to serve on our Student-Leadership Advisory Council for the following areas in the NMAA’s governance structure for the 2022-2023 school year:
Area A-Small: One representative
Area A-Large: One representative
Area B-Large: Two representatives
Area C-Small: One representative
Area C-Large: Two representatives
Area D-Large: Two representatives
At-Large (Small School Area C/D): One representative
Nominations/applications are due no later than Monday, March 1, 2022 Please click HERE for the nomination form. If you are not sure of which area your school is in, please follow this link to the NMAA’s governance structure: https://www.nmact.org/file/Section_3.pdf. If you have any questions, please contact Tammy Richards at tammy@nmact.org.
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.
MAXPREPS SCORES
Athletic Directors, please make sure that your MaxPreps schedules are updated with scores. Having an accurate schedule on MaxPreps is vital to the seeding and selection process. Although we are still a few months away from seeding & selection for State Basketball we need to be in the habit of posting scores immediately following each contest. For help with MaxPreps, please contact Tyler Dunkel at tyler@nmact.org.
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.
