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DISTRICT II
Frank Majikes,
Chairman Tom Jenkins, Vice Chairman
Mike Ognosky, Secretary
Frank Victor, Treasurer
Wilkes Barre
AVTS
Wilkes Barre,
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Meeting
was convened at
ITEM 1 Chairman Majikes called the meeting
to order at
Absent but accounted for: Don Rogers, Rose Marie Crotti, Dan Donovan, Don Kanavy, Marty Lawler and Phil Cappellini
Advisors Present: Dolores Dalickas
ITEM 2 Chairman Majikes
announced to the committee that congratulations are in order
to Frank Galicki in his recent appointment to the Assistant Superintendent
position in the
ITEM 3 A motion was
made by Maureen Williams, seconded by Bob Okrasinski, to approve the minutes of
the
ITEM 4 Frank Victor presented the
Treasurer’s Report. He reported a
current fund balance (as of
A motion was made by
ITEM 5 SPORTS REPORTS:
a.) Field Hockey
(Tom Finan): Tom announced that the
District Championships will be held this evening at
b.) Cross Country (Bill King): Bill praised the efforts of all that assisted with the very successful district championships held in the past week. He explained that at this year’s championships, chips were placed in one of the runner’s shoes in order to assist with the timing of the event. In a coaches’ meeting prior to the event, it was decided that spotters would be placed at the finish line and would assist in the calling of close finishes by utilizing the torso of the runner. This is exactly the technique utilized at the state championships. Those calls were compared to the ‘chip’ finishes and in only a few occasions were placements reversed.
c.) Football (Tom
Jenkins): Tom announced that the seeding
meeting will be held on Monday, November 8th at
d.) Soccer (Ray
Lowery): Ray announced that the girls’
district final is this evening while the boys’ finals are tomorrow night. If the boys’ games are postponed due to the
weather the rain date will be Saturday.
A decision on Thursday’s games will be made by
e.) Tennis (Rose Marie Crotti): Chairman Majikes praised all of those that pitched in during the tennis championships this fall. He thanked Jerry Fulmer, Bob Coleman, Bob McDermott and Glen Moskosky for their help and assistance. He also thanked Joe Lalli and Maureen Williams for their expert guidance during the tournament.
f.) Volleyball
(Maureen Williams): Maureen announced that the Volleyball finals will be held
on Thursday, November 4th at
ITEM 6 Chairman Majikes asked that all committee members continue their diligence in providing sports information (playoff brackets, news, tournament formats) to either Mike Ognosky or Mark Heckel in order to get up to date information on the web page. Information was distributed to committee members providing avenues of communication (e-mail addresses, FAX numbers, etc.) for that purpose.
ITEM 7 Chairman Majikes distributed information
to committee members regarding an issue in District I on hazing within various
football programs and the resulting investigations.
ITEM 8 The Fall Sports Chairpersons’ State Workshop Level schedule was announced as follows:
Field
Hockey Sat, November 20th
(
Cross Country Wed, December 15th (
Soccer Wed, December 15th
(
Football Wed, December 15th
(
ITEM 9 The Committee reviewed applications
for the vacant position on the District II Committee with the retirement of
Marty Lawler. Following a lengthy
discussion, a motion was made by Tom Finan, seconded by Bill King, to appoint
Tony Rusnak, Principal of Forest City Regional, to
the position. All Ayes
ITEM 10 Chairman
Majikes provided information to the committee regarding the current probationary
status of Sto-Rox and Trinity. If you recall, both schools were placed on
probation two years ago for the fighting incident in the state “AA” Boys
basketball game.
ITEM 11 Frank
Galicki, Sportsmanship Chairperson, provided the committee with the list of
fall ejections. 23 member schools of
District II have received ejections from fall sports contests, including the
ejection of four coaches.
ITEM 12 Chairman
Majikes once again brought the request from the Wyoming Valley Conference for a
fall district championship in junior high soccer. The committee continues to have questions of
the make up of the teams (are they all co-ed, for example). The motion was tabled until all of that
information can be determined.
ITEM 13 Chairman
Majikes reported the feedback received regarding Competitive Cheerleading as a
sport. The Wyoming Valley Conference has
reported that they are against such an initiative while no feedback has been
determined from the Lackawanna League at this time.
ITEM 14 Chairman
Majikes reported a complaint from the parent of a member school regarding the
distribution of medals at the medal ceremony for the Golf Team
Championships. Chairman Majikes will
review the concern with the Golf Tournament Chairperson and report back to the
parent.
ITEM 15 Tom
Jenkins, Football Chairperson, led a discussion regarding ticket prices for
this year’s district and sub regional championships. After a lengthy discussion, a motion was made
by Bill King, seconded by Frank Galicki, that the ticket prices for all events
hosted by District II at the district and sub regional level would carry a
ticket price of $5 for adults and $3 for students, both during pre-sales and at
the gate. All Ayes
Tom also announced that each championship
team, as well as the 2nd place team, would be provided 50 medals for
distribution and additional medals would be available at an individual cost to
the member school upon request.
Tom
provided a point total summary, through week 9, for both District II and the
sub regional areas that include Districts 1,2,4 and
11.
Finally,
Tom led a discussion on the proposal by District VII to conduct a 16 week
football schedule that would begin on the second Monday of August. District VII will propose that format for
consideration at the next PIAA State Committee meeting.
ITEM 16 Jim
Higgins, Swimming Chairperson, led a discussion regarding an increase in medal
awards at the District Swimming Championships from 6 to 8 for each event. Jim will conduct a meeting of the swim
coaches in order to get their feedback and submit a proposal for consideration
at the December 15th monthly District II Committee meeting.
ITEM 17 Chairman
Majikes presented a request to the committee from
ITEM 18 Chairman
Majikes reviewed a communication from the PIAA State Office to the
Superintendent of the
ITEM 19 Chairman
Majikes announced that a special hearing has been established to review the
Wyoming Valley West –
ITEM 20 Chairman
Majikes recognized and congratulated Walter Blejwas,
Jr. and Kathleen Goeringer for their years of service and dedication to the
PIAA as officials. Both were honored at
this year’s PIAA Officials Convention.
ITEM 21 Chairman
Majikes presented the committee with information regarding eligibility concerns
in District XI and the suspension of a girls’ basketball coach for recruiting
prospective student-athletes in District VII.
ITEM 22 A
motion was made by Tom Jenkins, seconded by Bill King,
to grant eligibility to Donald Morningstar, from Wilkes-Barre GAR to
Wilkes-Barre Meyers, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence,
Section 8, of the PIAA By-Laws, principal – to – principal sign off. All paperwork has been received and is in
order. All Ayes
ITEM 23 A
motion was made by Jim Sabatini, seconded by Jim
Higgins, to adjourn the meeting. All Ayes
Meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Ognosky
Mike Ognosky
District II Secretary