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1.1) Interscholastic Participation 1.3) 1.2) 1.7) 1.4) — NOTED WITHIN THE REGULATIONS BELOW. 1.71) See D.6.2fortimingspecifics of eachhalfunlessthereisagoaldifferential of10ormore. Two 25-minutehalves;runningclockaftergoalsandstop-clock inthelast2minutes count towardthetotalnumberofgamespermittedtoschedule. is “NoContest.” Games not played are notincluded in won-loststatistics and donot unforeseen circumstances, such asfailure of team to arrive, strikes, school closing, designated startdateforcontestsshallberemovedfromtheOHSAA tournament. number ofcontestspermitted) or participates in regular season contest(s)priortothe permitted fortheplayer. penalty but all halves played by the individual shall count toward the maximum played shallcounttowardthemaximumpermitted. when discovered,theteam shall playshortfortheremainder of thegame. All halves and fulltimedcontestscounttowardnumberofseasonpermitted. a dayarealsopermitted in apostseasonmiddle school tournament. All abbreviated participate in amaximum of sixhalvesduringsuchtournament. Six halvesofplayin Hannigan) format with either abbreviated orfullcontest timing, a student-athlete may Exception: half. (Penalty—SeeSportsRegulation20.) half. In anovertime game, the overtime shall be considered an extension of the second maximum of threehalvespercommon opponent. Any partofahalfiscountedasone Regulation 20.) postseason tournament not to exceed four games by oneteam. (Penalty — See Sports plus theOHSAA-sponsoredtournament.(Penalty—SeeSportsRegulation20.) All gamesshallconsistof2halvesthefollowinglength: Any scheduled regular season game in girlslacrosse whichisnotstarted due to Penalty forparticipationinmorethanthree(3)halvesperday: A studentathlete in grades9-12mayplayamaximumof46halvesfortheseason A playershallbepermitted to playinamaximum of twogamesperdayuptoa A student-athlete ingrades7-8mayplayamaximumof32halvesplusone 1.72) Junior Varsity andFreshmen:25minutes —When discovered —When discovered Interrupted Games A team/individual that exceedstheregularseasonparticipation limitation (maximum GIRL Any OHSAA tournament game interrupted due toeventsbeyondthecontrol interruption. of theresponsible administrative authority shall be continued from thepoint of its point of interruption. elapsed. An interrupted game continued on thesamedayshallberestarted from is final. A game is considered legal and complete if 80% ofplaying time has the gameduetodangerous weatherorfieldconditions. The official’s decision Once playbeginstheofficials shall havetheauthority to interrupt or suspend S Ifateam participates in afestival tournament (example: play-day, during after acontestiscompleted, there isnoteamorindividual acontest,theplayershallbedisqualified from thegame 144 GIRLS LACROSSE
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2.3) 2.2) Non-Interscholastic Participation 1.8) 2019-2020 Regulations 7.3and aredetailedasfollows: lacrosse prior to and after the school season under the conditions of General Sports sponsored bythe Board ofEducation may participate in non-interscholastic girls a scrimmage, previeworregular season/tournament game asasubstituteorstarter) be reviewedonanindividualbasis. Please include the supporting documentation with the letter request. Each request will to the OHSAA girls lacrosse administrator, waiver must be requested prior to tryout. requires that the principal or official designee of the member school direct a request interscholastically during theschoolseason. The procedure for requesting the waiver the development of national-caliber athletes who havebeeninvitedtocompetenon- to protect the integrity of the regulation and the interscholastic program while allowing senior national team in the sport –General Sports Reg.7.7. The intent of the waiver is in theeventthat the athlete has beenselected to compete as amember of ajunior or sport ofgirlslacrosseduringtheschool’s season(SportsRegulation 7.2.1). program (tryouts,practice or contest)asanindividual or amember of ateam inthe sponsored bytheBoardofEducation shall not participate in anon-interscholastic a scrimmage, previeworregularseason/tournament game asasubstituteorstarter) date. addition toanyotherpenaltiesthatmaybeprescribed. in Lacrosse shall be ineligible for OHSAA tournament competition in Lacrosse in non-interscholastic competition date byparticipating in anon-interscholastic contest OHSAA tournamentcompetition. Monday of the week of the state tournament in Lacrosse in order to be eligible for that season mustceasenon-interscholastic Lacrossesixweeks(42days)priortothe stipulates that a Lacrosseathlete who hasnotparticipated for the school inLacrosse Lacrosse Players Who HaveNotCompetedfor Their School This Season: 1.81) tournament. provided the participants and game officials are notified in advance of the start of the be determined in ordertoadvance in the correct bracket, may utilize overtime be played. overtime. 1.73) A memberofaninterscholastic girls lacrossesquad(anystudentwhohasplayedin A member ofaninterscholastic girls lacrossesquad(anystudentwho has playedin EXCEPTION: The Executive Director’s office may grant a waiver to thisregulation Date: In addition, an athlete who hasparticipated for the school inLacrosse who violates this A sportsregulation identified as theIndividualNon-Interscholastic Competition Date 1.82) OVERTIME— PROCEDURES May 1,2020 When thescoreistiedatendofregularplayingtimefora both periods,thefinalscoreshallbeatie. shall be permitted one timeout per Rule 4-3-1. Ifthe score istied at the end of Lacrosse Overtime Rule (Rule 4-6) fortwototal overtime periods. Each team contest officials arenotifiedinadvanceofthestarttournament. end in ties becauseoftime considerations provided the participants and game season overtimeprocedures,orthetournamentdirectormayelecttoletcontests be theofficial scoreofthegame. agreement of the opposing coaches. The score at the point of termination will A suspendedgamemaybeterminated andconsideredcomplete by mutual is replayed on another day, it must be played from the point of interruption. If asuspendedgame(oneinwhichlessthan80%ofplayingtime has elapsed) Festival tournaments such asHGT orHeightsInvitational will use the regular All other levels of competition can endinatie and noovertime will EXCEPTION and overtime is to be played, teams shall follow the NFHS Girls andovertimeistobeplayed,teamsshallfollowtheNFHS –Nonon-interscholastic competition permitted on orafterthis –Non-varsitytournamentgames,whereawinnermust 145 Only highschool Varsity gameswillplay regular season
2019-20120 5) Penalties 4) 3) Sports Regulations. Regulations. 2.7) 2.6) 2.5) 2.4) 5.1) See See No ContactPeriod—Coaches Instructional Programs Regulations forNoContact Period — Coaches Regulations forInstructionalPrograms In accordance with SportsRegulation7.5.2,interscholastic lacrosse coachesare non-interscholastic girls lacrossesquadwhile amember of theschool’s interscholastic period. served andprovidedthecontact does nottake place during the mandatory no-contact Lacrosse providedthe50%limitation (nomorethansixplayersontheroster)isob permitted to coachtheir own interscholastic squad membersinindoororoutdoor of anindoorlacrosserosterisnotlimited. interscholastic lacrosse playersfromthesameschoolonanon-interscholastic squad the firstdayofcoaching for theinterscholastic season ispermitted. The numberof er, andplayed indoors between the endof no-contact period and thedaybefore not morethan7players,norfewer2oneofwhommustbethegoalkeep Indoor lacrosse Sports Regulation7.6. permitted to coach in “All-Star” contests if they meet all the provisions ofGeneral interscholastic team sportcoach to coach players from hisorherschool.Coachesare 7.6 thataddress“Non-interscholasticcompetition.” provided thestudentsmaintain compliance with General Sports Regulation 7.3and outside the schoolgirlslacrosse season may do sowithout jeopardy to eligibility athletes in team sports whowishtoparticipate in oneofthese “all-star” competitions programs and‘teammembership’ aredefinedinGeneralSportsRegulation7.1. scrimmage, while a member of the school girls lacrosse squad. Non-interscholastic 2.32) All-Star Games —“All-Star” events are non-interscholastic events by rule. Student- A student may not play in a non-interscholastic girls lacrosse contest, game or 2.31) The maximum penalty for violation of SportsRegulation 7.2 (participation with a The purposeofthisspecial “All-Star” regulation is toprovideanopportunityforthe 2.34) 2.33) There is nolimit on the number of girls lacrosse squad members from the The number ofinterscholastic girls lacrosseplayersfromthesame school on Non-interscholastic participation includes tryouts,training, practice and A player maycontinuetoplaywithanon-interscholastic squadinanational competition. the squadiseliminatedbutnolaterthanLaborDay. qualifying tournament in excessofthesixplayerlimitation after July31until in accordancewithGeneralSportsRegulation7.5. same schoolparticipating on thesamesquadduringperiodJune1-July31 sport ofgirlslacrosseareexemptfromthislimitation. lacrosse squadaftertheirfinalinterscholastic contest oftheseasonin Note: be counted as one of the 6 players permitted on the non-interscholastic roster. ceed this number (6) isnot permitted and the use ofany“guest player” would together in any non-interscholastic event. “Rotating players” that would ex on thatnon-interscholastic squad thatwouldpractice together ORparticipate scholastic squad. A rosterisdefinedasallthemembersofentire squad a non-interscholastic squad islimited tosixonthe roster ofthat non-inter Graduating seniors whoareparticipating on anon-interscholastic girls shallbedefinedasagameplayedbytwoteamseachconsistingof 146 underSection8oftheGeneral Sports underSection 11 ofthe General GIRLS LACROSSE - - - -
SPORTS REGULATIONS SPORTS REGULATIONS GIRLS LACROSSE 9) 7.2) D. C. 6) 5) 4) 3) 2) 1) 8) 7) 7) 6) SPECIFIC REGULATIONS —Grades7&8 SPECIFIC REGULATIONS —Grades9-12 varsity lar seasoncontests,scrimmages and theOHSAA postseasontournament beginning with high schoolgirlslacrossewithin12monthsofthetransferdate,areineligible for allregu who transferanddonotmeet an exception tothetransferbylaw, andwhoparticipated in OHSAA website at this link: http://www.ohsaa.org/Eligibility/Transfer. Note that students ate school administrator, information regarding the transfer bylawcanbefoundonthe 5.2) 9.2) 9.1) Officials Scrimmages —Maximumofthreescrimmages. Coaching andSeasonend— Tournament draw/seedingmeeting— Deadline dateforOHSAA Tournament — First match— Coaching, tryoutsandinstructionmaybegin— 7.3) 7.1) While all questions regarding the transferbylaw shouldbeaddressedtotheappropri Rules —NationalFederation(NFHS)GirlsLacrosse. Regular seasoncontestspermitted—18. Other BylawsandRegulations Transfer Bylaw 2019-2020 season ortheensuinggirlslacrosseseason.Forasenior, themaximum penalty shall EXCEPT a senior, isineligibility for the remainder of the interscholastic girls lacrosse girls lacrosse squad)orany OHSAA regulations for any member of the school squad, played ifparticipatingcoachesagree. or Class2. officials required.Regardlessofnumberofficials, ALL mustbeOHSAA Class1 played ifparticipatingcoachesagree. Note: of numberofficiating, allmustbeOHSAA Class1or2. guidelines. MinimumoftwoOHSAA Class1or2officials required.Regardless Out-of-State Travel www.ohsaa.org Coaches and Players appropriate. $1,000 peroccurrence, orsuchotherpenalty as theExecutive Director maydeem teams) mayinclude suspension, probation,publiccensure, fine nottoexceed be ineligibilityfortheremainderofschoolyear. The penalty for acoachviolation of SportsRegulation 7.5 (non-interscholastic Freshmen/Reserve/Junior Varsity — Minimum of twoOHSAA Class1or2 Varsity — Three officials are recommended per OHSAA and NFHS/US Lacrosse Girls lacrossemanualcanbefoundonthegirlspage For information onEjection for UnsportingConductSee Note: For informationonOutofState Travel regulationsseeBylaw9-2at regular seasoncontestnumber10. Ifonly one OHSAA official is present to officiate the contest, the game may be Ifonly one OHSAA official is present to officiate the contest, the game may be March 20,2020 under Section 13 and 14 of the General Sports Regulations at June 6,2020 .
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6) 5) 4) 3) 2) 1) 7) Easter Season Ends State Regional Semis&Finals Regional Quarterfinals Regional Qualifying Season Begins Coaching and Tryouts Begin Girls Lacrosse other officials shallbeOHSAA Class 1,2,or3officials intraining. Rulebook forU-14,modifiedasfollows: four games. Rules — National Federation (NFHS) Girls Lacrosseand Rules —NationalFederation(NFHS) Regular season contestspermitted — 14plusone(1)postseasontournament not toexceed Scrimmages — Two (2)permitted. Coaching andSeasonend— First match— Coaching andinstructionmaybegin— Officials — Minimum oftwoOHSAA Class1,2or3officials required. All 6.3) 6.2) 6.1) differential clockdoesnotstop aftergoals. and stoponeverywhistleinthelasttwominutes of eachhalfunlessthereisa10-goal 8th gradelacrossefortheschoolyearcommencinginthatcalendaryear. the ageof15before August 1,thestudentshallbeineligible to participate in7th& below may participate regardless of age. If astudent enrolled in grade 7 or8attains No overtimewillbeplayedatthislevel Length of the game – 25 minutes, with “running clock,” the clock will run after goals Grade/Age – Openonly to students in 7th and 8th grades. Nostudent in 6th grade or March 20,2020 June 6,2020 . 148 5/25-5/29 5/20-5/23 5/16-5/21 6/2-6/6 2020 4/12 3/20 2/24 6/6 February 24,2020 . 5/24-5/28 5/19-5/22 5/15-5/20 6/1-6/5 2021 3/19 2/22 4/4 6/5 5/23-5/27 5/18-5/21 5/14-5/19 . 5/31-6/4 2020 2022 4/17 3/18 2/21 6/4 US Lacrosse US Youth Girls’ GIRLS LACROSSE 5/22-5/ 5/17-5/20 5/13-5/18 5/30-6/3 2023 3/17 2/20 4/9 6/3 26 5/20-5/24 5/15-5/18 5/11-5/16 5/29-6/1 2024 3/31 3/15 2/19 6/4
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