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Rule 9 - Contests

(2.) During a Tournament Series:
(a) if a School has a boys’ program in baseball, football or wrestling, a female
student may participate in the School’s programs in those sports, and
(b) if a School has a boys program in basketball or soccer, but does not have a
girls program in those sports, a female student may participate in the School’s
boys program in those sports, but
(c) in cross country, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, or track and field, a female
student may not participate in any boys program in those sports, but may
only participate in the girls program in those sport during the Tournament
Series.
9-10 Gender Participation Component Waiver
Interscholastic participation on a Single Gender Athletic Team is limited to a student whose
Birth Gender matches the gender of the Single Gender Athletic Team. However, a student with
a non-conforming gender may obtain a Waiver of the gender component, and participate as a
Transgender student in interscholastic competition as a member of a Single Gender Athletic
Team, through the Waiver Process outlined in the IHSAA Gender Policy.
9-11 Simultaneous Boys and Girls Contests
Boys Contests and girls Contests may take place simultaneously or during the same session.
With prior mutual consent, team and individual scores may be combined.
9-12 Oxygen Use in Contests Restricted
No oxygen shall be administered to athletes in any Contest by mechanical medicinal means
except in genuine cardio-pulmonary emergencies by personnel qualified to administer such.
9-13 No Sunday Athletic Participation
There shall be no interschool athletic Contests, school Practices or school sponsored clinics
held on Sunday. Calling One (1) or more team members together on Sunday for studying
scouting reports, viewing films of games, any kind of participation, etc. will be considered a
violation of this rule.
9-14 Practice Attendance Required to Participate in a Contest
a. A student-athlete must attend and actively participate in regularly scheduled Practice
sessions during a Practice Season, Contest Season or Tournament Series to be eligible
for interschool athletic competition in an Emerging or Recognized Sport.
b. If a student fails to attend and actively participate in the regularly scheduled Practice
sessions during a Practice Season, Contest Seasons or Tournament Series in an
Emerging or Recognized Sport, such student shall be required to complete the following
prior to participating in a Contest:
(1.) attend and actively participate in all required Pre-participation Practice sessions,
see rules 50 and 101;
(2.) attend and actively participate in Four (4) school-supervised Practice sessions of
normal length, which shall occur on Four (4) separate days prior to the day of the
Contest, if the student fails to attend and actively participate in more than Seven
(7) but less than Fifteen (15) consecutive days of regularly scheduled Practice
sessions and Contests;
(3.) attend and actively participate in Six (6) school supervised Practice sessions of
normal length, which shall occur on Six (6) separate days prior to the day of the
Contest, if the student fails to attend and actively participate in more than Fourteen
(14) consecutive days of regularly scheduled Practice sessions and Contests.
When calculating the period of days of missed Practice sessions and Contests,
Sundays shall not be included in the count.
c. If during a Practice Season, Contest Seasons or Tournament Series, a School is unable
to conduct regularly scheduled Practice sessions for its students in an Emerging or
Recognized Sport, and therefore such students are unable to attend and actively
participate in Practice sessions, such students shall be required to complete the
following prior to participating in a Contest:
(1.) attend and actively participate in Four (4) school-supervised Practice sessions of
normal length, which shall occur on Four (4) separate days prior to the day of the
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