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Volume 13, Number 1 AHSAA Executive Director Update Newsletter               February / 2020

 AHSAA Winter Championships
 Set to Kick Off Busy February
                                                                     Inside
                                                                      this
                                                                     Month’s
                                                                     Update
                                                                      Savarese
                                                                     Commentary
                                                                       Page 2

                                                                 Central Board Winter
                                                                       Meeting
                                                                        Page 5

                                                                 Tribute to Class of ’01
                                                                     Hall of Famers
                                                                       Pages 6-9

                                                                  Basketball All-Star
                                                                   Coaches Named
                                                                      Page 10

                                                                   Charlotte Davies
                                                                 Retires after 33 Years
                                                                        Page 11

                                                                 State Champs Photo
                                                                        Gallery
                                                                     Pages 13-14
AHSAA Winter Championships Set to Kick Off Busy February
The AHSAA’s Democratic Process
    Depends on our Schools’ Involvement
  In our great democracy we call                                                   provide opportunities and fair play
                                                                                   for thousands of student-athletes.
the United States of America, we
                                                                                   This practice is a powerful responsi-
watch carefully to see how our repre-
                                                                                   bility, and Alabama is one of the few
sentatives in Congress or in our State
                                                                                   high school associations with this
Legislature vote concerning national,
                                                                                   process.
state and local matters. Their votes
                                                                                          Please use that strength from
impact our lives. Just as political
                                                                                   your vote to allow student-athletes to
votes affect our lives as citizens,
                                                                                   experience the gifts and lessons af-
school votes affect our student-
                                                                                   forded them through participation in
athletes in high school sports.
                                                                                   education-based athletics. It is not as
    The AHSAA is an association
                                                                                   much about winning the games as it
made up of member schools. Our
                                                                                   is about winning in the game of life.
schools have an opportunity through
                                                                                          In the words of philosopher Ma-
the AHSAA’s democratic legislative
                                                                                   ya Angelou, “You may encounter many
process to make by-laws and changes                  Steve Savarese                defeats, but you must not be defeated. In
that will affect our programs for fu-          AHSAA Executive Director            fact, it may be necessary to encounter the
ture generations. Schools create the
                                                                                   defeats, so you can know who you are,
rules, agree to follow the rules, and
                                           cess. The schools then have the         what you can rise from, how you can still
expect the AHSAA to govern the
                                           month of February to study the pro- come out of it.”
rules consistently.
                                           posals and vote their preferences. It           This period of time is critical in
   In the month of February, each
                                           is imperative that each school princi- determining who we are as a state
school has an opportunity to exercise
                                           pal embraces that duty and votes re- association. Now is the time to cor-
its voting privilege, and those votes
                                           sponsibly for what he/she thinks is rect, change or improve our by-laws.
are powerful. The outcome of the
                                           best for the entire membership.         Use your vote wisely.
schools’ votes can affect students
                                                In April, the AHSAA Legislative       Thank you for what you do. I look
and programs in the AHSAA for
                                           Council, made up of four members forward to seeing many of you this
many years to come. As our schools
                                           duly elected from each of the AH-       month as we head into champion-
vote on proposals this month, I en-
                                           SAA’s eight districts, carefully con-   ship play for our winter sports.
courage our membership to find
                                           sider their own district’s opinions
more ways to make kids eligible as
                                           and then cast their votes on each
opposed to making kids ineligible. As
                                           proposal accordingly. For a pro-
educators, our mission should focus
                                           posal to pass, it needs a two-thirds
on providing opportunities for every
                                           vote from the 32-member council –
student to participate in educational
                                           or a minimum of 22 yes votes. If a
based athletics and not just the elite
                                           proposal passes the Council, the
athlete. Dr. Martin Luther King re-
                                           Central Board of Control ratifies the
minds us: “The ultimate measure of a
                                           proposal for it to become a bylaw.
man is not where he stands in moments of
                                                 Upon review of the AHSAA
comfort and convenience, but where he
                                           Constitution, you will find that
stands at times of challenge and
                                           many of the bylaws were written
controversy.”
                                           almost 100 years ago. Those rules
     In the month of January, schools
                                           carefully crafted years ago still guide
may submit by-law proposals or
                                           our thought process as we strive to
changes through the legislative pro-
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ALFCA Honors Dan Washburn
Dan Washburn, who served as AHSAA Executive Director from 1991-2007, was
honored by the Alabama Football Coaches Association with the ALFCA Lifetime
Achievement Award at the organization’s recent awards banquet in Montgomery.
Shown presenting the award is Jack Wood (left), the Director of the ALFCA.

 AHSAA Legislative
 Process Discussed
 Kim Vickers, left, discuss-
 es the AHSAA legislative
 proposal process with Ex-
 ecutive Director Steve Sa-
 varese on AHSAA TV
 Weekly, the association’s
 weekly TV Show which airs
 each Wednesday on
 WOTM TV and its cable
 affiliates. This segment can be seen at the following link:
 http://www.ahsaa.com/Legislative-Proposal-Process
AHSAA Winter Championships Set to Kick Off Busy February
IMPORTANT DATES
Feb. 1-8: AHSAA Area Basketball Tournaments (sites are at schools which earned top seeds)
Feb. 5: District 5 Meeting, Hoover, 6 p.m.
Feb. 7-8: AHSAA Indoor State Track & Field Championships, Birmingham CrossPlex
Feb. 7-8: AHSAA North & South Section Wrestling Championships, Birmingham & Montgomery
Feb. 13-14-15: AHSAA State Wrestling Championships, Huntsville, Von Braun Center
Feb. 13-19: Regional Basketball Tourneys, ASU Acadome; Garrett Coliseum; JSU Mathews Coliseum;
Wallace-Hanceville Drake Coliseum
Feb. 23: AHSAA Medical Advisory Committee Meeting, Birmingham Sheraton, 2 p.m.
Feb. 24-29: AHSAA 98th State Basketball Championships, Birmingham BJCC Legacy Arena
AHSAA Winter Championships Set to Kick Off Busy February
AHSAA Central Board Approves Adjustment to
    Volleyball Season Playoff Schedule
       The Alabama High School Athletic Association Cen-
    tral Board of Control approved at its Winter Board Meet-
    ing January 15 an adjustment to the volleyball season and
    post-season schedule, providing more time between area
    tournament, regional tournament and state tournament
    play.
       The adjustments were made at the request of the Vol-
    leyball Coaches Committee. Next fall, the area tourna-
    ments will be played the week of October 12-17 with the
    regional tournaments being played Wednesday, Oct. 21
    through Friday, Oct. 23. The AHSAA Elite Eight State
    Tourney will be played Oct. 28-29.
        “The Volleyball Coaches Committee unanimously
    recommended the changes,” AHSAA Assistant Director
    Denise Ainsworth told the Central Board. “Volleyball’s
    entire playoffs have been over a 10-day period and this
    will give the schools more time between the different         AHSAA Central Board
    levels. It also gets the regional off Saturday, Oct. 24,      President Keith Bender
    which is an important ACT testing date.”                         Oneonta (District 8)
         The Central Board approved a third site for AHSAA
    Regional Cheer competition and approved a concept to require mandatory background
    checks on contest officials beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
         The Board also approved a transition from C2C Schools to Dragonfly Content Man-
    agement Software for member schools beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
          The Central Board reviewed legislative proposals that were submitted in January by
    member schools prior to the board meeting. The AHSAA Legislative Council will vote on
    the proposals at April’s Legislative Council meeting. Schools are being surveyed this
    month for their input.
         In other Central Board action:

   Approved Northside Methodist Academy of Dothan for Associate membership beginning
    with the 2020-21 school year.
   Approved expenses for the upcoming 2020 State Basketball Tournament.
   Reviewed football playoff comparison financial data (first four rounds).
   Heard a report from Daniel Smith and Michael McGreevey of Knight-Eady concerning the
    2020 State Basketball Tournament.
   Approved financial reports for the 2019 regional and state volleyball, cross country and
    swimming championships and the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star football game.
   Approved the NFHS COS Officials registration system beginning with the 2020-21 school
    year.
   Discussed District and Central Board representation and rotation.
   Heard a report from the Publication Committee concerning eBook costs.
AHSAA Winter Championships Set to Kick Off Busy February
Everyone Needs a Tom Calvin in their Life
       By DAVID ELWELL
      Decatur Daily columnist
 (This poignant tribute to one of the AHSAA’s all-time greats is
 being reprinted courtesy of the Decatur Daily)
      I firmly believe that if everyone had a per-
 son like Tom Calvin in their life that the world
 would be a better place.
      Calvin, who died (January 22) at age
 93, had a way of making you feel special. Part
 of it was his smile and that twinkle in his eye.
 There was also that firm handshake that pulled
 you into his world.                                                         Tom Calvin, shown with
      His wife Lenette is the same way, minus                                   his wife Lenette
 the firm handshake. They were a dynamic pair
 for 70 years and changed the lives of so many                     ject his managers were running to question. I
 people they touched. It wasn’t just football                      explained who I was and they relayed the mes-
 players or the girls she coached in gymnastics.                   sage. He later came over and apologized. The
 They were indeed an impact couple. Both have                      next time I saw him he apologized again and he
 been inducted into the Alabama High School                        did several more times. He made sure I knew
 Sports Hall of Fame, Calvin in the 1991 Char-                     that I was always welcomed at Austin, in his
 ter Class, and Mrs. Calvin the next year in                       office and at practice.
 1992.                                                                 I thought I had hit it lucky. I expected this
     I met Calvin when I was a rookie sports                       veteran coach to be someone who didn’t care
 writer at The Daily. It was in the summer, and                    much for distractions for his football program.
 he was preparing to start his fourth season at                    I thought dealing with the local newspaper
 Austin High. I lived close enough to the old                      would probably be a low priority. I was wrong.
 Austin campus that you could hear the whistles                    Instead we became great friends.
 from the football field in the morning and the                         Over the years I have put coaches in two
 band practicing in the afternoon.                                 groups. One group is coaches that use fear to
     One late morning as I headed home from                        get the best out of their teams. The players play
 the office, I decided to swing by the practice                    their best because of a fear for what happens if
 field. I had yet to meet Calvin. I knew about his                 they don’t. Then there are the coaches who
 playing career at Alabama and in the NFL with                     care for their players so much that the players
 the Steelers. I knew about his coaching success                   want to be successful so as not to disappoint. It
 at Sylacauga. The plan was to watch some prac-                    didn’t take me long to see that Calvin belonged
 tice and, if I was still there when practice end-                 in the second group. His players loved him.
 ed, I would introduce myself.                                           That season was Steve Rivers’ first year as
      In those days you could park on the street                   head coach at Decatur. The Daily’s high school
 right next to the practice field. I did and before                football spotlight was probably shining a little
 I could step from the street to the grass I heard                 more in the Decatur direction. Calvin had been
 this raspy voice repeatedly yelling across the                    at Austin three years with just one winning sea-
 field for the managers to "find out who that                      son. As the fourth man on sports staff, most of
 man is."                                                          my assignments were at Austin.
      It took me a couple of minutes to realize                          CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
 the raspy voice was Calvin and I was the sub-
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Tribute to Tom Calvin                                — Continued from page 6

   During school, Calvin was in
his office the last period of the
day. There was no football prac-
tice in those days until after
school. My visits would be during
that last period. I would ask ques-
tions about the Black Bears and
just let him talk. Often he would
divert to stories about growing up
in Limestone County, playing
football at Alabama, marrying the
head cheerleader at Alabama, play-
ing for the Steelers and the glory
days at Sylacauga. The stories were
so interesting that I would show          Tom Calvin in his days at Austin High School
up some days when I wasn’t work-
ing on an Austin story just to hear another one.         Calvin touched a lot of other lives and will
     Austin went 1-9 in 1981. After that season continue long after he’s gone just because of
the next three years were amazing. The Black       the people he touched. We should all be thank-
Bears won 31 games and in 1983 advanced all ful that he passed through our lives.
the way to the Class 4A championship game at
Legion Field. If there had not been a monsoon           Some Things You May Not
that night at Legion Field, I’m convinced Aus-
tin would have won that game. The wet field               Know About Tom Calvin
slowed down a fast Austin team. Murphy won         -----------------------------------------------------
7-0.                                               • One of Calvin’s best friends growing up in
      Calvin’s career was all about relationships. Limestone County was Alabama teammate
One of the most special relationships was with Herb Hannah, the father of the famous Han-
Rivers, who played for Calvin at Sylacauga.        nah brothers who played at Alabama in the
Rivers’ father was not around much. Calvin         1970s.
became like a father figure to him. Sylacauga      • Calvin played at Alabama in 1949 and 1950.
even won a tennis state championship with          In the 1949 Iron Bowl, he scored a late touch-
Calvin coaching and Rivers playing.                down to cut the Auburn lead to 14-13. The
      After high school, Calvin helped Rivers      PAT kick was missed giving Auburn the win.
get a scholarship to play football at Mississippi • When Tom and Lenette married in 1950, it
State. When Rivers was ready to start a coach- was the wedding of the cheerleader and the
ing career, it was Calvin who told Decatur head football star. The Birmingham News covered it
coach Earl Webb about him. Rivers joined           with a big photo at the top of Sunday’s front
Webb’s staff and that changed his life. He met page. The guests included players from both
his wife Joan here and eventually became head Alabama and Auburn.
coach at Decatur and later Athens. Their son       • The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Calvin in the
Philip has created a legacy as a star NFL quar- 25th round in the 1951 draft. He played for the
terback. None of that would have happened if Steelers from 1952-1955 then left to become
not for Calvin.                                    head coach at Sylacauga.
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Pioneer Becky Dickinson was
    Queen of High School Volleyball
 By BEN THOMAS
Alabama Media Group
(This poignant tribute to one of the
AHSAA’s all-time greats is being reprint-
ed courtesy of the Alabama Media Group)
   Legendary McGill-Toolen vol-
leyball coach Becky Dickinson
died January 14 after a lengthy
battle with pancreatic cancer. She
was 83.
   Alabama High School Athletic
Association Executive Director
Steve Savarese has called Dickin-                 Dickinson is shown here with
son the “queen of volleyball in the
                                                     some of her prize pupils
state.” Indeed, she helped propel
the sport – and women’s high
school athletics – to new heights during her      sports programs in the AHSAA are so out-
nearly 30 years coaching at McGill-Toolen.        standing today,” Savarese said in
Dickinson coached at the Mobile Catholic          an AL.com story one year earlier. “She was a
high school from 1970 through 1998.               pioneer, who, through hard work and deter-
   She won 20 state championships – 14 in         mination, paved the way for what the student
volleyball, three in girls’ basketball and three  -athletes are enjoying now.”
in boys’ tennis, making her one of the state’s        Bayside Academy Coach Ann Schilling,
most successful coaches of all time. Dickin-      who played for Dickinson at McGill-Toolen
son has been credited with lifting women’s        and was inducted into the same Hall of Fame
sports to a level never achieved before in Ala- in 2018, said it’s hard to put into words exact-
bama and was the first woman inducted into        ly what Dickinson meant to women’s athlet-
the Alabama High School Sports Hall Fame.         ics in the state. “She paved the way for coach-
She was selected as a member of that Hall’s       es like me,” she said. “She broke the barriers,
inaugural Class in 1991.                          Title IX and all that. What is really incredible
   “She’s the lady who broke all the glass ceil- is the hurdles she had to face early in her ca-
ings,” current McGill volleyball coach Kate       reer and then the incredible success she had
Wood said. “Her stories are some of the most that followed.”
remarkable things you can hear. I’ve won-             Current McGill-Toolen basketball coach
dered to myself if I could have been as relent- Carla Berry also played for Dickinson.
less as she was during those years, fighting for “She lived an amazing, purpose-filled life that
everything. It had to be exhausting.”             had an impact on so many, especially the
    Dickinson was the first volleyball coach at young women she coached,” Berry said. "She
McGill-Toolen with a regular-season sched-        often implored us to ‘leave a place better than
ule. She was the first girls’ basketball coach at we found it.’ By the grace of God, that was
the school – period!                              her remarkable gift.
    “Her passion and leadership are key rea-          CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
sons why the sport of volleyball and all girls’
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Becky Dickinson                                   — continued from Page 8

 “She exponen-
tially changed
for the better
whatever and
whoever in her
reach – McGill-
Toolen, gender
equality, wom-
en’s sports and
the landscape of
Alabama high
school athletics.
But most im-
portantly, her
girls. I thank
God for her
presence in my
life and imprint
on it.”                                              When Dickinson retired from coaching in
   Schilling said Dickinson left a legacy larg-    1988, her overall volleyball coaching record
er than life. “I’m very grateful that I had        (1,274-127) and winning percentage (90.9%)
her in my life for as long as I did,” she said.    ranked her as the nation’s winningest high
"I owe her a lot for what she taught me on         school volleyball coach. She led the Dirty
and off the court. She fought tooth and nail       Dozen to 14 state crowns, including unde-
against this disease all the way.                  feated seasons in 1978, 1980 and 1985. She
   “We got her a hospital bed, but she resist-     compiled a 397-112 basketball coaching
ed getting in it because she knew once she         record with the 1988 team finishing 29-0
lay in that hospital bed, it would be the end.     and ranked sixth in the nation. She saw 267
She was avoiding it like the plague. She put       of her players at McGill-Toolen go to
up such a good fight.”                             college.
AHSAA Winter Championships Set to Kick Off Busy February
All-Star Coaches Selected for 30th
  Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Games

   Coaches for the upcoming
30th  annual Alabama-
Mississippi All-Star Girls’ and
Boys’ Basketball Classic to be
played in Mississippi March
13 have been selected.
   Jamie Lee, Director of
the Alabama High School
                                       Krystle           Michael            Darrell           Audwin
Athletic Directors & Coaches
                                      Johnson            Rivers             Barber            Howard
Association (AHSADCA), an-
nounced Hoover High School’s          ing between Florence and Mis-        (230-51), who graduated from
Krystle Johnson will serve as         sissippi for the first 12 years.     Central-Hayneville High School,
head coach for the Alabama            The Classic moved to Pelham          is in his ninth year as the head
girls’ all-star squad and Pinson      Civic Center from 2003-2011,         coach at Central-Tuscaloosa. He
Valley High School’s Darrell          moved to ASU in 2012 and be-         led the Falcons to a 28-3 record
Barber will serve as head coach       gan the Alabama-Mississippi          last season and the 5A state title.
for the Alabama boys.                 home-and-home rotation once          Central is currently 22-3 this sea-
    Central-Tuscaloosa’s Mi-          again in 2013. Alabama’s All-        son.
chael Rivers will be the girls’ all   Stars are 1-2 in their three games      Barber coached Midfield’s
-star assistant coach and Weno-       in Mississippi since then. Ala-      boys to state titles in 2012, 2014
nah’s Audwin Howard will be           bama’s boys are 4-1 in games         and 2017 and directed Pinson
assisting Barber with the boys’       played at ASU and the Alabama        Valley to the Class 6A state
squad. Administrative coaches         girls are 3-2.                       crown last season. Now in his
will be Tammy West, head                 Alabama’s boys won last year      11th season as a head coach, Bar-
coach at Cold Springs (girls);        107-90 at Alabama State Univer-      ber, who attended John I. Leon-
Mountain Brook assistant coach        sity’s Dunn-Oliver Acadome,          ard High School in West Palm
David Good and recently retired       and the Alabama girls won 101-       Beach (FL), has a 253-165 career
Carver-Montgomery coach               82. Both squads hold a slim 15-      slate. His Indians are 16-3 and
James Jackson will serve as the       14 edge in the overall series.       handed previously undefeated
boys’ administrative coaches.            Johnson, a 2001 Hoover            Lee-Montgomery its first loss of
   Lee said the two 15-member         graduate, has played on a state      the season last weekend, 83-82.
team rosters comprised of 2020        championship team, coached as            Howard (123-65) attended
seniors will be announced at a        an assistant on a state champion-    Birmingham’s Jackson-Olin
later date.                           ship team and has served as a        High School. Now in his sixth
   The AHSAA and its coaches’         head coach on a state champion-      year as Wenonah’s head coach,
wing AHSADCA work with the            ship team, all at Hoover. Her        he guided the Dragons to a 31-5
Mississippi Association of            team won the Class 7A state          record last season and their sixth
Coaches (MAC) to produce the          championship last season and         boys’ state crown. It was the first
games annually.                       finished 34-1 and is currently       state title in his coaching career.
   The Alabama-Mississippi All-       25-1 in 2020. She has compiled a     Wenonah is currently 15-9 this
Star Classic began in 1991 rotat-     216-51 career record. Rivers         season.
AHSAA News …
Charlotte Davies                                                        Central NFHS School
Retires after 33                                                        Broadcast Team to
Years of Service                                                        Produce State Track
  Charlotte Davies, who has                                               The NFHS Network has an-
served as the administrative sec-                                       nounced that the Central-Phenix
retary at the Alabama High                                              City High School NFHS
School Athletic Association for                                         Network School Broadcast
the past 33 years, has announced                                        Program will produce the
her retirement, which will be ef-                                       AHSAA State Indoor Track &
fective March 1.                                                        Field State Championships at the
  Mrs. Davies was hired by Her-                                         Birmingham CrossPlex Feb. 7-8.
man L. “Bubba” Scott, contin-                                              Central’s Network supervisor
ued her role with Dan Washburn                                          Tim Loreman will be the exec-
and has been serving in the same              Charlotte Davies          utive producer for the two-day
role for current Executive Direc-                                       event. Set to serve on the pro-
tor Steve Savarese since 2007.        so much more than just how to duction team are Central stu-
   Savarese said Mrs. Davies has      do my job. They taught me         dents Brett Fleaman, Jordyn
been an integral part of the AH-      about life and how to handle the Gossett, Haley McDoanald
SAA staff for a long time.            trials that come with that life.” and Caleb Parham.
   “We wish Charlotte the best            She said she really loved        Central’s broadcast program is
as she moves into this next           working at the AHSAA – and        recognized as one of the best in
phase of her life,” he said. “We      especially developing so many     the nation with Loreman’s team
thank her for her faithful service    friendships with those she was    of students handling numerous
to the AHSAA for the past 33          able to serve. “I really enjoyed  live-streamed broadcasts over
years, and we want her to know        working with the Hall of Fame, the NFHS Network for Central
we all love her and will miss         meeting the inductees, hearing    each week. The program pro-
her.”                                 their stories and sharing their   duced the North-South All-Star
    Mrs. Davies said working at       memories.”                        events last summer during the
the AHSAA has been an im-                 She is looking anxiously at   AHSAA Summer Conference
portant part of her life.             what God has in store for her     and All-Star Sports Week.
    “It has been a journey, a great   now.                                 Track Wrestling, a partner
journey,” Mrs. Davies said.              “I will miss my family at the  with the NFHS Network, will
“God has blessed me with em-          AHSAA. They will always have a handle all AHSAA Section (Feb.
ployment at the AHSAA for 33          big piece of my heart,” she said. 7-8) and State Wrestling live-
years. I have totally and joyfully    “I must now travel onto the next streams (Feb. 13-14-25) with
enjoyed my job to the fullest. I      season of my life that God has    each match being shown over
have learned so many things           prepared for me. I will truly be the NFHS Network platform.
from the Executive Directors          indebted to my AHSAA family          WOTM TV and a host of oth-
Mr. Herman L. “Bubba” Scott,          for their friendships for as long er NFHS Network school
Mr. Dan Washburn and Mr.              as I live.”                       broadcast programs will live-
Steve Savarese. They taught me                                          stream basketball playoff events.
AHSAA News …
AHSAA TV Weekly
Looking for Highlights
   As many of you know, the AH-
SAA produces a weekly TV show
on WOTM-TV called AHSAA TV
Weekly. To see the coverage map
in your area visit the link on our
homepage at http://
www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/
WOTM-Coverage-2019_1.jpg.
   One of the segments on the
show is highlighting performances
and players with video highlights.
The show features some the AH-
SAA’s Top Plays of the Week. Our
plan is to make this feature the Top
10 highlights each week. We need
your help.
    If you have a special perfor-
mance or highlight you want recog-
nized or have video of a play wor-
thy of being recognized each week,
we encourage you to send it our
way through Dropbox, Google
Drive, or any downloadable link to
dholtsford@ahsaa.com. Please be
sure to identify the name of the
player to be highlighted and the con-   MILLER NAMED SAMMY DUNN AWARD RECIPIENT
test (including opponent) -- and be     G.W. Long baseball coach Drew Miller, left, is congratu-
on the lookout each week for AH-        lated by AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese;
SAA’s top 10 plays of the week!         AlaBCA Director Barry Dean and AHSAA Assistant
                                        Director Brandon Dean for being named the recipient of
Rules Tests Open for                    the Sammy Dunn Award at the 2020 Alabama Baseball
Soccer, Track Coaches                   Coaches Association Hall of Fame and Awards banquet
                                        January 17 in Birmingham.
  Coaches still needing to
complete the AHSAA Rules Test for soccer and outdoor track still have the oppor-
tunity to take the rules tests online at www.ahsaa.com. The Soccer rules rest will
close Feb. 6 and the track rules test will close Feb. 27. For questions concerning rules
tests, please contact Mark Jones or Ken Washington at 334-263-6994.
  Rules tests for softball and baseball also opened in January and will close Feb. 13.
2020 AHSAA State Bowling Champions

GIRLS: Southside-Gadsden Panthers: Coach Zachary Blume

 BOYS: Thompson Warriors: Coach Chris Hollingsworth
2020 AHSAA Wrestling Duals Champions

 CLASS 1A/5A: Arab Knights (36-2): Coach Michael Pruitt

CLASS 6A: Gardendale Rockets (16-5): Coach Brian Brasseal

 CLASS 7A: Thompson Warriors (19-5): Coach Shawn Weltzin
AHSAA SPORTSMANSHIP PHOTO OF THE MONTH

HOKES BLUFF BOWLER Carly Wood congratulates an opponent for an
outstanding roll during the first round of the AHSAA State Bowling Championships at Pel-
ham’s Oak Mountain Lanes. That example of sportsmanship, which was captured on camera
by Alabama Media Group high school sports director Josh Bean, was displayed by numerous
participants — a major reason bowling is one of the fastest growing sports in the AHSAA.
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the South’s most outstanding running back during the week. Shown present-       AHSAA news at
ing Perine his framed high school jersey is Bobcats assistant coach Vincent     www.AHSAANOW.com
Norvell. (Photo courtesy of al.com / Steve Kittrell)

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