VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

FIELD HOCKEY

Hello Athletic Directors and Field Hockey Coaches,

Welcome back and looking forward to another great season of field hockey! I will continue with the role as the VISAA Field Hockey Chairperson for the 2015 season. With over 30 schools playing field hockey in the VISAA, your school will have the following opportunities:

  • possible participation in the independent school tournament
  • involvement in weekly state polls
  • possible all state team honors for players

The top 4 seeds of each division will host a quarterfinal match on Tuesday, Nov.10, 2015. The semifinals will be a little different this year. In the past we have had the semifinals and finals for both divisions at the National Training Center but the management at the NTC informed me that the VHSL will be there as well the same weekend. Due to an agreement between the City of Virginia Beach and public schools (VHSL) there were given priority times hence the following changes.

Division 1 will play the semifinals at the National Training Center on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at 3:30 on fields 1 and 2.

Division 2 will play their semifinals at Norfolk Academy (new astroturf surface) on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at 12:00 and 2:30.

The Finals for both D1 and D2 will be at the National Training Center on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at 3:30 pm.

The committee realizes that this is not the most desirable scenario and will look into other options for the 2016 season.

We will continue to use MaxPreps for compiling results and records for each team. Coaches should have or obtain a password that allows them to go to their school’s webpage after each match. Scores should be posted and kept up to date to be eligible for the state polls. Field Hockey coaches should continue to send scores to Mary Blake at as she will compile scores.We ask that all scores be sent to her by Saturday morning so that she may post results the following Monday. Scores should be sent to Mary starting September by Sept. 26, 2015.

Athletic Directors, can you please forward to your field hockey coaches and if you have a new coach, please email me his/her name and email address. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions. Best wishes for a great school year!

Regards,

Mary Werkheiser

Norfolk Academy

757-641-5811 (cell)