The KHSAA Board of Control conducted its fifth regularly scheduled meeting of the 2022-23 academic year on Wednesday in Lexington, approving the adoption of girls\u2019 wrestling, the solicitation of a site to hold the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 wrestling tournaments consecutively, specifications for KHSAA Golf State First Round sites and the election of the 2023-24 Board President-Elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The adoption of girls\u2019 wrestling will be effective in the 2023-24 academic year. As a result of the Board\u2019s approval, the KHSAA Commissioner has been tasked with finalizing logistics for a state championship in girls wrestling with two or four state-managed qualifying sites, as well as finalizing negotiations to find, if possible, a potential consolidated site following a survey of the membership on scheduling implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe look forward to gathering data from our school athletic administrators on this important site selection,\u201d said Commissioner Julian Tackett. \u201cWe have had some unfortunate situations at past venues where we were forced to find an alternate host for a couple of years, including impact from the pandemic. But we are thankful for a reset and an opportunity to certainly elevate the girls\u2019 event from its operations the last couple of years outside of our management while re-energizing our boys\u2019 event format at the same time. Having been around and managed the event during a period of historic growth during my time as an Assistant Commissioner in the office, I, along with our staff, realize the incredible potential for these two events to grow together and be even better in the future alongside one another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The membership survey will take place following this weekend\u2019s state championships, with a final implementation plan to be considered in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KHSAA staff will continue to work with Golf House Kentucky regarding Golf State First Round future sites beyond 2023. Minimum requirements and recommendations for those sites will be posted on khsaa.org to allow for hosts to know in advance where these events will be held and to be able to have schools experience those postseason courses in earlier events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the fifth Board meeting of each year, the Board elects from its membership a president-elect to serve the following year, then transition to the president position in the next academic year. On Wednesday, the Board selected Raceland-Worthington Independent Schools Superintendent Larry Coldiron, who is currently in his third year of service representing Regions 15-16, as the 2023-24 Board President-Elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Board also approved reports from the KHSAA staff that included the most recent triennial survey report of sport offerings, the distribution of fall sports team expenses and a financial report for July 1-Dec. 31, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a segment of the meeting dedicated to direct input from membership, the Board declined to approve appeals of football alignment heard from representatives of Leslie County and Meade County. The Board approved a requested pilot project in Region 15 for the basketball and soccer postseason tournament formats that were necessitated by a reduction in the number of schools in that region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the Board reviewed and discussed the following reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n