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263) MATCH/MEET IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
Q. What is a match or meet in individual team sports?
A. A match and a meet are each considered as individual contests between schools. (Constitution 1.420)
264) MULTI-SCHOOL CONTESTS
Q. How will a multi-school contest where only one (1) school winner is determined be considered?
A. Such a contest is considered one meet or match for each participating school. (Constitution 1.420)
265) THREE-TEAM CONTESTS
Q. How will multi-school contests be counted if three schools are involved, with Team A vs. Team B; Team B vs. Team C; and Team C vs. Team A?
A. As two (2) meets or matches per school. (Constitution 1.420)
266) COUNTING CONTESTS
Q. How will an interscholastic contest involving only a few members of a school team be counted in terms of contest limitations?
A. As one (1) contest for the team represented by the students involved. However, in swimming, if a school participates in a swimming meet (excluding diving) and a diving meet (excluding swimming) on the same date, the two meets will be counted as one. In track and field, all meets whether outdoors or indoors count toward the limit of dates. (Constitution 1.420)
267) SEASON END
Q. When does each sport season end?
A. Some seasons end with the completion of the state final tournament, while others end on a specific date stated in
the individual sport limitations. Check the by-laws for each sport to be sure of both starting and ending dates. (By- law 5.000)
268) SUNDAY PLAY
Q. May a school conduct or participate in an interscholastic athletic contest on Sunday? A. Yes. Sunday participation is not directly prohibited by IHSA rules. (Constitution 1.420)
269) PRACTICE/PLAY ON BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM
Q. May a girl practice and/or compete on her school’s boys soccer team during the fall season, and then also practice and/or play on her school’s girls soccer team in the spring season?
A. No. If a school offers a girls team in a sport which has its own season, girls in that school may practice and compete only on the girls team during the girls season.
5.010 BOYS FALL BASEBALL 5.011 Season Limitation
a. No member school shall organize a Boys Fall Baseball team if it organizes a Football team, or if more than 15 percent of its male student body participates in a cooperative Football program.
b. No school belonging to this Association shall organize its Boys Fall Baseball teams, practice or participate in interscholastic contests earlier than Monday of Week 6 or later than Saturday of Week 16 in the IHSA Standardized Calendar.
c. A member school may conduct its first interscholastic contest in Boys Fall Baseball no earlier than Monday of Week 7 in the IHSA Standardized Calendar.
5.020 BOYS SPRING BASEBALL
Season Limitation
5.021
No school belonging to this Association shall organize its Boys Spring Baseball teams, practice or participate in interscholastic contests earlier than Monday of Week 35 or later than Saturday of Week 49 in the IHSA Standardized Calendar.
A member school may conduct its first interscholastic contest in Boys Spring Baseball no earlier than Monday of Week 37 in the IHSA Standardized Calendar.
a. b.
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