On Wednesday, September 9th NYSPHSAA announced the sports of football, volleyball and competitive cheerleading (fall) would be moved to the Fall Sports Season II.

Those sports will be permitted to start practicing on March 1st, 2021 with individual sections deciding the end date.

The Association compiled and released an updated Return to Interscholastic Athletics resource document for its entire membership to provide assistance for those schools and sections who will be hosting athletics this fall.

To view the updated resource document click here.

The Association has released the 2019-20 Participation Survey results.

The following data is presented based on a response by 766 out of 785 NYSPHSAA member schools, for the 2019-2020 school year. NYSPHSAA utilized data for the 2018-19 Participation Survey for the 19 schools who did not report participation numbers.

The data collected shows a total of 565,284 participants and reflects a gender breakdown of 300,262 (53.1%) boys and 265,022 (46.9%) girls. The top three most participated sports continue to be soccer (72,471), outdoor track & field (66,443), and basketball (62,455).

The highest number of teams and participants continue to be at the varsity level, with a total of 14,817 teams and 269,988 participants throughout New York State.

To view the complete 2019-20 participation survey results click here.

NYSPHSAA will be releasing a new look Captains Club, presented by NYSCOPBA, for the 2020-21 school year.,

The Association is teaming with Omari Pearson and Passion to Purpose to help student-athletes. The focus is on empowering students for high school, college, and beyond.

There will be five pre-recorded video conference sessions focusing on the following topics.

aspirations.

Videos will be pre-recorded and released on a date to be announced. There will be a live question and answer webinar to be hosted on the Sunday following the videos release

Information on how to join the question and answer sessions will be released closer to the specific date.

Part three of the American Dairy Association North East ‘Come Back Stronger’ webinar series airs today, Tuesday, September 15 at 3:30pm.

Register and tune in to learn about hydration recommendations for high school athletes for before, during, and after exercise. When you register you will be automatically entered to win a weight room beverage cooler and $500 to stock it with chocolate milk! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

NYSPHSAA is proud to announce it has extended its partnership with Legend Rings. Legend will continue to be the official ring supplier of NYSPHSAA Championships and the 2020-21 Hall of Fame.

For more information, please click here.

It's time to start thinking about honoring your school or team for what they do in the community.

The window to begin applying for the fall community service challenge opens on Monday, September 21st.

The community service challenge is sponsored by Team Up 4 Community. For all the information on the program and to apply please click here.

Apply for the fall season starting Monday, September 21st

Deadline to apply for the fall community service challenge is Monday, November 9.

Check out these helpful tips from the American Dairy Association North East.

When it comes to fueling endurance sports, there are many important nutritional factors to consider. Sports nutrition expert Molly Morgan (@mollymorganrd) answers all your questions in this information blog and handout.

Fall 2020 rule books from the NFHS are now available to purchase.

We are excited to offer digital copies of the NFHS publications through the NFHS Rules App this year. Once downloaded, no internet connection is necessary for viewing. To place an order for digital or hard copies visit our website at nysphsaasales.com.

Member school districts and organizations DO NOT need to prepay online. Simply choose Member Order, and your books will be shipped then invoiced as normal.

NYSPHSAA reminds you about our partnership with ezSCRN on an application that can help track, collect data, report and communicate both COVID-19 and a traumatic brain injury.

The ezSCRN app is being offered to NYSPHSAA member schools at a discounted rate. Watch the video below for a brief description of the app and more information.

We have launched a web page exclusively for the ezSCRN app. You can find all the answers to your questions there. Plus you can sign up for a demonstration as well.

To visit the ezSCRN page click here.

Check out the officials page on nysphsaa.org. It has important information for current officials and information on signing up if you are interested in becoming an official.

Click here to visit the officials page

Don't forget to tell us #MyReasonWhy on social media. Tell us why you participate in sports, after school activities, coaching, officiating or other ways athletics has made a difference in your life.

Access to financial aid is a key factor in whether low-income students, including many of New York’s student athletes, have the opportunity to attend college.

Yet across New York, low-income high school students are more likely than their wealthier peers to attend schools with low rates by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The New York FAFSA Completion Project aims to raise awareness of the importance of completing the FAFSA and provide easily accessible resources to schools so they can help more students through the process, drawing on national research and best practices already being used in New York schools.

Those resources include an interactive data tool that allows users to track the progress of New York high schools, with new FAFSA completion estimates updated weekly and comparisons to similar schools and top performers

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The “3 Steps Every High School Can Take” resource at NYFAFSAChallenge.org encourages schools to:

1. Help their seniors make a plan to complete the FAFSA;

2. Hold a FAFSA completion event; and

3. Set targets and track the data.

At the end of the school year, Ed Trust–NY’s FAFSA Completion Challenge will recognize schools with high completion rates and that show improvement. Twelve awards will be granted to schools across the state. Each award will consist of $750 granted to the winning high schools for the purpose of providing a scholarship to one of its students.

Explore the data, read more about FAFSA completion strategies being used at New York schools, and find additional resources at NYFAFSAChallenge.org.