The Official Newsletter of the Louisiana High School Powerlifting Association
P.O. Box 41637
Baton Rouge, La. 70835-1637
Volume 5, No. 2 January 2002

A Message from the President

LHSPLA Coaches,

I hope everyone's training is going well and are looking forward to this years upcoming invitational and regional competitions. Please make sure that you fill out all of your school's information that will be due at the regional meet. Each school must complete the following items to compete in their respective regional meets:

1) Pay their LHSPLA dues for 2002.
2) Turn in their school's eligibility papers.
3) Fill out and turn an LHSPLA Registration Form.

I have already received this information from several schools. You can turn in all of this information at your respective regional meet or mail it to me at the address listed above.

As most of you have probably already know, the West Monroe Invitational and the ASH Invitational meets have switched dates. The West Monroe Invitational will be held on January 11th/12th with the ASH Invitational being held on the 18/19th of January. This change became necessary because of a conflict that ASH had with the use of their gym. Please contact either Casey Sanders at West Monroe or Duane Urbina at ASH for more information concerning the meets.

We will be using these two meets as sights to test more coaches to become LHSPLA certified officials. Please have someone on your staff sit for the test either at the West Monroe or the ASH Meet. The exams will be given on the Friday night and those coaches who pass the exam will sit for their practical part of the exam on Saturday.

If you have any questions, or need to contact me, please feel free to call me at (225) 753-3180, ext. 1465, fax me at (225) 755-2697 or e-mail me at baronichs@ehsbr.org. Looking forward to a great season of lifting.

Bids for 2003 State Meets

Bids for the sites of the 2003 Division I, Division II and the State JV meets will be accepted and voted on by member schools at the upcoming LHSPLA business meetings. The 2003 Division I State Meet will be held on the first weekend in March at a Division I school in the East or the South Regions. The 2003 Division II State Meet will be held the weekend before the Division I State meet (last weekend in February) at a Division II school located in the North or West Regions. The 2003 State JV meet will be held during the third weekend in February at a Division I or II school in the North or West Regions. If no member school from the North or West Regions bid for the state JV meet, member schools from the East or the South may submit a bid. Schools planning to bid on these meets need to start getting their bids in order. Dates for the 2003 meets are:

State JV (South or East) - Saturday, February 15th, 2003
State Division II (North or West) - Saturday, February 22nd, 2003
State Division I (South or East) - Saturday, March 1st, 2003

LHSPLA Qualifying Totals - 2002

The following qualifying totals will be used for the 2002 powerlifting season. If at your upcoming regional meet you have a lifter that does not place in the top three of his/her respective weight class, or is not one of the next three division I or II lifters in their weight class, then they must meet or exceed the qualifying total that has been set for their weight class.

Amending the Constitution

Article XIV, Section 1, of the LHSPLA Constitution deals with the amending of the Constitution. If you are thinking about putting a proposal before the association at one of the business meetings, please read the information below. All proposals will be discussed at the business meetings and will be voted on by ballot after the completion of the Division I and II state meets.

AMENDMENTS:

SECTION 1. The Constitution may be amended at the annual meeting of the Association, a two-third's vote being necessary. However, no amendment or change shall be considered at the annual meeting of the Association unless submitted, in writing, to the President, at least three weeks (15 working days) before the annual meeting.

LHSPLA Dues, Registration and Eligibility Forms

LHSPLA Dues, Registration and Eligibility forms are due the day of each schools respective Regional meet. The dues or forms can either be turned into the Regional director or mailed directly to the President. If your schools' association dues, registration or eligibility forms are received by mail, they must be postmarked no later than the day of the team's respective Regional meet.

Scholarship and Hall of Fame Nominations

If you plan to nominate a lifter from your school for one of the four annual LHSPLA Scholarships or nominate someone for the LHSPLA Hall of Fame, make sure you turn these forms into your regional director. All of these forms are located under the Forms and Application link on the LHSPLA web site. Four $250 scholarships will be awarded, two to a girl and boy lifter from Division I schools and two to a girl and a boy lifter from Division II schools.

VISIT THE LHSPLA'S WEB SITE AT WWW.LHSPLA.ORG