BOARD: MEETING MINUTES

SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE

BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE 

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION  

MARCH 12, 2026 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met March 12, 2026 at the Downtown Marriott in Des Moines, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Vice Chairperson Steve Pettit, Treasurer Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook, Andy Crozier, Amanda Whaley, Brent Jorth and Trevor Miller. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Tyler Lown, Jared Chizek, and Andy Umthun. Also present was IHSAA legal counsel, Brian Humke. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Durflinger at 8:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Moulton-Udell – Aggrieved Member School – Football Classification – Pursuant to a letter received from Jason Ogden, Moulton-Udell associate principal/activities director. Appellant and Sam Swenson, Moravia superintendent, participated in the hearing. (MM-S) Jorth -Miller to uphold the decision of the IHSAA administrative staff and to deny the request to play 8-player football. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to add Freedom from Religion correspondence and junior high wrestling to the information/discussion portion to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Whaley-Miller to approve the January 29, 2026 and minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

CONSENT ITEMS 

2026 CHARACTER COUNTS COACH OF THE YEAR – Executive Director Keating presented Doug DeZeeuw of MOC-Floyd Valley High School as the 2026 IHSAA Character Counts Coach of the Year. 

SPRING AND SUMMER SPORTS MANUALS – IHSAA Assistant Directors and Sport Administrators presented the 2026 Regular Season manuals for Golf, Tennis, Track and Field, Para-Track, Soccer and Baseball. 

BERNIE SAGGAU AWARD OF MERIT – Executive Director Keating presented Dave Wiebers, Rod Earleywine and Bill Roths names to be considered for the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit.  

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Schwamman-Cook to approve consent item as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

FOOTBALL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION – Assistant Director Chizek presented the tabled recommendation from the football advisory committee: to allow schools to offer eight days of padded activities, three of which may be in full pads with schools. Staff received feedback from the IHSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee on the recommendation. (MM-S) Jorth-Miller to table to recommendation and to receive more information on the topic.  Motion carried unanimously. 

POSTSEASON TICKETING PARTNER – Executive Director Keating discussed digital ticketing options going forward for 2026-27 and beyond. (MM-S) Crozier-Whaley to move forward with negotiations with HomeTown Ticketing. Motion carried unanimously. 

WEEK 0 FOOTBALL – Assistant Director Chizek shared a list of Week 0 game requests as a result of Siouxland Christian, Central Decatur and New London dropping their varsity schedule for 2026.  (MM-S) Pettit-Crozier to approve week 0 games as presented.  Motion carried unanimously. 

SPORTS ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS – Executive Director Keating presented the following name for approval to serve to the respective advisory committees: Tennis – Kevin Wadle, Knoxville.  (MM-S) Schwamman-Crozier to approve the appointment as presented.  Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating provided an updated list of 2025-26 winter sports ejections. 2) Executive Director Keating shared notifications which were sent to member schools regarding the 2026 IHSAA Governor’s Scholar Event. 3) Assistant Director Chizek presented the NFHS Football rules changes for 2026. 4) Executive Director Keating presented the NFHS Soccer rules changes for 2026. 5) Executive Director Keating presented the monthly Headstrong Concussion Insurance claims as of March 1, 2026. 6) Executive Director Keating presented the March 13 IHSAA Representative Council meeting agenda. 7) Executive Director Keating presented the 2026 State Basketball Tournament Awards Schedule. 8) Executive Director Keating presented 2026 preliminary Soccer classifications. 9) Executive Director Keating shared a preliminary draft of the 2026-27 Board of Control calendar. 10) Executive Director Keating led a discussion on the 2026 NFHS Summer Meeting in Salt Lake City. 11) Executive Director Keating presented 2026 preliminary spring golf classifications. 12) Assistant Director Umthun led a discussion on the state wrestling schedule. 13) Chairperson Durflinger recapped a board level discussion with members of the IGHSAU. 14) Executive Director Keating provided a letter from the Freedom of Religion Coalition regarding the Bernie Saggau Award. 15) Board Member Schwamman led a discussion on junior high wrestling. 

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held April 22, 2026 at the IHSAA office in Boone, Iowa. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Durflinger at 10:10 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, March 12, 2026. 

Jared Chizek 

Assistant Director 

SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING  

OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL  

OF THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION JANUARY 29, 2026

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met January 29, 2026 at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Vice Chairperson Steve Pettit, Brent Cook, Trevor Miller, Brent Jorth, Amanda Whaley and Andy Crozier. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating, Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Jared Chizek, Tyler Lown and Andy Umthun, Director of Finance Jessica Morgan, and Communications Director Chris Cuellar. Also present was legal counsel, Brian Humke.

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Durflinger at 8:30 a.m.

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Grand View Christian – Jordyn P. – General Transfer Rule 36.8(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Sarah P., mother of student. Appellant; student; and Dexter P., father of student, participated in the meeting. Appellant was notified that board members St. Clair and Pettit had recused themselves from the hearing. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook that in accordance with 36.8(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Miller-Crozier to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Cook-Miller to approve the December 19, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

EXECUTIVE SESSION – (MM-S) Jorth-Cook to enter into executive session to discuss legislative topics and ticketing bids. Motion carried unanimously. Cook-Miller to exit executive session. Motion carried unanimously.

CONSENT ITEMS 

2026 DISTRICT SWIMMING SITES & ASSIGNMENTS – Assistant Director Lown provided the 2026 district swimming sites and assignments.

WALDINGER CORPORATION PLANNED MAINTENANCE RENEWAL – Executive Director Keating provided a new contract agreement with Waldinger Corporation for the HVAC service through December 31, 2026.

REGIONAL DUAL TEAM WRESTLING SITES AND ASSIGNMENTS – Assistant Director Umthun shared next week’s regional dual team site and assignments.

STATE WRESTLING GRAND MARCH – Assistant Director Umthun presented that Nick Ackerman will lead the grand march at the state wrestling tournament.

BE NICE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM – Assistant Director Umthun provided information on the Be NICE Mental Health program that will be piloted with member schools.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to approve the consent items as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously.

ACTION ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented December 31, 2025, financial statements including the Detailed Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Budgetary Activities and Quarterly Investment Report. (MM-S) Pettit-Crozier to approve the financial report as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – Director of Finance Morgan presented the minutes from the investment committee on December 19, 2025 and the committee’s recommendation for certain security sales. (MM-S) Miller-Whaley to receive the committee’s meeting minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

2024-25 IHSAA ANNUAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented the 2024-25 Annual Report. The annual report will be shared and discussed with the Representative Council at their March meeting. (MM-S) Whaley-Miller to approve the annual report as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

2026 STATE QUALIFYING BOWLING SITES – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the state qualifying bowling meet sites. (MM-S) Miller-Jorth to approve the sites as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

2026 OFFICIALS HALL OF FAME – Communications Director Cuellar presented the minutes from the January 27 Officials Hall of Fame Committee meeting. The committee recommends the following officials be inducted into the hall of fame: Chris Ehlers, Arcadia; Steve Francois, Dundee; Eric LeSher, West Des Moines; Tom Roder, Granville; and Justin Stockdale, Dike. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook to approve the committee’s recommendations as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

IHSAA FOOTBALL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES & RECOMMENDATIONS – Assistant Director Chizek presented the minutes and recommendations from the football advisory committee meeting. The committee recommended: 1) to award a win and maximum playoff tiebreaking points if a game is not played once the schedule is released. 2) to allow a replacement game/scrimmage to be conducted during the week of a canceled/forfeited game occurs. A replacement game would go as a no contest and would not be used for any playoff qualification. 3) to adopt the following weather/suspended game protocol: once the game is suspended, mutual agreement can still terminate the contest at any time during the suspension. If mutual agreement is not met initially, both schools’ administration shall reconvene after three hours from the opening kickoff to discuss the current weather situation/field conditions/score difference/playoff impact at that point. If mutual agreement cannot be met at that point, suspended game rules go into effect with the game needing to be concluded by the following Monday (Saturday for regular season finale). If a team refuses to complete the contest, the game will be forfeited with those protocols now coming into play. 4) to eliminate the exceptions under the current 8-player policy and to have a hard adjusted enrollment cap of 105.0. 5) to allow schools to offer eight days of padded activities, three of which may be in full pads with other teams in the summer. 6) to allow a team to scrimmage following nine days of practice. 7) to allow an additional sub-varsity scrimmage when an opponent drops their sub-varsity scheduled game. 8) to adopt the regular season film policy for the postseason with two additions; all regular season games are to be left in the pool throughout the season and if the video is not uploaded by the noon deadline and after communication with the IHSAA football administrator, the head coach is suspended for the remainder of the playoffs (MM-S) Pettit-Jorth to approved recommendations 1-4 and 6-8 and to table recommendation 5. Motion carried unanimously.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the following names for appointment to their respective advisory committee: Swimming – Jesse Kuehler, Spencer; Bryon Butler, Iowa City West. Wrestling – Pete Haag, Estherville Lincoln Central; Nick Oden, Lewis Central; Jason Rook, Davis County; Dan Grady, Prairie, Cedar Rapids; Christie Lester, Newton; Brandon Brooks, Ottumwa. (MM-S) Miller-Crozier to approve the advisory committee appointments as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

POSTSEASON BASKETBALL MANUAL – Assistant Director Tharp provided the 2026 Postseason Basketball Manual. (MM-S) Miller-Whaley to approve the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE MEETING – Executive Director Keating provided a copy of the classification committee meeting hosted on January 20. (MM-S) Miller-Cook to receive the committee’s minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

REPORTS 

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley shared new board member workshops will be held at 16 locations across the state and the organization will be offering open meetings training as well.

I.H.S.A.D.A. REPORT – Board member Cook shared the state convention will be held in Coralville March 27 through 30.

NFHS WINTER MEETING REPORT – Executive Director Keating discussed topics from the NFHS Winter Meeting held earlier this month California.

COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS REPORT – Assistant Director Tharp shared registration numbers and other relative information to promoting officiating.

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR REPORT – Communications Director Cuellar shared streaming and broadcast analytics from state football, upcoming event productions, and information about the IHSAA intern program.

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Assistant Director Tharp provided an updated list of 2025-26 winter sports ejections.
2) Executive Director Keating provided a preliminary schedule for the 2026 NFHS Summer Meeting.
3) Executive Director Keating provided information regarding the number of insurance claims filed under the Head Strong Insurance program as of January 1.
4) Assistant Director Tharp shared current plans for state basketball halftimes.
5) Assistant Director Lown shared the agenda from the January 28 student advisory committee meeting.
6) Assistant Director Umthun provided a year in review from the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.
7) Assistant Director Umthun shared a preliminary tennis classification report.
8) Executive Director Keating recapped the conference realignment committee meeting.
9) Executive Director Keating shared Brett Harris, student at Western Dubuque, is the IHSAA nominee for the NFHS Spirit of Sport Nominee.
10) Executive Director Keating provided an update on paraathletes scoring at other state’s track and field meets.

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held March 12, 2026 at the Downtown Marriott in Des Moines, held in conjunction with the state basketball tournament.

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Durflinger at 11:30 a.m.

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, January 29, 2026.

Jared Chizek
Assistant Director

SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING  

OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL  

OF THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DECEMBER 19, 2025 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met December 19, 2025, at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Vice-Chairperson Steve Pettit, Treasurer Barb Schwamman (Zoom participant), Brent Cook (Zoom participant), Andy Crozier, Brent Jorth and Trevor Miller. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Tyler Lown, Chad Elsberry, Jared Chizek and Andy Umthun; and Director of Finance Jessica Morgan. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Pettit at 8:30 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Humboldt – Joseph C. – General Transfer Rule 36.8(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Todd C., father of student. Appellant; Kari C., mother of student, student and Damond L., brother-in-law of student, participated in the meeting. Appellant was notified that board member St. Clair had recused himself from the hearing. (MM-S) Schwamman-Cook that in accordance with 36.8(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.    

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Jorth-Schwamman to add an action item regarding Assumption football to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Crozier-Jorth to approve the November 21, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION – (MM-S) Crozier-Jorth to enter executive session to discuss an RFP process. (MM-S) Miller-Cook to exit executive session.  

CONSENT ITEMS 

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY HILTON COLISEUM AGREEMENT – Executive Director Keating presented a signed agreement with Iowa State University to host the state basketball tournament from 2027 through 2031.  

(MM-S) Crozier-Miller to accept the consent items as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented November 30, 2025, financial statements including the statement of financial position, statement of budgetary activities and the fall sports report. (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to accept the reports as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2025-26 IHSAA BOWLING CLASSIFICATIONS – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the schools, enrollments, and classifications for the 2026 Boys Bowling Tournament. (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to accept the classifications as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

DISTRICT SWIMMING SITES – Assistant Director Lown presented the six sites that will be used for district swimming on February 7. Team assignments will be made the second week in January. (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to approve the sites as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

2026 IHSAA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME — Executive Director Keating presented the minutes from the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame Committee. (MM-S) Schwamman-Miller to induct the following individuals into the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame: Jim Calkins, Newell-Fonda; Bob Fontana, Cedar Rapids Kennedy/Ankeny Centennial; Fred Lorensen, PCM; Marty McKowen, Wapsie Valley; Marcus Paige, Linn-Mar; and Adam Viet, AGWSR. Motion carried unanimously. 

2026 IHSAA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME — Communications Director Cuellar presented the minutes from the IHSAA Wrestling Hall of Fame Committee. (MM-S) Miller-Crozier to induct the following individuals into the IHSAA Wrestling Hall of Fame: Chet Bachman, MFL MarMac; Jordan Bremer, Woodbury Central; Larry Hochhaus, Britt; Chris Krueger, Denver/Tripoli; Tim Riley, Iowa City High; Blake Williams, Solon/Prairie, Cedar Rapids. Motion carried unanimously. 

SOCCER ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION – Assistant Director Tharp re-presented the Soccer Advisory Committee recommendations. 1) To have all 32 teams come to Des Moines area sites for the quarterfinals. 2) To make the coach ineligible to coach in the postseason if his/her school receives four red cards during the season. (MM-S) Jorth-Miller to approve recommendation 1. Motion carried 5-1 with Pettit voting nay. (MM) Crozier to deny recommendation 2. Motion died due to lack of a second. (MM-S) Jorth-Schwamman to approve recommendation 2. Motion carried 5-1 with Crozier voting nay. 

SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES – Assistant Director Umthun shared the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee minutes. The committee made no recommendations. (MM-S) Miller-Jorth to receive the minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

JOINT CROSS COUNTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES AND RECOMMENDATION – Assistant Director Lown presented the meeting minutes and recommendation from the joint cross country advisory committee. The committee recommended to gather more information on potentially adding an ambulatory division.  (MM-S) Miller-Crozier to approve the recommendation as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

WEEK 0 FOOTBALL GAME – Assistant Director Chizek presented Assumption is seeking a Week 0 football contest as a result of Illinois starting their season a week earlier starting in 2026. (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to allow Assumption to play Week 0 in order to fill their nine-game schedule. 

REPORTS 

I.H.S.A.D.A REPORT – Chairperson Cook reported the NIAAA conference was held in Tampa, Florida December 12-16. Planning for the state conference is underway. 

COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS REPORT – Assistant Director Tharp provided final fall ejection numbers.  

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES/OUTREACH/DEVELOPMENT REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry discussed the Achieve Together program and the state football semifinals and finals. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating shared Winter Sports Online Rules Meeting Notifications. 2) Assistant Director Umthun shared wrestling memos. 3) Assistant Director Elsberry shared recent bowling memos. 4) Assistant Director Tharp shared basketball memos sent to member schools.  

5) Assistant Director Lown shared the first swimming memo. 6) Assistant Director Tharp shared the 2026 state basketball schedule. 7) Executive Director Keating shared the Head Strong Insurance Claims as of December 1. 8) Executive Director Keating reviewed topics of discussion at the 11 States Meeting. 9) The administrative staff shared topics covered at the NADC in Tampa, Florida. 10) Executive Director Keating shared the joint committee minutes from December 10. 11) Executive Director Keating shared provided an update on the joint IHSAA/IGHSAU staff meeting from December 1. 12) Assistant Director Chizek gave a brief synopsis from the Football Advisory Committee meeting held December 10.  

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held January 29, 2026 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Vice Chairperson Pettit at 11:05 a.m. 

l, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, December 19, 2025. 

Jared Chizek 

Assistant Director 

SYNOPSIS OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE

BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 21, 2025

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met October 16, 2025, at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Vice-Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Treasurer Steve Pettit, Brent Cook, Andy Crozier, Brent Jorth, and Trevor Miller, Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Director of Finance Jessica Morgan. Brian Humke, legal counsel, also attended the meeting.

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Whaley at 8:00 a.m.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Miller-Pettit to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to approve the September 12, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

Eligibility Hearing: Winfield-Mt. Union – Brian F. – General Transfer Rule 36.8(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Steve and Angie W., parents of the student. Appellants participated in the meeting via Zoom. Appellant was notified that board members St. Clair and Petit had recused themselves from the hearing. (MM-S) Pettit-Miller that in accordance with 36.8(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.

Executive Session – (MM-S) Pettit-Miller to enter Executive Session at 8:30 a.m.  Motion carried unanimously. Crozier-Pettit to exit Executive Session at 9:00 a.m.  Motion carried unanimously.

REPORTS

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley shared the state convention was held November 18-20 and invited Board members who attended to share.

I.H.S.A.D.A REPORT – Board member Cook reported on the recently conducted 5 states meeting and the upcoming national NIAAA convention to be held in December in Tampa, Florida.

D.E REPORT – No report.

COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS REPORT – Assistant Director Tharp shared registration numbers for winter sports.  He also shared recruiting efforts and resulting registrations, including career fairs, officials association events, and collaboration with recreation and intramural programs in communities and post-secondary institutions.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES/OUTREACH/DEVELOPMENT REPORT — Assistant Director Elsberry reported on the IASC State Conference which was held October 25 and 26.

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR REPORT —Communications Director Cuellar shared state championship streaming and television viewership for this year’s state football semifinals.

CONSENT ITEMS

IHSAA HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE RENEWALS —  Director of Finance Morgan shared the medical premium renewal from Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield increased by 9.24%.  Delta Dental premiums will increase by 4%.  Group term and group long term disability rates will remain the same.

(MM-S) Schwamman-Pettit to approve consent items.  Motion carried unanimously.

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS

1) Executive Director Keating shared information regarding the IHSAA/IGHSAU New A.D Workshop Part II. 2) The administrative staff shared the fall sports online rules meeting memos. 3) Assistant Director Elsberry shared information regarding Achieve Challenge events. 4) Executive Director Keating provided State Football Championship Awards Presentation schedule. 5) Executive Director Keating shared the list of Head Strong Concussion Insurance Claims as of November 1, 2025. 6) Executive Director Keating shared a review of the State Cross Country Meet. 7) Assistant Director Elsberry shared preliminary Bowling classifications. 8) Assistant Director Umthun provided a summary of the IHSAA/IGHSAU SMAC review of our website’s health education content.  9) Executive Director Keating shared a proposal from Cedar Falls High School to include points scored by para athletes at the State Track and Field Meet to a team’s overall meet point total.  10) Executive Director Keating presented items from the Joint IHSAA/IGHSAU staff meeting. 11) Executive Director Keating shared updates on the IHSAA/IGHSAU process of reviewing potential digital platform partners. 12) Assistant Director Chizek shared Waterloo School District’s plan to combine East and West High Schools into United High School beginning in the 2028-29 school year.  Chizek shared Waterloo has requested to play year 1 in the 2027 and 2028 football cycle as separate schools, and year 2 as a combined school. 13) Executive Director Keating shared updates on the rules writing for HF783. 14) Assistant Director Umthun shared information on the “Be Nice” Mental Health and Awareness program. 15) Executive Director Keating shared that information is still being gathered regarding state soccer quarterfinals and a recommendation will be forthcoming in December.  16) Finance Director Morgan shared total sponsorship revenue procured by TPG to date.

ACTION ITEMS

IHSAA REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS – Executive Director Keating presented the results of the 2025 Representative Council Elections.

REPORT ON ELECTION FOR POSITIONS ON

THE REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL OF THE

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

NW 1A – Term Expiring in 2030                                                                                         

Ken Slater                            Superintendent               Hinton                                            17

Jarod Reinking                     Principal                         West Lyon, Inwood                       3

Joe Carter                            Superintendent               Algona                                           3

Tom Luxford                        Superintendent               Woodbury Central, Moville           1

Jason Klingensmith              Principal                         Sergeant Bluff-Luton                    1

Dick Jungers                        Superintendent               Newell-Fonda                                1

SW 2A Election – Completing term expiring 2029                                                                        

Dr. Brent Hoesing                Superintendent               Lewis Central                                1 (by draw)

Erik Anderson                      Superintendent               Carlisle                                          1

Shawn Holloway                  Superintendent               Norwalk                                         1

Michael Naughton                Principal                         Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1

Joe Vinchattle                      Principal                         Lewis Central                                1

SW 1A Election – 2 Positions expiring 2026, 2030                                                                                  

Jeff Privia                             Superintendent               Clarinda                                         5 (by draw) – 2030

Joe Erickson                        Superintendent               Southwest Valley                          5 (by draw) – 2026

Jason Shaffer                      Superintendent               Bedford                                         5   

Darin Jones                          Superintendent               AHSTW, Avoca                            4   

Jeremy Christiansen            Superintendent               Boyer Valley, Dunlap                    3   

Chad Harder                        Principal                         Tri-Center, Neola                          3   

Kasey Huebner                    Superintendent               Panorama, Panora                       2   

Josh Vanderflught                Principal                         Mount Ayr                                     2   

Josh Rasmussen                 Superintendent               ACGC                                           2   

Jordan Buhs                         Principal                         Ar-We-Va, Westside                     1   

Jennifer Barnett                   Superintendent               Harlan Community                       1   

Seth Streebin                       Principal                         Coon Rapids-Bayard                    1   

Pat Ryan                              Principal                         St. Albert, Council Bluffs              1   

Nicholas Kroon                    Principal                         Riverside, Oakland                       1   

Bill Messerole                      Principal                         Creston                                         1   

Dave Gute                            Superintendent               Fremont-Mills, Tabor                    1   

David Henrichs                    Superintendent               Lenox                                            1   

Bill Watson                           Superintendent               Martensdale-St Marys                  1   

Nate Hemiller                       Superintendent               Ar-We-Va, Westside                     1   

Central 1A  – 2 Positions expiring in 2027, 2030                                                                          

Jess Toliver                          Superintendent               Eagle Grove                                 8 (2030)

Dr. Ann Lebo                        Superintendent               Grundy Center                              2 (2027)

Aaron Becker                       Superintendent               PCM, Monroe                               1

Adam Lamoureux                Principal                         Van Meter                                     1

Chris Fenster                       Superintendent               South Hardin                                 1

Chris Murphy                       Superintendent               Grand View Christian School       1

Chris Petersen                     Superintendent               Baxter                                           1

Clay Harrold                         Principal                         Baxter                                           1

Joe Venema                        Principal                         Ankeny Christian Academy          1

Joseph Nelson                     Superintendent               Clarion-Goldfield-Dows                1

Kelly Williamson                   Principal                         Madrid                                           1

Kristian Einsweiler               Principal                         Nevada                                         1

Michael Wabel                     Principal                         AGWSR, Ackley                           1

Taylor Howard                     Principal                         North Tama, Traer                        1

Tim Felderman                     Superintendent               Hampton-Dumont-CAL                1

NE 1A Position – Term expiring in 2030                                                                                        

Jason McLaughlin                Superintendent               West Hancock, Britt                      4

Kory Kelchen                       Superintendent               Dunkerton                                     3

Mike Hilmer                          Superintendent               Bellevue                                        3

T.J. Murphy                          Principal                         Wapsie Valley, Fairbank               2

Marcel Kielkucki                  Principal                         Beckman Catholic, Dyersville       1

Nick Merritt                          Principal                         Springville                                     1

Jen Vance                            Superintendent               West Delaware, Manchester        1

Ryan Hall                             Principal                         Cedar Ridge Christian School      1

Jay Mathis                            Superintendent               Kee, Lansing                                 1

Kris Einck                             Superintendent               Crestwood, Cresco                       1

Shane Wahls                        Superintendent               Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg           1

Matt Svare                           Principal                         West Delaware, Manchester        1

Dan Butler                            Superintendent               Cascade, Western Dubuque        1

Josh Ehn                              Superintendent               Oelwein                                         1

Kyle Koeppen                      Superintendent               Vinton-Shellsburg                          1

Jennifer Lange                     Principal                         Starmont                                       1

Anthony Voss                       Superintendent               Hudson                                          1

BJ Meaney                           Principal                         Janesville                                      1

SE 2A Position – Term expiring in 2030                                                                                       

Josh Manning                      Principal                         Pella                                              1 (by draw)

Nathan Marting                    Principal                         Burlington                                      1   

Andrew Lehn                        Principal                         North Scott, Eldridge                     1   

Justin Colbert                       Principal                         Iowa City, Liberty                          1   

SE 1A Position – Completing term expiring in 2029                                                                               

Shannon Webb                    Principal                         Sigourney                                      2 (by draw)

Tony Johnson                      Principal                         Wapello                                         2

Jordan Buell                         Principal                         Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont     1

Richard Montgomery           Superintendent               Albia                                              1

Shaun Kruger                       Superintendent               West Liberty                                  1

Willie Stone                          Superintendent               Washington                                   1

Megan Christiansen             Superintendent               Davis County, Bloomfield             1

Marty Jimmerson                 Superintendent               West Branch                                 1

John Henriksen                    Superintendent               Mount Pleasant                             1

Angela Olson                       Superintendent               Regina, Iowa City                         1

Drew Bunkers                      Principal                         Solon                                             1

Lori Eads                              Principal                         Albia                                              1

Mike Jones                           Principal                         West Burlington                             1

Dr. Tony Aylsworth              Superintendent               Pleasantville                                  1

I, Chairperson of the IHSAA Board of Control, certify that the above and foregoing is the official report of the Representative Council elections.

Chairperson, Board of Control

(MM-S) Pettit-Miller to approve Representative Council Election Results. Motion carried unanimously.

BASEBALL ADVISORY COMMITTEE — Assistant Directors Lown and Umthun presented the minutes and recommendations from the Baseball Advisory Committee.  The committee made four recommendations: 1) Adjust the date limitation from 24 playing dates to 26, 2) Adjust the postseason site and assignment release date for class 1A/2A to week 51 of the NFHS calendar and 3A/4A to week 52 of the NFHS calendar, 3) Assign 4-man umpire crew to the substate finals, 4) Provide a bullpen to both teams playing in a postseason contest, shared or separated.   (MM-S) Crozier-Miller to approve recommendations 2, 3, 4 and to table recommendation 1. Motion carried unanimously.

DISTRICT WRESTLING SITES AND ASSIGNMENTS — Assistant Director Umthun presented the 2026 District Wrestling Sites and Assignments.  (MM-S) Schwamman-Cook to approve as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL — Chairperson Whaley presented the following as officers for 2025-26: Chairperson – Deron Durflinger, Vice-Chair – Steve Pettit, Treasurer – Barb Schwamman. (MM-S) Cook-Miller to approve the officers as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

RETURN TO PLAY PROTOCOL – Assistant Director Umthun presented a revised Return to Play Concussion Protocol recommended by the IHSAA/IGHSAU SMAC Committee.  (MM-S) Jorth-Schwamman to approve.  Motion carried unanimously.

CONCUSSION EVALUATION AND RETURN TO PLAY FORMS – Assistant Director Umthun presented these updated forms.  (MM-S) Jorth-Schwamman to approve.  Motion carried unanimously.

SPORTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SELECTION POLICY – Assistant Director Elsberry presented a revised policy regarding choice of nominee to recommend to the Board of Control.  (MM-S) Pettit-Cook to approve.  Motion carried unanimously.

2025-26 BASKETBALL CLASSIFICATIONS – Assistant Director Tharp presented these.  (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to approve.  Motion carried unanimously.

REVISED EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK – Executive Director Keating presented this.  (MM-S) Pettit-Miller to approve.  Motion carried unanimously.

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held December 19, 2025 at the IHSAA Office in Boone.

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Whaley at 9:37 a.m.

l, Tom Keating, Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, November 21, 2025.

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met October 16, 2025, at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Vice-Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Treasurer Steve Pettit, Brent Cook, Andy Crozier, Brent Jorth, Trevor Miller and Eric St. Clair (non-voting). Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Andy Umthun, Tyler Lown and Jared Chizek, Communications Director Chris Cuellar and Director of Finance Jessica Morgan. Brian Humke, legal counsel, also attended the meeting. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Whaley at 8:30 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to add digital platforms to the information and discussion item portion of the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Durflinger-Pettit to approve the September 12, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

CONSENT ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented September 30, 2025, financial statements including the statement of financial position, statement of budgetary activities and quarterly investment statement. 

2025-26 WINTER SPORTS MANUAL — The administrative team presented the sport manuals for basketball, wrestling, swimming and bowling for approval.  

CROSS COUNTRY STATE QUALIFYING MEET ASSIGNMENTS — Assistant Director Lown presented the state qualifying cross country team assignments. 

LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT — Executive Director Keating shared an agreement with Eide Walton to serve as a legislative consultant for the 2026 legislative session. 

WEBSPEC AI TRAINING AGREEMENT — Executive Director Keating presented an agreement from Webspec to offer AI training for the IHSAA staff..  

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Durflinger-Miller to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

2024-25 IHSAA AUDIT — Director of Finance Morgan presented the minutes of the Audit Committee. (MM-S) Cook-Miller to accept the minutes as presented and receive the audit as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

IHSAA ELECTIONS — Executive Director Keating presented the formal report of the Board of Control election committee and information sent to school administrators regarding the upcoming Representative Council elections. 

REPORT ON ELECTION FOR POSITIONS ON 

THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE 

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 

2025-2026 

CLASS A & AA SCHOOLS, NORTHWEST DISTRICT, TERM EXPIRING 2030 

Brent Jorth Superintendent Central Lyon 17 

Joe Carter Superintendent Algona 13 

4 other administrators each received 1 vote 

I, Chairperson of the Election Committee for the Board of Control, certify that the above and foregoing is the official report of the Board of Control elections.

Steve Webner, Superintendent, LeMars 

Chairperson, Election Committee, Board of Control

(MM-S) Crozier-Pettit to receive the election committee report as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

SPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS — Assistant Director Elsberry presented the following names for appointment to the respective advisory committee: Baseball – Dave Dirkx, Waukee; Football – John Bowlin, Mount Pleasant; Dustin Smith, Nevada.  (MM-S) Durflinger-Miller to approve the appointments as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2026 POSTSEASON WRESTLING MANUAL — Assistant Director Umthun presented the 2026 Postseason Wrestling Manual. (MM-S) Cook-Durflinger to approve the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

BERNIE SAGGAU AWARD RECIPIENTS — Executive Director Keating presented a proposal to recognize Rod Earleywine and Dave Wiebers with the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook to approve hiring a communications assistant and an assistant director. Motion carried unanimously. 

REPORTS 

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley shared the state convention is scheduled to be held November 19-21. 

I.H.S.A.D.A REPORT – Board member Cook reported on the recently held district meetings and the upcoming national NIAAA convention to be held in December in Tampa, Florida.  

D.E REPORT – Board member St. Clair reported the Department is busy writing administrative rules for a variety of bills, including the conference realignment committee. 

COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS REPORT – Assistant Director Tharp shared recruiting efforts at colleges to become registered officials. 

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES/OUTREACH/DEVELOPMENT REPORT — Assistant Director Elsberry shared the IASC State Conference will be held October 26 and 27. 

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR REPORT —Communications Director Cuellar shared state championship streaming and television production plans for the 2025-26 school year. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Assistant Director Tharp shared the most recent fall sports ejection report. 2) Assistant Director Lown provided information on the upcoming state cross country meet. 3) The administrative staff provided information on the recently held district athletic director meetings. 4) Executive Director Keating shared the Head Strong concussion insurance claims as of October 1. 5) Assistant Director Tharp shared a preliminary list of basketball classifications. 6) Assistant Director Umthun shared a preliminary list of wrestling classifications. 7) Executive Director Keating provided the 2024-25 NFHS Injury Surveillance Summary Report. 8) Executive Director Keating shared the NFHS Participation Survey is already available for schools to be entering data throughout the school year. 9) Assistant Director Chizek discussed forfeitures during the 2025 football season. 10) Assistant Director Umthun recapped the wrestling interpreters meeting. 11) Assistant Director Umthun shared he will be presenting at the IWCOA convention this upcoming weekend. 12) Assistant Director Tharp led a discussion on state soccer. 13) Executive Director Keating shared Board Member Whaley was reappointed to the Board of Control by IASB. 14) Assistant Director Lown recapped the student advisory committee meeting held in September. 15) Executive Director led a discussion on digital platforms. 

OFFICIALS ELIGIBILITY HEARING – Jason McGruder – Appellant appeared in person asking for reinstatement. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook to uphold the year long suspension. Motion failed 4-3. (MM-S) Pettit-Jorth to reinstate the appellant after the football season. Motion carried 4-2 with Crozier and Cook voting against the motion. 

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held November 21, 2025 at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Cedar Falls in conjunction with the State Football Championships. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Whaley at 11:10 a.m. 

l, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, October 16, 2025. 

Jared Chizek 

Assistant Director 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met September 12, 2025, at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Vice-Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Treasurer Steve Pettit, Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook, Andy Crozier, Brent Jorth and Trevor Miller. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Tyler Lown, Chad Elsberry and Jared Chizek; Director of Finance Jessica Morgan and Communications Director Chris Cuellar. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Whaley at 8:00 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to add SMAC recommendation to the consent agenda and legislative issues to the information and discussion agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to approve the August 8 & 9, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

Eligibility Hearings: (1) Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln – Brody S. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Mark and Misty S., parents of the student. Appellants and student participated in the meeting via Zoom. Appellant was notified that board member St. Clair had recused himself from the hearing. (MM-S) Durflinger-Crozier that in accordance with 36.8(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously. (2) Ankeny – Jordan D. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Amy V., mother of the student. Appellant participated in the meeting via Zoom. Appellant was notified that board members Pettit and St. Clair had recused themselves from the hearing. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook that in accordance with 36.8(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously. 

CONSENT ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented August 31, 2025, financial statements including the statement of financial position, statement of budgetary activities and baseball sport report.  

CROSS COUNTRY STATE QUALIFYING SITES — Assistant Director Lown presented the 2025 state qualifying cross country meet sites. 

FALL GOLF DISTRICT SITES — Assistant Director Elsberry provided the site assignments for the fall golf district tournaments. 

DISCOVER AMES MOU — Executive Director Keating presented an agreement with Discover Ames starting with the 2027 state basketball tournament.  

BOUND MOU — Executive Director Keating presented an agreement with Bound through the 2025-26 school year to serve as the organization’s digital platform for scheduling, statistics, and other data collection services. 

STATE WRESTLING SCHEDULE — Executive Director Keating presented the 2026 state wrestling schedule. 

SMAC RECOMMENDATION — Executive Director Keating presented the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee recommendation on emergency action plans for activities. 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

POSTSEASON FOOTBALL MANUAL — Assistant Director Chizek presented the 2025 Postseason Football Manual. (MM-S) Schwamman-Miller to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

POSTSEASON FALL GOLF MANUAL — Assistant Director Elsberry presented the 2025 Postseason Fall Golf Manual. (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2025 IHSAA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME — Communications Director Cuellar presented the following names for induction into the IHSAA Football Hall of Fame: JJ Moses, Waterloo, East; Kyle Orton, Southeast Polk; Tyler Jones, Cherokee; Austin Blythe, Williamsburg; Rick Sanger, West Hancock; Doug Benschoter, Waverly-Shell Rock. (MM-S) Pettit-Miller to accept the nominees as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

IHSAA LEGACY COUNCIL — Executive Director Keating presented a plan to create a Legacy Council made up of former IHSAA executive directors and board members. (MM-S) Schwamman-Cook to create the IHSAA Legacy Council. Motion carried unanimously. 

IHSAA BASKETBALL COACHES ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Tharp reintroduced the two recommendations of the Basketball Advisory Committee. The two recommendations for the Board’s consideration: 1) To allow an individual to play in 44 regular season contests. Participation in one quarter would count as a contest. 2) To play the Class 1A and 2A district finals at the higher seeded school’s facility. (MM-S) Crozier-Pettit to approve both recommendations. Motion carried 5-2 with Durflinger and Schwamman voting nay. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Assistant Director Tharp shared the most recent fall sports ejection report. 2) The administrative staff shared the fall sports online rules meeting memos. 3) Executive Director Keating shared the list of schools that did not have an ejection during the 2024-25 school year. 4) Executive Director Keating provided the list of schools that had three or more ejections during the 2024-25 school year. 5) Executive Director Keating presented a summary of the Section 4/5 meeting he attended in Chicago, Illinois. 6) Executive Director Keating shared the list of Head Strong Concussion Insurance Claims as of August 1, 2025. 7) Executive Director Keating recapped the Representative Council Meeting. 8) Executive Director Keating reminded the group of the upcoming Board of Control elections. 9) Assistant Director Lown shared the agenda for the September 17 student advisory committee meeting. 10) Executive Director Keating shared the NFHS catastrophic injury and fatality report. 11) Executive Director Keating shared the NFHS participation survey results. 12) Assistant Director Tharp shared how the IHSAA will be recognizing officials during the 2025-26 school year. 13) Assistant Director Chizek led a discussion on schools dropping their varsity football schedules. 14) Executive Director Keating shared information relative to legislative issues. 

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held October 16, 2025 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Whaley at 11:00 a.m. 

l, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, September 12, 2025. 

Jared Chizek 

Assistant Director 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 8 and 9, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center in Coralville, Iowa, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Vice Chairperson Deron Durflinger, Treasurer Steve Pettit, Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook, Andy Crozier, Brent Jorth and Trevor Miller (Zoom participant). Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Andy Umthun, Tyler Lown and Jared Chizek. Legal Counsel Brian Humke was also present (Saturday only). 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Whaley at 8:00 a.m. 

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER – Chairperson Whaley and Executive Director Keating welcomed Brent Jorth to the Board of Control. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Crozier-Cook to approve the June 9 and 30, 2025 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.  

CONSENT ITEMS 

2025-26 INSURANCE RENEWALS – Executive Director Keating presented insurance renewals for the Concussion Insurance, Post Season Tournament Play Policy, Property, Automobile, Inland Marine, Worker’s Compensation, General Liability, Crime, Umbrella Liability, Cyber Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Violent Event, Directors and Officers Liability and Employment Practices Liability coverage. 

2025-26 IHSAA HANDBOOK AND FALL SPORTS MANUAL – The administrative staff presented the 2025-26 Handbook and respective 2025 Fall Sports Manuals.  

2025-26 IHSAA JUNIOR HIGH SPORTS MANUAL – Assistant Director Chizek presented the 2025-26 Junior High Sports Manual. 

2025-26 IHSAA OFFICIALS MANUAL – Assistant Director Tharp presented the 2025-26 Officials Manual. 

2025-26 IHSAA BOARD OF CONTROL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented that Joe Stutting, North Scott; Steve Webner, LeMars; and Justin Stockdale, Dike-New Hartford will serve as the Board of Control Elections Committee for the 2025-26 school year. 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Crozier-Durflinger to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed.  Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Executive Director Keating presented June 30, 2025 statement of financial position and statement of budgetary activities. (MM-S) Durflinger-Pettit to approve the financial report as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

BOARD OF CONTROL ELECTION RESULTS – Executive Director Keating presented the formal report of the Board of Control election committee.

REPORT ON ELECTION FOR POSITIONS ON 

THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE 

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 

2025-2026 

CLASS A & AA SCHOOLS, SOUTHWEST DISTRICT, TERM EXPIRING 2028 

Trevor Miller	Superintendent	Audubon	13
Bill Watson	Superintendent	Martensdale-St Marys	9
Jacob Hedger	Superintendent	Logan-Magnolia	5
Kasey Huebner	Superintendent	Panorama, Panora	3
Jeremy Christiansen	Principal	Boyer Valley, Dunlap	3
Dr. Stephanie Anderson	Superintendent	Riverside, Oakland	2
Luke Cox	Principal	Clarinda	1
Andy Irwin	Superintendent	Underwood	1
Chris Coffelt	Superintendent	Central Decatur, Leon	1
Pat Ryan	Principal	St. Albert, Council Bluffs	1
Josh Vanderflught	Principal	Mount Ayr	1
Shawn Holloway	Superintendent	Norwalk	1
Jeff Privia	Superintendent	Clarinda	1
Jennifer Barnett	Superintendent	Harlan Community	1
Tim Kuehl	Superintendent	East Union, Afton	1

CLASS A & AA SCHOOLS, NORTHWEST DISTRICT, TERM EXPIRING 2025 

Brent Jorth	Superintendent	Central Lyon, Rock Rapids	17
Joe Carter	Superintendent	Algona		11
Chris Bork	Principal	Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City	2
Adam Bisenius	Superintendent	Ridge View	2
Jason Klingensmith	Principal	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	2
Bryan Paulson	Principal	Gehlen Catholic, LeMars	1
Cory Myer	Superintendent	Sheldon	1
Scott Bailey	Superintendent	Kingsley-Pierson	1
Richard Todd	Principal	Sioux City, East	1
Tom Luxford	Superintendent	Woodbury Central, Moville	1
Dr. Steve Webner	Superintendent	Le Mars	1
Patrick Carlin	Superintendent	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn	1
Wayne Dykstra	Superintendent	Unity Christian, Orange City	1

I, Chairperson of the Election Committee for the Board of Control, certify that the above and foregoing is the official report of the Board of Control elections.

Joe Stutting, Superintendent, North Scott 

Chairperson, Election Committee, Board of Control 

(MM-S) Schwamman-Cook to certify the election results. Motion carried unanimously. 

2025-26 BOARD OF CONTROL CALENDAR – Executive Director Keating presented the Board of Control a draft meeting schedule for 2025-26. (MM-S) Cook-Schwamman to approve the meeting schedule as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

JOINT TRACK AND FIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Chizek presented the minutes and six recommendations from the Joint Track and Field Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To require officials to complete the IATO checklist following regular season meets and submitting it to the governing bodies; 2) To prohibit a requirement of a spike length less than ¼” at the SQM sites; 3) To adhere to the NFHS ruling requiring the hand time to be rounded up to the next tenth with .24 added to that figure; 4) To hire an assistant starter for Class 3A and 4A state qualifying meets; 5) To have the state meet referee call the head coach following a disqualification, rather than calling coaches of violations to section O; 6) To allow 10 days of preseason coach contact (MM-S) Crozier-Pettit to approve recommendations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and to deny recommendation 6. Motion carried unanimously. 

TENNIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Umthun presented the minutes and four recommendations from the Tennis Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To play a full third set in all district and state singles and doubles in the main draw, leaving consolation matches as is. 2) To take the top 32 teams from each class only for the substate team tennis tournament based on tennis coaches’ rankings poll, UTR, and overall record as metrics. 3) To schedule district singles & doubles on Saturday of week 45 of the NFHS calendar to give the full week for additional regular season dates and substate team tennis on Wednesday of week 46 of the NFHS calendar. 4)In the Team Tournament, to play doubles first, followed by singles for the substate and state tournaments. (MM) Pettit to approve all four recommendations. Motion died for a lack of a second. (MM-S) Durflinger-Crozier  to approve recommendations 2, 3 and 4 and to deny recommendation 1. Motion carried unanimously.   

GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the minutes and five recommendations from the Golf Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended 1) To allow online scoring (individual school or entire tournament) and shot tracking from green to tee with all other cell phone restrictions in place. 2) To award the top eight teams with trophies at the state tournament in all classes of IHSAA postseason golf. 3) To award medals out to 10th place at the state tournament for the individual competition. 4) To revise current state tournament team championship tiebreaker to utilize sudden-death team playoff with all six golfers playing and counting the top four scores. For all other team ties, utilize aggregate of 5th score and then aggregate of 6th score over two days to determine tiebreaker. If a team does not have a 5th or 6th golfer, they lose the tiebreaker when it comes to that position. If teams are still tied after that, they remain tied for that team placement (for all non-championship positions). 5) To revise current team tiebreaker to utilize aggregate of 5th score and then aggregate of 6th score over two days to determine tiebreaker. If a team does not have a 5th or 6th golfer, they lose the tiebreaker when it comes to that position. If teams are still tied after that, they remain tied for that team placement (for all non-championship positions). To determine the state team champion the last tiebreaker is to utilize a sudden-death team playoff with all six golfers playing and counting the top four scores. (MM-S) Pettit-Crozier to approve recommendations 1, 3 and 5 and to deny recommendations 2 and 4. Motion carried 4-3 with Jorth, Schwamman and Durflinger voting nay.    

FALL GOLF DISTRICT MANUAL – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the Fall Golf District Manual 2025 postseason. Team assignments will be made at a later date. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

JOINT BOWLING ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the minutes and one recommendation from the Joint Bowling Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To allow one scrimmage during the season and remove the stipulation that no loss of school time may occur. (MM-S) Pettit-Durflinger to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously. 

JOINT SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Umthun presented the minutes from the Joint Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. (MM-S) Durflinger-Schwamman to receive the minutes of the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. Motion carried unanimously.  

MEDIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented the minutes and four recommendations from the Media Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) 1. To create and distribute IHSAA only media credentials for regular season and postseason use for all approved media outlets and member schools. Schools should receive a set number of passes (two students and one staff for Class AA, one student and one staff for Class A) with policies sent to school administrators before the school year. Radio outlets (previously under IHSSN) should be included in these pass processes.1a. Advance registration required for all state tournament events.1b. School passes for adult staff to be used only by those employed by the school at state tournaments.1c. Professional media passes to include photo for identification and entry.1d. Request business EIN for all professional outlets to register staffers before school year. 2) To develop annual registration to create “IHSAA Radio Affiliates” to eliminate current per event fee process. Starting fee to be $500 per station for two seats at any and all state tournament events their team participates in. For those opting out from Radio Affiliate program, $150 per game or session for two seats. Corporate fee to be set subjectively for those with multiple stations or platforms. 3) To set time limit (two minutes) on video from any one game/event from any approved media outlets across all platforms; will include future video copyright information in Media Policy Manual. 4) To prohibit photographers from selling photos from tournament events independently by suspending and then banning offenders. (MM-S) Durflinger-Pettit to approve recommendations 1, 2, 3 and 4. Motion carried unanimously.   

HOMETOWN TICKETING EXTENSION – Executive Director Keating presented a contract extension with HomeTown Ticketing that extends the agreement from December 7, 2025 to July 31, 2026. (MM-S) Durflinger-Schwamman to accept the extension as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

WEEK 0 FOOTBAL GAME – Assistant Director Chizek shared Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton and Sidney are seeking permission to play Week 0 as a result of both schools receiving a 7 game schedule from the IHSAA. (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve the Week 0 contest. Motion carried unanimously.  

REPORTS

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley shared the IASB has hired Tammi Drawbaugh as associate executive director of board leadership and legal services. Anna Harmon is the new Policy and Legal Services Director David Hoth has been hired to be the Assistant Policy and Legal Services Director 

I.H.S.A.D.A. REPORT – Board member Cook reported Scott Garvis has been named the executive director of the IHSADA. The new athletic director workshop is scheduled for August 13. 

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & OUTREACH REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared leadership boot camps will be offered in September. He also shared he and Finance Director Morgan chaperoned five students to the National Student Leadership Conference in Indianapolis. 

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS REPORT – Executive Director Keating shared web site and social media analytics from the state baseball tournament and a network production plan.  

OFFICIALS REPORT – Assistant Director Tharp shared the final 2024-25 ejection report.  

TECHNOLOGY  REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared the IHSAA will have a new mailing system for the 2025-26 school year.  

INFORMATION & DISCUSSION ITEMS

1) Executive Director Keating shared with the IHSAA Board of Control information, including terms, committees, contact information and important dates.

2) Assistant Director Umthun discussed the upcoming new administrator/athletic director workshop on August 13.

3) Assistant Director Tharp presented a memo sent to member school administrators regarding the concussion course requirement.

4) Assistant Director Chizek provided a list of Friend of School Awards for the 2024-25 school year.

5) Executive Director Keating shared the joint committee meeting minutes from its June 30 meeting.

6) Executive Director Keating shared the Headstrong Concussion insurance claims as of July 1, 2024.

7) Executive Director Keating shared Headstrong Concussion insurance information from Dissinger-Reed. 

Chairperson Whaley recessed the Board at 10:00 am, Friday, August 8, 2025. 

The Board reconvened at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 9, 2025. 

ACTION ITEMS 

2025-26 IHSAA LEGAL COUNSEL APPOINTMENT – Executive Director Keating noted the requirement of the IHSAA Board of Control policies to annually appoint legal counsel for the IHSAA. (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to appoint Brian Humke of Nyemaster Goode, PC to serve as legal counsel. Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION & DISCUSSION ITEMS

8) Executive Director Keating presented a draft of the 2025-26 priorities.

9) Assistant Director Umthun shared his experience with the NFHS Baseball Rules Committee.

10) Assistant Director Chizek discussed the NFHS Track and Field Rules Committee meeting

11) Assistant Director Tharp provided information on the officials association meeting held June 23 in Boone.

12) Assistant Director Tharp provided information on the officials assignors meeting held July 14 in Boone.

13) Assistant Director Umthun shared letters from Hamburg, Siouxland Christian and South Tama regarding varsity baseball for the 2025 season.

14) Executive Director Keating provided correspondence from Johnston High School regarding their soccer program.

15) Executive Director Keating provided guidance on HF189.

16) Executive Director Keating provided an update on implementing HF783.

17) Executive Director Keating led a discussion on video review at state tournament events.

18) Executive Director Keating led a discussion on four-day school weeks and the 90-school day varsity ineligibility period.    

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held September 12, 2025 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Whaley at 9:55 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9, 2025. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 22, 2024 virtually, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Andy Crozier, Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Treasurer Deron Durflinger, Rod Earleywine, Brent Cook, and Steve Pettit. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek; Communications Director Chris Cuellar and Director of Finance Jess Morgan.  

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 8:00 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Earleywine-Durflinger to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

POSTSEASON VIDEO ACCESS POLICY – Communications Director Cuellar presented a revised postseason video access policy for the 2024-25 school year.  (MM-S) Earleywine-Cook to approve the policy as presented.  Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating reminded the board of the Department of Education hearing on sharing agreements scheduled for later today.

2) Executive Director Keating shared a recent eligibility decision rendered by the Department of Education.

3) Executive Director Keating shared the Section 4 and 5 meeting will be held in Fargo, North Dakota August 27-30.  

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 8:10 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, August 22, 2024. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 12, 2024 virtually, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Andy Crozier, Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Brent Cook and Barb Schwamman. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 8:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Johnston – Barek S. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Tiffany and Russell S., parents of the student. Appellants and Patrick Payton, appellants’ legal counsel, participated in the meeting. All participants were informed that Board Member Pettit recused himself from the hearing. (MM-S) Cook-Schwamman that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 8:50 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Monday, August 12, 2024. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 9 and 10, 2024, at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Burlington, Iowa, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Andy Crozier, Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Treasurer Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit, Rod Earleywine (Friday only), Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook and Dave Wiebers. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek. Legal Counsel Brian Humke was also present (Saturday only). 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 8:00 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve the June 3, June 10, July 9, July 11 and July 18, 2024 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.  

EXECUTIVE SESSION – (MM-S) Earleywine-Schwamman to enter executive session to discuss current litigation. Motion carried unanimously.  (MM-S) Schwamman-Cook to leave executive session. Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS   

1) Executive Director Keating shared with the IHSAA Board of Control information, including terms, committees, contact information and important dates.

2) Assistant Director Tharp discussed the upcoming new administrator/athletic director workshop on August 14.

3) Assistant Director Tharp presented a memo sent to member school administrators regarding the concussion course requirement.

4) Assistant Director Chizek provided a list of Friend of School Awards for the 2023-24 school year.

5) Executive Director Keating shared the joint committee meeting minutes from its July 1 meeting.

6) Assistant Director Umthun led a discussion on state baseball options for 2025.

7) Executive Director Keating shared the Headstrong Concussion insurance claims as of July 1, 2024.

8) Executive Director Keating shared Headstrong Concussion insurance information from Dissinger-Reed.

9) Executive Director Keating presented a draft of the 2024-25 priorities.

10) The administrative staff led a discussion on the state wrestling tournament.

11) The administrative staff led a discussion on the state basketball tournament format.

12) The administrative staff led a discussion on the state soccer tournament format.

13) The administrative staff led a discussion on current coach-athlete contact rules.

14) The administrative staff led a discussion on potentially sanctioning flag football.

15) The administrative staff led a discussion on potentially sanctioning powerlifting.

16) Assistant Director Umthun presented a copy of the preliminary cross country classifications.   

CONSENT ITEMS 

2024-25 INSURANCE RENEWALS – Executive Director Keating presented insurance renewals for the Concussion Insurance, Post Season Tournament Play Policy, Property, Automobile, Inland Marine, Worker’s Compensation, General Liability, Crime, Umbrella Liability, Cyber Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Violent Event, Directors and Officers Liability and Employment Practices Liability coverage. 

2024-25 IHSAA HANDBOOK AND FALL SPORTS MANUAL – The administrative staff presented the 2024-25 Handbook and respective 2024 Fall Sports Manuasl.  

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Durflinger-Earleywine to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed.  Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Executive Director Keating presented June 30, 2024 statement of financial position and statement of budgetary activities. (MM-S) Cook-Durflinger to approve the financial report as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

2024-25 BOARD OF CONTROL CALENDAR – Executive Director Keating presented the Board of Control a draft meeting schedule for 2024-25. A change in date for the December meeting was needed due to the ISFLC Conference already scheduled on the proposed meeting date. (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to approve the meeting schedule with the December meeting now scheduled for December 20. Motion carried unanimously.   

2024-25 METHOD OF PAIRING – Executive Director Keating discussed the old method of pairing when not specified by specific sport manuals. With all manuals having a specific pairing method stated, the three-year rotation is no longer needed. (MM-S) Earleywine-Pettit to use the method of pairing as stated in each of the specific sport manuals for the 2024-25 school year. Motion carried unanimously.   

2024-25 IHSAA BOARD OF CONTROL ELECTION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – Executive Director Keating presented the following names as appointments to the IHSAA Board of Control Election Committee: Joe Stutting, North Scott; Chris Fenster, Southwest Valley; Kevin Wood, Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids. (MM-S) Schwamman-Whaley to accept the committee appointments as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

Chairperson Crozier recessed the Board at 11:00 am, Friday, August 9, 2024. 

The Board reconvened at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 10, 2024. 

ACTION ITEMS 

JOINT TRACK AND FIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Chizek presented the minutes and two recommendations from the Joint Track and Field Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To modify the policy to only require a first place tie to be broken if there are three or more competitors/relays involved with the tie in Classes 2A, 3A and 4A. 2) To assign the top third seeded athletes on the top waterfall at the state meet in races that utilize a double waterfall start. (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve both recommendations. Motion carried unanimously. 

2024-25 IHSAA LEGAL COUNSEL APPOINTMENT – Executive Director Keating noted the requirement of the IHSAA Board of Control policies to annually appoint legal counsel for the IHSAA. (MM-S) Whaley-Pettit to appoint Brian Humke of Nyemaster Goode, PC to serve as legal counsel. Motion carried unanimously. 

TENNIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Umthun presented the minutes and two recommendations from the Tennis Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To require UTR for roster and stat entry for Class 2A and for roster entry only for Class 1A. 2) To implement the super tiebreaker rather than a full third set in all rounds of all IHSAA tournament events. (MM-S) Pettit-Durflinger to approve both recommendations. Motion carried unanimously.   

GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented the minutes and two recommendations from the Golf Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended 1) to advance three teams to the next round of the postseason, regardless of the placing of the host school. 2) To provide trophies to the top eight schools at the state meet. (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve recommendation 1 and to deny recommendation 2. Motion carried unanimously.    

FALL GOLF DISTRICT SITES – Executive Director Keating presented the sites for the 2024 district fall golf tournaments. Team assignments will be made at a later date. (MM-S) Durflinger- Schwamman to accept the sites as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

JOINT BOWLING ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Elsberry presented the minutes and four recommendations from the Joint Bowling Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To direct staff to develop the concept of a split season/state tournament in the same 16 week footprint for boys and girls. 2) To bowl out to 8th place in the state individual tournament. 3)To require varsity programs to set a six-competitor roster prior to the start of competition. 4) To allow a substitution at any point during competition from the six-competitor roster. (MM-S) Wiebers-Pettit to approve all four recommendations. Motion carried unanimously. 

NFHS BASKETBALL RULE CHANGE ADOPTION – Assistant Director Tharp shared the NFHS is allowing states that utilize the 35-second shot clock to not enforce the closely guarded rule. (MM-S) Cook-Whaley to adopt the rule that allows states to not enforce the closely guarded rule as a result of the shot clock implementation. Motion carried unanimously.  

CLASS 1A, 2A AND 3A GOLF SEASON – Executive Director Keating provided materials on moving all classes of boys golf to the fall. (MM-S) Cook-Whaley to move all classes of boys golf to the fall season starting in the 2025-26 school year. Motion carried unanimously.  

APPROVAL OF JOINT SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Tharp presented the names and positions of the initial sports medicine advisory committee. All four organizations are also part of this body. During discussion, many IHSAA board members would like to see a mental health expert be a part of the committee. (MM-S) Wiebers-Schwamman to approve the creation of the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. Motion carried unanimously.  

REPORTS

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley shared the IASB conference registration is now available. Schools should have already received legislative priorities from the organization.  

I.H.S.A.D.A. REPORT – Board member Cook reported the IHSADA had a successful golf outing during the SAI Conference and the new athletic director workshop is scheduled for August 14 in Boone. In addition, nine former athletic directors have been hired to mentor new athletic directors this school year. 

IOWA ACHIEVE REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared state soccer was added to the Achieve Together program this spring. During the 2023-24 school year, over 2000 elementary and junior high students attended a state event as part of the program. 

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & OUTREACH REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry provided a brief synopsis of the NFHS Student Leadership Conference that he and a students representing IASC and SAC attended in Indianapolis in July.  

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS REPORT – Executive Director Keating shared web site and social media analytics from the summer and recapped the summer intern program. A draft of the 2024-25 Postseason Video Access Policy was distributed. 

DIRECTOR OF OFFICIALS  REPORT – Executive Director Keating shared registration numbers of the 2023-24 school year. 

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held September 13, 2024 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 9:00 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday and Saturday, August 9 and 10, 2024. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met July 18, 2024 virtually, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Steve Pettit, Brent Cook and Dave Wiebers. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp and Jared Chizek. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Whaley at 9:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Des Moines, East – Robert T. – Scholarship Rule 36.15(2). Pursuant to a letter received from Diane T, mother and guardian of student. Appellant, Robert, T., student; Susan Lawrence, special education consultant at Des Moines East and Focus High School; and Katy Beary, licensed social worker, participated in the hearing. (MM-S) Wiebers-Earleywine that in accordance with 36.15(2), the appeal requesting an extension of eligibility be denied.  Motion carried 3-1 with Pettit voting nay.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Vice Chairperson Whaley at 10:20 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, July 18, 2024. 

Jared Chizek  

Assistant Director  

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met July 11, 2024 virtually, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Treasurer Deron Durflinger, Rod Earleywine, Steve Pettit, Brent Cook and Barb Schwamman. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairperson Whaley at 8:35 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Pekin – Brady M. – Scholarship Rule 36.15(2). Pursuant to a letter received from Phil Parsons, student’s attorney. Brady M., appellant, Shannon and Cindy M., parents of student, and Phil Parson, student’s attorney, participated in the hearing. All participants were informed that Board Member Crozier recused himself from the hearing. (MM-S) Wiebers-Pettit that in accordance with 36.15(2), the appeal requesting an extension of eligibility be denied.  Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Vice Chairperson Whaley at 9:15 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, July 11, 2024. 

Jared Chizek  

Assistant Director  

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met July 9, 2024 virtually, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Andy Crozier, Vice Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Steve Pettit and Barb Schwamman. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 9:45 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Kuemper Catholic – Brayton A. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Ben A., father of the student. Ben A., appellant; Ashley A., mother of student, Brayton A., student; and Casey Berlau, Carroll superintendent, participated in the meeting. All participants were informed that Board Member Wiebers recused himself from the hearing. (MM-S) Earleywine-Whaley that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 10:45 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Tuesday, July 9, 2024. 

Jared Chizek  

Assistant Director

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met June 10, 2024, at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dr. Andy Crozier, Vice-Chairperson Amanda Whaley, Treasurer Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit, Dr. Rod Earleywine, Barb Schwamman, Dave Wiebers, Eric St.Clair (non-voting). Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating, Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, and Andy Umthun. Director of Officials Lewie Curtis and Director of Finance Jessica Morgan.  

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 8:30 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to approve the agenda with revisions. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Whaley-Durflinger to approve the April 24, May 16, and June 3, 2024 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

CONSENT ITEMS 

HEADSTRONG CONCUSSION INSURANCE RENEWAL – Review of the insurance as provided by Dissinger-Reed with the rate continuation staying the same in 2024-25.  

FALL GOLF MANUAL – Review of the regular season manual as provided by Director of Officials Lewie Curtis.  

WAIVER OF FEES FOR FIRST YEAR OFFICIALS WITHIN REFREPS – Proposal to waive fees for first year officials (students) who complete a RefReps  course in a specific sport starting with the 2024-2025 school year. 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Durflinger-Schwamman to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed.  Motion carried unanimously.  

ACTION ITEMS 

2024-2025 IHSAA BUDGET – Executive Director Keating and Director of Finance Morgan presented the minutes and recommendations of the IHSAA Budget Committee. (MM-S) Earleywine-Durflinger to receive the minutes and to approve the recommendations of the IHSAA Budget Committee. Motion carried unanimously. 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented the most recent financial statements and reports. (MM-S) Whaley-Durflinger to accept the reports as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

IHSAA SWIMMING COACHES ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented the minutes of the Swimming Advisory Committee. The Swimming Advisory Committee met April 16, 2024 and submitted four recommendations for the Board’s consideration: 1) To create a regular season state qualifying time standard equal to the five-year average of 12th place at the state meet. 2) To no longer use the relay takeoff equipment. 3) To allow relay leadoff performances to count towards the state event record retroactively. 4) To allow schools to enter a non-scoring B relay made up of previously entered athletes to be contested prior to the A relay. (MM-S) Whaley-Durflinger to receive the minutes and approve recommendations 2 and 3 and deny the other two recommendations. Motion carried unanimously. 

IHSAA BASKETBALL COACHES ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Tharp presented the minutes of the Basketball Advisory Committee. The IHSAA Basketball Coaches Advisory Committee met May 1, 2024 and submitted three recommendations for the Board’s consideration: 

1) Forward for joint committee review and approval per state adoption of the 35 second clock, the elimination the closely guarded count while the offensive player is dribbling the ball. 2) Substate final contests in Classes 3A and 4A to be played at the site of the higher seeded team determined by the IHSAA. Class 1A and Class 2A district final and substate final contests will continue to be played at neutral sites. 3) Create a rotating schedule at the state tournament to avoid one class continually playing three games in three days. (MM-S) Whaley-Wiebers to receive the minutes and approve the recommendations. Motion carried 6-1. 

JUNIOR HIGH ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented the minutes of the Junior High Advisory Committee which met June 3, 2024. There were two recommendations:  

1) Eliminate the start time policy requiring junior high competitions to begin between 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm. 2) Allow schools to seek a waiver to begin the junior high fall season the Wednesday of week 7. (MM-S) Earleywine-Durflinger to accept the minutes and approve the recommendations with the amendment to remove the waiver and simply allow schools to begin the junior high fall season the Wednesday of week 7. Motion carried unanimously. 

2024 BASEBALL CLASSIFICATIONS – Assistant Director Umthun presented the baseball classifications for the 2024 postseason tournament. (MM-S) Wiebers-Schwamman to approve the classifications as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2024 CLASS 4A GOLF CLASSIFICATION – Director of Officials Curtis presented the golf classifications for the 2024 fall season. (MM-S) Wiebers-Durflinger to approve the classifications as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CONTRACTS – Executive Director Keating provided the contracts for Assistant Directors Elsberry, Tharp, Chizek, and Umthun for the 2024-25 year. (MM-S) Earleywine-Pettit to approve the contracts for Assistant Directors as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

OFFICIALS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Director of Officials Curtis presented the minutes of the Officials Advisory Committee which met on May 6, 2024. There were no formal recommendations submitted for the Board’s consideration. (MM-S) Wiebers-Whaley to accept the minutes from the committee meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 

NFHS NETWORK EXTENSION – Executive Director Keating presented the NFHS Network’s request that network states agree to a rolling “ten-year” extension of the Media Rights Agreement with NFHS Network Holdco. In February, the IHSAA was served notice that Holdco exercised its option to extend the original Media Rights Agreement with states to 2033 (previously 2028) and has also asked states to agree to a ten-year rolling extension. The extension would mean the agreement would extend beyond 2033 and if IHSAA chose to end the agreement, there would still be nine years remaining before the sunset of the agreement. (MM-S) Durflinger-Pettit to deny the NFHS Network request to sign the ten-year rolling extension. Motion carried unanimously. 

REPORTS 

DOE Report – Board member St. Clair shared an overview of the legislative session and information about open enrollment dates. Also discussed were DOE changes related to consolidation and the ongoing work of the department. 

IASB REPORT – Board member Whaley shared information regarding the 2nd Annual IASB Summit on Student Success which aims to inspire and inform school board teams. Also discussed were current board openings.  

IHSADA REPORT – Board member Cook submitted a written report detailing the IHSADA’s Partnership with IGHSAU-IHSAA to begin a more formal Mentor Leadership Program which will provide support for new AD’s around the state.  The IHSADA accepted mentor applications from recently retired AD’s and plans to have those individuals in place later in June.  Additionally, the turnover of AD’s continues to be high across the state. In other matters, Cook reported that he had been asked to fill the remaining time for Iowa’s slot on the NIAAA Board of Directors (previous Iowa appointee needed to step away from the role).  Cook reported that he would be involved in sectional meetings as the Iowa representative and would be attending national board meetings as part of the new appointment.  

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & OUTREACH REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry provided information on the IHSAA’s continued work with the Center for Violence Prevention (UNI) as well as continued work on Conference Connections/Council Connections as part of Achieve Student Services. In addition, Elsberry will chaperone a student delegation to the NFHS National Student Leadership Summit in Indianapolis in late July.  

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS REPORT – Director of Communications Cuellar supplied a written report on the IHSAA intern program, IHSAA podcast, pending website updates, and website analytics for the IHSAA.  

DIRECTOR OF OFFICIALS REPORT – Director of Officials Curtis outlined the number of currently registered officials in all sports along with a specific breakout on officials in baseball.  

TECHNOLOGY REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry outlined upcoming technology upgrades to the IHSAA office including scheduled laptop upgrades as well as upgrades to the scanning devices utilized in digital ticketing.  

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating shared information sent to the membership about the IHSAA Annual Meeting.

2) A preliminary itinerary for the August Board Retreat was shared with Board and staff.

3) An overview of the NFHS Summer Meeting with a general schedule was shared with Board and staff.

4) Executive Director Keating shared information regarding the Head Strong Concussion Insurance Claims.

5) Executive Director Keating and Assistant Director Tharp shared information on the NFHS guidance regarding Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) and utilizing it as the standard for measuring heat stress. Information will be shared with member schools for upcoming sport seasons.

6) Executive Director Keating shared an update about pending conference mediation involving three member schools.

7) Executive Director Keating shared a proposed change from the DOE involving coop sharing agreements and the eligibility of students already involved in a coop at a member school who then starts a program in that given sport.  

 NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held August 9 and 10, 2024, in Burlington.  

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 9:45 a.m. 

l, Chad Elsberry, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Monday, June 10, 2024. 

Chad Elsberry 

Assistant Director 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met March 7, 2024 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit, Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook, Rod Earleywine and Dave Wiebers. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating, Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Jared Chizek, and Andy Umthun and Director of Officials Lewie Curtis. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Crozier at 8:30 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Schwamman-Durflinger to add a discussion and information item relative to Chapter 36 and 37 of the Iowa Code to the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Pettit-Earleywine to approve the January 25, 2024 and February 13, 2024, minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION – (MM-S) Schwamman-Durflinger to move to Executive Session to discuss current litigation.  (MM-S) Earleywine-Cook to move out of Executive Session. 

CONSENT ITEMS 

2024 CHARACTER COUNTS COACH OF THE YEAR – Assistant Director Elsberry presented Sam Anderson of Urbandale High School as the 2024 IHSAA Character Counts Coach of the Year. 

SPRING AND SUMMER SPORTS MANUALS – IHSAA Assistant Directors and Sport Administrators presented the 2024 Regular Season manuals for Golf, Tennis, Track and Field, Soccer and Baseball. 

NFHS NETWORK EXTENSION – Executive Director Keating shared the NFHS Network Holdings, LLC extended its Master Rights Agreement with NFHS Network, LLC to July 31, 2033. 

ALLIANT POWERHOUSE CONTRACT FOR SUBSTATE BASKETBALL – Assistant Director Tharp provided the contract agreement between the IHSAA and Alliant Powerhouse to host substate basketball. 

DES MOINES PARKS AND RECREATION LETTER REGARDING STATE SOCCER – Assistant Director Tharp presented a letter sent to Des Moines Parks and Recreation about moving the state soccer semifinals and finals from Cownie to Drake University. 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Pettit-Cook to approve consent item as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

2024 SPRING GOLF CLASSIFICATIONS – Director of Officials Lewie Curtis presented the classifications for the 2024 Spring Golf season.  (MM-S) Earleywine-Cook to approve classifications.  Motion carried unanimously. 

JOINT CROSS COUNTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES & RECOMMENDATIONS – Assistant Director Umthun presented the minutes and recommendation from the Joint Cross Country Advisory Committee.  The committee recommended allowing teams to walk the course on the Thursday prior to the state meet. (MM-S) Wiebers-Durflinger to deny the recommendation of the Joint Classification Committee.  Motion carried unanimously. 

2024 AUDITOR ENGAGEMENT LETTER – Executive Director Keating presented the annual auditor engagement letter for approval.  (MM-S) Schwamman-Durflinger to approve the 2024 auditor engagement letter.  Motion carried unanimously. 

WEEK 0 FOOTBALL – Assistant Director Chizek shared Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson lost its Week 2 opponent as a result of playing an out of state school. As a result, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson is requesting to play Atlantic in Week 0.  (MM-S) Cook-Schwamman approve the Week 0 game between Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson and Atlantic.  Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Director of Officials Curtis provided an updated list of 2023-24 winter sports ejections.

2) Assistant Director Elsberry shared notifications which were sent to member schools regarding the 2024 IHSAA Governor’s Scholar Event.

3) Assistant Director Chizek presented the NFHS Football rules changes for 2024.

4) Assistant Director Tharp presented the NFHS Soccer rules changes for 2024.

5) Executive Director Keating presented the monthly Headstrong Concussion Insurance claims as of March 1, 2024.

6) Executive Director Keating presented the March 8 IHSAA Representative Council meeting agenda.

7) Executive Director Keating presented the 2024 State Basketball Tournament Awards Schedule.

8) Assistant Director Andy Umthun presented a summary Student Advisory Committee meeting.

9) Assistant Director Tharp presented 2023 preliminary Soccer classifications.

10) Executive Director Keating shared a preliminary draft of the 2023-24 Board of Control calendar.

11) Assistant Director Chizek discussed junior high eligibility rules.

12) Executive Director Keating shared a draft of the proposed changes to Chapter 36 and 37 of the Iowa Code. 

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held April 24, 2024 at the IHSAA office in Boone, Iowa. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Crozier at 9:35 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Executive Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Thursday, March 7, 2024. 

Jared Chizek 

Assistant Director 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met October 6, 2023, via Zoom, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers (second appeal only), Vice-Chairperson Andy Crozier (first appeal only), Treasurer Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Deron Durflinger, and Brent Cook. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp (second appeal only), Jared Chizek and Andy Umthun. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairperson Crozier at 8:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Johnston – Drake S. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Heather Semelmacher, Johnston activities director. Appellant and Nikki S., mother of student, participated in the meeting. (MM-S) Earleywine-Cook that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (2) Columbus Community – Kason D. – Open Enrollment Rule 36.15(4). Pursuant to a letter received from Jake McCullough, Columbus Community High School activities director. Appellant, Dr. Michael Volk, Columbus Community superintendent, Kason D., student, and Brodie and Sara D., parents of the student, participated in the meeting. They were informed Board Member Crozier had recused himself from the hearing and had not received any materials pertaining to the hearing. (MM-S) Earleywine-Durflinger to determine the method of calculating the number of school days. Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 9:50 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, October 6, 2023. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met September 22, 2023, at the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) office in Boone, pursuant to notice. Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers, Vice-Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Amanda Whaley, Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit, Rod Earleywine and Barb Schwamman. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Andy Umthun, Chad Elsberry and Jared Chizek; Director of Finance Jessica Morgan; Director of Officials Lewie Curtis and Communications Director Chris Cuellar. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Wiebers at 8:00 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to amend the agenda with the addition of two consent items (change in bank account; New London football situation) and moving 2024 State Baseball Site from information and discussion to an action item. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Earleywine-Pettit to approve the August 4&5, August 22, August 25 and September 5, 2023 minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 

Eligibility Hearing: (1) Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson – James R. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from James and Lavon R., parents of the student. Appellant, James R., student, and Jeremiah Watters, football coach, participated in the meeting via Zoom. (MM-S) Crozier-Pettit that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously. (2) BCLUW, Conrad – Wyatt G. – Scholarship Rule 36.15(2). Pursuant to a letter received from Wyatt G. Appellant, Christian Miller, wrestling coach, and Nick Keller, guardian, participated in the meeting. Appellant was notified that board member Schwamman had recused herself from the hearing. (MM-S) Pettit-Earleywine that in accordance with 36.15(2), eligibility be extended through the 2023-24 school year. Motion carried unanimously. (3) Don Bosco, Gilbertville – Vincent P. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Robert P., father of the student. Appellant and Vincent P., student, participated in the meeting. Appellant was notified that board member Schwamman had recused herself from the hearing. (MM-S) Crozier-Whaley that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously. 

CONSENT ITEMS

FINANCIAL REPORT – Director of Finance Morgan presented August 31, 2023, financial statements including the statement of financial position, statement of budgetary activities and baseball sport report.  

CROSS COUNTRY STATE QUALIFYING SITES — Assistant Director Umthun presented the 2023 state qualifying cross country meet sites. 

FALL GOLF DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS — Director of Officials Curtis provided the team assignments for the fall golf district tournaments. 

CHANGE IN AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS — Executive Director Keating presented the new awards program for the individual champions in tennis, cross country, bowling and golf. 

CHANGE IN BANK ACCOUNT — Director of Finance Morgan presented a plan to transfer money from Boone Bank and Trust and to open an account at People’s Bank. 

NEW LONDON FOOTBALL SITUATION — Assistant Director Chizek provided an update on the New London football program. 

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Schwamman-Durflinger to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS

POSTSEASON FOOTBALL MANUAL — Assistant Director Chizek presented the 2023 Postseason Football Manual. (MM-S) Crozier-Earleywine to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

POSTSEASON FALL GOLF MANUAL — Director of Officials Curtis presented the 2023 Postseason Fall Golf Manual. (MM-S) Schwamman-Crozier to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2023-24 OFFICIALS MANUAL — Director of Officials Curtis presented the 2023-24 Officials Manual. (MM-S) Crozier-Schwamman to accept the manual as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

2023 IHSAA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME — Communications Director Cuellar presented the following names for induction into the IHSAA Football Hall of Fame: Dan Dickel, Mid-Prairie, Wellman; Ryan Kock, Southern Cal; James Morris, Solon; Lon Olejniczak, Decorah; Joel Osborn, Harlan; Mark Sindlinger, Charles City. (MM-S) Durflinger-Schwamman to accept the nominees as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

OFFICIALS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES — Director of Officials Curtis presented the minutes from the Officials Advisory Committee. (MM-S) Pettit-Whaley to accept the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 

REVISED BOARD MEETING AND EVENT CALENDAR — Executive Director Keating presented a revised Board of Control meeting and event calendar for the 2023-24 school year with changes made to the December and August meeting dates. (MM-S) Pettit-Crozier to approve the calendar changes. Motion carried unanimously.  

GRAND VIEW CHRISTIAN CLASSIFICATION REQUEST — Assistant Director Tharp presented a request from Grand View Christian to participate in the Class 2A basketball postseason tournament for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school year. (MM-S) Crozier-Whaley to approve the request as presented. Motion carried 5-1 with Pettit voting no.  

DONOVAN GROUP CONTRACT — Executive Director Keating presented a revised contract with the Donovan Group for the 2023-24 school year for communication services. (MM-S) Schwamman-Crozier to approve the contract as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

CONTRIBUTION TO DRAKE STADIUM RENOVATION — Executive Director Keating shared a request from Drake seeking a contribution toward renovations to Drake Stadium. A formal recommendation was made to the board to contribute over multiple years. (MM-S) Crozier-Durflinger to support the Drake Stadium renovation project with a contribution from the IHSAA. Motion carried unanimously.  

ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND POLICY CHANGE — Executive Director Keating and Assistant Director Elsberry presented the following names for advisory committee appointment: Football – Jared Jensen, Sigourney-Keota; Baseball – Sheldon Card, Pleasantville, Andy Osborne, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City; Wrestling – Cody Downing, Creston, Doug Streicher, Linn-Mar, Mark Van Oort, West Sioux. In addition, a recommendation was presented to add an athletic director to each of the advisory committees. (MM-S) Durflinger-Earleywine to approve the appointments and policy change as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

2024 3A/4A STATE BASEBALL SITE —Assistant Director Umthun presented the received proposals for the 2024 state baseball tournament.  (MM-S) Durflinger-Crozier to play the Class 3A and Class 4A state baseball tournament in Cedar Rapids. Motion carried 5-1 with Earleywine voting no.  

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating shared the most recent fall sports ejection report.

2) The administrative staff shared the fall sports online rules meeting memos.

3) Executive Director Keating shared the list of schools that did not have an ejection during the 2022-23 school year.

4) Executive Director Keating provided the list of schools that had three or more ejections during the 2022-23 school year.

5) Executive Director Keating presented a summary of the four section meetings he had attended so far this fall.

6) Executive Director Keating shared the list of Head Strong Concussion Insurance Claims as of August 1, 2023.

7) Executive Director Keating recapped the Representative Council Meeting.

8) Executive Director Keating reminded the group of the upcoming Board of Control elections.

9) Executive Director Keating discussed renaming the Board of Control to Board of Directors.

10) Assistant Director Umthun shared the agenda from the September 12 student advisory committee meeting.

11) Assistant Director Umthun provided the Special Olympics Iowa Unified Champion Schools toolkit.

12) Assistant Director Tharp provided a recap of the soccer advisory committee held September 12.

13) Director of Communications Cuellar presented participation data from Bound.

14) Executive Director Keating presented a initial draft of a contract with TEAMINN.  

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held October 19, 2023 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 11:40 a.m. 

l, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, September 22, 2023. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met September 5, 2023, via Zoom, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers, Vice-Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Amanda Whaley (second hearing only), Rod Earleywine (first hearing only), Steve Pettit, and Brent Cook. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Jared Chizek and Andy Umthun. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Wiebers at 9:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Regina, Iowa City – Lucas S. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Dave S., father of the student. Appellant and Lucas S., student, participated in the meeting. They were informed Board Member St. Clair had recused himself from the hearing and had not received any materials pertaining to the hearing. They were also informed Board Member Whaley had recused herself from the hearing. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (2) Ames – Daniel H. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Lyle Fedders, Ames High School activity director. Appellant, Gabriel and Kathryn H., parents of student, and Daniel H., student, participated in the meeting. They were informed Board Member St. Clair had recused himself from the hearing and had not received any materials pertaining to the hearing. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 10:50 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Tuesday, September 5, 2023. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 25, 2023, via Zoom, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers, Vice-Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Deron Durflinger, and Brent Cook. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Director Jared Chizek. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Wiebers at 8:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Davenport, West – Cleo G. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Michelle Lillis, Davenport West athletic director. Appellant, Deirdre Brown, mother of student; Tammy Conrad, Davenport district athletic director; David Robinson, Davenport West basketball coach; and Lisa Balk, licensed mental health therapist participated in the meeting. (MM-S) Crozier-Cook that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried 4-1 with Earleywine voting nay.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 8:45 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday, August 25, 2023. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 22, 2023, via Zoom, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers, Vice-Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Amanda Whaley, Rod Earleywine, Barb Schwamman, Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit (joined after recess) and Brent Cook. Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating and Assistant Directors Jared Chizek and Andy Umthun. Also present was Brian Humke, IHSAA legal counsel. 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Wiebers at 11:00 a.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Waterloo Christian – Jonah W. – General Transfer Rule 36.15(3). Pursuant to a letter received from Pam W., mother of the student. Appellant; Steve W., father of student; Jonah W., student; and Lucas Tanney, Valley Lutheran athletic director and cross country coach participated in the meeting. They were informed Board Member St. Clair had recused himself from the hearing and had not received any materials pertaining to the hearing. (MM-S) Durflinger-Crozier that in accordance with 36.15(3), eligibility be denied. Motion carried unanimously.   

The board went into recess at 11:20 a.m. The board reconvened at 1:00 p.m. 

ELIGIBILITY RULING – (1) Moulton-Udell – Aggrieved Member School – Junior High School Sharing Agreement – Pursuant to a letter received from Dan Maeder, superintendent, Moulton-Udell. Appellant, Shane Brown, Moulton-Udell principal, Kyle and Elizabeth Davis, Moulton-Udell parents and community members participated in the hearing. (MM-S) Durflinger-Crozier to allow a one-year exception to the junior high sharing agreement policy and to allow Moulton-Udell to enter into multiple sharing agreements for the sport of football.  Motion carried unanimously.   

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 1:45 p.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Tuesday, August 22, 2023. 

The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) met August 4 and 5, 2023, at the Drury Inn and Suites in West Des Moines, Iowa, pursuant to notice.  Board of Control members present were Chairperson Dave Wiebers, Vice Chairperson Andy Crozier, Treasurer Amanda Whaley, Deron Durflinger, Steve Pettit, Rod Earleywine, Barb Schwamman, Brent Cook and Eric. St. Clair (non-voting). Association staff members present were Executive Director Tom Keating; Assistant Directors Todd Tharp, Chad Elsberry, Andy Umthun and Jared Chizek. Legal Counsel Brian Humke was also present (Saturday only). 

CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Wiebers at 8:00 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA – (MM-S) Earleywine-Schwamman to add Xavier Football Family Week Violation to the consent item of the agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – (MM-S) Crozier-Schwamman to approve the June 12, 2023 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.  

CONSENT ITEMS 

2023-24 INSURANCE RENEWALS – Executive Director Keating presented insurance renewals for the Concussion Insurance, Post Season Tournament Play Policy, Property, Automobile, Inland Marine, Worker’s Compensation, General Liability, Crime, Umbrella Liability, Cyber Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Violent Event, Directors and Officers Liability and Employment Practices Liability coverage. 

2023-24 IHSAA HANDBOOK AND FALL SPORTS MANUAL – The administrative staff presented the 2023-24 Handbook and 2023 Fall Sports Manual.  

FOOTBALL OFFICIAL MECHANIC EXPERIMENT – Assistant Director Chizek presented information relative to the football official mechanic experiment associated with free kicks and scrimmage kicks. 

2023-25 IHSAA JUNIOR HIGH MANUAL – Assistant Director Chizek presented the 2023-25 Junior High Manual.  

XAVIER FOOTBALL FAMILY WEEK VIOLATION – Executive Director Keating and Assistant Director Chizek presented correspondence from and to Xavier High School related to an assistant coach conducting a workout with two students during Family Week.   

APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS – (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to approve all consent items as presented and reviewed.  Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

FINANCIAL REPORT – Executive Director Keating presented June 30, 2023 statement of financial position and statement of budgetary activities. (MM-S) Cook-Pettit to approve the financial report as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

2023-24 IHSAA BOARD OF CONTROL ELECTION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – Executive Director Keating presented the following names as appointments to the IHSAA Board of Control Election Committee: Joe Stutting, North Scott; Chris Fenster, Southwest Valley; Kevin Wood, Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids. (MM-S) Schwamman-Whaley to accept the committee appointments as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

JOINT TRACK AND FIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Chizek presented the minutes and ten recommendations from the Joint Track and Field Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) To allow host sites to ask for consideration to move up state qualifying meet times by Noon the day prior to the meet if the chance of inclement weather is high during the originally scheduled time. 2) To begin field events at the state qualifying meet at 4 p.m., running events at 4:45 p.m., and to implement a 30-minute break following the 4×800. 3) In Classes 3A and 4A, to eliminate the 20-minute break and to institute a 15-minute break after the 400 meter dash and the 400 meter hurdles. 4) In Classes 1A and 2A, to implement a 15-minute break after the 800 meter run. 5) To advance the number of places plus one (including ties) to the finals of the field events at the state qualifying and state meet. 6) To flip the 1500 meter run and 1600 meter run at the state meet. 7) To eliminate the Iowa adaptation requiring undergarments and sleeves to be a single solid color. 8) To eliminate the Iowa adaptation regarding headbands and hair devices. 9) To investigate expanding the para-division in 2024. 10) To investigate a combined championship for those schools with entries outside of the able-bodied division. (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to approve recommendations 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and to deny recommendations 3 and 4. Motion carried unanimously. 

TENNIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Assistant Director Umthun presented the minutes and three recommendations from the Tennis Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended: 1) to expand tennis to three classes. 2) To have all potential pigtail matches in Class 1A in advance of the first substate date. 3) To delay the release of team assignments by one week. (MM-S) Cook-Schwamman to approve recommendations 2 and 3 and to deny recommendation 1. Motion carried unanimously.   

GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE – Executive Director Keating presented the minutes from the Golf Coaches Advisory Committee. The committee recommended moving the state meet to a Monday-Tuesday format. (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve the recommendation. Motion carried 6-1 with Pettit voting nay.   

FALL GOLF CLASSIFICATIONS – Executive Director Keating presented the classifications for the 2023 fall golf season. (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to accept the classifications as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

FALL GOLF DISTRICT SITES – Executive Director Keating presented the sites for the 2023 district fall golf tournaments. Team assignments will be made at a later date. (MM-S) Schwamman-Durflinger to accept the sites as presented. Motion carried unanimously.  

SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY AGREEMENT – Assistant Director Tharp presented a contract with Select Physical Therapy for athletic training services for state tournament events through the 2025-26 school year. (MM-S) Durflinger-Cook to approve the contract as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

SELECT SPORT AMERICA PROPOSAL – Assistant Director Tharp presented a contract with Select Sport America to be the official postseason soccer ball through the 2028-29 school year. (MM-S) Crozier-Durflinger to approve the contract as presented. Motion carried unanimously.   

REPORTS 

D.O.E. REPORT – Board member St. Clair shared the Department is in the process of reviewing all administrative rules in the hope of simplifying Iowa Code. 

I.A.S.B. REPORT – Board member Whaley reminded the Board that 2023 is an election year for school boards. The new superintendent ISFLC conference is scheduled for September 19.  

I.H.S.A.D.A. REPORT – Board member Cook reported the IHSADA had a successful golf outing during the SAI Conference and the new athletic director workshop is scheduled for August 9 in Boone. 

TECHNOLOGY REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared a new VoIP phone system will be installed in the IHSAA offices next week.  

IOWA ACHIEVE REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared all of the old video content from the Hall of Pride has been uploaded to the Achieve site.  

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & OUTREACH REPORT – Assistant Director Elsberry shared IASC will be holding a new advisor’s workshop on August 9 and a leadership bootcamp in the five districts later in August and September.  

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS REPORT – Executive Director Keating shared web site and social media analytics from the summer and recapped the summer intern program.   

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS

1) Executive Director Keating shared with the IHSAA Board of Control information, including terms, committees, contact information and important dates.

2) Assistant Director Tharp discussed the upcoming new administrator/athletic director workshop on August 9.

3) Assistant Director Tharp presented a memo sent to member school administrators regarding the concussion course requirement.

4) Assistant Director Chizek provided a list of Friend of School Awards for the 2022-23 school year.

5) Executive Director Keating shared the joint committee meeting minutes from its June 30 meeting.

6) Assistant Director Umthun lead a discussion on state baseball options for 2024.

7) Executive Director Keating shared the Headstrong Concussion insurance claims as of July 1, 2023.

8) Executive Director Keating shared Headstrong Concussion insurance information from Dissinger-Reed.

9) Executive Director Keating and Assistant Director Chizek discussed Drake’s request for funding for its stadium renovation project.

10) Assistant Director Tharp presented the revised ejection policy for 2023-24.  

Chairperson Wiebers recessed the Board at 10:25 am, Friday, August 4, 2023. 

The Board reconvened at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 5, 2023. 

 EXECUTIVE SESSION – (MM-S) Pettit-Schwamman to enter executive session to discuss current litigation. Motion carried unanimously.  (MM-S) Pettit-Cook to leave executive session. Motion carried unanimously. 

ACTION ITEMS 

2023-24 BOARD OF CONTROL CALENDAR – Executive Director Keating presented the Board of Control a draft meeting schedule for 2023-24. A change in date for the December meeting was needed due to the ISFLC Conference already scheduled in Ankeny for December 14. (MM-S) Cook-Crozier to approve the meeting schedule with the December meeting now scheduled for December 12. Motion carried unanimously.   

2023-24 IHSAA LEGAL COUNSEL APPOINTMENT – Executive Director Keating noted the requirement of the IHSAA Board of Control policies to annually appoint legal counsel for the IHSAA. (MM-S) Earleywine-Crozier to appoint Brian Humke of Nyemaster Goode, PC to serve as legal counsel. Motion carried unanimously. 

INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS 

1) Executive Director Keating and Legal Counsel Humke provided a draft regarding guidance on the Bathroom Bill.

2) The Board and staff discussed a number of topics implemented since 2020 and reviewed the priorities for 2023-24.

3) The board reviewed the IHSAA Member Survey and discussed next steps regarding potential changes.  

NEXT MEETING DATE – The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held September 22, 2023 at the IHSAA Office in Boone. 

ADJOURNMENT – Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Wiebers at 10:25 a.m. 

I, Jared Chizek, Assistant Director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of Control held Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5, 2023.