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Alberta Schools' Athletic Association
AbbreviationASAA
FormationMarch 17, 1956
TypeVolunteer; NPO
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeAthletic/Educational
Headquarters11759 Groat Road
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T5M 3K6
Region served
Alberta
President
Tom Christensen[1]: 7 
WebsiteASAA.ca

The Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA) is the governing body that oversees amateur athletics in schools for the province of Alberta. It is a voluntary, non profit organization that has 373 member high schools. It enforces policies as dictated by the provincial board of Governors.

As is the case with all provincial governing bodies for school athletics in Canada, the ASAA is an affiliate member of the United States-based National Federation of State High School Associations.

History

The ASAA was founded in Calgary in 1956 to coordinate high school championships among member schools. After starting their activities by organizing a regional basketball tournament, more sports were added throughout the years, starting with track and field in 1958, badminton, volleyball and cross-country running in the 1960s; gymnastics, wrestling, and curling in the 1970s; and golf, cheerleading and football in the 1980s. Gymnastics was discontinued in 1989. Girls' wrestling was added in 1995. More recently rugby was added in 2006, team handball in 2010, and six-man football in 2011.[2]

The association is structured in 8 geographical zones, Calgary & Edmonton as urban zones, complemented by six rural zones.

District zones

The eight geographic zones of the ASAA are:[1] : 8–9 

  • Calgary
  • Central
  • Edmonton
  • North East
  • North Central
  • North West
  • South
  • South Central

Regional associations

Within these geographic zones, the policies set forth by the ASAA are administered by the regional associations:

Notes
  • ^1 Calgary has two associations; the Calgary Independent Schools Athletic Association is in charge of all private and chartered schools.
  • ^2 Edmonton Metro handles 15 school boards (Public, Catholic, Francophone, and Independent) from Edmonton and the surrounding area. Edmonton Public Schools formed its own regional association until 2013.
  • ^3 Rocky View Sports Association controls cities, townships, and hamlets schools outside the city of Calgary.

Structure

In order to provide a competitive balance, member schools are placed into classifications for all major sports based on the schools' enrollments. Divisions and the tier classification systems are not equivalent. Exact sizes are:

Divisions

  • 1A schools: fewer than 100 students
  • 2A schools: 100–299 students
  • 3A schools: 300–799 students
  • 4A schools: 800 or more students

[1]: 35 

Football Tiers

  • Tier IV schools: fewer than 450 students (all Division IA and 2A schools, and the smaller Division 3A schools)
  • Tier III schools: 450–749 students (mid-sized Division 3A schools)
  • Tier II schools: 750–1249 students (largest Division 3A and smaller Division 4A schools)
  • Tier I schools: 1250 or more students (largest Division 4A schools)

[1]: 101–102 

Team Handball Tiers

  • Tier II schools: fewer than 500 students (all Division 1A and 2A schools and the smaller Division 3A schools)
  • Tier I schools: 500 or more students (mid-sized Division 3A and Division 4A schools)

[1]: 117 

Rugby Tiers

  • Tier III schools: fewer than 600 students (all Division 1A and 2A schools and the smaller Division 3A schools)
  • Tier II schools: 600–1249 students (larger Division 3A schools and the smaller Division 4A schools)
  • Tier I schools: 1250 or more students (largest Division 4A schools)

[1]: 113 

Sports governing bodies

The sports sanctioned by the ASAA are steered by the governing sports bodies and its guidelines to provide an equitable competition and ethical standards for all male and females students and coaches involved within that sports' program. The governing sports bodies are:[3]

Sports

Thirty-three provincial championships are held annually for 12 ASAA sports:[2][4]

Football

The first ASAA sponsored provincial Senior Varsity football championship was awarded in 1985. Due to the cold inclement weather, the inaugural championship games were cancelled, and the competing schools were declared co-champions.[6]

Year Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV
1985 L.C.I. & Harry Ainlay Catholic Central & Stettler
1986 Salisbury Stettler Cochrane
1987 Harry Ainlay Cardston Cochrane
1988 L.C.I. Salisbury Medicine Hat
1989 L.C.I. Archbishop Jordan Rocky Mountain House
1990 L.C.I. Cardston Raymond
1991 Henry Wise Wood Cardston Raymond
1992 L.C.I Cardston Raymond
1993 L.C.I Cardston Bert Church
1994 L.C.I Lloydminster Wainwright
1995 St. Francis Brooks Kate Andrews
1996 Raymond Cochrane Sexsmith
1997 Raymond Brooks Springbank
1998 Raymond Cochrane McCoy
1999 Jasper Place George McDougall W.R. Myers Oilfields
2000 Strathcona Foothills W.R. Myers Oilfields
2001 Strathcona Medicine Hat W.R. Myers Ardrossan
2002 Bev Facey Archbishop Jordan Cochrane Bow Valley
2003 St. Francis Archbishop Jordan Cochrane Bow Valley
2004 St. Francis Foothills Cochrane Ardrossan
2005 Raymond St. Mary's Cochrane Ardrossan
2006 Salisbury Foothills Wetaskiwin Willow Creek
2007 St. Francis Notre Dame ( Cal.) Cochrane Sylvan Lake Creek
2008 Raymond Notre Dame (Cal.) Cochrane Ardrossan
2009 Raymond Foothills Brooks Rundle College
2010 Raymond Catholic Central Cardston Rundle College
2011 Harry Ainlay Austin O'Brien Wm E Hay Drumheller
2012 Notre Dame ( Cal.) Austin O'Brien Cochrane Drumheller
2013 Notre Dame ( Cal.) Austin O'Brien Cardston Drumheller
2014 Notre Dame ( Cal.) St. Joseph's (G.P.) Cochrane Holy Rosary
2015 St. Francis Foothills Cochrane Ardrossan
2016 St. Francis Foothills Cochrane Bow Valley
2017 Harry Ainlay Foothills Cochrane Willow Creek
2018 St. Francis Lloydminster Cochrane Canmore

Volleyball

The first ASAA sponsored provincial Senior Varsity volleyball championship was awarded in 1964.[2]

Year 1A Boys 1A Girls 2A Boys 2A Girls 3A Boys 3A Girls 4A Boys 4A Girls
1997 Mistassini St. Matthews Thorhild Senator Gershaw Central Alberta Christian Lacombe Composite Louis St. Laurent Grand Prairie Composite
1998 Ecole Mallaig Provost Prairie High Senator Gershaw Central Alberta Christian Sexsmith Secondary Harry Ainlay Salisbury
1999 Rosemary St. Thomas More Vegreville Composite Central High Brooks Composite Sexsmith Harry Ainlay Sir Winston Churchill
2000 Vilna New Norway Bawlf Fairview Brooks Composite W.R. Meyers (Taber) Sir Winston Churchill Lindsey Thurber (Red Deer)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Official Handbook: 2015-2016" (PDF). Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "About". Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.asaa.ca/new/links.php
  4. ^ "Championship Host Websites". Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. ^ assa.ca/new/sports/football1415.php
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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