The 52nd National Athletic Directors Conference (NADC) will be held Friday through Tuesday (December 10-14) at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. The conference – which returns as an in-person event after being held virtually in 2020 – will attract more than 1,900 athletic administrators, spouses, guests and exhibitors from across the United States.
NFHS Executive Director Karissa Niehoff says the millions of high school students, coaches, administrators and others have much to be thankful for with the return of sports and performing arts.
As the first few months of school pass, students settle into their classes, fall sports are in full swing, and high schools embrace the annual tradition of homecoming.
In this month when we customarily express our thankfulness for the blessings of life, there is much in the world of high school sports and parforming arts for which we are thankful as the 2021-22 series of state championships commence.
Periodically, The NFHS Voice will be presented in the form of video. This week, is National Coaches, Advisors, Officials and Sponsors Week of #HSActivitiesMonth and NFHS Executive Director Karissa Niehoff addresses the ongoing national crisis involving a lack of individuals to officiate high school sports. While the NFHS encourages all interested individuals to consider officiating, there’s several ways administrators, coaches, parents and players can help protect and promote the efforts of current officials.
Friday Night Lights has been synomymous with high school football for many years. On a given Friday night, more than one million high school students are participating in the sport of football.
Perhaps the one aspect of high school sports that best distinguishes it from all other levels of play in our country is the focus on sportsmanship.
High school sports and performing arts are back – everywhere! With the start of the fall season in Hawaii this week, high school students – more than 12 million – in every state are competing in sports, speech, debate, music, band and theatre programs.
To say that American female athletes dominated the recent Olympics in Tokyo would be an understatement.
As high schools begin a third school year of sports and other activities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a familiar issue continues to challenge administrators nationwide: finding enough individuals to officiate all scheduled contests.