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State summer sport Skiing and Snowboarding [4] 2008 State winter sport Delaware: Bicycling [5] 2014 Hawaii: Surfing (Heʻe nalu) [6] 1998 State individual sport Outrigger canoe paddling (Heihei waʻa) [7] 1986 State team sport Maryland: Jousting [8] 1962 State sport Lacrosse [9] 2004 State team sport Massachusetts: Basketball [10] [11] 2006 ...
The State Games of America is a biennial amateur multi-sport event held in North America. It is organized by the National Congress of State Games. [1] Athletes qualify for the Games by earning a medal in their respective State Games in the previous two years. [2] Typically, over 12,000 athletes compete in the Games each time they are held. [3]
The National Congress of State Games is an American nonprofit sports association, consisting of 27 full members divided into three regions. As of 2023, NCSG members run 26 Summer Games and a number of winter games The NCSG is part of the United States Olympic Committee and organizes the State Games of America, an Olympic-style multi-sport event in which athletes who have won a medal in their ...
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) establishes the rules of high school American football in the United States. In Canada, high school is governed by Football Canada and most schools use Canadian football rules adapted for the high school game except in British Columbia, which uses the NFHS rules.
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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. [1] The Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech. [ 2 ]
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition. Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.