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29-645: The Tri-Metro Conference is a MSHSL -sanctioned athletic conference composed of schools found in the Twin Cities metro area. The conference competes in the majority of sports offered in the MSHSL. Most teams in the Tri-Metro compete in basketball and football tournaments at the AA or AAA level. While for the past twenty years a majority of schools in the conference had been private, the conference make up has changed in

58-538: A single elimination tournament at the end of the season which awards a state championship to the winning team. Some sports also award individual championships as well. For a complete list of state championship winners by sport see the list of Minnesota State High School League State Championships . Because of the large number of high schools and large distances spanned between some of them, many schools are organized into conferences. These conferences, which, according to Minnesota State High School League rules, must have

87-598: 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

116-584: 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

145-628: A minimum of five members, are usually composed of schools that are in close geographic proximity and have similar enrollments. During the regular season, a school plays a number of its games against other teams in its conference (this number varies depending on the sport and conference in question). However, unlike with organizations such as the California Interscholastic Federation or Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ,

174-553: A section has more or less teams than an even 8 or 16, higher seeded teams may receive byes, or lower seeded teams may have to play an extra play-in game. The other option is for a section to be divided into two 8-team (or more) sub-sections with the sub-section champions playing for the section title. These sections are strictly geographical, and are normally numbered from Southeast to Northwest. Thus, with football, for example, Section 1AAA would have schools in Class AAA that are from

203-985: A team's conference standing has no bearing on its postseason. Since every team makes the playoffs and seeding is done at the discretion of the section, a team's conference performance has no direct effect on its postseason fate. A team could win its conference, but still be seeded lower than teams that finished behind it due to other considerations such as overall record, or the strength of opponents. Often, teams from one conference are spread over different sections and sometimes different classes. Some single sport conferences also exist, especially for hockey. The following athletes are among those who were in Minnesota State High School League activities in high school: Baseball Basketball Hockey Football Other Sports National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations ( NFHS )

232-495: A typical 8-team section, all 8 teams will make the playoffs regardless of their regular season record. If a football section has 9 teams, then the ninth team will not make the playoffs. In all other sports, every team advances to the postseason. In basketball, for Classes AAAA and AAA, a typical section has 8 team, whereas a typical section in Class AA has about 16 teams, and a Class A section can have 20 or more. In these cases where

261-435: A written statement from a health care professional, and places the decision with the school's activities director. Religiously-affiliated private schools are exempt from the policy. THe MSHSL was the first state association to officially sanction women's hockey , adapted athletics , robotics, and clay target. On April 17, 1975, the member schools of the Minnesota State High School League approved amendments that provided

290-432: Is AAAAAA (6A) for football. At the end of the regular season, every MSHSL team is seeded into a sectional tournament . For each class, the state is divided into 8 sections. Every two years, the MSHSL determines a school's activity classification and section placement. Different sections have different numbers of teams depending upon the class and activity in question. For example, most sections in football have 8 teams. In

319-540: 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

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348-576: Is derived from tournament ticket sales, broadcast rights, corporate sponsorship, and sale of tournament merchandise. The MSHSL was founded in 1916 as the State High School Athletic Association (SHSAA) in order to promote and regulate school athletics. It later expanded its mission to include fine arts programs. In 1922, SHSAA joined the National Federation of State High School Associations . In 1929,

377-629: 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

406-497: Is then split into eight sections, with the number of teams in each section varying. In April 1983 the Board of Directors adopted a policy which assigned schools with a minimum enrollment of 500 students to Class AA and schools with an enrollment 1–499 to Class A. Depending on the number of schools participating in an activity, additional classes may be needed or no class system may be needed at all. The highest current class in any activity

435-740: The St. Croix Lutheran High School boys track & field team won the Minnesota True Team State Track and Field championship. St. Anthony won the 2006 and 2008 2A baseball state championships. Also in 2008, The Blake School won the Class A state title in boys Cross Country. Minnesota State High School League The League also addresses sportsmanship , chemical health, scholarship recognition, and oversees tournament officials and judges. The League provides educational programs for coaches. The organization's operating revenue

464-735: 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

493-585: The MSHSL placed the schools in the conference. Previously, the conference underwent a major team shift in the late 1990s. For the 1997–98 school year, St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center, which had been members, left the conference for the Metro Alliance Conference , along with Mahtomedi High School , Mound Westonka High School , and Orono High School ; Farmington High School , which joined the Missota Conference , also departed at

522-560: 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

551-573: 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 ,

580-617: The Southeastern part of the state, while Section 7AAAA will have Class AAAA schools from the Northeastern part of the state. As a general rule, this serves pretty well, however it breaks down when dealing with the larger classes. In Class AAAAA Football, given the concentration of large schools in the Twin Cities Metro , Section 1AAAAA comprises the three Rochester public schools, Owatonna , and two southern suburbs. At

609-421: The State High School Athletic Association adopted a new name, the Minnesota State High School League, as well as a new vision. The League started accepting non-public schools' applications for admitance in 1974. In 1960, the MSHSL was sanctioned as a non-profit by a Minnesota State Statute. Beginning with the 2015 season, the MSHSL created geographic football districts for regular season scheduling. The change

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638-412: The changes necessary to implement reorganization for two class competition. Prior to this, schools of all sizes were competing against each other. The idea behind the division was to reduce the inherent advantage that was given to the larger schools. The Board of Directors assigned the largest 128 schools by enrollment to the AA classification. All other member schools were assigned to Class A. Each class

667-480: The other end, Section 8AAAAA covers the entire northern half of the state with Bemidji , Brainerd , Moorhead , Sartell , Alexandria , and one of the St. Cloud public schools. Sections 2AAAAA-7AAAAA are a mixture of suburbs , exurbs and Minneapolis / St. Paul schools. Each section has its own methods and procedures for determining seeding in the section tournament. Some sections use elaborate point systems while others base seeding simply on records. The winner of

696-534: The past decade, with Brooklyn Center and St. Anthony , Columbia Heights and Fridley being public schools. Conference membership has changed several times in recent years. Richfield High School joined the conference in 2019. The Academy of Holy Angels , Fridley High School, and Columbia Heights High School joined the conference in 2014, the latter two forced by the disbanding of the North Suburban Conference . These additions were coupled with

725-600: The same time. For the 1998–99 school year, St. Paul Academy , Visitation , and Mounds Park Academy left the Tri-Valley Conference to join the Tri-Metro, giving it the predominantly private school line-up had for years. Tri-Metro teams compete in the following sports: tennis (girls and boys), soccer (girls and boys), football , cross country (girls and boys), basketball (girls and boys), volleyball (girls), track and field (girls and boys), softball , and baseball . They have had recent success at

754-546: The section tournament advances to State. The winners of the section tournaments are seeded into a single elimination state tournament. Pairings of section champion at State are predetermined before the season by the MSHSL. In the Fall of 2005, the MSHSL experimented by having coaches seed the State Soccer Tournament. The following sports are offered under the supervision of the MSHSL. All of these sports have

783-552: The state-level in competition. The Blake School won the MSHSL Challenge Cup in 2005, 2007, and 2009 as the most successful school in Minnesota at the Class A level. Since joining the Tri-Metro, DeLaSalle has won nine state championships in boys' basketball 1998, 1999, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), three in girls' basketball (2011, 2012, and 2013) and one in football (1999). In 2007, 2008, and 2009,

812-427: The withdrawal of six of the traditional private school members at the same time, following the 2013–14 school year, citing differences in enrollment size between the newer members and the smaller private schools. Before these shifts, Brooklyn Center and St. Anthony rejoined the conference in the 2006–07 school year. The Tri-Metro initially rejected the applications of St. Anthony and Brooklyn Center for membership before

841-546: Was designed to help programs having difficulty finding opponents for an eight-game schedule. In 2015, the MNHSL board approved a policy on transgender athletes that allowed those assigned male at birth that identify as female to be eligible for girls’ teams. Girls, and by extension athletes assigned female at birth that no longer identify as such, were already eligible to compete in boys' sports. The policy requires applying for eligibility, sets out criteria for approval including

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