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2017–18: The Year in Review

Whether it’s boys basketball,
girls swimming & diving or
wrestling, the crowds at the
state finals are always large
and enthusiastic. Governor
Eric Holcomb attends the
Boys Basketball State Finals
every year.

For example, in March the IHSAA board
passed three rule changes proposed by the
Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches
Association, but three rule changes
proposed by the Indiana Soccer Coaches
Association were denied. As is the case
almost every year, IHSAA by-laws were
amended to keep the organization abreast
of the times. Among them were emergency
amendments that govern pitch count levels
for baseball pitchers and another requiring
physician statements for student-athletes
who miss five days or more due to illness
or injury. Income was distributed to
member-schools. Seven new directors were
elected to the board. And more than 3,500
eligibility requests were heard and evalu-
ated with nearly 84% of all applicants being
awarded full eligibility and only about 0.5%
being denied any eligibility at all.

Twenty-one state tournaments were
held, records were broken and champions
were crowned.

And yet not everything about the 2017-18
school year was routine. Cold, dismal
autumn weather, especially on Friday
nights during the state football tourna-
ment, dampened the size, but not the spirit,
of the crowds. The IHSAA.net website
underwent an exhaustive and expensive
redesign and rebrand as myIHSAA.net. A
new venue for the softball state finals was

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