Louisiana High School Athletic Association
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| Abbreviation | LHSAA |
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| Motto | "High School Athletics — The Master Teacher of Values" |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Type | Volunteer |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
| Headquarters | 12720 Old Hammond Highway Baton Rouge, LA 70816 |
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Region served
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Louisiana |
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Membership
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410+ schools |
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Official language
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English |
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Executive Director
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Eddie Bonine |
| Affiliations | National Federation of State High School Associations |
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Staff
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20 |
| Website | LHSAA.org |
| Remarks | (225) 296-5882 |
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) is the agency that regulates and promotes the interscholastic athletic competitions of all high schools in the state of Louisiana.
LHSAA was founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 1920. The LHSAA's main office was in Hammond from 1953 until 1972, when it moved to Baton Rouge.
The LHSAA is governed by an Executive Director and an executive committee, with representatives from each of the association's class divisions. LHSAA member schools include public, private, and parochial schools throughout the state. LHSAA is affiliated with the National Federation of State High School Associations.
As of 1996, LHSAA included 410 member schools and an annual certification of approximately 70,000 student athletes each year.
LHSAA is divided into seven statewide classes, also known as divisions, based on each school's student enrollment for grades nine through twelve: 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, B, and C. Classes B and C are made up of schools with smaller enrollments that do not play football; the smallest football playing schools are all members of Class 1A. Classes 2A through 5A may include some schools that do not play football, including schools that have all-girl enrollments. Schools with single-gender enrollments have their enrollment numbers doubled for classification purposes.
LHSAA has twenty-three competitive sports programs, twelve for boys and eleven for girls. The LHSAA sports programs are Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Tennis, Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Football, Golf, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Wrestling, and Soccer. Starting in 2016, select enrollment schools and non-select enrollment schools will participate in different playoffs in Football, Baseball, Softball, and Basketball.
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