Meeting was convened at 4:15 p.m. by Chairman Majikes

ITEM 1            Chairman Majikes called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m. 

                        Absent, but accounted for:  Phil Cappellini, Mike Costanza

                        District II Solicitor Present:  Donald Rogers

                        Consultants Present:  Phil Latinski, Jim Sabatini

ITEM 2            Chairman Majikes welcomed Vito Quaglia, Principal of Wyoming Area High School, to the District II Committee.  Vito is also serving as the Soccer Chairperson for the Committee.

ITEM 3            A motion was made by Ray Lowery, seconded by Tom Jenkins, to approve the minutes of the August 20, 2008 meeting.  All Ayes

ITEM 4            Frank Victor, District II Treasurer, presented an informal review of the current status of the District II annual audit.  Frank explained that at the conclusion of the annual audit he will have a formal presentation for the October meeting.

ITEM 5            Following a review of the applications received for the current vacancy on the District II Committee, a motion was made by Tom Jenkins, seconded by Mike Ognosky, to appoint Jeff Gregory, Athletic Director of Lackawanna Trail High School, as a member of the committee effective the October meeting.  Jeff will also be serving as the Field Hockey Chairperson.  All Ayes

ITEM 6            a.) A motion was made by Joe Lalli, seconded by Jay Starnes, to approve the eligibility of Michael Gabriel Stec, Dallas to Holy Redeemer, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence, principal to principal sign off.  All Ayes

b.) A motion was made by Tom Jenkins, seconded by Don Kanavy, to approve the eligibility of Josue Vazquez, Meyers to Holy Redeemer, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence, principal to principal sign off.  All Ayes

c.)  A motion was made by Bill King, seconded by Jay Starnes, to approve the eligibility of Christine Bergey, Holy Redeemer to Wyoming Valley West, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence, principal to principal sign off.  All Ayes

d.)    A motion was made by Ross Scarantino, seconded by Vito Quaglia, to approve the eligibility of Britany Goscinski, West Scranton to Holy Cross, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence, principal to principal sign off.  All Ayes

e.)  A motion was made by Jim Higgins, seconded by Maureen Williams, to approve the eligibility of John Ridd, Scranton Prep to Honesdale, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence, principal to principal sign off.  All Ayes

ITEM 7            a.)  A motion was made by Ray Lowery, seconded by Frank Galicki, to approve the eligibility of Andras Schwertner, Hungary to Honesdale, in accordance with Article VII, Foreign Exchange Students.  All Ayes

                        b.)  A motion was made by Bill King, seconded by Don Kanavy, to approve the eligibility of Leticha Rios, Mexico to Tunkhannock, in accordance with Article VII, Foreign Exchange Students.  All Ayes          

c.)    A motion was made by Jay Starnes, seconded by Jim Marcks, to approve the eligibility of Isabella Mangei, Germany to Berwick, in accordance with Article VII, Foreign Exchange Students.  All Ayes

d.)  A motion was made by Danielle Adams, seconded by Frank Victor, to approve the eligibility of Alberta Sichitollo, Italy to Wallenpaupack, in accordance with Article VII, Foreign Exchange Students.  All Ayes

ITEM 8            SPORTS REPORTS:

a.)    Cross Country (Bill King):  Information on the District Cross Country Championships will be placed on the web page and distributed to member schools shortly.  The Junior High Meet will be held at McDade Park on Saturday, October 18th, while the Varsity Meet will be held at Scranton Municipal Golf Course on Wednesday, October 22nd. 

b.)    Field Hockey (Jeff Gregory):  Information regarding the Field Hockey Championships will be forthcoming.

c.)    Football (Tom Jenkins):  All the information is located on the website.  The seeding meeting will be held on Monday, November 3rd at Tribecca in Pittston at noon.

d.)    Golf (Ray Lowery):  All the information is located on the website.  Ray announced that it has been updated to reflect the schedule for the District II Team Championships as well.  Ray reminded member schools to make the checks out to District II PIAA.

e.)    Soccer (Vito Quaglia):  All the information is currently on the website. 

f.)      Tennis (Mike Ognosky):  All is set for the Girls’ Championships in the Fall – all the information is located on the webpage.

g.)    Volleyball (Maureen Williams):  Maureen discussed the tentative dates for the Volleyball Championships.  All of that information will be distributed shortly.

ITEM 9            At 4:50 p.m. the District II Committee held a closed hearing

regarding the eligibility of Joseph Jacinto Russo, a transfer student from DelawareValley to Holy Cross.  Delaware Valley has questioned the transfer believing that the transfer was for whole, or in part, for athletic reasons, in accordance with Article VI, Transfers and Residence of the PIAA By-Laws.  Hearing and deliberation continued until 6:45 p.m. At the conclusion of the deliberation, the following action was taken:

A motion was made by Mike Ognosky, seconded by Frank Victor, to deny eligibility to Joseph Jacinto Russo in basketball for the 2008-2009 school year.  15 Ayes, 2 Nays.  

ITEM 10          At 6:50 p.m. the District II Committee held a closed hearing regarding the eligibility of Tanna Novatski, a student residing in the AbingtonHeightsSchool Districtand attending a full time class in the Mid ValleySchool District as a special needs student.  Hearing and deliberations continued until 7:06 p.m.  At the conclusion of the deliberation, the following action was taken:

                        A motion was made by Dino Galella, seconded by Bill King, to approve the eligibility of Tanna Novatski for the 2008-2009 school year at Mid Valley High School.  All Ayes

ITEM 11          At 7:10 p.m. the District II Committee held an open hearing regarding the events of a PIAA Baseball Contest played between Valley View and Old Forge in April, 2008.  Both Old Forge and Valley View administration and athletic personnel presented testimony regarding the event and the subsequent actions taken by each member school. 

At the conclusion of the presentation, the District II Committee commended the administration and athletic personnel of both member schools for their actions taken at the time of the event as well as the subsequent plans of action that were initiated in order to ensure that such events would not be replicated in the future.

ITEM 12          At 7:30 p.m. the District II Committee held a closed hearing with

ScrantonHigh School Officials regarding correspondence received

from the Head Wrestling Coach in April, 2008.  Following deliberation, the following action was taken:

The District requested that the administration of the Scranton School District address the situation with the coach and report back to the District II Committee. 

ITEM 13          The meeting schedule for the 2008-2009 year has been finalized as follows (all meetings begin at 4:15 p.m.):

                        Wednesday, October 15th @ Scranton High School

                        Wednesday, November 19th @ Wilkes-Barre Area C & TC

                        Wednesday, December 17th @ Valley View High School

                        Wednesday, January 21at @ Wilkes-Barre Area C & TC

                        Wednesday, February 18th @ Scranton High School

                        Wednesday, March 18th @ Wilkes-Barre Area C & TC

                        Wednesday, April 15th @ Valley View High School