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Rule 65 - Wrestling

Q. 64-6 May players participate at more than one level of team play in a given
tournament?
A. No. (rule 64-4)
Q. 64-7 Does a School’s Varsity schedule, which includes Twenty (20) dual matches,
a Three (3) match Tournament in August, a Four (4) match Tournament in
September, and a Four (4) match Tournament in October, satisfy the match
limitations in rule 64-3?
A. Yes, with Three (3) Tournaments scheduled, it is necessary to add the number
of matches played in the third Tournament to the dual match count, and here the
Tournament matches which are counted are those from the August Tournament
(Three (3) matches). Adding those Three (3) matches to the Twenty (20) dual
matches made the total match count Twenty Three (23) dual matches and Two
(2) tournaments, the maximum permitted by the rule. (rule 50, 64-3(b)).
Non-School Participation
Q. 64-8 May volleyball players participate on Non-School Teams during the School
Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes, however, no more than Three (3) players who have participated in a
Contest as a member of their School’s team may be on the same team at the
same time. (rule 15-2.2(a))
Q. 64-9 Can coaches from a Member School Coaching Staff coach a non-School
volleyball team during the School Year Out-of-Season?
A. Yes, provided there are no players on the non-School volleyball team who
have participated in a Contest as a member of that coach’s School team. (rule
15-2.2(c))
Q.64-10 Are seniors who have completed their eligibility in volleyball counted as part
of the three-player limitation on non-School teams during the School Year
Out-of-Season?
A. No, once a senior has completed her senior volleyball participation, she has no
remaining volleyball eligibility, and will not be counted under the out-of-season
maximum player limitation of rule 15-2.2(a).

RULE 65 – WRESTLING
See rule 9 which applies to all sports.
65-1
The National Federation Wrestling rules shall govern except as so modifi ed by the Committee.
65-2 Maximum Season Contest
The maximum number of season wrestling Contests in which any team or student may
participate, which may include dual meets, triangular meets (double dual) and season
tournaments, but which exclude the IHSAA Tournament Series, shall be Eighteen (18). A
team or student may participate in a season tournament (an interschool wrestling meet which
involved Three (3) or more schools is a tournament) up to a maximum of Six (6) per season,
provided each season tournament counts as Two (2) of the Eighteen (18) season wrestling
Contests, and may participate in a triangular meet (double dual) provided each triangular
meet (double dual) counts as Two (2) of the Eighteen (18) season wrestling Contests. Each
weigh-in for any season tournament shall count as only One (1) weigh-in toward the minimum
requirements for IHSAA Tournament Series qualification.
65-3
See rule 50 for Practice and Contest Seasons.
65-4
Each time a student enters a meet or tournament, his/her full name and actual weight shall
be recorded in all scorebooks in ink and signed by the referee. The home scorebook shall
be the official book. Two (2) additional team members in each weight class may be weighed
in at meets where the students’ school is participating, for the purpose of meeting minimum
weight classification requirements for the state tournament series.

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