The Missouri River Activities Conference (also called MRAC) is a high school athletic and activities conference whose members are located in either the Sioux City Metropolitan Area or the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area , both located along the Missouri River on the border of western Iowa , United States.
30-565: Since Iowa is the only state in the nation that maintains separate governing bodies for boys' and girls' athletics, the classifications are different for each gender. The Iowa High School Athletic Association is divided into classes (from largest to smallest) 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A (A, and 8-player are also included for football only) while the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is divided into classes (from largest to smallest) 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A. Five of
60-598: A Level 1 - Accredited Interscholastic Coach issued by the NFHS. The National High School Hall of Fame is a program of the National Federation of State High School Associations that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school sports or performing arts. Since 1986, the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony has been the final event of the National Federation's annual summer meeting, which
90-584: A full member, while the body governing private schools is not an NFHS member at any level. In the state of Alabama, the public schools and a handful of private schools compete in the AHSAA ( Alabama High School Athletic Association ) which is a full member of the NFHS. The majority of private schools in the state are members of the AISA ( Alabama Independent School Association ) a non-member that uses NFHS rules. The AHSAA will not allow its members to play AISA schools but
120-540: Is an affiliate member, while other governing bodies are not NFHS members at any level. Similarly, the Virginia High School League , open only to public schools, is a full member, the state's largest association for non-public schools is an affiliate member, and other governing bodies are not members at all. The case in Mississippi is slightly different; the body governing public schools is
150-701: Is only one: the Summer State Championship, whose winners are currently recognized as the State Champions. Historically, however, the winners of all 3 tournaments are given credit for State Championships. Iowa was the first State Association in the nation to hold a baseball championship meet in the summer. The summer tournament was first held in 1946, with one classification from 1946 to 1972. From 1973 to 1980, there were 2 classifications (1A and 2A), and since 1981 there have been 4 classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A). The Spring Tournament
180-629: Is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States . NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indianapolis , Indiana. Over 19,500 high schools belong to associations that are members of the NFHS. Most high schools, whether public or private , belong to their state's high school association; in turn, each state association belongs to
210-671: The War Eagle Conference in 1979, began competing as the league's seventh school. LeMars Community announced in February 2018 that it would be joining the conference as the eighth member for the 2019–2020 academic year, leaving the Lakes Conference . Lewis Central and Glenwood were also invited, but declined, opting to continue competing in the Hawkeye Ten Conference . The conference offers
240-641: The AISA schools do compete with public and private schools outside of Alabama. Iowa has separate governing associations for boys' and girls' sports, including the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union . Only the Iowa High School Athletic Association is a full member of the NFHS; the girls' governing body is an affiliate member. The provincial associations of Canada are affiliate members of
270-604: The IHSAA and IGHSAU, teams are included in the largest 48, next 64, etc., on the basis of having either a boys or a girls program, as not all schools have both. This is to avoid a situation where boys and girls from the same school do not compete in the same class. Football classifications remain the same for 2 years, following remain the same for the 2021 and 2022 football seasons. Although different sources claim that certain schools to have been state champions in years prior to 1972, these championships are not apparently recognized by
300-504: The IHSAA and are not listed on its website, and it is not clear how these championships were determined. 8-Player started having postseason in 2000, the previous two years were regular season due to low number of teams. The standard team scoring format for golf tournaments, per NFHS guidelines, is to add up the scores of 6 players with each player playing 2 rounds of 18 holes. Teams are then ranked according to lowest score. * Plus golf schools that play in 4A conferences that wish to play in
330-507: The IHSAA are baseball , basketball , bowling , cross country , football , golf , soccer , swimming & diving , tennis , track & field , and wrestling . As classifications vary highly across sports, they are included under the individual sport section. The administrative staff that runs the IHSAA consists of the 7 members in the office of directors, and the 10 members of the board of control. The IHSAA, historically, has had 3 state baseball championships. Currently, there
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#1732794200988360-560: The NFHS. The NFHS publishes rules books for each sport or activity, and most states adopt those rules wholly for state high school competition including the non member private school associations. The NFHS offered an online Coach Education Program in January 2007. It released a course, Fundamentals of Coaching. The NFHS has announced that it will offer a National Coach Certification in September 2009. This will enable to coaches to become
390-573: The NFHS. However, in states that have separate associations for public and non-public high schools, only the public-school bodies are full NFHS members. For example, the Texas University Interscholastic League (public schools, with non-public schools generally not allowed) is a full member; the largest association governing non-public schools, the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools ,
420-675: The Omaha metro league, the two schools became charter members of the River Cities Conference, a league that included Nebraska schools such as Beatrice, Ralston , South Sioux City, Omaha Gross , Omaha Roncalli , and Omaha Skutt . With few options due to their size as 4A football schools, the Sioux City schools and Heelan sought out and were denied membership in both the Central Iowa Metro League and
450-623: The River Cities Conference. Undaunted, the schools petitioned the Iowa Department of Education for placement in an athletic conference. As a result of those proceedings, the Missouri River Conference was formed to meet the needs of the Sioux City schools, pulling the Council Bluffs schools out of the River Cities Conference to complete the six-school lineup. In 2010, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, a founding member of
480-535: The Summer tournament, the Fall tournament never divided into separate classes. . * IHSAA Board policy allows schools to participate in a higher classification than their enrollment places them in a sport with four classes. Schools requesting this placement will remain in higher class for two years. As a result, In the 2014-15 school year, there were 97 schools in 2A basketball, even though regulations call for 96 Bowling
510-401: The context of the team competition) to obtain the team's score. Teams are then ranked with the lowest score winning. Additionally, a team may have up to 7 runners count in placing for team scores, although only the first 5 scores, with the 6th and 7th runners serving to displace and lower the position of runners on other teams. In classifying Cross Country programs, due to the collaboration of
540-552: The dissolution of the Sioux Interstate Conference. The Sioux Delta Conference also dissolved that spring as both LeMars Community and Hull Western Christian had by this time found homes in the Lakes Conference , leaving the four Sioux City schools out in the cold. The Council Bluffs schools, meanwhile, were once part of the Omaha metro league which included numerous schools in Nebraska. After bowing out of
570-723: The early 1970s, Sioux City schools began to compete with schools in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , as a members of the boys-only Sioux Interstate Conference. In the late 1970s, the Sioux Delta Conference was formed between the Sioux City schools, LeMars Community, and Hull Western Christian to facilitate girls' athletic competition. A separate intrastate conference was necessary because the South Dakota High School Athletic Association conducted its girls' basketball tournament in
600-548: The eight members of the MRAC conference are part of the largest class for boy boys and girls athletics; the exceptions - Bishop Heelan Catholic, Le Mars Community, and Sergeant-Bluff Luton, are part of Class 3A for boys and either class 4A or 3A for girls athletics. For most of their athletics histories, the schools of the Missouri River Activities Conference were in other conferences. Beginning in
630-678: The fall and volleyball tournament in the winter, opposite of many bordering states. From the 1920s to the 1950s C.B. Abraham Lincoln and Sioux City East competed with three Omaha high schools ( Central , South and Tech ) and Lincoln High in the Missouri Valley Conference. Sioux City Central , which closed in 1975, was also a member. In spring 1997, the South Dakota High School Activities Association effectively closed its borders to interstate athletic competition, forcing
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#1732794200988660-415: The fall. In 2006–2007 there were 52 schools in class 4A In 1940, 1941, and 1986–1993, teams could also participate in a separate Fall Championship. Listed below are the champions of those tournaments. Beginning in 1994, the Fall tournament became simply the 4A championship. Those results are included above. The current State Champion is the winner of the spring tournament that has been held since 1995 and
690-574: The following sports: Iowa High School Athletic Association The Iowa High School Athletic Association ( IHSAA ) is the regulating body for male Iowa high school interscholastic athletics and is a full member of the National Federation of State High School Associations . Its female counterpart, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union , (IGHSAU) is an associate member. Iowa is the only state that maintains separate governing bodies for boys' and girls' athletics. Sports overseen by
720-529: The state meet. A separate wheelchair team championship is also awarded. In 2005, the wheelchair championship has been co-ed. The Iowa High School Athletic Association holds two separate team wrestling championships: the Traditional tournament, which also crowns individual champions, and a Dual Team tournament. The dual team tournament was held at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids a week after
750-576: The state of Iowa on a network made up of local television stations. Beginning with the 2016 football championships, IHSAA reached a deal with NBCUniversal -owned Comcast SportsNet Chicago to become the exclusive provider of these sports, making them available across CSN's footprint consisting of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana via television, online and the NBC Sports mobile app. National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations ( NFHS )
780-744: The traditional tournament, until 2012, when it was held the Wednesday before the traditional tournament in Des Moines . This was the subject of much controversy, as several teams sat their state qualifiers for the Dual Team tournament. In 1921–1925, the State University of Iowa (Iowa City) and Iowa State University (Ames) held open state tournaments that were not supervised nor sanctioned by the IHSAA. Prior to 2016, championship events in football, basketball and wrestling were carried across
810-648: The winner. Both singles and doubles matches are in a best-of-3-sets format. With a 10-point tiebreaker in the 3rd in most cases. Iowa's official track season is currently outdoors. There was also an indoor State Track Meet from 1926 to 1973, and the IHSAA is in the process of collecting and publishing these champions. The following is the current list of official track events according to the IHSAA Track: Field: Wheel Chair: State track titles have been given every year since 1906. Since 2003, there has also been wheelchair events at
840-399: Was divided into 2 classes in 1998 and 3 classes starting in 2011. From 1994 to 2000, there was also a fall State Championship tournament that crowned a single champion. Winners of both tournaments are considered State Champions. An IHSAA tennis team consists of 6 competitors. Each head-to-head competition is made of 6 singles and 3 doubles, each worth 1 point, and the first team to 5 points is
870-595: Was first sanctioned by the IHSAA in 2009–2010. Cross Country was first contested in Iowa in 1922, and is considered a fall sport. It is also the only sport that is jointly sanctioned by the IHSAA and the IGHSAU. The current official distance for cross country meets is 5000m (approximately 3.1 miles). The standard format for team scoring, per NFHS guidelines, is to sum the places of the 5 highest placing runners among qualifying teams (teams must have at least 5 runners to qualify in
900-482: Was held every summer from 1928 to 1972, and is the oldest of the 3 state tournaments. In the 4 years prior to 1928 (1924–1927), Iowa State College hosted an "invitational state tournament" in the spring that attracted nearly 40 schools, but was unofficial in nature. Unlike the Summer tournament, the Spring tournament never divided into separate classes. The Fall Tournament was held every summer from 1939 to 1985. Unlike
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