MSHSAA to Announce School Classifications

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The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) will now announce classification, as well as district assignments, for some fall sports on Monday, Sept. 21st. The sports of Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Fall Softball and Boys Swimming & Diving will have their classifications released on the 21st. The classifications for Cross Country, Volleyball, Boys Soccer and Football will be released no later than Wednesday, Sept. 23rd.

Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Fall Softball and Boys Swimming & Diving will have classifications released on the 21st

Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Fall Softball and Boys Swimming & Diving will have classifications released on the 21st

“As more information and data is made available on daily basis, a portion of our member schools asked for additional time to see trends for declaring for the traditional or alternate season,” said MSHSAA Executive Director Dr. Kerwin Urhahn.

Schools may use the alternate Fall sport seasons for any sport if the sport meets certain thresholds including, but not limited to, length of traditional season participation and access to traditional postseason. Schools choosing to use the alternate Fall season for any sport will automatically be included in the alternate Spring season

In the plan, the Winter season would remain intact with the first possible practice being Monday, November 2nd. The Winter season concludes on March 20th. Schools would be allowed to join the Winter season when their local guidelines allow.

In the alternate Fall season, the first allowable practices could begin on Feb. 22. Competitions would be able to begin on March 12th and concluding by May 1st. Schools that declare participation in the alternate Fall season will not be allowed to compete in that sport in interscholastic competition after September 17th.

For the alternate Spring season, competitions would be able to begin on May 14th and conclude by July 10th. A school’s team competing in an alternate season for any sport may not exceed the allowable number of weeks allowed in the traditional season as well as not exceed any contest limitations of the traditional season.

KPGZ Sports – Brian Watts contributed to this story