2017-2018 PIAA RULES And REGULATIONS

2017-2018 PIAARULESandREGULATIONS

2017-2018RULES AND REGULATIONS

2017-2018RULES AND REGULATIONSRULES AND REGULATIONSPAGESports under PIAA Jurisdiction and Inter-District Championship Contests. . 1Tournament Regulations for all Sports . 1Definition of an Inter-School Practice . 2Definition of a Scrimmage. 2Method of Counting an Inter-School Practice or a Scrimmage . 2Forfeiture of Contests . 22017 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)Fall Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications;United States Golf Association (USGA) Rules of Golf; and United States TennisAssociation (USTA) Official Rules of Tennis . 32017-2018 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)Winter Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications;United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Playing Rules Book; and National RifleAssociation (NRA) Smallbore Rifle Rules . 4NFHS Medical Release Form for Wrestler to Participate with Skin Lesion(s) . 5Goals for Establishing a Widely Used FormImportant Components for an Effective FormNFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee Medical Releasefor Wrestler to Participate with Skin Lesion(s) Form . 62017 National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)Spring Sports’ Rules Books and Relevant State Association Adoptions and Modifications . 7PIAA Pole Vault Verification Form . 8Contest Rules and PIAA Statewide Rules Interpreters . 9General Control of Inter-District Championship Contests . 10Designation of Enrollment Classifications . 10Policy for Determining Number of Entries (Qualifiers) to PIAA Inter-District Championships . 10Eligibility . 10Comprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation (CIPPE) . 102017-2018 PIAA Inter-District Championships . 11Selection of Inter-District Championship Contestants and/or Teams . 13Policy Concerning Qualification for Postseason Competition of IndividualStudents from Schools that do not Sponsor a Team during the Regular Season . 13ARTICLE XIII, PENALTIES, Section 8, Disqualification from Next Contest(s) . 13Sport Specific Information:Golf . 13Tennis. 15Cross Country . 18Volleyball . 18Field Hockey . 21Soccer . 23Football . 26Pre-season Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines . 26Football Heat Acclimatization Faq’s . 26Contact Guidelines . 27Junior High School/Middle School Football Practice cannot begin prior to August 14, 2017 . 27Resolving Tied Football Contests . 27i

RULES AND REGULATIONS2017-2018Competitive Spirit . 30Wrestling . 31Swimming & Diving . 35Basketball . 36Track & Field . 43Lacrosse . 44Baseball and Softball, Fast Pitch . 46Inter-District Championship Contests Ticket Prices . 50Inter-District Championship Contests Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming),and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Rules and Regulations:General Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming), and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Policies . 52Live and Delayed Radio Broadcasting, Webcasting (Audio Streaming),and/or Real-Time Web Publishing Policies . 52Inter-District Championship Contests Cablecasting/Telecasting and/orWebcasting (Video Streaming) Rules and Regulations . 53Live Cablecasting/Telecasting and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) Policies . 54Delayed Cablecasting/Telecasting and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) Policies . 54NFHS Television Network . 54Policies Regarding Cablecasting/Telecasting, Filming, Photographing,Videotaping, and/or Webcasting (Video Streaming) . 56PIAA Advisory Committees:Coaches . 58Sports’ Medicine . 58Parents . 59PIAA Non-Sport Specific Steering Committees:Athletic Directors . 60Girls’ Athletics . 60Junior High/Middle Schools. 61Officials’ Council . 62Private Schools . 63Sportsmanship . 63PIAA Sport Specific Steering Committees:Baseball. 64Basketball . 64Competitive Spirit . 65Cross Country . 65Field Hockey . 66Football . 66Golf . 67Lacrosse – Boys’ and Girls’. 67Soccer . 68Softball, Fast Pitch . 68Swimming and Diving . 69Tennis . 69Track and Field . 70Volleyball . 70Wrestling . 71ii

2017-2018RULES AND REGULATIONS2017-2018 PIAA RULES AND REGULATIONSThis portion of the Handbook contains the PIAA Rules and Regulations, as in effect July 1, 2017. Any subsequent amendments for 2017-2018 willappear on the PIAA Web site at www.piaa.org. The PIAA Board of Directors may adopt, change or modify these Rules and Regulations, as well asContest rules and/or Inter-District Championship Contest regulations, at any time.SPORTS UNDER PIAA JURISDICTION AND INTER-DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTSThe Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA)assumes jurisdiction over the following sports:PIAA sponsors Inter-District Championship Contests in the followingsports ngCross CountryField HockeyFootballGolfLacrosseRifleSoccerSwimming and DivingTennisTrack & Field (Indoor)Track & Field (Outdoor)VolleyballWater PoloWrestlingBasketballBowlingCompetitive SpiritCross CountryField HockeyGolfGymnasticsLacrosseRifleSoccerSoftball, Fast PitchSwimming and DivingTennisTrack & Field (Indoor)Track & Field (Outdoor)VolleyballWater PoloBaseball (Spring)Basketball (Winter)Cross Country (Fall)Football (Fall)Golf (Fall)Lacrosse (Spring)Soccer (Fall)Swimming and Diving (Winter)Tennis (Spring)Track and Field (Spring)Volleyball (Spring)Wrestling (Winter)Basketball (Winter)Competitive Spirit (Winter)Cross Country (Fall)Field Hockey (Fall)Golf (Fall)Lacrosse (Spring)Soccer (Fall)Softball, Fast Pitch (Spring)Swimming and Diving (Winter)Tennis (Fall)Track and Field (Spring)Volleyball (Fall)Inter-District Championship Contests are under the direct control ofthe PIAA Board of Directors, and may be modified at any time, asconditions necessitate.PIAA member schools sponsoring any of the aforementioned boys’and/or girls’ sports are subject to the provisions of the Constitution, ByLaws, Policies and Procedures, and Rules and Regulations of PIAA.TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS FOR ALL SPORTS1.A Tournament is defined as competition involving Teams orindividual students representing three (3) or more schools in whichthe Teams or individual students, as representatives of schools, arecompeting for a championship (first place) and other places. AllTournaments must be conducted in accordance with theConstitution, By-Laws, Policies and Procedures, and Rules andRegulations of PIAA.5.PIAA-approved invitationals and/or Tournaments must be conductedduring the PIAA-defined Regular Season for that sport. No Team,no individual member or members of such Team, and no individualrepresenting any PIAA member school, may Practice or participatein an Inter-School Practice, Scrimmage, Contest, and/or Open Gymon more than SIX DAYS in any Calendar Week during the RegularSeason.2.With the exception of invitationals and/or Tournamentssponsored by at least one PIAA member school and involvingonly PIAA member schools, and conference or leaguechampionship Tournaments, all Regular Season invitationaland/or Tournament applications involving PIAA member schoolsmust be reviewed by the PIAA Executive Director, or the ExecutiveDirector’s designee. Tournament applications may be obtained esources/Forms.6.The Principal of each competing school must submit an eligibility listto the invitational and/or Tournament director prior to the start of theTournament. All contestants must have undergone aComprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation(CIPPE), and this fact must be certified to, by the Principal of thecompeting school when that Principal submits the school’s eligibilitylist to the invitational and/or Tournament director.7.Adequate locker room and shower facilities must be provided byinvitational and/or Tournament authorities, and these shall be kept ina safe and sanitary condition.8.An adequate number of law enforcement officers must be providedfor the Tournament. The number of law enforcement officersneeded to provide adequate security must be determined by theowner or director of security of the facility. The owner or director ofsecurity of the facility is in the best position to make thatdetermination.9.The host/sponsor of the Invitational/Tournament shall ensure that alicensed physician of medicine or osteopathic medicine attends theinvitational and/or Tournament or be within instant call in case ofemergency.3.4.The Tournament application must be completed, signed by the hostand/or sponsor PIAA member school Principal, and forwarded to thePIAA Executive Director, or the Executive Director’s designee, witha check payable to PIAA in the amount of 75.00 for PIAA MemberSchool, 100 for Non-Member School, Sponsored Tournament.Following review and either approval or disapproval of theapplication, the PIAA Executive Director, or the Executive Director’sdesignee, shall post all approved applications to the PIAA Web siteat www.piaa.org/Schools/Tournaments. Forms must be received inthe PIAA Office at least four (4) weeks or twenty (20) business daysprior to the first date of competition or a 25.00 late filing fee will becharged.No Inter-School Practice, Scrimmage, or Contest may be playedwith a Team not sponsored and controlled by a public school orPrivate School nor any school not belonging to PIAA, unless thenon-PIAA member school’s eligibility rules for school, Team, andcontestants meet the requirements of PIAA. A Team whichparticipates in a non-approved or a disapproved Tournament in asport may be required to forfeit championship rights in that sport.10. Only PIAA-registered sports officials on active status and in goodstanding shall officiate the invitational and/or Tournament, and onlyNational Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)Contest rules, as adopted by PIAA, may be used in the invitationaland/or Tournament.1

RULES AND REGULATIONS2017-2018DEFINITION OF AN INTER-SCHOOL PRACTICEDEFINITION OF A SCRIMMAGEAll of the following elements must be present for an Athletic Eventbetween two or more schools to be considered an Inter-SchoolPractice:All of the following elements must be present for a school toconsider an Athletic Event with other schools as a Scrimmage:1.2.3.4.5.6.The involved schools agree, in advance of the Athletic Event, thatthe Athletic Event will be an Inter-School Practice rather than aScrimmage or a Contest.No admission may be charged.The Teams participate only in conditioning exercises and/orlimited and closely controlled drills.The Teams are dressed in Practice uniforms only.No score may be displayed or recorded.The results of the Inter-School Practice shall not be counted as apart of the involved Teams’ season win and loss records.Any Athletic Event involving two or more schools must beconsidered a Scrimmage or Contest unless it meets all of the criterialisted above.1.2.3.4.5.6.The involved schools agree, in advance of the Athletic Event, thatthe Athletic Event will be a Scrimmage rather than an Inter-SchoolPractice or a Contest.No admission is charged.The head Coaches of the involved Teams may stop the activity atany time to provide instruction or to make substitutions.There are no restrictions concerning the number of times aplayer/contestant enters or leaves the Scrimmage.No score may be displayed or recorded.The results of the Scrimmage shall not be counted as a part of theinvolved Teams’ season win and loss records.Any Athletic Event involving two or more schools must beconsidered an Inter-School P

2017-2018 RULES AND REGULATIONS 1 2017-2018 PIAA RULES AND REGULATIONS This portion of the Handbook contains the PIAA Rules and Regulations, as in effect July 1, 2017. Any subsequent amendments for 2017-2018 will appear on the PIAA Web site at www.piaa.org.