The Arizona Interscholastic Association's conference realignment proposal was unanimously approved at an executive board meeting Monday morning at the Glendale Civic Center.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association's conference realignment proposal was unanimously approved at an executive board meeting Monday morning at the Glendale Civic Center.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association's conference realignment proposal was unanimously approved at an executive board meeting Monday morning at the Glendale Civic Center.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association's conference realignment proposal was unanimously approved at an executive board meeting Monday morning at the Glendale Civic Center.

Four members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s 10-person executive board said Monday that they would like the high school sports governing body to take a more aggressive stance on dietary supplements.

High school athletes would be discouraged from using nutritional supplements under a proposed bylaw approved Monday by the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board.

Preliminary sectional placements for the next two school years have been approved by the Arizona Interscholastic Association's executive board in a meeting on Monday.

Preliminary sectional placements for the next two school years have been approved by the Arizona Interscholastic Association's executive board in a meeting on Monday.

Preliminary sectional placements for the next two school years have been approved by the Arizona Interscholastic Association's executive board in a meeting on Monday.

Gilbert Highland and Mesa Skyline appealed their 5A region and division placements, respectively, Monday to the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board, with mixed results.

For years Arizona high school athletes have been receiving odd gifts for Christmas — like a three-month apartment lease in a different high school boundary.

The scheduling for the 2013-15 two-year block is getting back to its roots, and for East Valley athletic programs, it seems like a welcome return.

The scheduling for the 2013-15 two-year block is getting back to its roots, and for East Valley athletic programs, it seems like a welcome return.

In the wake of the lightning/weather fiasco from a couple weeks ago, some revisions were made to the by lawys by the AIA Executive Board during its Sept. 13 meeting.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association is expected to approve the athletic eligibility of Gulf Coast evacuees living in Arizona as early as this week, pending approval today by the AIA executive board.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has decided to shelve the idea of using a multiplier for private school enrollments when assigning schools to conferences — a move that would have forced some schools to move up in class.

Doping expert Dr. Jim Stray-Gundersen presented the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board with the draft of a position statement on dietary supplements at Monday’s meeting.

Last Friday was a good day, not only because it was Week 6 of the high school football season and marquee matchups were every which way, but because, at places like McClintock, the past few seasons of on-field woes might actually lead to a brighter future.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association made it official Friday. The governing board for the state’s high schools has made an adjustment to the AIA power-rankings system that will take effect for the spring sports of baseball, softball, team tennis and volleyball.

The newly-created, unbalanced football divisions could necessitate a change in the number of playoff qualifiers for the 2013-2015 scheduling block.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association did not acknowledge whether there is a flaw in its power point formula during Tuesday’s executive board meeting, but seems ready to adjust it for the spring sports state tournaments.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association executive board upheld the seasonlong suspension of Marcos de Niza senior guard Kal Bay Tuesday while also deciding to remove the school’s all-sport postseason ban.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association executive board upheld the seasonlong suspension of Marcos de Niza senior guard Kal Bay Tuesday while also deciding to remove the school’s all-sport postseason ban.