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Rule 9 - Contests

any sports which are under the jurisdiction of the IHSAA shall be in accordance with the
National Federation playing rules for that sport, or in accordance with any other playing
rule adopted by the IHSAA for playing that sport.
b. Use of Audio-Visual Equipment, Recordings, Films, Telecasts and Video Tape.
Using audio-visual equipment, recording, filming, telecasting or videotaping for scouting
purposes of any Season Contest by any party other than the Two (2) Schools participating
in the contest is prohibited.
Q & A
Contests - Generally
Q. 9-1 Does the IHSAA have a rule prohibiting the scheduling of Practices and interschool
games on holidays?
A. No, member School policies dictate scheduling procedures.
Senior Students on Sub-Varsity Teams
Q. 9-2 Is there an IHSAA rule prohibiting a senior from being on a junior varsity team?
A. No, the selection of a student for a team is a matter for each School to decide.
Participation Against Teams of Non-Members
Q. 9-3 Can a member School participate in a Contest in an IHSAA Recognized Sport
against a team which contains students below grade 9?
A. Yes. While a Contest in which a member School and its students participate is
subject to all playing rule, including the Contest Rule which prohibits a member
School from having below-ninth grade students on the School’s teams (rule 9-17),
that Contest Rule does not apply to non-member Schools. And while the Contest
Rule (rule 9-2) makes all Contests subject to the IHSAA rules, such rule reference
is to the playing rules and does not make the eligibility rules of the IHSAA, such
as rules relating to competitor’s age or enrollment in the School, applicable to a
non-member School participating in a Contest with a member School. Therefore,
a non-member School can field players who are pre-high school.
Q. 9-4 Can a member School participate in a Contest in an IHSAA Recognized Sport with
an Indiana based team or a School which is not a member of the IHSAA?
A. Yes, provided the non-member School has not been expelled or suspended from
membership in the IHSAA, and provided the School has not been suspended from
participation in the IHSAA Recognized Sport by the IHSAA. (rules 9-15)
Q. 9-5 Can a member School participate in a single Contest in an IHSAA Recognized Sport
with an out-of-state team or School?
A. Yes, provided the out-of-state School is currently a member of its local state high
school athletic association, the out-of-state School has not been expelled or
suspended from such membership, provided the out-of-state School has not been
suspended from participation in the sport by its state high school athletic association,
and provided the address of the out-of-state school and the location of the site of the
Contest are not greater than Six Hundred (600) miles, round trip, from the Indiana
state line. (rules 9-15, 10-1, 10-1.1).
Mixed Gender Participation and Teams
Q. 9-6 Can a member School use a mixed (boys and girls) team in the IHSAA Tournament
Series when a separate Tournament Series is offered for males and females in that
sport?
A. In Individual Sports, a student with the Birth Gender of female cannot play on the
boys’ team in the IHSAA Tournament Series in that sport, and a student with the
Birth Gender of male cannot play on the girls’ team in the IHSAA Tournament Series
in that sport. In Team Sports, a student with the Birth Gender of female cannot
play on a boys’ team, however, if there is no girls’ team in that Team Sport at that
School, the student with the Birth Gender of female can play on the boys’ team in
that sport in the IHSAA Tournament Series; conversely, in Team Sports a student
with the Birth Gender of male can never play on a girls’ team. The foregoing may
be different if the student obtains a waiver under the IHSAA Gender Policy. (rule
9-10)
Q. 9-7 If a student with the Birth Gender of female participates on a boys’ team in baseball,
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