Monday Morning News
October 23 – Monthly Athletic Director Meeting (Zoom)
October 23 – NMOA Executive Board Meeting
October 26 – State Marching Band
October 27 – Soccer Brackets Released
October 27 – 6-Man & 8-Man Brackets Released
October 29 – State Soccer 1st Round (4A & 5A)
In the News:
STATE MARCHING BAND
The 1st Annual State Marching Band Competition will be October 26th at Rio Rancho High School. A link to the schedule and to purchase tickets can be found below. For more information, contact Zac Stevenson at zac@nmact.org.
State Marching Band Schedule
State Marching Band Tickets
ONLINE SPIRIT CLINIC
The NMAA will hold the alternative Spirit Clinic, October 7-25 online for those that did not attend the Summer Conference in July. This clinic is mandatory for ALL spirit head coaches and assistants. Visit the link below to view the clinic.
6-MAN & 8-MAN FOOTBALL INPUT FORMS
Seeding and selection for 6-Man & 8-Man Football State Championships will take place Saturday, October 26. Coaches Input Forms and the District Placement Forms must be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. in order to be included. WATCH the Selection Show at NMACT.org at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 27th on the home page.
Football Seeding & Selection Form
District Placement Form
SOCCER COACH INPUT FORMS
Selection and seeding for State Soccer will take place Sunday, October 27th. Coaches Input Forms and the District Placement Forms must be submitted no later than 8:00 am in order to be included. WATCH the Selection Show at NMACT.org on the home page at approximately 4 p.m.
Soccer Seeding & Selection Form
District Placement Form
TEAM PHOTO POSTING DEADLINES
Per NMAA bylaw 3.9.3, team photos must be posted to MaxPreps team pages for Cross Country, Football, Soccer and Volleyball. These photos should be posted at least three weeks prior to the beginning of the State Championships. Failure to do so will subject the school to a $250.00 fine per program.
HUDL VIDEO UPLOAD
Athletic Directors, please remind your football coaches to have their games uploaded to Hudl following their contests. The deadline for games played on Thursday and Friday is 1 p.m. on Saturday. For games on Saturday, the deadline is 10 a.m. on Sunday morning.
A full tutorial on how to use the NMAA “pool” can be accessed at HUDL Tutorial Video:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hrwclfm4qoers2x7l83z9/NMAA-Webinar.mov?rlkey=s5u16s91v57e1vds4w14exsja&dl=0
MAXPREP SCORES
Reminder to input your final score into MaxPreps as soon as possible, following your contest. Having an accurate schedule on MaxPreps with the final score is vital to the seeding & selection process for State Championships.
MaxPreps Score Reporting:
www.nmact.org/file/MaxPreps_score_reporting.pdf
AUDITING SCHEDULES & DRAGONFLY REMINDERS
The start of the regular season is upon us! Just a reminder to please audit your schedules each week to ensure you have officials scheduled for all contests with accurate game dates and times!
The travel ring policy is now in effect. Remember that you no longer need to determine driver, rider and meal fees. Everyone on the crew receives a travel fee, calculated one-way from each official’s home address to your contest site. That means if the individual official lives 30 miles one-way from your site, they are paid the fee from the 26-50 mile tier ($30), not 60 miles for the round trip! DragonFly will auto-calculate the correct rate for each official for you by selecting the “NMAA Travel” rule on the “Manage Payments” tab after your event. See this video ‘how-to’ link: https://youtu.be/gB_a5KluqHA
Here is the officials fees and travel ring document for 2024-25: https://www.nmact.org/file/Officials_Fees.pdf
For those that are hosting tournaments, if you have not already entered your event in DragonFly, here is a video ‘how-to’ link for building tournaments (remember volleyball pool play matches must be entered as scrimmages to avoid populating in MaxPreps rankings): https://youtu.be/eQNrjlGadfU
