October 13, 2009

Bi-County Principals’ Meeting

Quest Casino

Spokane, WA

 

COMBINED MEETING: (introduction)

Nick Pease opened the meeting with a brief moment of silence for Walt Thorp.  Russ Brown read a message from Mrs. Thorp thanking the District 7 for the flower arrangements.

Introductions of all the members from Bi-County and Panorama.

Bi-County Meeting called to order by President Ray Ricks at 9:10 A.M.

Members Present: McGregor, Weber, Kimberley, Ellis, Whitmore, Arland, Harkness, Schutz, Ressel, Fletcher, Edwards, Roberts, Ricks, Morgan, Jantz, Zeiler, Nikkola, Fritsch.

Guest:   Russ Brown, Executive Director WIAA District #7, Rich Tschirgi Wrestling Assigning Secretary, Dwight Pflugrath

AGENDA

A. Additions of Minutes: See correspondence…

B. Adoption of Agenda: Agenda accepted - Motion by Schutz, 2nd by Zeiler

C. Approval of minutes: No minutes from September 2009 meeting.

D. Financial Report:  McGregor – Each school receives a $200.00 check.   McGregor reviewed the financial report.  Motion by Zeiler and 2nd by Ellis to accept the minutes.

E. Correspondence:  Wilbur-Creston letter of infraction vs. Odessa on October 12th 2009 in high school volleyball.  The recommendation by the Wilbur-Creston AD’s - forfeit game with Odessa and work with coaches to track how many games each player has played.     Motion by Harkness and 2nd by Morgan to accept the recommendations by the AD’s form Wilbur-Creston.

 

 

F. Old Business:

     1.  Review “Teacher Collaboration” for 2009-2010 school years.

November – Math

December – Science

February – English

April – Social Studies

May – Foreign Language

     2.  Winter Coaches Meeting:  Tuesday, November 17th 2009 @ Davenport H.S. 7:00 pm.  (2-B Football coaches and 1-B / 2-B girls and boys basketball coaches.)  2-B volleyball coaches will meet on Monday, October 26th @ 7:00 pm @ Reardan.

     3.  Sportsmanship Letter for WC Cheerleaders completed - recognized by WSSAAA

G. NEW BUISNESS

     1.  League Secretary – Steve Jantz will take over for Mr. Walt Thorp. 

     2.  Ray Ricks and Ken Schutz will research meeting places and report @ next meeting. 

     3.  Motion by Fritsch and 2nd by Zeiler to approve a $50.00 – door prize for the Representative Council.

H. SPORTS/ACTIVITIES

1.  Football 11 man (Morgan) – November 17th meeting discuss all league voting and playoff updates.

2.  Football 8 man (Schutz) – Discussed NEB-8 football playoff bracket in 1-B meeting with Panorama.  A link to the District 6 website will be posted on the Bi-County League Website.  2009 NEB Football Bracket  – click on the left to view – must move to the bottom of the schedule to see playoff bracket.                          

3.  2-B Volleyball (Ellis) – 2-B Volleyball Meeting - Monday, October 26th 7:00 @ Reardan.  2009 Bi-County 2-B Volleyball Bracket – click on the left to view.

1-B Volleyball (Schutz) – Bracket approved.  See Bi-County League Website for updated

bracket.  2009 NED 1-B Volleyball Bracket  – click on the left to view.

4.  Cross Country (Fritsch) 1st reading of Cross County SOP’s.  Motion by Morgan, 2nd by Zeiler to accept the 1st reading of SOP’s for Cross Country.

5.  Soccer – no report.

6.  2-B Basketball (Zeiler, Ricks) – Keep similar format for 2-B bracket as last year.  2-B

Bi-County Basketball Tournament @ Reardan.

1-B Basketball (Evans) Ben England has provided 1-B District Basketball Bracket.

7.  Wrestling (Nikkola) - RichTschirgi ASSIGNER SPOKE:  Concussion – stop match, charge timeout to team with the player who is injured, will not start clock until determination if wrestler is able to participate.  Official can overturn coaches’ decision.  Officials will ask coach to check them out – take as much time as needed – will be consistent throughout the state.

8.  Junior High Activities (Whipple) JH Boys Basketball Schedule handed out.

9.  Sportsmanship – John McGregor will take over the sportsmanship assignment.

10. AWSP (Schutz / Ellis) Meeting this weekend, please make an attempt to get to the conference…

11. Music (McGregor) no report

12. Leadership (Wadlington / Obrien) no report

13. Prom (Evans) Steve Jantz shared on behalf of Jim:  Prom site will not be available.  Jim is having Doreen checking on another site on base.  She will get back to him later this week and he will send out an email updating us.  December 9th is set for our meeting with all the prom representatives from the schools.  ACH, Creston, Davenport, Harrington, Liberty, Lind, Odessa, Reardan, Ritzville, Sprague, Wilbur are the schools that are involved in the prom.

14. Knowledge Bowl (Freeman HS) – Schedule online.

15. Web page – (Jantz) no report.

16. Track (Whitmore / Fritsch) 2nd schedule is available – sent by email in September.  Contact has been made with Whitworth and it looks like it is a go for district.

17. Golf (Arland) – no report

18. Baseball (Harkness) Baseball/Softball proposal reversal sites of last year.  Need approval at the November 18th meeting.

19. Softball (McGregor)  Need approval at the November 18th meeting.

20. Tennis (Arland) No report

A plaque was presented to Dwight Pflugrath for all his years of service to the Bi-County League.  Members shared stories in tribute to Dwight.  Members wished Dwight the best of luck @ Brewster…

Draw for Ties Fall 2009 (September 2009 Meeting)

1)    ACH

2)   W-C

3)   Davenport

4)   Lind/Ritzville

5)   Liberty

6)   S-H

7)   Colfax

8)   Reardan

9)   Odessa

10) NWC

11)  Valley Christian

DISTRICT 7 REPORT:  (District 7 Director, Russ Brown) Introductions of District 7 members.

  1. Meeting on October 14th 11:30.  Will need to select or elect an individual for the position of Historian for District 7.
  2. WIAA Fast Break October 2009 – click here for link.
  3. Fall district tournament information.  Ryan Peplinski will provide the information for Bi-County and Panorama Leagues.
  4. Football sites:  November 8th Ritzville County Club meeting.  Information sent out by Mr. Brown on 9-20-09. 
  5. Cross Country – Friday, October 30th Regional Cross Country Meet District 5/6/7.  Register athletes on Athletic.Net.  Race Times:  1/B/2B Girls 11:00 am, 1B/2B Boys 12:30.
  6. Information on “gluing” with neighboring league with regards to District allocations.  Caribou Trail League has a proposal to do away with the “gluing” rule.
  7. Classification- forms mailed earlier this month.  November count will be used twice. 

CLASSIFICATION BREAKOUT SESSION:

1-B Session:

Makeup game between S-H and Wellpinit decision will be made after upcoming league results. 

Football, volleyball basketball playoff information was discussed.  See above for bracket information.

2-B Session:

2-B Volleyball:  Ryan Peplinski presented a 2-B District Volleyball Bracket (draft)

AD’s are to email Ryan the rosters electronically.

Would like the access to the bracket and rosters on the Bi-County League Website (14 on a roster)

Will pay the line judges (Ryan will coordinate)

2-B Softball:  Leagues should consider “baseball format” – opposed to a district tournament will discuss more @ November meeting.  Need to look at ways to alleviate the time between league and district.  Perhaps offer a softball league tournament so teams don’t have too much time between games.

2-B Baseball:  2 man / 3 man mechanics:  Recommend if in Spokane, use Spokane officials – only pay for 2 man mechanics even if they “volunteer” shouldn’t pay for 3rd official get in writing they are only volunteering or simply go with two officials.  Need to check contract.

2-B NED Basketball:  Need to see what gyms are available for Mead and Mt. Spokane.  Then will make determination on dates and sites. 

Track:  Everyone needs to host.

Meeting adjourned at 12:35 PM.  Next meeting Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Church of God Seventh Day-2929 N. Freya St. Spokane.  9:00 AM Principals, 10:00 AM AD’s, Bring your high school math teachers.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Steve Jantz, Recording Secretary