63.1.0        SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

 

63.2.0     JAMBOREE – A jamboree is an abbreviated contest during which a team may not play in more than six (6) games.  All conditions of Article 17.14.0 also apply.  Each squad and each player is limited to schedule and to participate in only one (1) jamboree.

63.3.0     CONTEST DEFINITION - Regulation contests, including all post season contests, shall be two (2) out of three (3) games.

                63.3.1                     By league adoption, varsity contests may be two (2) out of three (3) games or three (3) out of five (5) games.

                                                A.             In non-league competition, the schools involved can mutually agree to play two (2) out of three (3) or three (3) out of five (5) games.

                63.3.2                     By league adoption, sub-varsity contests may be two (2) out of three (3) games, three (3) out of three (3) games, or three (3) out of five (5) games.

63.4.0     CONTEST LIMITATION - A team may play a maximum of four (4) contests per day.

63.5.0     SEASON LIMITATION - Sixteen (16) regulation contests are allowed per season.  Every contest played, whether in interschool matches, interschool scrimmages, exhibition contests, or each opponent played in an invitational tournament(s), must count as one (1) of the sixteen (16) contests for the team. The one allowable exception is described as follows:

                    63.5.1                 A one-day invitational tournament may count as one (1) of the sixteen (16) contests.  A combination of games or matches may not exceed the equivalent of four (4) matches, which is equal to twenty (20) games.

                                                Such a tournament may start the preceding evening if the following conditions are met:

                                                Any local team may play the preceding evening contests.  (Local area shall be defined as those teams that can travel to the tournament site without requiring overnight lodging.)

                                                The tournament will conclude not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours from the time it started on the preceding evening.  (If the tournament started at 6PM on the first day, it must end by 6PM on the second day.)

                    63.5.2                 Each squad and each player is limited to schedule and to participate in only two (2) invitational tournaments.

                   63.5.3                 If a team plays in more than two (2) invitational tournaments in a season, each opponent played in any subsequent tournament counts as one (1) of the sixteen (16) contests for the team.

63.6.0     PLAYER LIMITATION - While playing against the same school on the same day, a player may participate in the maximum number of games as adopted by the league for regular season contests.  Entrance into any game constitutes participation in that game.               

                63.6.1                     A player may appear in a maximum number of games in one (1) day as adopted by the league for varsity contests.  Any appearance in a game, regardless of the length of time played, shall be considered as one (1) game.  This is interpreted as meaning when a player is beckoned onto the floor and the ball becomes alive, that the player has played in one (1) game.

               

63.6.2                     COUNTING CONTESTS AND GAMES

                                A.             The maximum number of games adopted by the league played against the same squad is one (1) contest.

                                B.            The maximum number of games adopted by the league played against the same school, same day, different squads (i.e. varsity and sub-varsity squads) is one (1) contest.

                                C.            The maximum number of games adopted by the league played against the same school, different days during the same week, different squads (i.e. varsity of Tuesday, sub-varsity on Thursday,) is one (1) contest.

                                D.            The maximum number of games adopted by the league played against two (2) different schools, same day, different squads would be two (2) contests.

                                E.            The maximum number of games adopted by the league played against two (2) different schools, different days during the same week, different squads would be two (2) contests.

                63.6.3                     The contest in which a player exceeds the allotted number of games adopted by the league for the team using the player shall automatically forfeit varsity contests.  The player is not penalized unless she is at fault.  The WIAA Executive Board may assess other penalties to the school.

 

63.61.0    MIDDLE LEVEL SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Total Season Including Practice	Minimum Practice Days Per Individual	Season Contest Limit
12 weeks	10	10 + Jamboree for 7th or 8th graders 30 games + jamboree for 7th or 8th graders on 9th grade teams 12 + Jamboree for 9th graders

63.62.0      SEASON - The starting date is determined by each league but no middle level season may start before the date established for senior high school fall sports.

63.63.0      JAMBOREE – A volleyball jamboree is an abbreviated contest during which a team may not play in more than four (4) games.  All conditions of Article 17.14.0 also apply.  Each squad and each player is limited to schedule and to participate in only one (1) jamboree.

63.64.0      CONTEST LIMITATION - A player or team shall participate in no more than three (3) contests per week.  This rule may be interpreted to permit each player or team to participate in one (1) three-team round robin.  The two (2) contests played by each team in the round robin will count as two (2) of each team's contests, but will count as one of the events that week.  A player or team shall be allowed one week during the season to play and/or schedule three (3) contests. 

                   63.64.1               Extra Games: Two (2) extra games may be played following the regular contest.  These extra games are for those players who were not starters and who played in two (2) games or less of the regular contest.

                   63.64.2               The official contest may be two (2) out of three (3) games or a guaranteed three (3) out of three (3) games for regular season contests.

63.65.0      NF RULE MODIFICATION - By league adoption, the net height may be set at seven (7) feet.

 

 

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