The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) is the governing body for sports competitions among all public and some private high schools in
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. It is a member of the
National Federation of State High School Associations
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. NFHS's headquarters are located in White River State Park in Indi ...
.
Classifications
Schools competing under the NHIAA are grouped into four divisions:
* Division I: over 900 students
* Division II: 550-899 students
* Division III: 286-524 students
* Division IV: up to 285 students
Schools are reclassified every two years. The classification thresholds are periodically adjusted so as to result in an approximately equal number of teams in each class. Schools may petition the NHIAA to play in a class higher than that in which they would otherwise be placed.
For some sports (e.g.
football
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or
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
), competition is not organized based on school class, but based on divisions established by the NHIAA committee governing the individual sport.
Classifications for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons are as follows:
Division I (formerly Class L)
Division II (formerly Class I)
Division III (formerly Class M)
Division IV (formerly Class S)
Sports
The NHIAA sanctions competitions in the following sports:
Fall season
Winter season
Spring season
See also
*
NHIAA Football
References
External links
Official site2022-2023 NHIAA Handbook
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Organizations based in New Hampshire
Sports organizations established in 1946
High school sports in New Hampshire
High school sports associations in the United States
1947 establishments in New Hampshire