Monday Morning News
October 14 – Mid School/Jr High Wrestling/Basketball Practice Begins (if Split Season)
October 15 – Hardship Review
October 18 – NMAA Middle School Cross Country Invite
October 19 – NMAA/NMHSCA Basketball & Wrestling Clinics
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:
NMAA MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY INVITE
The NMAA Middle School Cross Country Invite is October 18th at St. Pius X. Race times are 4:45 p.m. (Boys) and 5:15 p.m. (Girls) Tickets for the event can be purchased at the link below.
NMAA Middle School Cross Country Invite Tickets
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.
HEALTH AND SAFETY SELF-AUDIT
Athletic Directors, the Health and Safety Self-Audit is due October 15. In order to host state events, schools must submit this form with verification that they have emergency action plans in place for all of their athletic facilities and also have an accessible AED. The form can be found at the link below. For questions regarding the Health & Safety Self-Audit please email Scott Owen at s.owen@nmact.org.
Health and Safety Self-Audit Form
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. Visit the link below to view the clinic.
BASKETBALL & WRESTLING IN-PERSON RULES CLINIC
The NMAA will hold In-Person rules clinics for the sports in Basketball & Wrestling on Friday, October 18th at 4 p.m. at the at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid in conjunction with the NMHSCA Basketball & Wrestling Coaches Clinic. For those not able to attend, the clinic will be filmed and placed online to gain credit. Attendance in person or online is mandatory for all head coaches.
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
