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Prep Sports Practices Begin Aug. 8
By Jim Wieners
High School Sports Athletes will be getting a head start on the practice field before going to the classroom to start the 2011-2012 school year.
Athletes, who have physicals reported to their high school, will start practices for the fall season on Aug. 8. That includes being involved with varsity athletics in Softball, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Football, Girls Field Hockey, Girls Volleyball, Cross Country Boys Swimming and Boys Soccer.
FALL- Football teams can have their final tune-ups before the start of the season by competing in pre-season scrimmages or jamborees Aug. 19 or Aug. 20. Softball, Girls Tennis and Girls Golf teams can start their season on Aug. 22. Football as well as Girls Field Hockey, Girls Volleyball, Cross Country, Boys Swimming and Boys Soccer can start the season on Aug.26.
Missouri State High School Activities Association Fall championships will be crowned in Girls Golf, Oct. 17-18 at two sites to be announced,; Girls Tennis, Oct. 20, 22 at Cooper Tennis Complex, Springfield; Softball, Oct. 22 at Killian Softball Stadium, Springfield; Cross Country, Nov. 5 at Oak Hills Golf Center, Jefferson City; Girls Volleyball, Nov. 5 at the Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau; Boys Swimming, Nov. 12, at the St. Peters Rec-Plex; Boys Soccer, Nov. 19 at the Anheuser-Busch Center, Fenton; and Football-Show Me Bowl, Nov. 25-26 at the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis.
WINTER – Wrestling teams can start practices Oct. 31, the season opens Nov. 21 and the MSHSAA Championships will be held Feb. 18, 2012, at Mizzou Arena, Columbia. Basketball teams can begin practices Nov. 7, start playing games Nov. 21 and the MSHSAA Championships will be crowned, March 10, 17, 2012, at Mizzou Arena, Columbia. Girls Swimming can start practices Nov. 14, start competition Dec. 5 and the MSHSAA Championships will be crowned Feb. 18, 2012 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.
SPRING – MSHSAA sports teams — Baseball, Boys Golf, Boys Tennis, Boys Volleyball, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Soccer, Track and Field and Water Polo can begin practices Feb 20, 2012 and start competition March 12, 2012. Start dates for Club Sports, Boys Lacrosse and Rugby for example, are not available.
MSHSAA State championships will take place in Boys Golf, May 14-15, 2012 at four sites to be announced; Track and Field, May 18-19, 25-26, 2012 at Dwight T. Reed Stadium, Jefferson City; Boys Tennis, May 24, 26, 2012, at Cooper Tennis Complex, Springfield; Baseball, May 31, June 2, 2012 at T.R. Hughes Ballpark, O’Fallon, Mo.; and Girls Soccer, June 2, 2012 at the Anheuser-Busch Center, Fenton.
MCSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLS — MSHSAA Affiliated Registered Christian High Schools will be competing in the Missouri Christian State Athletic Association Championships in mid- to late-October for Fall Sports, mid- to late-February, 2012, for the Winter Sports and early-May, 2012, for Spring Sports. Site(s) will be announced later for the MCSAA Championships.
