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WIAA approves moving 3A to Tacoma

The Spokesman-Review

The Washington high school State 3A basketball tournament will move from Seattle to the Tacoma Dome in 2009 with the 2A tournament moving from Tacoma to the Yakima SunDome after a vote by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board Friday.

The 3A tournament has drawn poorly in Seattle.

In other moves, the State 1A track meet will be held at Eastern Washington University where the 1B and 2B meets are already staged.

The Representative Assembly meeting was also held and it passed an amendment that will require athletes who transfer within their school district to meet WIAA transfer guidelines, and not only district rules. Athletes who don’t move with a parent or guardian to the attendance area for their new school will have to prove hardship to WIAA or not play at the varsity level for a year.