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Rule 2 - Classification of Schools
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
Success
In Team Sports, when Schools are subject to reclassification, a School’s reclassification shall
be dependent on the School’s previous tournament series success; the Commissioner may,
however, determine that a School’s previous tournament series success should be applied
more often, or less often.
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 Two (2) consecutive tournament series in the same Class (previous
and current year), 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) years.
c. After participation in the same larger enrollment classification for Two (2) years, a School
achieving a Two (2) year total tournament series success point value of Two (2) points
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 the same larger enrollment classification for Two (2) years, a School
achieving a tournament series success point value of Three (3), Four (4) or Five (5) points
in a specific sport shall remain in the same classification in that sport.
e. After participation in the same 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) years.
Q & A
Application of Tournament Success Factor Rule
Q. 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’s enrollment which would otherwise result in a change of
the School’s 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’s 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
enrollment pursuant to rule 2-2; these Classes are customarily of equal size.
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