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Rule 15 - Participation

Sport Session #1 Session #2 Session #3
(Winter/Spring) (Fall/Spring) (Fall/Winter)
Soccer Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 31 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 18 max 12
Flag Football Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 31 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
Max 18 max 12
Football Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 31 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 18 max 12
Unified Flag Football Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 31 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 18 max 12
Girls Volleyball Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 31 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 18 max 12
Girls Basketball Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 15 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 16 max 12
Boys Basketball Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 18 Wk 40 – Sat. Wk 45
max 16 max 12
Boys Volleyball Wk 9 - Sat. Wk 15 Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 35
max 14 max 26
Softball Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 15 Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 35
max 14 max 26
Baseball Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 15 Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 36
max 14 max 26
Lacrosse Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 15 Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 32
max 14 max 26
Unified Track & Field Wk 9 – Sat. Wk 15 Wk 23 – Sat. Wk 35
max 14 max 26

c. Exception: Students in Sports who participate in a Limited Contact Program which
immediately precedes that Sports’ season may continue to participate in the Limited
Contact Program until that Sports’ first official practice date, i.e. a girls basketball player
participating in the Fall Season Limited Contact Program may continue participation in the
Limited Contact Program until the first official practice day for girls basketball.
d. Exception: During times when public health requires there be less crowding and more
social distancing, the Commissioner is authorized to issue an order modifying the number,
length and character of Limited Contact Program Sessions.
15-2.5 During Summer
a. During the Summer a student may participate in athletic activities and in a Conditioning
Program sponsored by a member School or by a Non-School organization, provided that
the student’s participation is voluntary.
b. Except for football (see below), if a member School sponsors athletic activities for its student
athletes at the School during the Summer, such athletic activities may only be conducted
in a Summer Open Facility Program, except for Summer athletic competitions, which may
be conducted outside of a Summer Open Facility Program. A School’s Summer Open
Facility Program is only open to (i) students who attend the School, (ii) to students who
attend a Feeder School of the School, (iii) to incoming 9th grade students from nonFeeder
Schools who have Enrolled at the School, and (iv) to transfer students who have Enrolled
at the School and who have completed and submitted to the IHSAA the first section of an
IHSAA Transfer Report.

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