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21 a. The number of Classes may be changed only in a re-classification year. b. When other Team Sports meet the criteria in rule 2-2, requests for changes in Classes shall be considered at the next meeting of the Board of Directors. c. When both boys and girls teams participate in a sport, both genders must meet the criteria for Classes for either gender to be assigned to Classes.2-5 Reclassification of Schools in Team Sports Due to Previous Tournament Series SuccessIn Team Sports, Schools shall be subject to reclassification every Two (2) years on a sportby-sport basis dependent on the School%u2019s previous tournament series success. a. Schools shall earn the assigned point values for the final level of the tournament series they achieve as follows: (1.) Sectional Championship - One (1) point (2.) Regional Championship - Two (2) points (3.) Semi State Championship - Three (3) points (4.) State Championship - Four (4) points b. Upon the conclusion of a Two (2) year reclassification and realignment cycle, Schools in Classes below the largest enrollment Class in a specific sport achieving Six (6) points or greater due to tournament series success shall move up to the next largest enrollment classification for the next Two (2) year reclassification and realignment cycle. c. After participation in a larger enrollment classification for Two (2) years, a School achieving a Two (2) year total tournament series success point value of One (1) point or below in a specific sport shall be placed in the classification immediately below the Enrollment classification the School occupied during the previous two (2) year cycle unless the Enrollment of the School dictates the same or higher classification previously occupied in that sport. d. After participation in a larger enrollment classification for Two (2) years, a School achieving a tournament series success point value of Two (2), Three (3), Four (4) or Five (5) points in a specific sport shall remain in the same classification in that sport for the next Two (2) years. e. After participation in a larger enrollment classification for Two (2) years, a School achieving a tournament series success point value of Six (6) points or greater in a specific sport shall move up to the next largest enrollment classification for the next Two (2) year reclassification and realignment cycle if their previous classification was below the largest enrollment Class in that sport.Q & AApplication of Tournament Success Factor RuleQ. 2-1 Is there a Success Factor Rule for Individual Sports?A. No, the Success Factor Rule applies only to Team Sports. (rule 2-5)Q. 2-2 If a School has success in one Team Sport, does that success result in the School moving up to a higher class in another Team Sport?A. No, the Success Factor Rule is applied strictly on a sport-by-sport basis. (rule 2-5)Q. 2-3 What happens to a School, during a reclassification, which has a change in enrollment which would result in the School changing classes, but which is also subject to a change in class because of the Success Factor Rule?A. A change in a School%u2019s enrollment which would otherwise result in a change of the School%u2019s Class shall not apply to a School which changes Classes under the Success Factor, unless the enrollment change would result in the School being placed in a Class higher than the enrollment Class dictated by the Success Factor Rule, and in that circumstance, the School shall be placed in the enrollment Class determined by the School%u2019s enrollment for the next reclassification period.Q. 2-4 How are Schools, during Team Sports reclassifications, placed in classes when there are Schools which change Classes because of the Success Factor?A. Application of rule 2-2, the Reclassification Rule and rule 2-5, the Success Factor Rule, determine the placement and the number of Schools in each Class. During reclassification in a Team Sport, Schools are placed in Classes based upon Rule 2 - Classifi cation of Schools