The term "shootout" has been defined to mean one game.  If a member school participates in more than one contest in a day's event and that event is held during the "season" as described below, it shall be considered and recorded as a tournament.

The number of games/tourneys such as 14(or less) and 3 now refers to those participated in from the first day of school until the final game of the state basketball tourneys.  The SIJHSAA accepts no responsibilities for, nor has any jurisdiction over, contests played outside the new "seasonal" window described above.

A private or parochial individual school's boundaries is now defined by the SIJHSAA as that of the public school's boundaries in which the private or parochial school is actually located.  Therefore, transfers, whether private or public, and tuition students whether private or public, will all be follwoing the same guidelines.

The Steering Committee and the Board of Control studied all class system changes that our office has received the past couple years and the unanimous opinion was to remain as is in regard to how classes are determined.

Following the spring meeting of the Board of Control, no changes have been made to the baseball bat rule other than to clarify that it pertains to all types of composite bats, not jut aluminum. 

The Board ammended the co-op regulations to include that each participating school pays its annual membership dues and also the full amount for each sport participating in. A few additional changes have been made to the co-op form.

The Board approved the switching of CLASS M  baseball/softball locations.  M will now go to Pinckneyville and L will play at Rotary Park in Centralia.

Brginning this coming fall, the individual cross country awards will be limited to the top 50 finishers in each race.

The regular spring Board of Control elections will this year include Geographic Regions 1, 2, and 3.  Also, there will be a special election in Region 6 to fill a vacancy on the BOC in that region.  The first mailings to those regions involved in elections will be around April 1.

Tamaroa is looking to see how many schools would be interested in a 2010 softball season back 2 school blowout. It would run Aug 12-14 any school interested could participate. (Although Class S & M preferred). At any one time, anywhere from 3-7 fields could be in use within an 8 mile radius.

We would accept up to 32 teams. Teams would be guaranteed 3 games. An entry fee of $100 and 3 softballs. An 1hr 30min time limit on games. Games on Thurs & Fri would start at 11am & last game would start @ 8:15. Sat games would start @9am and run all day. We would have lights on at least 4 fields.

If you would like to participate please contact Tamaroa AD Jimmy Harris at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
or St. Bruno AD Bill Luke at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   We would like to hear back from you by March 2nd, 2010.

Albers-Damiansville is wanting to schedule some track meets.  Contact Joe Glynn if interested.  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rich Herrin and Dick Corn will be hosting some basketball camps beginning with a camp on fundamentals in April.  It will be for boys and girls.  Dates are April 12,13,14 and April 19,20,21.  Times are 5:30-7:00 for Grades 4, 5, 6 and 7:00-8:30 for Grades 6, 7, 8. Location for this camp is John A. Logan College.

They will host camps at McKendree U. in June and July for boys.  June 14,15,16 is for freshmen.   June 20,21,22 is for Varsity and JV.  June 24,25,26 is for junior high school boys.  July 7, 8, 9 is for Varsity and JV boys.

For information contact Coach Herrin at 618-889-4356 or Coach Corn at 618-357-0019.

Aug. 6 & 7 at Vandalia High School.  There will be a limited number of teams involved so if your school or a club you know of might be interested in participating, please call Smokey Newsom at 618-283-5155 ex. 278.