Minnesota State High School League

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{{Short description|High school activities governing organization}}
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| abbreviation = MSHSL
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| formation = 1916
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| type = Volunteer; [[Non-profit organization|NPO]]
| status = Association
| purpose = Athletic/Educational
| headquarters = 2100 Freeway Blvd. [[Brooklyn Center, MN]] 55430
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| region_served = [[Minnesota]]
| membership = 601 schools
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| leader_title = Executive Director
| leader_name = Erich Martens
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| affiliations = [[National Federation of State High School Associations]]
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| website = [http://www.mshsl.org/ mshsl.org]
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The '''Minnesota State High School League''' ('''MSHSL''') is a voluntary, [[non-profit]] association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at [[high school]]s in [[Minnesota]], [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ch. 128C MN Statutes |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/128C/full |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.revisor.mn.gov}}</ref>
The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools. Membership includes nearly 500 schools, including special schools, home schools, and 435 high schools.<ref name="about">{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} MSHSL |url=https://www.mshsl.org/about |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.mshsl.org}}</ref>
The State High School League is an affiliate of the [[National Federation of State High School Associations]] (NFHS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=State-Association-Listing |url=https://www.nfhs.org/resources/state-association-listing |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.nfhs.org}}</ref>

The League also addresses [[sportsmanship]], chemical health, scholarship recognition, and oversees tournament officials and judges.<ref name="learn">{{Cite web |title=NFHS Learn {{!}} Interscholastic Education, Made Easy |url=https://nfhslearn.com/courses |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=nfhslearn.com}}</ref>
The League provides educational programs for coaches.<ref name="learn" />
The organization's operating revenue is derived from tournament ticket sales, broadcast rights, corporate sponsorship, and sale of tournament merchandise.<ref name="about" />

==History==
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The MSHSL was founded in 1916 as the State High School Athletic Association (SHSAA) in order to promote and regulate school athletics. It later expanded its mission to include fine arts programs. In 1922, SHSAA joined the [[National Federation of State High School Associations]]. In 1929, the State High School Athletic Association adopted a new name, the Minnesota State High School League, as well as a new vision. The League started accepting non-public schools' applications for admitance in 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MSHSL History {{!}} MSHSL |url=https://www.mshsl.org/about/mshsl-history |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.mshsl.org}}</ref>

In 1960, the MSHSL was sanctioned as a non-profit by a Minnesota State Statute.<ref name=":0" />

Beginning with the 2015 season, the MSHSL created geographic football districts for regular season scheduling. The change was designed to help programs having difficulty finding opponents for an eight-game schedule.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Leighton|first1=Tim|title=High school football: MSHSL’s district scheduling will end conference play|url=http://www.twincities.com/2014/06/01/high-school-football-mshsls-district-scheduling-will-end-conference-play/|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=June 1, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, the MNHSL board approved a policy on [[transgender]] athletes that allowed those [[Sex assignment|assigned male at birth]] that identify as female to be eligible for girls’ teams. Girls, and by extension athletes assigned female at birth that no longer identify as such, were already eligible to compete in boys' sports. The policy requires applying for eligibility, sets out criteria for approval including a written statement from a health care professional, and places the decision with the school's activities director. Religiously-affiliated private schools are exempt from the policy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=La Vaque|first1=David|title=High School League overwhelmingly approves transgender policy|url=http://www.startribune.com/dec-4-high-school-league-approves-transgender-policy/284783781/|work=StarTribune|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref>

The MSHSL was the first state association to officially sanction [[History of women's ice hockey in the United States|women's hockey]], [[Para-athletics|adapted athletics]], robotics, and clay target.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Girl's and Women's Hockey (PDF) |url=https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0006/9183/girlswomen.pdf |access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MSHSL Girls |url=http://history.vintagemnhockey.com/page/show/788265-mshsl-girls-high-school-hockey-history |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Class System==
[[Image:2009 MN Boys Hockey State Championship.jpg|300px|right|thumb|2009 Boys AA Championship game at the [[Xcel Energy Center]].]]
On April 17, 1975, the member schools of the Minnesota State High School League approved amendments that provided the changes necessary to implement reorganization for two class competition.<ref>[http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/aboutMSHSL.asp?page=2 Class System]</ref> Prior to this, schools of all sizes were competing against each other. The idea behind the division was to reduce the inherent advantage that was given to the larger schools. The [[Board of Directors]] assigned the largest 128 schools by enrollment to the AA classification. All other member schools were assigned to Class A. Each class is then split into eight sections, with the number of teams in each section varying. In April 1983 the Board of Directors adopted a policy which assigned schools with a minimum enrollment of 500 students to Class AA and schools with an enrollment 1–499 to Class A. Depending on the number of schools participating in an activity, additional classes may be needed or no class system may be needed at all. The highest current class in any activity is AAAAAA (6A) for football.

==Post season==

===Section tournaments===
At the end of the regular season, every MSHSL team is seeded into a sectional [[tournament]]. For each class, the state is divided into 8 sections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Competitive Sections {{!}} MSHSL |url=https://www.mshsl.org/tournaments/competitive-sections/list |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.mshsl.org}}</ref>
Every two years, the MSHSL determines a school's activity classification and section placement. Different sections have different numbers of teams depending upon the class and activity in question. For example, most sections in football have 8 teams. In a typical 8-team section, all 8 teams will make the playoffs regardless of their regular season record. If a football section has 9 teams, then the ninth team will not make the playoffs. In all other sports, every team advances to the postseason. In basketball, for Classes AAAA and AAA, a typical section has 8 team, whereas a typical section in Class AA has about 16 teams, and a Class A section can have 20 or more. In these cases where a section has more or less teams than an even 8 or 16, higher seeded teams may receive byes, or lower seeded teams may have to play an extra play-in game. The other option is for a section to be divided into two 8-team (or more) sub-sections with the sub-section champions playing for the section title.

These sections are strictly geographical, and are normally numbered from Southeast to Northwest. Thus, with football, for example, Section 1AAA would have schools in Class AAA that are from the Southeastern part of the state, while Section 7AAAA will have Class AAAA schools from the Northeastern part of the state. As a general rule, this serves pretty well, however it breaks down when dealing with the larger classes. In Class AAAAA Football, given the concentration of large schools in the [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities Metro]], Section 1AAAAA comprises the three [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]] public schools, [[Owatonna, Minnesota|Owatonna]], and two southern suburbs. At the other end, Section 8AAAAA covers the entire northern half of the state with [[Bemidji, Minnesota|Bemidji]], [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]], [[Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead]], [[Sartell, Minnesota|Sartell]], [[Alexandria, Minnesota|Alexandria]], and one of the [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]] public schools. Sections 2AAAAA-7AAAAA are a mixture of [[suburbs]], exurbs and [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]/[[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] schools.

Each section has its own methods and procedures for determining seeding in the section tournament. Some sections use elaborate point systems while others base seeding simply on records. The winner of the section tournament advances to State.

===State tournaments===
The winners of the section tournaments are seeded into a single elimination state tournament. Pairings of section champion at State are predetermined before the season by the MSHSL.
In the Fall of 2005, the MSHSL experimented by having coaches seed the State Soccer Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mshsl.org/mshsl/activitypage.asp?actnum=413 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |title=2014 Boys' Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318053522/http://mshsl.org/mshsl/activitypage.asp?actnum=413 |archive-date=March 18, 2014 }}</ref>

==Activities==
The following sports are offered under the supervision of the MSHSL. All of these sports have a [[single elimination]] tournament at the end of the season which awards a state championship to the winning team. Some sports also award individual championships as well.

For a complete list of state championship winners by sport see the [[list of Minnesota State High School League State Championships]].

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|Sports
|-
! Fall !! Classes !! Winter !! Classes !! Spring !! Classes
|-
| Adapted Soccer || None || Adapted Floor Hockey || None || Adapted Bowling || None
|-
| [[Tennis]], Girls || A AA || [[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Nordic Ski Racing]], Boys and Girls || None || Adapted Softball || None
|-
| [[Association football|Soccer]], Boys and Girls || A AA || [[Ice hockey|Hockey]], [[Minnesota high school boys hockey|Boys]] and Girls || A AA || [[Golf]], Boys and Girls || A AA AAA
|-
| [[Cross country running|Cross Country]], Boys and Girls || A AA AAA || [[Alpine Skiing]], Boys and Girls || None || [[Track and Field]], Boys and Girls || A AA AAA
|-
| [[Volleyball]], Girls || A AA AAA || [[Dance Team]], Girls || A AA AAA || [[Softball]], Girls || A AA AAA AAAA
|-
| [[High school football|Football]] || [[9-man football|9-man]] A AA AAA AAAA AAAAA AAAAAA || [[Scholastic wrestling|Wrestling]] || A AA AAA || [[Baseball]], Boys || A AA AAA AAAA
|-
| [[swimming (sport)|Swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|Diving]], Girls || A AA || Swimming and Diving, Boys || A AA || [[Synchronised swimming]], Girls || None
|-
| || || [[Basketball]], Boys and Girls || A AA AAA AAAA || [[Lacrosse]], Boys and Girls || None
|-
| || || [[Gymnastics]], Girls || A AA|| Tennis, Boys || A AA
|-
| || || || || [[Trap shooting|Clay Target]] || None
|-
| || || || || [[Badminton]], Girls || None
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6"|Activities
|-
! |Fall !! |Classes !! |Winter !! Classes !! |Spring !! |Classes
|-
| || || One Act Play || A AA || [[Minnesota High School Speech|Speech]] || A AA
|-
| || || [[debate#competitive debate|Debate]] || None || Visual Arts || A AA
|-
| || || || || Music || A AA
|-
| || || || || Robotics || None
|}

==Conferences==
{{Further|List of Minnesota State High School League Conferences}}
Because of the large number of high schools and large distances spanned between some of them, many schools are organized into conferences.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
These conferences, which, according to Minnesota State High School League rules, must have a minimum of five members, are usually composed of schools that are in close geographic proximity and have similar enrollments. During the regular season, a school plays a number of its games against other teams in its conference (this number varies depending on the sport and conference in question). However, unlike with organizations such as the [[California Interscholastic Federation]] or [[Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association]], a team's conference standing has no bearing on its postseason. Since every team makes the playoffs and seeding is done at the discretion of the section, a team's conference performance has no direct effect on its postseason fate. A team could win its conference, but still be seeded lower than teams that finished behind it due to other considerations such as overall record, or the strength of opponents. Often, teams from one conference are spread over different sections and sometimes different classes.
Some single sport conferences also exist, especially for hockey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSHSL |url=https://www.mnhockeyhub.com/page/show/6537955?subseason=762245&tab=content |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.mnhockeyhub.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Alumni==
The following athletes are among those who were in Minnesota State High School League activities in high school:

'''Baseball'''
*[[Aaron Headrick]] - Maranatha Christian Academy
*[[Joe Mauer]] - Cretin-Derham Hall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/2092.shtml |title=High School Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=December 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121042427/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/2092.shtml |archive-date=November 21, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Dave Winfield]] - Saint Paul Central<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hallman |first=Charles |date=2016-08-15 |title=St. Paul and Saints honor Dave Winfield |url=https://spokesman-recorder.com/2016/08/15/st-paul-saints-honor-dave-winfield/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=MSR News Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Joe Bue]] - Becker

'''Basketball'''
*[[Paul Sather]] - Princeton<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Sather - Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://fightinghawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/paul-sather/1906 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=University of North Dakota Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kris Humphries]] - Hopkins
*[[Paige Bueckers]] - Hopkins
*[[Tessa Johnson]] - St. Michael-Albertville
*[[Tre Jones]] - Apple Valley
*[[Tyus Jones]] - Apple Valley
*[[Mark Olberding]] - Melrose
*[[Kevin McHale]] - Hibbing
*[[Khalid El-Amin]] - Minneapolis North
*[[Lindsay Whalen]] - Hutchinson<ref>{{Cite news |title=USA Basketball Athletes Lindsay Whalen |work=Team USA |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-basketball/athletes/lindsay-whalen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016200606/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-basketball/athletes/Lindsay-Whalen |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref>
*[[Rashad Vaughn]] - Robbinsdale Cooper
*[[Gary Trent Jr.]] - Apple Valley

'''Hockey'''
*[[Matt Cullen]] - Moorhead
*[[Neal Broten]] - Roseau
*[[Jake Gardiner]] - Minnetonka
*[[Taylor Heise]] - Red Wing
*[[Nick Leddy]] - Eden Prairie
*[[Gigi Marvin]] - Warroad
*[[T. J. Oshie|T.J. Oshie]] - Warroad
*[[Brock Nelson]] - Warroad
*[[Nate Prosser]] - Elk River
*[[Anne Schleper]] - St. Cloud Cathedral<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=St. Cloud Cathedral Graduate Anne Schleper Makes U.S. Olympic Team |url=https://wjon.com/st-cloud-cathedral-graduate-anne-schleper-makes-u-s-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=AM 1240 WJON |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nate Schmidt]] - St. Cloud Cathedral
*[[Krissy Wendell]] - Park Center<ref>{{Cite web |title=Krissy Wendell |url=https://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/krissywendell |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.ushockeyhalloffame.com}}</ref>
*[[Alex Stalock]] - South St. Paul
*[[Justin Faulk]] - South St. Paul
*[[Bobby Brink]] - Minnetonka
*[[K'Andre Miller]] - Minnetonka

'''Football'''
*[[Adam Thielen]] - Detroit Lakes
*[[Eric Decker]] - Rocori-Cold Spring
*[[Chris Weinke]] - Cretin-Derham Hall
*[[James Laurinaitis]] - Wayzata
*[[John Carlson (American football)|John Carlson]]- Litchfield
*[[Karl Klug]]- Caledonia
*[[Isaac Fruechte]]- Caledonia
*[[Frank Ragnow]] - Chanhassen
*[[Amani Hooker]] - Park Center
*[[Larry Fitzgerald]] - Academy of Holy Angels
*[[C. J. Ham]] - Duluth Denfeld
*[[Tom Compton]] - Rosemount
*[[Billy Turner (American football)]] - Mounds View<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Mark Craig Star |title=Mounds View High grad Billy Turner is one Packer you can pull for |url=https://www.startribune.com/mounds-view-high-grad-billy-turner-is-one-packer-you-can-pull-for/600014403/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
*[[Joe Haeg]] - Brainerd
*[[Maxx Williams]] - Waconia
*[[Tyler Johnson (American football)|Tyler Johnson]] - Minneapolis North<ref>{{Cite web |last=Artigue |first=Hobie |date=2021-02-01 |title=Pride swells for Minneapolis North alum as Tyler Johnson heads to Super Bowl |url=https://www.fox9.com/sports/pride-swells-for-minneapolis-north-alum-as-tyler-johnson-heads-to-super-bowl |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=FOX 9 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Dillon Radunz]] - Becker
*[[Beau Allen]] - Minnetonka
'''Other Sports'''
*[[Payton Otterdahl]], Track and Field -Rosemount
*[[Regan Smith (swimmer)|Regan Smith]], Swimming - Lakeville North
*[[Jordan Thompson (volleyball)|Jordan Thompson]], Volleyball - Edina

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.mshsl.org/ Minnesota State High School League]
* [http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/Publications/code/yearbook/YearbookTOC.htm MSHSL Yearbook & Record Book]

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Steve Savard

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'''Steve Savard''' is an American sports anchor and the former "Voice of the [[St. Louis Rams]]", serving in that role from 1999 to 2015.<ref>[http://www.stlouisrams.com/multimedia/radioshows/ The official site of the St. Louis Rams - Radio Shows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805110249/http://www.stlouisrams.com/multimedia/radioshows/ |date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> He was the lead news anchor and former sportscaster at [[KMOV]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. Savard, a St. Louis native, attended [[Parkway North High School]] and [[Northwest Missouri State University]] where he graduated in 1986 with degrees in [[English studies|English]] and [[journalism]].<ref>[http://www.parkwayalumni.org/participate/hof/charter/savard.html Home of the Parkway Alumni Association]</ref> Steve has won six Emmy Awards, including best sportscaster.<ref>[http://www.kmov.com/about/bios/savard.html Personalities, anchors, reporters, Meteorologists | KMOV-TV News Channel 4 | KMOV.com | St. Louis, MO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917185907/http://www.kmov.com/about/bios/savard.html |date=2008-09-17 }}</ref> In February 2013, he made the switch from sports to become a news anchor in which he co-anchors the 10:00 p.m. edition of News 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/columns/joe-holleman/kmov-s-conners-no-longer-at-station/article_eca2b7fc-92a3-5578-b866-914639a3da6c.html|title=KMOV fires anchor Larry Conners after social-media controversy|author=Lee Enterprises|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|accessdate=14 July 2015}}</ref> In May 2013, he added the 6:00 p.m. newscast to his duties at KMOV.

Savard succeeded [[Gary Bender]] as the "Voice of the Rams" in 1999 (the season in which they won [[Super Bowl XXXIV]]), and was succeeded upon the Rams' move back to [[Los Angeles]] after 2015 by J. B. Long.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rams-Announce-Radio-Broadcast-Teams/34341f92-1586-4cef-91db-52a7153e9a4e |title=Rams Announce Radio Broadcast Teams |website=www.therams.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510085036/http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rams-Announce-Radio-Broadcast-Teams/34341f92-1586-4cef-91db-52a7153e9a4e |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Savard was among 16 people laid off from KMOV on September 17, 2020; the station cited that the cuts were due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/kmov-layoffs-include-longtime-news-anchor-steve-savard/article_22b9f022-7d42-542d-83e1-075502fd0dbb.html#tracking-source=in-article| title = KMOV layoffs include longtime news anchor Steve Savard {{!}} Local Business {{!}} stltoday.com}}</ref> Savard was named Lead Anchor of [[KOLR]]10 news in [[Springfield, Missouri]] on May 14, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/news-anchor-steve-savard-joins-the-kolr10-evening-news-team|title=News anchor Steve Savard joins the KOLR10 evening news team|date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
His last appearance on KOLR 10 was Friday, May 16, 2025.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035727/http://www.kmov.com/on-tv/bios/64778197.html Biography at KMOV]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226082037/http://www.kmov.com/community/blogs/steve-savards-field-notes Steve Savard's blog "Field Notes"]
*[https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/kmov-layoffs-include-longtime-news-anchor-steve-savard/article_22b9f022-7d42-542d-83e1-075502fd0dbb.html#tracking-source=in-article]

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