IHSA Announcements

April 27, 1999

Board Approves Terms and Conditions Changes in Eight State Series

Boys/Girls Basketball

1. Approved a recommendation to change the pre-game time schedule for the regional and sectional levels to allow a five-minute break for coaches to meet with their teams following the conclusion of the Country Companies three-Point Showdown competition. Managers will put 25 minutes on the scoreboard clock and teams will be allowed to begin the pre-game warm-up when it reaches 20 minutes. For the first game in a two-game session and the beginning of a single-game session, the national anthem and player introductions will occur when the clock hits 0:00. For the second game in a two-game session, player introductions will occur when the clock hits 0:00. For single-game sessions, warm-up for the three-point shooting shall begin at 6:48 p.m. For two-game sessions, warm-up for the first game three-point shooting shall begin at 5:18 p.m. and warm-up for the second game three-point shooting shall begin following conclusion of the first game.
   
   
2. Approved a recommendation to change the slam dunk tiebreaker from a single dunk to a 30-second routine.
   

Girls Bowling

1. Approved recommendations regarding the cleaning of bowling balls between rounds of play.
   
2. Did not approve a recommendation that only individuals who bowl in the sectional be eligible to bowl for individual honors in the state final.
   

Boys Golf

1. Approved a sectional tiebreaker procedure for the Class AA series. Ties for the 12th position will be with an on-course playoff unless such a playoff is not possible. Then the scorecard playoff as outlined in USGA rules will be utilized. The sectional tiebreaker procedure for the Class A series, approved previously by the Board, is the same as the procedure to be used in Class AA.
   

Boys/Girls Swimming and Diving

1. Approved several changes in the procedures for scoring diving throughout the series. A coach will be appointed as an alternate diving judge at the sectionals so that a coach would not be judging his/her own diver. At the state final, coaches with diving qualifiers will not judge.
   
   
2. Approved changes in qualifying marks as follows: girls 100 freestyle to :54.79 and boys 100 breaststroke to 1:02.19.
   
   
3. Did not approve a recommendation to increase the number of at large divers from 32 to 38.
   
   
4. Did not approve a recommendation to permit the next fastest sectional times in an event to fill any open lane(s) at the state final.
   
   
5. Approved a recommended ticket plan to provide two different packages. One plan would be a two-session ticket for the swimming events only at a cost of $16. The other is a single ticket to the diving preliminaries at $8.00. The 12 divers who qualify for the finals would be eligible to purchase a pair of tickets to the Saturday finals at $8.00 each.
   

Wrestling

1. Approved a recommendation that all consolation matches in the individual state series be six minutes in length (2-2-2).
   

Chess

1. Approved a change that allows a team to continue playing, under penalty, with players on fewer boards than it played on in Round One.
   

Drama/Group Interpretation

1. Approved a change in the date for late withdrawal from Nov. 1, 2000 to Dec. 1, 2000.
   

Individual Events

1. Approved a change in the tie-breaking procedure to break ties by comparative judge ranking first and ranking totals second.
   
   
2. Approved a reorganization of the makeup of the State Final Committee to be comprised of the six sectional managers, one at-large coach from each sectional, and a representative of the Advisory Committee.
   
   
3. Did not approve a recommendation to eliminate the identification of a student with his/her school throughout the state series.
   
   
4. Approved recommendations for the Performance in the Round event that further define the performance area and restrict students from being double-entered in any other individual event.
   

Officials

1. The Board accepted a report of the January committee meeting, and approved a plan for Local Association Recognition. Local associations may be recognized by IHSA for providing standard and special services to their membership. The plan encompasses criteria to be considered for recognition, the process for applying to be recognized and the benefits which become available to recognized associations. Among the benefits are the opportunity to receive grant funds from IHSA and the opportunity to submit recommendations for post-season assignments.
   

Sportsmanship/Ethics

1. Approved a recommendation that IHSA and the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) sponsor a series of three (3) Leadership/Sportsmanship Summits during the 1999-2000 (next school year). Dates for the three conferences have been set at Sept. 27, 28 and 29. Sites will be announced at a later date.
   
   
2. Approved a recommendation requiring a school which receives a third special report for unsportsmanlike conduct in a given sport or activity to submit a written plan to IHSA detailing the school's action to improve sportsmanship in that sport or activity. If a fourth special report is received, personnel from the school shall be required to meet with IHSA staff to develop a formal remediation plan. IHSA also will be authorized to consider additional sanctions against the school.
   
   
3. Approved a recommendation that IHSA staff develop new sportsmanship guidelines for bands, use of recorded music, and public address announcements at state series events.
   

Sports Medicine

1. The Board received the report of the committee's April 22 meeting. Included in the report was the promotion of the concept that coaches at member schools become Adult CPR certified. It was reported to the Board that the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee is willing to work with any school or group to assist them in causing all coaches to become Adult CPR certified and/or First Aid trained. Additional assistance can be acquired through the following: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, ASEP, local Public Health departments, local Hospital staff.
   

Athletic Administrators

1. The Board received the report of its April 21 meeting, and reacted to its Terms and Conditions recommendations in conjunction with those from the respective advisory committees.
   
   
2. The committee set dates for its three meetings in the 1999-2000 (next) school year. They are Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999; Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000; and Wednesday April 12, 2000.
   

Other Action

1. Approved a resolution pertaining to the bond financing of the Association's headquarters building expansion project.
   
   
2. Approved design plans for the Association's headquarters building expansion project.
   
   
3. Approved an increase of $1.00 in ticket prices for all sectionals, super-sectionals, and state finals for the 1999-2000 (next) school term. Schools which host state series events would retain their standard percentage of receipts and the remainder would be incorporated into the IHSA budget.
   
   
4. Approved a plan to upgrade the IHSA Office computer operations. Primary emphasis will be on that of internet services to schools, coaches and officials via the World Wide Web.
   
   
5. The Board reported that at its March 20 meeting it had named Dr. Martin Hickman to the position of Associate Executive Director effective July 1, 1999. Hickman will become the third Associate Executive Director since the position was created by the Board of Directors in 1978.
   

Eligibility Rulings

1. The Board reported that at its March 20 meeting it placed Pittsfield High School on probation in wrestling for violation of breach of contract By-law 6.041.
   
   
2. Sustained the Executive Director's ruling that Roseville High School forfeit contests in which Graham Koch participated in prior to Koch being ruled eligible.
   
   
3. Sustained the Executive Director's ruling that a student be ineligible at New Lenox (Lincoln-Way) High School until June 5, 1999 for noncompliance with transfer by-law 3.043. As a student in Guam last school term, she participated in soccer. She was ruled ineligible until June 5, which is three seasons from the last season in which she participated.
   
   
4. Sustained the Executive Director's ruling that two students of Wheeling High School were in noncompliance with coaching school by-laws 3.120, 3.121, 3.123 and 3.124. The Board modified the length of the period of ineligibility from the remainder of the 1998-99 school term to April 27, 1999.
   
   
5. Sustained the Executive Director's ruling that two students of Wheeling High School were in noncompliance with coaching school by-laws 3.120, 3.121, 3.123 and 3.124. The Board modified the length of the period of ineligibility from the remainder of the 1998-99 school term to April 27, 1999.
   

Discussion Items

1. The Board heard a status report from the action team for Non-School Competition/Instruction.
   
2. The Board heard a status report of the ad hoc basketball committee's research into classification in basketball.
   
3. The Board heard a status report of the ad hoc football committee's assignment to research a) possible expansion of the playoffs, and b) possible revisions in the football playoff structure to diminish the sport's impact on conference alignment. The ad hoc committee is developing a survey to submit to football coaches, athletic directors and principals.