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5.000 SPORT SEASON BY-LAWS
Included in this Section:
5.000 Sport Season By-laws 5.010 Boys Fall Baseball 5.020 Boys Spring Baseball 5.030 Boys Summer Baseball 5.040 Boys Basketball
5.050 Boys Bowling
5.060 Boys Cross Country 5.070 Boys Football
5.080 Boys Fall Golf
5.090 Boys Gymnastics 5.100 Boys Lacrosse
5.110 Boys Soccer
5.120 Boys Swimming
5.130 Boys Spring Tennis 5.140 Boys Track and Field 5.150 Boys Volleyball
5.160 Boys Water Polo
5.170 Boys Wrestling
5.180 Girls Badminton
5.001 Standardized IHSA Calendar
5.002 IHSA Tournament Series
5.003 Associate Member School Limits
5.004 Tournament Limitations
Illustrations for Section 5.000 of the By-laws
The illustrations and situations it contains are for purposes of assisting in understanding the application of the particular by-law to which they pertain. In the case of any conflict, whether actual or believed, between the illustrations, examples or situations in this publication and the constitution or by-laws of the IHSA, the constitution and by-laws shall control.
261) DATE
Q. What is considered to be a date in participation limits?
A. A date is a single day on the calendar. (Constitution 1.420)
262) CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT/MEET
Q. Is a two-day conference meet or tournament considered one or two dates?
A. A conference meet or tournament conducted over two days is considered to be one date. (Constitution 1.420)
5.190 Girls Basketball 5.200 Girls Bowling 5.210 Girls Cross Country 5.220 Girls Fall Golf 5.230 Girls Gymnastics 5.240 Girls Lacrosse 5.250 Girls Soccer
5.260 Girls Fall Softball
5.270 Girls Spring Softball 5.280 Girls Summer Softball 5.290 Girls Swimming
5.300 Girls Fall Tennis
5.310 Girls Track and Field 5.320 Girls Volleyball
5.330 Girls Water Polo
5.340 Competitive Cheerleading 5.350 Competitive Dance
5.360 Scholastic Bowl
All IHSA-sponsored State Tournament Series and IHSA Sport Seasons shall be conducted on dates established in accordance with the standardized calendar developed by the National Federation of State High School Associations. This calendar shall number the weeks of the year, with week one (No. 1) being the first full week of July (Sunday through Saturday).
The Board of Directors shall establish Terms and Conditions and shall set dates for IHSA-sponsored State Tournament Series in those sports in which State Tournaments are conducted.
Schools which are Associate Members shall not be permitted to enter teams and/or contestants in any IHSA-sponsored State Tournament Series. However, Associate members shall be permitted to participate in one additional invitational tournament in those sports where such participation is limited.
No athletic team, representing a member school, shall play in more than five (5) different games/contests/matches during any given interscholastic tournament, with the following exceptions:
• In wrestling, if the tournament takes place over two consecutive days.
• In baseball and softball, if the tournament takes place over the member school’s official spring break.
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