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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPT. 29, 2008

BOARD CONSIDERS STATE FOOTBALL SITE PROPOSAL

Representatives from the Bowling Green Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and Western Kentucky University made a presentation before the KHSAA Board of Control to host the 2009 and 2010 Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl State Football Championships at the Board’s meeting Monday. Bowling Green/WKU was the only venue to submit a proposal to host the event.

The Board voted to table a decision until its Oct. 24 special meeting in Lexington to allow the KHSAA Commissioner and staff to visit the site as well as individuals within the corporate community on support for the event.

“Overall we were very pleased with the proposal,” KHSAA Commissioner Brigid DeVries said. “The Board wanted additional time to review the proposal submitted which will allow the Commissioner and staff the opportunity to visit the facility and with folks from the corporate community who had expressed an interest in sponsorship of the event.”

WKU’s Houchens/L.T. Smith Stadium recently received a $50 million dollar renovation that included increasing seating capacity to 21,649, video board and locker room renovations.

The 2008 Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl is scheduled for Dec. 12-13 and will be played at the University of Louisville’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

REGIONAL GOLF THIS WEEK

Girls’ and boys’ golf regionals are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in preparation for next week’s Leachman/KHSAA Boys’ and Girls’ State Golf Championships. Contact the local regional manager for a schedule of play and results.

Regional qualifiers will be posted on the KHSAA website as received. State Tee Times will be posted on the KHSAA website by noon (ET) Friday, Oct. 3.

The Leachman/KHSAA Girls’ State Golf Tournament is scheduled for Oct. 6-8 (Oct. 6 is practice round) and the Boys’ event follows Oct. 9-11 (Oct. 9 is practice round). Both events will be held at the Bowling Green Country Club.

www.khsaa.org/golf

STATE VOLLEYBALL BRACKET DRAW SET

The draw for the 2008 KHSAA State Volleyball Tournament has been conducted and posted on the Association website. This year’s tournament is slated for Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Knights Hall on the campus of Bellarmine University in Louisville.

State Volleyball Bracket – www.khsaa.org/volleyball

www.khsaa.org/golf

UPCOMING EVENTS/MEETINGS

Sept. 29-30 Boys’ & Girls’ Golf Regionals, Various Sites

Oct. 6-8 Leachman Buick, Pontiac, GMC Girls’ State Golf Tournament, Bowling Green Country Club

Oct. 9-11 Leachman Buick, Pontiac, GMC Boys’ State Golf Tournament, Bowling Green Country Club

Oct. 13-18 District Volleyball & Soccer Tournaments, Various Sites

Oct. 20-25 Regional Volleyball & Soccer Tournaments, Various Sites

Oct. 27 Girls’ Soccer Sub-Sectionals, Various Sites

Oct. 28 Boys’ Soccer Sub-Sectionals, Various Sites

Oct. 29 Girls’ Soccer Sectionals, Various Sites

Oct. 30 Boys’ Soccer Sectionals, Various Sites

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 State Volleyball Tournament, Knights Hall, Bellarmine University, Louisville

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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501 3(c) organization made up of 279 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions state championships in 19 sports, licenses and trains over 3,900 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its member school student athletes as well as overseeing coaching education and medical symposium programs.