Publications Clarifications, Corrections & Updates
2009-10
HANDBOOK
Page 44, Section 14 Note—Clarified that a coach from a school staff of the same sport may not hold organized practice or competition for its school or feeder school players (grades 7-12) in that sport outside the sports season during the school year. Page 46, Section 17—Clarified that only hand-held blocking pads may be used during the first three days of fall football practice in shorts. Page 47-48, Section 20—Clarified that the Fifty Percent Rule is in effect for team play when students attend camps as individuals. A coach may work team and individual camps, but coaching his/her own students in team competition would count toward the maximum seven days of summer competition. Page 48, Section 21—Clarified that no football equipment except hand-held blocking pads may be used before the starting date for fall practice. (7-22-09). Page 51, Rule V, Section 1 --Updated the STAR Sportsmanship requirement for coaches (10-5-09).
FALL SPORTS BOOK
Cross Country: Page 91—Added Holtville to Section 2, Site A, Class 4A. Page 93—The misprint of deadline dates for State Meet entries (Nov. 9) and substitutions (Nov. 11) was corrected. (7-31-09). Page 92--Added Piedmont to Section 3, Site C, Class 3A. (8-10-09). The date of the Section 4, Site A meet was changed to Nov. 7. (8-12-09).Page 90--The date of the Section 1, Site A meet was changed to Nov. 5 and Fultondale was added to Section 3, Site A, Class 1A-2A. (8-26-09). Page 92--Added Ardmore to Class 4A, Site A, Section 4 (9-8-09). Page 92--Added East Limestone to Class 5A, Site A, Section 4 (9-29-09). Page91--The date of Section 2, Site C, Class 1A-2A was changed to Nov. 7 (9-30-09)
Volleyball: Page 79--Clarified area seeding when area teams play area opponents an uneven number of times. (9-8-09).
WINTER SPORTS BOOK
Wrestling: Page 53--Added Muscle Shoals to Class 5A, Section 2 (8-21-09) and Brewbaker Tech to Class 1A-4A, Section 1 (8-26-09). Page 53--Added St. Bernard to Class 1A-4A, Section 2 (9-29-09). Page 56--Updated officials' mileage rate (10-2-09). Page 53--Added Ranburne to Class 1A-4A, Section 1 (10-20-09). Page 53 & 54--Added Marbury and deleted Childersburg in Class 1A-4A, Section 1. Deleted Corner in Class 1A-4A, Section 2. Added Paul Bryant and Northridge to Class 6A, Section 2 (11-12-09). Page 53 and 54--Deleted Brewbaker Tech in 1A-4A Section 1 and added Austin to Class 6A, Section 4. Page 63--Corrected the bracket position misprint in the 6A, Bracket C (Section 3-Seed 2 and Section 2-Seed 3) (12-9-09). Page 57--Updated State Meet schedule for using 3 mats in the finals (12-16-09). Page 55--Deleted the required Entry Form 42 that is no longer used (1-15-09).
Basketball: Page 14--Updated the coordinator for Basketball Class 4A, Area 9 (8-27-09). Pages 27, 28--Updated officials' mileage rate (10-2-09). Page 39--Corrected misprint of Feb. 18 playing times for Classes 3A and 4A in Northwest Regional (11-12-09). Added St/ Bermard to Class 1A-4A, Section 2 (10-20-09). Page 21--Clarified that Form 43A is used for submitting area tournament brackets. Page 37--Corrected misprint of dates for Classes 3A and 4A girls semi-final games in Northeast Regional (1-5-10). Pagd 24--Corrected the misprint of the factor to apply in cc, dd, ee, ff and gg (1-22-10). Pages 35-36--Adjusted Central Regional brackets (boys and girls) around the host site schedule. Pages 37-38--Corrected the misprint of starting times for the Northeast Regional Class 4A finals (1-26-09).
SPRING SPORTS BOOK
Inside Front Cover: Corrected the junior high/middle school End of Season date to April 17 (10-23-09).
Golf: Page 113--Updated the site and the director for girls Class 1A-5A, Section 1 (9-3-09). Page 100--Added Leroy to boys Class 1A-2A, Section 1 (9-4-09). Page 107--Added Curry and Montevallo to girls Class 1A-5A, Section 2 and Randolph County to girls Class 1A-5A, Section 4 (10-26-09). Page 101--Added West Blocton to boys Class 3A, Section 2. Page 106--Added Alabama Christian to girls Class 1A-5A Section 1 (11-20-09). Pages 100 & 106--Added Saraland to 1A-2A, Section 1 boys and 1A-5A, Section 1 girls. Page 107--Added Red Bay to girls Class 1A-5A, Section 1 (12-10-09). Page 102--Added Jemison to boys Class 4A, Section 2. Page 103--Added Shelby County to boys Class 5A, Section 2 (1-7-10). Page 100--Added Saraland and Thorsby to Class 1A-2A, Section 1, Randolph County to Section 2, and changed the Section 2 date. Page 101--Added Montevallo to boys Class 3A, Section 2, updated the date and entry fee for Class 3A Section 3, and shifted Hanceville from Class 3A, Section 2 to Section 4. Page 103--Added Brewer to Class 5A, Section 4 boys. Page 107--Added Shoals Christian and Hanceville to Girls Class 1A-5A, Section 3 and Ohatchee to Section 4. Page 108--Changed date of Girls Class 6A, Section 3 (2-1-10). Pages 100 & 107--Added Brilliant to boys Class 1A-2A, Section 3 and to girls Class 1A-5A, Section 3 (2-3-10). Page 100--Updated the Director information for boys Class 1A-2Am Section 1. Page 101--Added Straughn to boys Class 3A, Section 1. Page 107--Added Cold Springs to girls Class 1A-5A, Section 2 (3-4-10).
Tennis: Page 34--Clarified the Evaluation Period in No. 2. Page 40--Added Ariton to Class 1A-3A, Section 2. (8-28-09). Pages 42 & 48--Added BTW Magnet, removed Northside in girls and boys Class 4A, Section 2 (9-3-09). Page 105--Established site for Boys sub-state North 1 (9-25-09). Page 104--Added Russell County to Class 6A, Section 2. Page 105--Updated the site for Boys sub-state South 1 (9-29-09). Pages 41 & 47--Added Victory Christian to girls and boys Class 1A-3A, Section 4 (10-29-09). Pages 40 & 46--Added Saraland to Class 1A-2A-3A, Section 1 girls and boys. Page 41--Changed Class 1A-2A-3A, girls Secton 4 date to April 21. Page 47--Changed Class 1A-2A-3A, boys Secton 4 date to April 22 (12-10-09). Page 51--Corrected the misprint of the Boys Class 6A, Section 6 date to April 19 (12-17-09). Pages 44 & 50--Added Minor to Class 6A girls and boys Section 2 (1-07-10).
Baseball: Page 68--Deleted St. Jude from Class 2A, Area 6. Page 71--Updated the coordinator for Class 4A, Area 9. (8-28-09). Page 64--Finalized baseball State Finals schedule (9-25-09). Page 69--Added Green County to Class 3A, Section 6 (11-20-09). Page 67--Added Jefferson Christian to Class 1A, Area 9 (12-10-09). Page 70--Deleted LaFayette from Class 3A, Area 7 (2-1-10). Page 66--Deleted J.F.Shields from Class 1A, Area 1 (3-4-10).
Soccer: Page 82--Added B.C. Rain to Boys Class 1A-4A, Section 1. Page 83--Added Faith Academy, removed B.C. Rain in boys Class 1A-4A Section 1. Page 85--Added Cottage Hill and B.C. Rain To girls Class 1A-4A, Section 1. Page 86--Added Faith Academy, removed B.C. Rain in girls Class 5A, Section 1. (8-28-09). Page 93--Updated playoff bracket to reflect rotation of home teams to top of the bracket. (9-9-09). Page 82 & 85--Added Elmore County to boys and girls Class 1A-4A, Section 2 (9-25-09). Page 83 and 86--Added J.O. Johnson to Class 5A, Section 7 boys and girls. Page 84 & 87: Added Jackson-Olin to Class 6A, Section 5 boys and girls. Page 84: Added Jess Lanier to Boys Class 6A , Section 6 (10-27-09). Page 82: Deleted Ansalusia from Class 1A-4A boys Section 1. Page 85: Added Coosa Christian to Girls Class 1A-4A, Section 6 (12-10-09). Page 92--Revised the later times recommended by the Soccer Committee to take care of any weather delays. Pages 82 & 85--Deleted American Christian from boys and girls Class 1A-4A, Section 3 (12-18-09). Page 83--Added Butler to Clas 5A boys Section 7. Page 84--Added Jeff Davis to Class 6A boys Section 4. Page 87--Added Stanhope Elmore to Class 6A girls Section 4 (2-1-10). Page 91--Corrected the home team designation if determined by position on the bracket (2-5-10). Page 94--Deleted Jeff Davis from Class 6A Boys, Section 4 (3-4-10).
Softball: Page 143--Updated the coordinator for Class 4A, Area 9 (8-28-09). Page 142--Added J.B. Pennington to Class 3A, Area 12 (11-3-09). Page 125--Updated the director of the South Regional to Grant Brown. Page 126--Corrected the misprint in the Awards section (2-1-10). Page 142--Added Altamont to Class 3A, Area 9 (3-4-10).
Track: Page 13--Added Catholic-Huntsville to Class 3A, Section 3 (11-20-09). Page 11--Added Providence Christian to Class 1A, Section 1 (12-15-09). Page 7--Clarified rule governing undergarments under 3(b) and the sunglasses exception under 4. Page 10--Changed the site of Class 1A, Section 1 to Paul Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa. Page 12--Added West End to Class 2A, Section 3. Page 14--Added Hokes Bluff to Class 4A, Section 3. Page 15--Corrected the site misprint to McGill-Toolen High School. Page 19-22--Adjusted some Class 1A-3A state meet event times, Pages 24-28--Adjusted some Class 4A-6A state meet event times. (2-1-10). Page 5--Clarified the number of meets allowed for high school and junior high/middle schools (2-5-10). Page 12--Deleted J.B. Pennington from Class 2A, Section 2. Page 13--Deleted Headland from Class 3A, Secton 2. Page 14--Deleted Lauderdale Co. from Class 3A, Section 4. (3-4-10)