Louisiana High School Athletic Association

Louisiana High School Athletic Association

Abbreviation	LHSAA
Motto	"High School Athletics — The Master Teacher of Values"
Formation	1920
Type	Volunteer
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Athletic/Educational
Headquarters	12720 Old Hammond Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Region served	Louisiana
Membership	410+ schools
Official language	English
Executive Director	Eddie Bonine
Affiliations	National Federation of State High School Associations
Staff	20
Website	LHSAA.org
Remarks	(225) 296-5882

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) is the agency that regulates and promotes the interscholastic athletic competitions of all high schools in the state of Louisiana.

Organization

LHSAA was founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 1920. It is governed by an Executive Director and an executive committee, with representatives from each of the association's class divisions. LHSAA member schools include public, private, and parochial schools throughout the state. LHSAA is affiliated with the National Federation of State High School Associations.

As of 1996, LHSAA included 410 member schools and an annual certification of approximately 70,000 student athletes each year. ^[1]

LHSAA is divided into seven statewide classes, also known as divisions, based on each school's student enrollment for grades nine through twelve: 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, B, and C. Classes B and C are made up of schools with smaller enrollments that do not play football; the smallest football playing schools are all members of Class 1A. Classes 2A through 5A may include some schools that do not play football, including schools that have all-girl enrollments. Schools with single-gender enrollments have their enrollment numbers doubled for classification purposes. ^[2]

LHSAA has twenty-three competitive sports programs, twelve for boys and eleven for girls. The LHSAA sports programs are Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Tennis, Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Football, Golf, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Wrestling, and Soccer. Starting in 2016, select enrollment schools and non-select enrollment schools will participate in different playoffs in Football, Baseball, Softball, and Basketball.

History

Louisiana became the first state in the nation to include a wheelchair division in its state track and field competition for disabled student athletes in 1990. ^[3]

Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita hit Southern Louisiana at the beginning of the 2005 high school football season. The evacuation of New Orleans and other communities forced dozens of high schools to close for months, and several campuses were damaged or destroyed by flooding and wind damage. The football season was not canceled, but several games were postponed or canceled. Some schools in the disaster area were forced to withdraw from competition. Most public schools in Orleans Parish, St. Bernard Parish, and Plaquemines Parish were so badly damaged that they were forced to cancel their entire school year.

Other disaster-area schools combined to form joint teams in fall of 2005 and spring of 2006. By the 2006 school year, most of the affected LHSAA schools were able to compete under their own school teams.

Awards

The Southern Quality Ford Cup is the Louisiana High School Athletic Association's (LHSAA) All Sports Award that recognizes the leading overall athletic program in each of the LHSAA's seven classes. The competition is based on a school's performance in the 23 sports governed by the LHSAA. Any team that finishes in one of the top four places in the state earns points towards a school's quest for the cup. At the end of the academic year, the school that has accumulated the most points in its class is presented with the award.

References

External links

Louisiana High School Athletic Association Official Website.

National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations (NFHS)

AL: Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA)
AK: Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA)
AZ: Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA)
AR: Arkansas Activities Association (AAA)
CA: California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
CO: Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
CT: Connecticut Association of Schools (CIAC)
DE: Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
DC: District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA)
FL: Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
GA: Georgia High School Association (GHSA)
HI: Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA)
ID: Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA)
IL: Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
IN: Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)
IA: Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) / Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU)
KS: Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA)
KY: Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA)
LA: Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA)
ME: Maine Principals' Association (MPA)
MD: Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA)
MA: Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA)
MI: Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA)
MN: Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL)
MS: Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA)
MO: Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA)
MT: Montana High School Association (MHSA)
NE: Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA)
NV: Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA)
NH: New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA)
NJ: New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA)
NM: New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA)
NY: New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA)
NC: North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)
ND: North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA)
OH: Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA)
OK: Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA)
OR: Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA)
PA: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA)
RI: Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL)
SC: South Carolina High School League (SCHSL)
SD: South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA)
TN: Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA)
TX: University Interscholastic League (UIL)
UT: Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA)
VT: Vermont Principals' Association (VPA)
VA: Virginia High School League (VHSL)
WA: Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)
WV: West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC)
WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA)
WY: Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA)

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