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15 Coaches Named UIL Sponsor Excellence Award Winners
By Chris Schmidt, Communications Officer | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:47 AM
UIL Sponsor Excellence Award winner Kelly Martin of Stamford High School works with a student during class.
The University Interscholastic League is proud to recognize 15 of the top UIL sponsors in Texas as the 2011 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award winners.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges in the areas of music, athletics and academics from nominations submitted by school principals and superintendents across the state.
The award, now in its 21st year, was created to identify and recognize outstanding sponsors who enable students to develop and refine their extracurricular talents to the highest degree possible within the educational system.
Academic Director Retires from League
By McKensie Wallesen, UIL intern | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:44 AM
At the Capital Conference, Academic Director Treva Dayton presents a session to help academic coordinators organize and plan the upcoming year.
Photo by Julianne Coyne
Academic Director Treva Dayton may finally have time to eat.
After 22 years of service as a UIL contest consultant or staff member, Dayton decided to retire on Jan. 31.
“Often I would go to Treva’s office in late afternoon, and she would look up from a pile of work and say, ‘Oh my gosh! I haven’t eaten today,” Journalism Director Jeanne Acton said. “It was crazy. She was so driven in her work that food just escaped her mind.”
While eating isn’t Treva’s main focus for retirement, she will have more time since she no longer will be running the largest academic competition program in the nation.
State CX Debate Final Rounds to be Held at State Capitol
By Jana Riggins, Speech and Debate Director | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:41 AM
Photo by Jeanne Acton
Football has its Cowboys Stadium. Marching Band fills the Alamodome. Basketballs bounce at the Erwin Center. Track & Field sets records at UT’s Myers Stadium.
Now, the championship rounds of Cross-Examination Debate will have a new venue worthy of its competition. The UIL State Office is pleased to announce that the semifinal and final rounds of all conferences will be held at the Texas State Capitol.
R&R Adds New Feature — Interactive Maps
By Jeanne Acton, UIL Journalism Director | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:21 AM
After the release of the 2012-14 Reclassification and Realignment, Dr. Mark Cousins, the athletic director, gives an interview to a local cable news station. The maps that the staff creates for each district within a conference stand in the background.
Photo by Jeanne Acton
For Athletic Director Mark Cousins, the 2012-14 Football and Basketball Reclassification and Realignment process was much the same as previous years.
He and his colleagues spent many long days and late nights working with enrollment figures trying to get the most equitable conferences and districts for 1,300 plus high schools in a state that spans more than 265,000 square miles. And while some still don’t believe it, he still used more than 1300 blue push pins and more than 250 orange rubber bands to paint the visual picture of each district.
“It’s a difficult balancing act,” Dr. Cousins said. “We try to limit travel and keep the most equity in the districts that we can.”
But not everything was the same as years past. Dr. Cousins and his staff added a new feature this year to R&R — interactive maps of each district and conference. The maps will help the public see what the districts actually look like.
Photos from the 2011 State Football Championships
By Jeanne Acton | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:00 AM
Two Arlington Martin High School photographers shot images of the Football State Championships at Cowboys Stadium.
Essay Contest Reminder and A+ Hosting Tips
By David Trussell, Assistant Academic Director | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:45 AM
December tends to be one of the quieter periods in the UIL calendar for high school academics, but as you are wrapping up your semester and planning for the spring, don’t forget about our newest activity — the Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition.
Scholarship money is awarded to the top three statewide winners, and the top three winners from each of the competition’s 10 regions will have their essays added to the official historical record in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
All 11-man Football Championships to be Held at Cowboys Stadium
By Mark Cousins, Athletic Director | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:38 AM
It seems like just yesterday that it was Aug. 1 and schools were beginning volleyball and football practice and readying themselves for another challenging and successful school year.
It is hard to believe that we are now into the final month of 2011 and closing out the first semester of the 2011-12 school year. The UIL Athletic Department has already conducted successful championships in Team Tennis, Cross Country and Volleyball and is busily preparing for the football state championships that are taking place over the next couple of weeks.
For the first time in the history of UIL Football State Championships, since UIL began crowing champions in multiple conferences, all 11-man football state championship games will be held at a single site, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Teams in Conferences 1A through 5A will compete for a state title in what many consider to be the premier football facility in the world.
Volleyball State All-Tournament Teams Named
By Chris Schmidt, Communications Officer | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:42 AM
The Water Valley High School Lady Wildcats celebrate the win over Iola High School in the 1A State Volleyball Championship game. The Lady Wildcats won the match in three games.
Photo by Darryl Beasley
The State Volleyball Tournament was held Nov. 17-19 at Strahan Coliseum on Texas State University campus. The 2011 UIL Volleyball State All-Tournament Teams, as selected by the Texas Girls Coaches Association Volleyball Committee follow.
Breithaupt Co-authors Book on Buna Basketball Legend, Cotton Robinson
By Jeanne Acton, UIL Journalism Director | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:25 AM
A draft of the cover of the book.
King Cotton: Coach Cotton Robinson and the Buna Boys’ Basketball Legacy, 1948-1963.
“I’ve been writing this book in my head for the past 20 years,” said UIL Executive Director and co-author of the book, Charles Breithaupt.
It makes sense.
Breithaupt grew up in Buna during the era of Coach Cotton Robinson.
“Since elementary school, I idolized him,” he said. “Anyone who grew up in the town did.”
Cross Country State Meet Video
By Jeanne Acton | Monday, December 05, 2011 1:40 PM
The 2011 Cross Country State Meet held at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Nov. 12 was a grueling race. Participants had to battle dry terrain and 30-mile an hour wind gusts. To view results from the State Championships visit this link:
www.uiltexas.org/cross-country/state/results.