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SIX-CONTEST RULES
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Note: The following illustrations are all written in the context that the six (6) required contests under the by-laws must be played in the same sport in the season in which the state tournament series for the sport is conducted.
118.1) Q.
A. No. (By-law 3.054)
118.3) Q.
If a school has eight girls softball games scheduled with signed contracts, and three of those contests are rained out and cannot be rescheduled and played prior to the date of the beginning of the state tournament series, may the school participate as a team in the girls softball state series even though it has actually played only five softball games prior to the beginning of the series?
If a school permits girls to participate on its boys cross country team and those girls run in six or more boys cross country meets during the season, may the boys meets satisfy the requirement of six (6) interscholastic meets needed by the girls to qualify for team competition in the girls state meet series?
Does participation in summer baseball games satisfy the six contest requirement for state tournament series participation?
118.2) Q.
A. No. (By-law 3.054)
A. Determination of such a team’s eligibility to play must be made on a case-by-case basis by the Executive Director. (By-law 3.054)
If a school has too few participants on its wrestling team to enter a contestant in each weight class, but has competed in more than six contests against other schools during the season, may the school participate as a team in the IHSA state wrestling series?
118.4) Q.
A. Yes. (By-law 3.054)
118.5) Q.
How is a double dual or a doubleheader counted under the terms of the participation limitations and the six-
contest requirements of By-law 3.054?
A. A doubleheader will be counted as two (2) contests. A double dual in which the participants compete only
once will be counted as one (1) date (for the school) and two contests (for an individual). A double dual in which the participants compete twice (against different opponents) will be counted as two (2) contests. (By- law 3.054)
If a girls team competes against boys teams from other schools, may such contests be counted toward the six contest requirement for the girls team in that sport?
118.6) Q.
A. Yes, provided the girls team competes against another school’s boys team in the same sport and in the same
118.7) Q.
season as the state series it seeks to enter. (By-law 3.054)
May seven schools schedule a hexadual contest (scoring the competition as six dual meets simultaneously
conducted) and meet the requirements of the six contest rule?
A. No. The Board of Directors has ruled that a school must utilize a minimum of three different dates and may
not count more than two contests on any given date in order to satisfy the requirement of the rule. (By-law 3.054)
118.8) Q.
A. No. Only varsity team contests may be counted. (By-law 3.054)
May a freshman, sophomore or junior varsity team contest be counted as one of the six required contests?
118.9) Q.
A. In most sports, the school identifies a team it defines as “varsity” at the start of the season and that team
fulfills a schedule of contests arranged for the “varsity” team. This team is considered to be the team which comprises the most skilled competitors in the sport and is the team which is the school’s representative at its highest level of competition, including the state series. (Constitution 1.420)
What determines whether a team is a varsity team?
118.10) Q.
A. The level of competition for a contest is regularly specified on the contract which schools enter into for a
given contest. It is the Board of Directors’ interpretation that unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the principals/official representatives of all competing schools prior to the contest, the level of competition specified on the contract designates the level of the competition. (Constitution 1.420)
INDIVIDUALS IN STATE SERIES
Q. If a school does not maintain a team in a sport that involves individual events, but has one student who wishes to compete in a state series, may the school enter the individual student in the state series?
A. Yes. The student may not compete for a team score, since the school has not competed in six contests, but will compete only as an individual representing his/her high school. (By-law 3.054)
PRACTICE WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL TEAM
120.1) Q. In the regular season, may an individual student who attends a school which does not maintain a school team in a given sport participate in practice sessions at a neighboring school which does maintain a school team in that sport?
What determines whether a contest is a varsity contest?
A. No. (By-laws 3.054 and 2.060)
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