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Proposal
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Traveling
Restriction Update:
Below you will find a letter from
Chris Franson at the MSHSL regarding the
June
ruling by the Board of Directors to restrict travel. Notice
that the ruling does NOT apply to the fine arts and speech.
Rick Purrington
MSCS President
To: Activities Directors,
Fine Arts Coaches and Directors
From: Chris Franson -
Assistant Director
Subject: Travel
Restrictions: Bylaw 410
The MSHSL Board of
Directors, at the
June
Board Meeting, approved strict enforcement of existing bylaw
410. Bylaw 410 states that a sanction form is required for
out-of-state travel of more than 600 miles round trip from the
school site, and it must be submitted to the League office a
minimum of 30 days before the event. The Board recommended
that: "Other than Minnesota's bordering states and Canadian
provinces, out-of-state travel will be denied if the distance
exceeds the 600 mile round trip from the school site."
The MSHSL Fine Arts
activities are only governed by select bylaws in the 100 and 200
series. Since Bylaw 410 does not apply to Fine Arts, the new
enforcement of Bylaw 410 does not apply to Fine Arts activities.
Travel for Fine Arts activities is still up to the discretion of
the individual school administration.
Athletic activities can
still participate in contests in bordering states (North& South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa) and Canadian Provinces (Manitoba and
Ontario) regardless of how far the school travels. Schools
could also travel to non-bordering states for contests if the
round trip mileage is less than 600 miles.
If you have any questions
about the policy or the Bylaw, please don't hesitate to contact
me or Dave Stead at the League Office at
763-560-2262.
Chris |
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2009 MN State
Speech Tournament
CLASS A:
St. Peter had three winners, and 10 other schools had one winner
each. Besides Bankson and Jansen,
the other 2009 champions are: Joe Ruch
of Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton in Creative
Expression; Anna Fox of Mankato Loyola in
Discussion; Jason Dennis and Luke Swenson of
Park Rapids Area in Duo Interpretation;
Baylee Amy of Maple
River of Mapleton in Extemporaneous Reading; Chris
Reisdorfer of Adrian in
Extemporaneous Speaking; Aaron Smith of St.
Peter in Great Speeches; Paul
LaNave of St. Cloud Cathedral in Humorous
Interpretation; Anna Remus
of International Falls in Original Oratory;
Erin Wermerskirchen of New
London-Spicer in Serious Interpretation of Drama;
Brady Ysker-Giefer in Serious
Interpretation of Poetry; and Emilee
Elofson of St. Peter in Storytelling.
Three Class A
schools won seven medals apiece: Fairmont, Mounds Park
Academy, and St. Peter. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley was second
highest with six medal-winners. With medals awarded to as
many as eight top finishers, 61 schools were represented by
students awarded medals for their 2009 state tournament
performances. There were 99 Class A teams represented
at the tournament, conducted at
Gustavus Adolphus College
in St. Peter on Saturday, April 18. There were 215 Class A
teams that competed in speech statewide this year.
CLASS AA:
The
three defending champions who claimed more gold were John
Hofmeister of Apple
Valley in Serious Interpretation of Drama,
Jaci
Berkopec of Eagan in Creative
Expression, and Jessy
Soderbeck of Eagan in
Storytelling. Apple Valley led the field with
five gold medals, while Lakeville North picked up three.
Besides Berkopec,
Hofmeister, and
Soderbeck, the other 2009
champions are: Kirstin
Yanisch of Mounds View
in Discussion; Ashley Mardell
and David Finseth of
Lakeville North in Duo Interpretation; Kate
Brown of Apple Valley in Extemporaneous
Reading; Karen Zhou of Lakeville North in
Extemporaneous Speaking; Sarah
Brickner of Apple Valley
in Great Speeches; Lindsey White of
Eastview in
Humorous Interpretation; Courtney
Koletar of Lakeville
North in Informative Speaking; Lindsay
Swiggum of Apple Valley
in Original Oratory; Tatiana Burton of
Apple Valley in Serious Interpretation of Poetry;
and Corron Baskin
of St. Cloud Tech in Serious Interpretation of
Prose.
Lakeville
North led the list of medal-winners with 14, while Apple
Valley earned 12. Eagan and
Eastview each finished with 10 medals apiece.
With medals awarded to as many as eight top finishers,
29 schools were represented by students awarded medals
for their 2009 state tournament performances. There were
69 Class AA teams represented at the tournament,
conducted at Gustavus
Adolphus College in St.
Peter on Friday, April 17. There were 108 Class AA teams
that competed in speech statewide this year.
Click here for full
results of the 2009 MN Speech Tournament. |
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2009 NFL National Tournament
Results Coming Soon...
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At the SAC meeting the dates for 2009
were confirmed for State Knowledge Bowl meet. We also set the
2010 State Knowledge Bowl meet for April 15th & 16th which also
avoids a conflict with the State Speech Meet. |
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