Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools

The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) is a Texas organisation chartered in 1978 to promote academics, athletics and fine arts for private and parochial schools serving grades 9–12. Its member schools are arranged into six classifications and districts throughout the state, and the association’s mission emphasises fair play, fellowship, sportsmanship and wholesome competition. TAPPS administers boys’ and girls’ high-school basketball, including rules, coach resources, district and all-state honours, results and state championships across its classifications. The 2026 basketball championships were staged in Waco across three date blocks for the different classifications, while the 2027 championship programme is also published. This record concerns the school-sport association and its basketball competitions, not a college conference, professional league or national basketball federation.