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pating.  That is about to change.
• In talking about the transition to the SDHSAA, Kavanaugh said, "We've been in communications with them for the last six to seven years. We had a good relationship as far as the club program. They supported us like a high school team as much as they could. I think the biggest issue for our school board is that they dealt with some budget cuts right away that year and some other programs got cut. For us it was a matter of us coming in and working out the financial plan that they could live with and once that was done, we were very lucky we had some soccer parents on the board that were very excited about getting it in."
• During the two days of meetings leading up to the SD Soccer Association's Annual General Membership meeting, there was an initial push to end the state association support after the 2013 season  The membership ultimately decided to add the additional year since many schools are already putting the finishing touches on their 2013 budgets.
• The SDSSA members expressed some concern over what would happen should some schools refuse to sanction soccer. The general consensus was that SDSSA would then offer a U-19 recreational league, which some in attendance said is far more in line with its original mission.

• During times of budget crunches and cutbacks, many thought this was a precari

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