Monday Morning News
October 16 – Mid School/Jr. High Wrestling/Basketball Practice Begins (if Split Season)
October 17 – Hardship Review
October 20 – Basketball & Wrestling In-Person Rules Clinics
October 21 – 6-Man & 8-Man Football Brackets Released
October 21 – Mandatory Spirit Rules Clinic
October 24 – Swimming & Diving Rules Clinic – Zoom
October 25 – NMAA Monthly Zoom Meeting
October 27-28 – 6-Man & 8-Man Quarterfinals
October 28 – 2A-6A Football brackets Released
October 29 – Soccer Brackets Released
October 31 – 1st Round State Soccer
IN THE NEWS:
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.
6-MAN & 8-MAN FOOTBALL INPUT FORMS
Seeding and selection for 6-Man & 8-Man Football State Championships will take place Saturday, October 21. 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 7:30 p.m. on the home page.
Football Seeding & Selection Form
District Placement Form
MANDATORY SPIRIT CLINIC
The NMAA will hold its annual mandatory Spirit Clinic, October 21st at Eldorado High School. Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. This clinic is mandatory for ALL spirit head coaches.
BASKETBALL & WRESTLING IN-PERSON RULES CLINIC
The NMAA will hold In-Person rules clinics for the sports in Basketball & Wrestling on Friday, October 20th at 4 p.m. at the at the Crowne Plaza in conjunction with the NMHSCA Basketball 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.
OFFICIALS RATING FORM
Please remember to complete the Officials Rating form for each official that you have assigned to your Varsity contests (both home and away). This is an important data point and an opportunity for you and your coaches to provide feedback to the state tournament selection committees. Here is the link to that form: 2023-24 Officials Rating Form
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.
AUDITING SCHEDULES & DRAGONFLY REMINDERS
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 new 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 2023-24: https://www.nmact.org/file/Officials_Fees.pdf
COMPETE WITH CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
The New Mexico Activities Association, in conjunction with the NMAA Foundation, will be awarding a maximum of six(6) $1,000 Compete with Class scholarships during the 2023-2024 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.
