1. 2 Soccer Nebraska School Activities Association
THE NEBRASKA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION
OUR MISSION IS YOURS
NSAA MISSION STATEMENT
The public and non-public high schools of Nebraska voluntarily agreed to form the Nebraska School Activities
Association for the following purposes:
• To formulate and make policies which will cultivate high ideals of citizenship, fair competition, sportsmanship
and teamwork which will compliment the member schools' curriculum programs.
• To foster uniformity of standards in interscholastic activity competition.
• To organize, develop, direct and regulate an interscholastic activity program which is equitable and will pro-
tect and promote the health and physical welfare of all participants.
2012-13 NSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2012-13 NSAA DIRECTORS
Mark Norvell
Fillmore Central
District I
Dr. Jerry Bartee
Omaha Public Schools
District II
Alan Garey
Medicine Valley
District V
Wendy Henrichs
Lincoln East
District I
Jay Bellar
Battle Creek
District III
Kent Halley
Mitchell
District VI
Dr. Bob Reznicek
Boys Town
District II
Chair
Rhonda Blanford-Green
Executive Director
Jennifer Schwartz
Assistant Director
Jon Dolliver
Assistant Director
Debra Velder
Associate Director
Bud Dahlstrom
Assistant Director
Nate Neuhaus
Assistant Director
Jim Angele
Assistant Director
Ron Higdon
Assistant Director
Dr. Brian Maher
Kearney
District IV
It is the Nebraska School Activities Association’s belief that interscholastic activities supplement the school’s
academic program. By providing worthwhile experiences through athletics and fine arts activities, each high
school participant can develop physically, emotionally and socially while learning the values of hard work and
good citizenship. The NSAA – Our Mission is Yours.

2. 44 Soccer Nebraska School Activities Association
2012-13 U.S. CELLULAR®
CUP STANDINGS
The Nebraska School Activities Association is pleased
to announce the current standings for The U.S. Cellular
Cup, the NSAA All-Activities Award for Nebraska high
schools. The annual awards program, which began in
2007 to recognize the state’s most successful high
school athletic and fine arts programs, is presented
to the 12 Nebraska high schools which earn the most
points during the school year by participating in NSAA
education-based activity programs.
The U.S. Cellular Cup is presented to the winning
schools in the four classes of the All-School Division,
Girls Division and Boys Division during special
ceremonies the following fall.
U.S. CELLULAR CUP DETAILS
& POINT SYSTEM
Each year the NSAA and U.S. Cellular recognize the
most successful activities programs in the state with
the U.S. Cellular Cup. U.S. Cellular Cup winners are
determined by a point system based on participation in
NSAA education-based activities and performance in
state championship events within each division and class.
Music, which does not have a state-level event, earns
points based on participation at the district music contest.
The boys and girls competition in each class features
schools earning participation and performance points
from their respective activities. In the case of coed
schools, the fine arts activity performance points are
divided equally among a school’s boys and girls U.S.
Cellular Cup totals. In the all-school division, schools
receive participation points for each of its NSAA
registered programs, and earn additional points for
placing in NSAA championship events.
Lincoln Southwest 427.5
Millard West 382.5
Lincoln Southeast 375
Millard South 367.5
Millard North 355
Lincoln Pius X 327.5
Kearney 322.5
Lincoln East 300
Grand Island 295
Papillion-La Vista South 292.5
Omaha Skutt Catholic 400
Elkhorn South 370
Gretna 330
Scottsbluff 327.5
Elkhorn 320
York 280
Norris 247.5
Northwest 247.5
Seward 237.5
Omaha Gross Catholic 232.5
Plattsmouth 232.5
Class A Cup Points Class B Cup Points
Kearney Catholic 280
Boone Central 245
Crofton 245
Grand Island Cent. Cath. 235
Norfolk Catholic 235
Wahoo 230
Columbus Scotus 220
North Platte St. Patrick’s 212.5
Minden 210
Milford 207.5
Guardian Angels Cent. Cath. 225
St. Mary’s 225
Pender 210
Arapahoe 182.5
Bruning-Davenport 182.5
Giltner 180
Bertrand 175
Wynot 175
Hartington 170
Newman Grove 170
Class C Cup Points Class D Cup Points
Lincoln Pius X 245
Lincoln Southeast 215
Omaha Marian 215
Millard West 207.5
Millard North 195
Lincoln Southwest 190
Papillion-La Vista South 185
Lincoln East 175
Grand Island 142.5
Kearney 138.75
Northwest 190
Elkhorn 182.5
Elkhorn South 170
Gretna 167.5
Omaha Skutt Catholic 157.5
Seward 157.5
McCook 150
York 150
Norris 145
Gering 137.5
Class A Cup Points Class B Cup Points
Columbus Scotus 170
Kearney Catholic 150
Crofton 148.75
Norfolk Catholic 140
Chadron 137.5
North Platte St. Patrick’s 137.5
Hastings St. Cecilia 132.5
Minden 131.25
Ogallala 130
Grand Island Cent. Cath. 128.75
Guardian Angels Cent. Cath. 180
St. Mary’s 125
Bertrand 101.25
Sutherland 97.5
Wynot 95
Giltner 92.5
Exeter-Milligan 90
Greeley-Wolbach 87.5
Humphrey 85
Pender 85
Class C Cup Points Class D Cup Points
Creighton Preparatory 272.5
Millard South 272.5
Lincoln Southwest 257.5
Kearney 208.75
Millard West 195
Lincoln Southeast 185
Millard North 180
Grand Island 172.5
Omaha Burke 172.5
Omaha Central 162.5
Omaha Skutt Catholic 252.5
Scottsbluff 231.25
Elkhorn South 205
Gretna 182.5
Omaha Gross Catholic 165
Elkhorn 162.5
Plattsmouth 152.5
York 145
South Sioux City 137.5
Nebraska City 130
Class A Cup Points Class B Cup Points
Boone Central 155
Lourdes Central Catholic 147.5
Kearney Catholic 145
Central City 140
Stanton 133.75
Milford 132.5
Adams Central 130
Freeman 130
O’Neill 130
David City 127.5
Newman Grove 145
Amherst 140
Pender 135
Paxton 125
Arapahoe 117.5
Bruning-Davenport 117.5
Falls City Sacred Heart 117.5
Howells-Dodge 117.5
Pope John 110
Humphrey St. Francis 107.5
Class C Cup Points Class D Cup Points
2012-13U.S.CellularCupStandings
2012-2013 U.S. CELLULAR CUP
WINTER STANDINGS
ALL-SCHOOL DIVISION
--TOP TEN AND TIES--
GIRLS DIVISION
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BOYS DIVISION
--TOP TEN AND TIES--

5. NSAA Board of Directors Selects Blanford-Green as Executive Director
It did not take Rhonda Blanford-Green long to decide to apply for the executive director’s position at
the Nebraska School Activities Association. The associate director of the Colorado High School Activities
Association (CHSAA) is a Husker at heart and she could not pass up the opportunity to lead the NSAA.
“I am honored to be selected as the next executive director of the NSAA. It is a position that comes
with tremendous responsibility, but I am excited for the opportunity to bring stability and strong leadership
to an incredible state association,” said Blanford-Green, who will step in for the retiring Dr. Steve Shanahan
after he served the past two years as the NSAA’s interim executive director.
Blanford-Green grew up in Colorado and has spent the past 16 years with the Colorado Association,
but she is no stranger to Nebraska. She ran track & field at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she
was an undefeated Big Eight champion and 10-time All-American for the Huskers. She met her husband,
John, a Sargent High School and Doane College grad, in the state and regularly spends holidays with her
husband’s family in Nebraska. Her brother, Daniel, even played football and ran track at Hastings College.
Blanford-Green is definitely familiar with I-80 and she plans to get out among the state’s high school
administrators and leaders to hear what they have to say about the Nebraska School Activities Association.
“Every state association has furniture, it is how it is arranged,” she explained. “I will have to be on
the fast track to learn the arrangement.”
Blanford-Green believes that all state high school associations deal with similar issues such as
classification divisions, public vs. private schools, rural vs. urban school districts, legislative involvement,
budgets, risk management, and outside competition questions. Blanford-Green said her role and that of the
entire NSAA staff is to identify and apply the best practices for responding to the concerns of all those
involved with Nebraska high school activities.
“I don’t see a lot of external changes my first year, but I will definitely be taking mental notes and
listening. As long as I keep the NSAA mission and the expertise of my staff in the forefront, no matter the
challenge, it will be manageable,” she said.
The NSAA Board of Directors interviewed four candidates on February 15 and 16 before selecting
Blanford-Green with an 8-0 vote.
“We are truly blessed to have Rhonda Blanford-Green become the next executive director of the
Nebraska School Activities Association,” says Mark Norvell, the superintendent of the Fillmore Central
Public Schools and chair of the NSAA Board of Directors. “Rhonda is nationally respected for her
knowledge and expertise as a former athlete and as a top-notch administrator in the area of high school
activities. I know for the Board and myself, that we are excited for her to come back to Nebraska and lead
our organization to new heights.”
As an athlete Blanford-Green qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1984 and 1988, and was
selected as the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year in 1985. In her professional career, she worked for the
Aurora Public Schools before joining the CHSAA staff where she has worked with student-leadership, cross
country, boys’ soccer, spirit, skiing, ice hockey, and track and field. She also has been active at the national
level serving on National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) committees for track and
field and ice hockey. She is currently the chair of the NFHS Citizenship and Equity Committee and NFHS
Spirit Committee. Blanford-Green, after completing her eligibility at Nebraska, finished her degree at the
University of Wyoming before earning her master’s from the University of Phoenix-Colorado.
Blanford-Green and her husband, John, have two children: John and Aspen. John is a senior at
Cherokee Trails High School. He is heading to Eastern Arizona College to play baseball, while Aspen, a
sophomore, will stay with Rhonda’s husband, John, to finish high school at Parker Lutheran after helping her
volleyball team win Colorado’s Class 2A state championship in November.
The incoming leader of the NSAA hopes every Nebraska high school student can benefit from the
same positive experiences she had as a volleyball and track athlete at Aurora Central High School (Colo.)
and her children have had during their high school careers thus far.

6. “There are always opportunities to tweak the experience but fundamentally, state associations
provide equitable and rewarding experiences for eligible participants,” said Blanford-Green.
It is the thought of providing a rewarding experience to Nebraska high school students who choose to
participate in NSAA sponsored activities that Blanford-Green sees as the mission which guides all those who
have a stake in high school activities.
“The NSAA has more than 100 years of success in serving the students and communities of
Nebraska, I look forward to my staff and myself being instrumental in building on the Association’s legacy,”
said Blanford-Green, who will begin her duties on July 1.
By Jim Angele, NSAA Assistant Director
3/2012 NSAA Bulletin