Monday Morning News presented by Final Forms
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 6 – Golf & Tennis Competitions Begin
February 6 – Track & Field Start Date
February 7 – Hardship Review
February 9-11 – State Chess
February 10-11 – Boys Wrestling Regional Tournament
February 12 – Swimming Entries Due
February 13 – Wrestling Brackets Released
February 13 – Spirit Registration Due
February 15 – NMAA Board Meeting
February 17-18 – State Wrestling Championships
February 17-18 – State Swimming & Diving Championships
February 20-25 – District Basketball Tournaments
February 20-22 – BPA
February 20 – NMAA Office Closed
February 25 – English Expo
February 25 – Science Olympiad
IN THE NEWS:
2023 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PASSES ON SALE NOW
2023 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes are on sale now to the public until March 1st at Noon. Tickets are $150 each, credit card ONLY, NO CASH SALES. To purchase your 2023 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes please call 505-923-3266.
STATE WRESTLING & SWIMMING TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for the State Wrestling and Swimming & Diving Championships are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the link below. No Cash sales at the events.
https://gofan.co/app/school/NMAA
STATE SPIRIT REGISTRATION
2023 State Spirit Registration is now open. Please visit the Spirit page on the NMAA website for the links to the online Cheer and Dance registration forms. Deadline to submit your form is February 13, 2023. For questions, please contact Alissa Wesbrook at alissa@nmact.org.
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.org 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 2023-2024 school year:
Area A-Small: One representative
Area B-Large: One representative
Area B-Small: One representative
Area C-Large: One representative
Area C-Small: One representative
Area D-Large: One representative
Area D-Small: Two representatives
At-Large (Large School Area C/D): One representative
Nominations/applications are due no later than Monday, March 1, 2023. 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.
DRAGONFLY & MAXPREPS SCHEDULE CHECK
Athletic Directors, please go into your DragonFly and MaxPreps accounts and make sure that your baseball, basketball, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field and wrestling schedules match. It is extremely important for scheduling officials, seeding & selection and MaxPreps rankings. Also make sure those schedules match any schedule posted on your school website.
DragonFly Entering Pool Play Tutorial
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 2022-2023 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.
