Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is a private, voluntary, unincorporated, & nonprofit organization of high schools & middle schools.
@wiaawistate
APPROVED, 8-3:
Practice for lower risk fall sports; Cross Country, Girls Golf, G. Swim & G. Tennis, can begin Aug 17.
Practice for Football, Boys Soccer & Volleyball can begin Sept 7.
If districts opt not to participate, a spring opportunity will be provided. Details TBD.
🚨 NATIONAL & STATE RECORD ALERT 🚨
Roisin Willis of Stevens Point shattered the previous WIAA State Meet Record by over 5 seconds & the National High School Record by nearly 2 seconds with her 2:00.3 performance in the D1 Girls 800M Run! Congrats,
@roisinwillis_
!⏱
#wiaatrack
This morning, former WIAA State Champion Kenny Bednarek earned the Olympic silver medal in the Mens 200m with a personal best time of 19.68! Congratulations,
@KennyBednarek
! 🎉🥈🇺🇸🏃🏿♂️
High School Spring Sports Update: As of today, seven state associations have canceled spring sports seasons.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Kansas
Oklahoma
Vermont
Virginia
The remaining states are in various stages of suspension.
A study conducted by the Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health concluded that participation in high school sports in Wisconsin has not led to an increase in COVID-19 infections among high school student-athletes.
@uwsmph
Josephine Stachowski of Mukwonago just became the 1st-ever female wrestler to qualify for the WIAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament in Division 1! 🎉
She is pictured with Head Coach, Jon Wierzbicki at today’s Sectional at Fort Atkinson.
#wiaawr
#historymade
#RoadToState
APPROVED: WRESTLING - Recommendation to allow a WIAA Girls Wrestling State Individual Championship for the 2021-22 season. VOTE: 10-0 🤼♀️
#wiaawr
More details to come.
Keegan O'Toole earns his place in WIAA history as the 18th wrestler to earn 4 WIAA Individual Wrestling Titles! He ends the tournament with a career record of 157-5, & will compete at Team State next weekend. 🥇🥇🥇🥇
Congrats,
@KeegOToole
on a phenomenal HS career! 🎉
#wiaawr
APPROVED – SPORTSMANSHIP: A spectator who is ejected from a contest, in addition to a 1-game suspension, must complete the free online NFHS Sportsmanship Class prior to attending the next home game for the school associated with the spectator. (Vote: 9-1)
This Thursday, July 23rd at 9:00 a.m., the WIAA Board of Control will have a special business meeting to address fall sports and consider a proposal submitted by school administrators from the southwest portion of the state.
Shout out to the high school coaches who are endlessly dedicated to their student-athletes, athletic program and keeping their respective sports alive and thriving in their community! You truly make an impact on your athletes' lives! 🙌
#WIAAThanks30
The Board of Control has selected Stephanie Hauser as the next Executive Director of the WIAA.
Congratulations, Stephanie! We look forward to your continued leadership of Wisconsin’s education-based athletics! 👏
Student or teacher, athlete or musician, parent or coach, official or cheerleader... It doesn't matter. We're all in this together.
Let’s all
#TeamUpToBeatCOVID
.
↔️ Social distance
😷 Wear a mask
💦 Wash hands often
🧴 Sanitize commonly used surfaces
🏠 Stay home if you're sick
We're all in this together. Do your part to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in your community.
Wear your mask, so they can wear their uniforms. ⚽️📣🏀🥁⚾️
#TeamUpToBeatCOVID
Congrats to these
#wiaafb
State-bound teams! 🏈
D7: Black Hawk vs Edgar
D6: Iola-Scandinavia vs Racine Luth.
D5: Stratford vs St. Mary's Springs
D4: St. Croix Cent. vs Racine St. Cath.
D3: West De Pere vs Catholic Memorial
D2: Homestead vs Brookfield Cent.
D1: Kimberly vs Muskego
We are so grateful for the wonderful people & gorgeous facility that make our State Track & Field Meet so special.
THANK YOU to all of the volunteers,
@UWLAthletics
workers, fans & officials that made this year a success... With RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE with 21,100+ people! 🙌
It's time for all State-bound wrestlers to trust the hard work they put in all season long & time for fans to get excited...
WIAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament action begins tomorrow at the Kohl Center! 🤼♂️🎉
@wiaawistate
#wiaawr
Here’s what it’s all about!🙌
Education-based athletics teach student-athletes lifelong lessons. And in a challenging year, like we’ve experienced, athletics has been able to provide a glimmer of hope.
Great post-game words from
@LourdesAcademy1
coach, Dennis Ruedinger.
#wiaabb
David collapsed while playing in a basketball tournament last summer. He was resuscitated with an AED & a defibrillator was implanted in his chest. His success on the court resulted in D1 college scholarship offers. He was named to the 2019 AP All-State 2nd Team.
#SpiritOfSport
To those we lost 19 years ago, to those who kept us safe, and to those who continue to protect us today; Your sacrifices will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸
#NeverForget
#Sept11
#911anniversary
Today marks Stephanie Hauser's first day as Executive Director of the WIAA! We look forward to her continued leadership of Wisconsin’s education-based athletics in her new role! 👏
Here we go! A couple thousand Wisconsin high school athletes will finish out their 2022 Track & Field season here in La Crosse over the next two days! The awards podium awaits! 🏃🥇🏃♀️
#wiaatrack
Help stop the spread! 🦠
Let’s
#TeamUpToBeatCOVID
to give our Wisconsin seniors an opportunity to get in the classroom, on the playing field, on stage & back with their classmates.
↔️ Social distance
😷 Wear a mask
💦 Wash hands often
🧴 Sanitize surfaces
🏠 Stay home if sick
2x WIAA State Champ ➡️ NBA Champion 🏆
Sam Hauser was a three-sport athlete at Stevens Point Area Senior High, where he won two Basketball State Titles, qualified for State Golf twice & participated in football! Last night, he became an NBA Champion with the
@celtics
!
#wiaabb
The WIAA congratulates these 39 outstanding schools that have been named recipients of the 2021-22 Award of Excellence! 🏆✨
This award recognizes efforts & achievements in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership & character. ➡️
Kenny Bednarek, a former WIAA State Track & Field star from Rice Lake, is a 2x Olympic Silver Medalist in the 200M! 🥈🥈
Congratulations,
@kenny_bednarek
! We're proud to have watched you compete throughout your high school career in Wisconsin!
#wiaatrack
Congratulations to all 20 WIAA Girls Basketball State Qualifiers on a successful
#RoadToTheResch
! 🎉🏀
Seeding for the State Tournament will take place Sunday morning! Stay tuned for updates!
#wiaagb
An article misrepresenting the existing reality with regard to football and fall sports was recently posted online & spread on social media.
We'd like to take this opportunity to clarify the situation.
Only 1 case – or 0.5% of the reported cases in the study – was attributed to transmission during sports activities.
Another finding confirms existing literature regarding severity of COVID-19 in children. There were no cases reported that resulted in hospitalization or death.
A study conducted by the Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health concluded that participation in high school sports in Wisconsin has not led to an increase in COVID-19 infections among high school student-athletes.
@uwsmph
Today,
@UWMadison
announced it is extending the closure of its campus through June 30, eliminating the possibility of conducting the WIAA spring State Tournaments scheduled at campus venues this spring.
However, spring sports seasons still remain suspended, & are not canceled.
🚨 Board of Control has voted to cancel 2020 spring competitions & tournaments. 🚨
30 days of summer contact will be allowed for spring coaches, if they include seniors. Acclimatization rules must still be followed & contact must follow the governor's orders.
Details to come.
13 of the 16 WIAA 4x Individual Wrestling State Champions were all together tonight for the 75th Annual State Championships, including the newest members of this elite “club”, Sam Stuhl & Jeremy Schoenherr. Truly the best of the best! 🥇🥇🥇🥇
#wiaawr
#4xStateChamps
Congratulations to the Division 1 Boys Basketball State qualifying teams on their victories today & a successful
#RoadToState
! We'll see you at the Kohl Center next weekend! 🏀
#wiaabb
The 2018 WIAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament stage is set... 560 wrestlers will arrive tomorrow, but only 42 will leave on Saturday as State Champions! 🤼♂️🥇
#wiaawr
The WIAA Board of Control unanimously approved sanctioning the sport of boys and girls lacrosse, beginning with the 2023-24 school year. More details to come. 🥍
#wiaalacrosse
The 2021 WIAA Track & Field State Meet site is set! The
#RoadToState
will once again lead to Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse!
The meet will be held June 24-26, with events for both genders conducted in 1 day for each of the 3 divisions.
#wiaatrack
The wait is over! Fall sports practices for Cross Country, Girls Golf, Tennis & Swim/Dive get underway this week!
Best of luck this season as you get back to the course/court/pool! 🏃♀️🏃♂️🏊♀️🏌️♀️🎾
#wiaaxc
#wiaatennis
#wiaaswimdive
#wiaagolf
Winning isn't always about the score at the end of the game. Sometimes it's seeing something through until end, even if it's not going well for your team & congratulating your opponent.
#Flashback
to 2017: Franklin’s Aaron Simmons commended Kimberly on their Championship win.
Special
#ThumbsUpThursday
shout-out to athletic directors across Wisconsin as they continue to work on rescheduling the many athletic events that were canceled this week due to weather. 🥶❄️
The WIAA & your school's student-athletes are grateful for your dedication! 👍
Ready... Set... GO!!!
WIAA Track & Field season is officially underway! The first practices of the 2018 begin today!
Good luck to all teams & athletes as you set out to reach your goals this season!
#wiaatrack
In 2016 Michael collapsed while playing basketball & was revived using CPR & an AED. He now advocates for placement of AEDs in schools & does public speaking for AED awareness. He was cleared to be his football team's kicker, which won the 2017 D2 State Title! ✨
#SpiritOfSport
Congrats to former WIAA athlete,
@QMeinerz
on being selected 98th overall by the Denver Broncos in this year's
#NFLDraft
! 🎉
Quinn was a 3-sport athlete at
@HUHS_Athletics
& a 2017 WIAA Individual Wrestling State Qualifier, before moving on to UW-Whitewater to play football. 🏈
Thank you to our outstanding Individual Wrestling State Tournament officials & those WIAA licensed officials who officiate high school wrestling all season long across the State of Wisconsin!
#wiaawr
A coach's worth isn't found in their win/loss record or even their resume, but in the impact made on the game & in their players' lives.
THANK YOU, COACHES! 🙌
#NationalCoachesDay
High school is an important time for students' character development & personal growth. Being involved in education-based athletics can have a great positive influence on student-athletes!
#FridayFact
Congratulations to all 20 Girls Basketball
@wiaawistate
qualifying teams on their victories today & a successful
#RoadToTheResch
! 🎉 🏀
Let's pack the Resch Center this week & watch the best girls high school basketball of the year! 🙌
#wiaagb
Congratulations to all athletes who have earned their spot at the 2018 WIAA State Track & Field Meet in La Crosse next weekend! Best of luck to all competitors!
2018 STATE QUALIFIERS LIST »
Huge congratulations to Max McHugh (Sturgeon Bay Swim co-op) on his NATIONAL RECORD tonight with a time of 51.62 in the 100 Breaststroke! 🎉🥇
#wiaaswimdive
#NationalRecord
#StateChamp
Thank you to all the teachers who work hard both inside the classroom & on the playing field, dedicating their time & effort to our Wisconsin student-athletes! You put the education in EDUCATION-BASED athletics! 👏📚🏀⚽️🏈
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
#ThankATeacher
Division 1 Boys Basketball State Tournament seeded match-ups are set!
#1
Oshkosh North vs.
#4
Hamilton - Friday @ 6:35 p.m.
#2
Sun Prairie vs.
#3
Brookfield East - Friday @ 8:15 pm
More information » 🏀
#wiaabb
LeVar Ridgeway, Shorewood's Athletic Director with 20 years of athletic leadership at the high school & collegiate level, has been named a WIAA Assistant Director. He is scheduled to begin July 12.
We look forward to your continued leadership of education-based athletics, LeVar!
We salute these 22 outstanding schools on being named recipients of the Award of Excellence in 2017-18! 🏆✨
This award recognizes member schools for their efforts & achievements in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership & character. »
Congrats to everyone in the
#ClassOf2020
, in all high schools across Wisconsin! 🎓
While your senior year ended in a way that you could have never imaged, may this be just the beginning of your bright future! ✨ Best Wishes from the WIAA!
Congratulations to this year’s class of WIAA Scholar Athletes! 🎉
Today we celebrated these 32 outstanding & accomplished students-athletes at the 2022 Scholar Athlete Banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wausau.
#ScholarAthlete
Next stop -- the WIAA Girls Basketball State Tournament at the Resch Center in Green Bay! 🏀🏆
Congratulations to these 20 teams on punching their ticket to State today with Sectional Final victories! Seeded brackets will be released tomorrow morning!
#wiaagb
#RoadToTheResch
Congratulations to all 22 State-bound volleyball teams on a successful
#RoadToState
! 🎉
Seeding for the State Tournament will take place tomorrow, but the official apparel store is NOW OPEN! Check it out at . 🏐
#wiaavb
As we close the book on the 2020-21 winter sports seasons, we'd like to say THANK YOU to the athletes, coaches, school staff, officials, fans, media, venues, volunteers, broadcast partners, sponsors, medical staff, & communities that made education-based athletics possible! 👏
What’s more important to you: Yelling at officials OR having high school sports?
Bad behavior by adult fans has caused a national shortage of officials.
No officials = No high school sports!
THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
#BenchBadBehavior
at athletic events!
This is the first time in WIAA history that a school has earned both the boys and girls Track & Field Team State Titles! Congratulations,
@Arrowheadschool
! 🏆🏆
#wiaatrack
Congratulations to Arrowhead Boys & Girls Track & Field Teams on earning both the D1 Boys and D1 Girls Track & Field Team State Titles! 🏆🏆
The boys complied 60 points and the girls had 67 total points.
#wiaatrack
#statechamps
102 out of 106 (96%) football players on active Super Bowl LII team rosters participated in multiple sports during high school. ⚽️🏈⚾️👟🤼
#SBLII
#MultisportAthletes
#hsswi
Congrats to the 2021 Girls Basketball State Qualifiers on a successful
#RoadToState
! 🎉🏀
State Tournament Seeding will take place tomorrow. Stay tuned for updates!
👕 Order your State apparel in the official ONLINE STORE ➡️
#wiaagb
Ready... Set... GO!!! WIAA Track & Field season is officially underway! 🎉
The first practices of the 2019 season begin today! Good luck to all teams & athletes as you set out to reach your goals this season! 🏃♀️🏃♂️
#wiaatrack
Too often the power of a kind word, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring are underestimated. All have potential to make a profound impact on someone.
A great moment captured between
@FranklinSabers
Keaton Arendt & an
@ANorthactiviti1
player.👏
#ThisIsSportsmanship
For me, the play of the night happened after the final whistle.
#2
senior captain
@keatonarendt
could have run to celebrate a
@wiaawi
state berth with his teammates but instead took moment to acknowledge the reality of the outcome for the opponent.
The Gold Standard in action!
The WIAA Board of Control held a special meeting by video conference today, to address a number of issues including canceled basketball events, spring sports, Annual Meeting, latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic & more...
DETAILS ➡️
Kudos to athletes, coaches & school admin who've worked hard implementing/following mitigation plans developed by districts, health depts & WIAA Sports Medical. 👏
HS sports are as exposed & vulnerable as any/every other mass gathering IF protocols are not in place & enforced.
A study conducted by the Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health concluded that participation in high school sports in Wisconsin has not led to an increase in COVID-19 infections among high school student-athletes.
@uwsmph
Batter up! The 1st softball practices of 2018 are today! Good luck to all teams as you begin preparing for the season ahead! Time to set some goals & chase after them!
#wiaasb
Erin, a student-athlete who has overcome the challenges of Down Syndrome, was a 4-year participant on the girls' swim team, receiving both a Team Leader Award & Spirit Award. She was also manager of the basketball team & is active in several other school clubs. ✨
#SpiritOfSport
The D1 field is set! Congratulations on a successful
#RoadToState
and good luck to all four D1 State qualifiers this week at the Kohl Center! 🏀
#wiaabb
Congratulations to all eight D1 Team Wrestling State qualifiers on a successful
#RoadToState
! 🎉
Teams will compete March 6 & 7th at the UW Field House in Madison for the 2020 Team State Title! 🤼♂️
#wiaawr
*Seeded matchups will be released on Sunday, March 1st.
🚨 The Girls Basketball State Tourney, Boys Basketball Sectionals & Tournament will be canceled in response to evolving concerns over the COVID-19 spread. 🚨
We regret the lost opportunity for teams & the communities that have supported them.
MORE INFO »
Congratulations to Matty Bianchi of Two Rivers, on earning his fourth WIAA Individual Wrestling State Championship! 🏅🏅🏅🏅
Today he became just the 19th wrestler to accomplish this feat, and ends his career with a record of 150-10. Congratulations, Matty!
#4xChamp
#wiaawr