West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
- West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (complete initialism WVSSAC, and generally known within the state as SSAC) is the main governing body of high school sports, cheerleading, and marching bands in West Virginia. Schools are divided into three classes by total enrollment in grades 9-11 only: A (0-337 students) , AA(340-618 students), and AAA (619 students and up). Football,Basketball,Baseball,Cheerleading,Golf,Softball, track, swimming, and Volleyball are broken into these three classes. Cross Country, Tennis, and Wrestling are broke into two classes( AAA and AA/A). All other sports are one class only. Boys and Girls Soccer, which has been one class for all its history in the WVSSAC, will also be broken into two classes starting in the fall of 2008.
Unlike similar governing bodies in the United States, the WVSSAC does not dictate individual high school schedules during the regular season; those decisions are made by the coaches involved. Note that the WVSSAC does set forth some basic guidelines (i.e., the number of schools within its own classification or higher that a school must compete against) for a school to be eligible for that sport's playoffs. The WVSSAC determines scheduling during the playoffs. For example, in football, whose playoffs are seeded on a statewide basis, each game is played at the higher-seeded school's campus if its stadium is approved by the SSAC to host playoff matches. Otherwise, it is played at the SSAC-approved venue nearest to the higher-seeded school. The lower-seeded school has the choice of one of three starting times—7:30 pm Eastern Time on Friday or Saturday, or 1:30 pm Eastern Time on Saturday. [cite web|url=http://www.wvssac.org/new_site/wvssac_website/html/sportsandschedules/football/Football%20Playoff%20Manual.pdf |title=2006 Football Playoff Manual |publisher=West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-08-22]
Activities
* Band
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cheerleading
* Cross country
* Football
* Golf
* Soccer
* Softball
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Track
* Volleyball
* Wrestling
Any event that involves academics (chess or academic decathlon, for example) are not governed by the WVSSAC; they are governed by private organizations.
The headquarters of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission are in Parkersburg.
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.wvssac.org West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission]
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