2007-2008
CROSS COUNTRY
July 30 , 2007 Practice begins
End of Season until Completion of 3 weeks (21 consecutive days) – Dead period
End of Dead Period until February 11, 2008 Weight training/conditioning and open facilities
permitted. No practice.
February 11, 2008 – March 10, 2008 Dead Period
March 10, 2008 until end of school Weight training/conditioning and open facilities
permitted. No practice.
End of school until June 22, 2008 Weight training/conditioning permitted. No open
facilities and no practice permitted.
June 22, 2008 – July 5, 2008 Dead Period
July 7, 2008 – July 26, 2008 15 days of practice permitted, 10 of which may
involve competition with another school(s)
Definitions
Practice: Coach and player(s) together with instruction, teaching, coaching, etc.
Open Facilities: Schools may use their facilities for students in their building prior to or at the conclusion of the
school year. Coaches may serve in a supervisory capacity only. There is no instruction, no teaching, no coaching,
etc. Coaches may not participate or play in any manner. It is a free play type atmosphere.
Weight training/conditioning: Must be a generic type program that would be beneficial to all students and not sport
specific. Exception: In baseball and softball, players may throw to condition arms.
Dead Period: No coaching, observing, or contact between coach and players in sport involved. There is no practice,
no open facilities, and no weight training/conditioning.
Preseason Scrimmages: A school cannot practice with or scrimmage another school until both schools have
practiced a minimum of three days. A school may have a maximum of 4 preseason scrimmages or 2 preseason
scrimmage dates or 1 preseason scrimmage date and 2 preseason scrimmages.
Practice During the School Day: All athletic practice during the regular hours of any school day shall conform to the
same rules, regulations, and seasons as corresponding athletic practice outside the school day.
Tournament: All tournaments shall be held on consecutive days with no other regular season games being played
during the tournament unless permission is granted by the Executive director. A tournament is defined as a
competition of three or more teams and three or more games, matches, etc., which progress to determine a winner.
Multiple Contests: In all individual sports (cross country, golf, track and field, tennis, and wrestling) individuals
accompanied by a coach may enter varsity competition at a different site on the same time and date, and this will
count as two days on the school’s schedule.
Beginning Sport: Any school that is starting a sport for the first time may have five days of off-season practice prior
to the first season the sport begins. This would apply to girls’ volleyball, girls’ soccer, basketball, soccer, baseball,
girls’ softball, and track and field. It would not apply to football since schools are allowed 10 days in the off season.
Maximum number of contests: 11 dates