Monday Morning News
October 28 – State Soccer 1st Round – Boys
October 29 – State Soccer 1st Round – Girls
October 30-31 – State Soccer Quarterfinals
October 30-31 – 6-Man Quarterfinals
October 30-31 – 8-Man 1st Round
October 30-31 – Cross Country District Meets
In the News:
STATE MARCHING BAND
The 3rd Annual State Marching Band Competition took place this past weekend. Congratulations to all the winners and participants on a fantastic event. Full results can me found on the Marching Band page at www.nmact.org.
SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS RELEASED MONDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 26th
The 2026 NMAA State Championship brackets will be released at approximately 10:30 p.m., Monday, October 26th, via the NMAA website and social media accounts. No Seeding and Selection Show will take place for Soccer this year.
6-MAN & 8-MAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS RELEASED
The 2026 Nusenda Credit Union 6-Man & 8-Man State Football Championship bracket has been released. Please click the link below to view the brackets.
NEW NMAA X Account
The New Mexico Activities Association recently experienced unauthorized access to its X account, @_NMAA. An outside entity based in the United Kingdom gained access to the account and published numerous unauthorized posts, prompting X to temporarily suspend activity on the account while the matter is investigated.
While we work with X to resolve the issue, the NMAA has established a new account under the username @AllThingsNMAA. This is the same username used for our official Instagram and TikTok accounts.
We encourage all athletic directors and member school communities to follow @AllThingsNMAA for the latest NMAA news, updates, announcements, and information.
Please share this update with your respective school communities to help ensure everyone continues to receive timely and accurate information from the NMAA.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support as we work to resolve this issue.
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.
NMAA HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED
Nominations for the NMAA Hall of Fame are now being accepted. Click the link below for the form and criteria requirements. Nominations are due by December 1st.
http://www.nmact.org/file/HOF_Nomination_Form.pdf
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. New this year is a LATE FILM PENALTY. Please visit the NMAA Football Bylaws for more details.
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
Compete with Class Sportsmanship Scholarships
The NMAA needs your help identifying acts of excellent sportsmanship! Athletic directors, coaches, and school administrators are encouraged to share with the NMAA stories of students exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship and competing with class.
Each year the NMAA Foundation offers several Compete with Class Sportsmanship Scholarships. The recipients are selected from a pool of stories shared with the NMAA of students who exemplify the three pillars of the Compete with Class sportsmanship initiative: Respect, Integrity, and Responsibility.
If you have a story to share of a student competing with class, email it to julie@nmact.org or jp@nmact.org.
