Region 9 sports begin this week, football and volleyball next week

Written by Andy Griffin on August 6, 2012 in Canyon View, Cedar City, Desert Hills, Dixie High, Enterprise, Hurricane, Pine View, Snow Canyon, Sports, Top Sports Stories - No comments

ST. GEORGE - The official dates when high school athletic competition can begin have been released by the Utah High School Activities Association.

Wednesday (Aug. 8) is the first day the UHSAA has deemed eligible for competition in boys golf, cross country, girls soccer and girls tennis.

Girls volleyball teams can begin competitive play Aug. 14.

The first week of football, which features teams playing “Endowment” games, is Aug. 17. The Endowment games were added years ago so that teams can play a 10th contest in their prep football schedule if they so choose. Half of the gate receipts (ticket sales) for the preseason game are given to the UHSAA as a fundraiser for the organization. All seven Region 9 football teams will compete in Endowment games this season.

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Andy has been in sports media since 1989, when he graduated from American Technical College and accepted a job as the night disc jockey at Z104 in Logan. While there, he worked at the classic rock station and also served as the beat writer covering the Utah State Aggies and the Utah Jazz. Since earning a journalism degree at USU in 1992, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 23 years and has five children ages 8 to 21.