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144Part VI: Junior High School Interschool RulesThe following rules apply to Grade 9 students and grade 9 teams in schools having junior membership. a. Junior membership permits a school to participate in interscholastic athletic contests. b. A junior member school must abide by all applicable IHSAA Rules and By-Laws, and a junior member school student must meet the applicable IHSAA Rules and By-Laws. c. Junior member school students may participate on junior member teams, may participate on high school teams sponsored by the high school to which the student%u2019s school is a feeder school, or both. Junior member students who participate on a high school teams may return to the junior member school team in that sport. d. Junior member schools may not enter a school team in an IHSAA state tournament series and junior member school students may not, as members of a junior member school team, participate as individuals in an IHSAA state tournament series. A junior member school student may participate in an IHSAA state tournament series as a member of a high school team. e. Junior member schools may not use students below the ninth grade on their own ninth grade athletic teams in interscholastic athletics. It is recommended that schools having grade 7 and/or 8 follow the Guidelines as prepared by the Junior High School Advisory Committee and distributed by IHSAA.Junior High School Interschool Rules