"GPB Sports Central" replays Fridays at 11 p.m. with final high school football scores and Saturdays at noon with final scores and game news on Channel 8 and its HD channel with replays on Friday and Saturday. Statewide scores are also available at the “Scoreboard” at scoreatl.com.
Atlanta.HighSchoolSports.Net goes on the air Friday night at 10:30 pm on MYATL-TV 36. It's a new half hour program with scores, highlights,, features, and interviews. This week’s in-studio guest will be Coach Chip Walker from AAAA State Champion Sandy Creek, who will be available for a live Web chat after his interview
Statewide Radio
The Georgia High School Football Scoreboard Show presented by NAPA Auto Parts and NAPA AutoCare Centers (Fri., 10-12 midnight) and Hibbett Sports Countdown To Kickoff (Fri., 6-7 pm) hosted by Tommy Palmer will air each week during football season. For a list of radio network affiliates or to listen live online go to www.palmermediagroup.com.
GHSA Network On Demand
COMCAST: Roswell vs. Peachtree Ridge will be available 24-48 hours after the games is played on Comcast On Demand TV. To watch select the ON DEMAND button on your Comcast remote or go to Channel, choose "Get Local," select "Top Picks" and then "GHSA On Demand."
CHARTER: Brookwood vs. Collins Hill will be available 24-48 hours after the games is played on Charter On Demand TV. To watch go to ON DEMAND CHANNEL1, choose “iWant More!,” select “Local Interest “ and then “GHSA Sports.”
The GHSA Network is a partnership between the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) and PlayON! Sports providing multi-platform distribution of Georgia high school sports content. All member schools of the GHSA have access to the PlayON! Sports proprietary software and technology platform to produce your own TV-like events for live and/or on demand viewing on the internet through the GHSA Digital Broadcasting Program. In just the past few months, over 100 high schools have joined the program in Georgia and in other states. Contact: Patrick Euart, Georgia Relationship Manager, at pat.euart@playonsports.com.
Twelve premier Georgia high school football match-ups will highlight the launch of the GHSA Network on Charter’s popular On Demand service. In this new venture, PlayON! Sports and Charter are collaborating to deliver extensive On Demand TV coverage of Georgia high school football games exclusively to Charter customers.
Georgia high school football games will air in their entirety on Charter On Demand approximately 24-48 hours after the game occurs. Charter customers can find GHSA football games by going to On Demand Channel 1, then iWant More! > Local Interest > GHSA Sports.
The launch of GHSA Network on Charter includes the following regular season football matchups, with additional coverage of each round of the playoffs yet to be determined:
Aug 27 Buford at Gainesville
Sept 3 Brookwood at Collins Hill
Sept 9 Carver, Columbus at Hardway
Sept 10 Norcross at Roswell
Sept 17 Eastside at Jackson
Sept 24 Newton at Newnan
Oct 1 Dacula at Central Gwinnett
Oct 8 Carrollton at LaGrange
Oct 15 Appalachee at Clarke Central
Oct 22 North Gwinnett at Mill Creek
Oct 29 Bowdon at Bremen
Nov 5 Clarke Central at Flowery Branch
Nov 12 State Playoff – Teams TBD
Nov 19 State Playoff – Teams TBD
Nov 26 State Quarterfinal – Teams TBD
Dec 3 State Semifinal – Teams TBD
Coaches and Officials - In order to receive clinic credit in a particular sport, you must complete the clinic for that sport by the date listed. For credit to be recorded, you must watch the entire presentation and fill out an attendence form that will be presented at the end of the presentation. However, after the clinic deadline has passed, the attendance form will no longer appear.
If you are having trouble viewing the clinic presentations, try these troubleshooting tips.
We have had many clinic confirmation emails bounce back to us due to incorrect email addresses or spam filters. There are also some email providers that are routing certain emails from our email server to Spam folders. If you did not receive a confirmation email, please check your Spam folder. You can also send an email to clinics@ghsa.net and we will resend the confirmation or route it to another address.
Please retain your confirmation email as this is your proof that you completed the clinic.
The following online rules clinics are available - click on the clinic title to start the presentation.
Statement of Concerns
Concussions at all levels of sports have received a great deal of attention in the past few years. Attention has increased even more over the past year, culminating with the NFL, NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations testifying before the United States Congress about what each organization is doing to protect athletes from concussion. At least four states have enacted legislation dealing with the issue of head injuries sustained in athletic competitions.
Adolescent athletes are particularly vulnerable to the effects of concussion. Once considered little more than a minor “ding” on the head, it is now understood that a concussion has the potential to result in death, or short- and long-term changes in brain function. A concussion is a brain injury that results in a temporary disruption of normal brain function. A concussion occurs when the brain is violently rocked back and forth or twisted inside the skull as a result of a blow to the head or body. Continued participation in any sport following a concussion can lead to worsening concussion symptoms, as well as increased risk for further injury to the brain, and even death.
The well-being of the athlete is of paramount concern during any athletic contest. Officials, coaches and administrators are being asked to make all efforts to ensure that concussed athletes do not continue to participate. Thus, coaches, players, officials, and administrators should also be looking for signs of concussion in all athletes and should immediately remove any suspected concussed athlete from play.
NFHS Rules Change
Previous rules books for most sports included language directing officials to remove an athlete from play if “unconscious or apparently unconscious.” We now know that a person does not have to lose consciousness to suffer a concussion. In fact, according to our most recent data from the High School Reporting Information Online (RIO) and the National High School Sports Related Injury Surveillance Study, only 3.2 percent of all concussed athletes lost consciousness during the 2009 football season.
That language has been changed to the following: Any athlete who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion (such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion or balance problems) shall be immediately removed from the contest and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional. The common signs, symptoms and behaviors of concussed athletes may be found in Appendix B on page 100 of the 2010 NFHS Football Rules Book.
Role of Officials
Neither officials, nor coaches, are expected to “diagnose” a concussion, as that is the job of an appropriate health-care professional. Officials are being asked to use their best judgment in observing the signs, symptoms and behaviors, but are no longer being asked to make what could be perceived to be a medical opinion. This is the same type of monitoring procedure that has been used with orthopedic injuries and the “blood rule” in the past.
The game official is not responsible for the sideline evaluation or management of the athlete after he or she is removed from play. The responsibility of further evaluating and managing the symptomatic athlete falls upon the head coach, appropriate health-care professional, or other individual designated by school administrators. If an appropriate health-care professional on the sideline determines that the athlete HAS NOT suffered a concussion, the athlete may return to play. If there is no appropriate health-care professional available to evaluate the athlete, the athlete SHOULD NOT be allowed by the coach to return to play.
The official does not need written permission for an athlete to return to play, nor does the official need to verify the credentials of the appropriate health-care professional. Ensuring compliance with the Suggested Management Guidelines is a health and safety issue and should be the responsibility of the head coach and school administration, NOT the game official.
School Responsibilities
Any athlete suspected of having a concussion should be evaluated by an appropriate health-care professional that day.
NOTE: An “appropriate health-care professional” must be determined by each school district with respect to state laws and local preferences. Such individuals should be knowledgeable in the evaluation and management of sports-related concussions and may, depending on controlling law, include MDs, DOs and certified athletic trainers
No athlete should return to play or practice on the same day after a concussion has been diagnosed
Any athlete with a concussion should be medically cleared by an appropriate healthcare professional prior to resuming participation in any practice or competition. The formulation of a gradual return to play protocol should be a part of the medical clearance.
NOTE: Athletes with continued concussion symptoms are at significant risk for recurrent, cumulative and even catastrophic consequences of a second concussive injury. Such risks are minimized if the athlete is allowed time to recover from the concussion and return to play decisions are carefully made. No athlete should return-to-sport or other at-risk participation when symptoms of concussion are present and recovery is ongoing.
These guidelines should be applied to both practices and scrimmages.
It is strongly recommended that coaches participate in a free, online course on concussion management prepared by the NFHS. “Concussion in Sports” is an extremely well-prepared presentation that can be found at www.nfhslearn.com.
Baseline SportsMedia, a leading provider of print solutions for college athletics and an official licensee of the GHSA, is offering an easy way to promote your high school’s sports: Team Schedule Cards! The cards are full-color, folding, pocket-sized schedules (3.5” x 4.5”), with 4 panels for schedule and high school information, your agency contacts, and your own optional picture.
ATLANTA (July 19, 2010) Channel 2 WSB-TV and PlayON! Sports announce a new partnership to broadcast live high school football games to fans all over north Georgia.
The 15-week schedule features premiere matchups from the area’s biggest games and will air on Channel 2’s second digital channel, RTV at 7:30 p.m. and replay at 1 a.m. on Channel 2.
