Inter-AC Schools Won't Join P.I.A.A. {For Now} !!!!
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Inter-AC Schools Won't Join P.I.A.A. {For Now} !!!!
Inter-Ac schools won't join P.I.A.A., for now........
2/15/2007,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — The Inter-Academic League has decided not to seek membership in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, at least for now.
After the Philadelphia Catholic League chose to join the PIAA, Inter-Academic League officials sought information about PIAA membership. The Inter-Ac is made up of six private schools in the Philadelphia area.
Following a meeting with several PIAA representatives, the Inter-Ac decided to take a wait-and-see approach.
"What the headmasters and the athletic directors decided to do was just sit tight and see how all of this plays out with the Catholic League," Germantown Academy athletic director Jim Fenerty said.
The Inter-Ac schools are concerned about scheduling Catholic League schools, which they have done on a regular basis. Both Catholic League and Inter-Ac schools have used athletes who are in their fifth year of high school, a practice prohibited by the PIAA.
Catholic League schools must abide by PIAA regulations, including all eligibility requirements, when they join PIAA next year on a transitional basis. Catholic League schools will have full championship rights in the 2008-09 school year, when they join the Philadelphia Public League schools in District 12.
Inter-Ac schools are worried they cannot schedule Catholic League schools if the Inter-Ac schools continue to use fifth-year players.
The Inter-Ac also is aware of the PIAA's recent decision to investigate holding separate state championships for public and private schools.
New Jersey currently has separate championships for its public and private schools. However, West Virginia discontinued its separate championships nearly 30 years ago and has never gone back to staging multiple championships — partly because of the dwindling number of Catholic high schools.
Fenerty said PIAA membership is expected to remain a possibility for Inter-Ac schools.
"We got the feeling that the PIAA is in a state of flux in that there are a lot of public schools that have concerns about the Catholic League coming in," he said. "We just want to wait and see what happens."
The Friends League, a collection of small Philadelphia private schools, the Inter-Ac and a scattering of other private schools are the only Pennsylvania high schools that are not or won't soon be PIAA members.
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BAD ROAD TRIP:@ General McLane's boys basketball team had a sickening ride to its game with Warren last week.
Team members became ill when diesel fumes from their bus seeped into the cabin. Most of the players became sick only a few miles before the 60-mile trip ended.
Once McLane's bus reached the school, the players were checked and told to drink plenty of fluids. They were cleared to play and eventually won 58-56.
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NEW GYM:@ Easton Area High School is moving its basketball teams to a new, 3,000-seat gymnasium on its middle school campus next year, but it is uncertain whether its wrestling program will make the trip.
The school's basketball programs, including Easton's undefeated boys team, bid their farewells to the 46-year-old gym last week.
Wrestling is also scheduled to move to the new gym, but Easton's wrestling boosters are petitioning the school district to keep the team at the 25th Street gym.
Despite wrestling's popularity in Easton, the 25th Street gym has sold out just three times for the sport. Also, the wrestling team's practice room and coach Steve Powell's office are located in the older gym.
The Chops...
2/15/2007,
The Associated Press:
(AP) — The Inter-Academic League has decided not to seek membership in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, at least for now.
After the Philadelphia Catholic League chose to join the PIAA, Inter-Academic League officials sought information about PIAA membership. The Inter-Ac is made up of six private schools in the Philadelphia area.
Following a meeting with several PIAA representatives, the Inter-Ac decided to take a wait-and-see approach.
"What the headmasters and the athletic directors decided to do was just sit tight and see how all of this plays out with the Catholic League," Germantown Academy athletic director Jim Fenerty said.
The Inter-Ac schools are concerned about scheduling Catholic League schools, which they have done on a regular basis. Both Catholic League and Inter-Ac schools have used athletes who are in their fifth year of high school, a practice prohibited by the PIAA.
Catholic League schools must abide by PIAA regulations, including all eligibility requirements, when they join PIAA next year on a transitional basis. Catholic League schools will have full championship rights in the 2008-09 school year, when they join the Philadelphia Public League schools in District 12.
Inter-Ac schools are worried they cannot schedule Catholic League schools if the Inter-Ac schools continue to use fifth-year players.
The Inter-Ac also is aware of the PIAA's recent decision to investigate holding separate state championships for public and private schools.
New Jersey currently has separate championships for its public and private schools. However, West Virginia discontinued its separate championships nearly 30 years ago and has never gone back to staging multiple championships — partly because of the dwindling number of Catholic high schools.
Fenerty said PIAA membership is expected to remain a possibility for Inter-Ac schools.
"We got the feeling that the PIAA is in a state of flux in that there are a lot of public schools that have concerns about the Catholic League coming in," he said. "We just want to wait and see what happens."
The Friends League, a collection of small Philadelphia private schools, the Inter-Ac and a scattering of other private schools are the only Pennsylvania high schools that are not or won't soon be PIAA members.
____________________________________________________________
BAD ROAD TRIP:@ General McLane's boys basketball team had a sickening ride to its game with Warren last week.
Team members became ill when diesel fumes from their bus seeped into the cabin. Most of the players became sick only a few miles before the 60-mile trip ended.
Once McLane's bus reached the school, the players were checked and told to drink plenty of fluids. They were cleared to play and eventually won 58-56.
____________________________________________________________
NEW GYM:@ Easton Area High School is moving its basketball teams to a new, 3,000-seat gymnasium on its middle school campus next year, but it is uncertain whether its wrestling program will make the trip.
The school's basketball programs, including Easton's undefeated boys team, bid their farewells to the 46-year-old gym last week.
Wrestling is also scheduled to move to the new gym, but Easton's wrestling boosters are petitioning the school district to keep the team at the 25th Street gym.
Despite wrestling's popularity in Easton, the 25th Street gym has sold out just three times for the sport. Also, the wrestling team's practice room and coach Steve Powell's office are located in the older gym.
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