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Rule
38
SOCCER (Girls & Boys)
Section
1: General Regulations (apply to grades 7-12)
Art.
1: From the first Tuesday following Labor Day through
the
last Friday preceding Memorial Day, no more than
six
players (excluding seniors) from the same school
squad
may practice or participate together on the same
outside
team. Participation by more than six squad
members
(excluding seniors) shall make them ineligible
for
the remainder of the school year and any further
middle/junior
or senior high soccer, unless reinstated
by
the Executive Board.
Section
2: Senior High Regulations
Art.
1: Practice shall not begin—
a.
Boys—Prior to Monday of Standardized Calendar
Week
#7.
b.
Girls—Prior to Monday of Standardized Calendar
Week
#35.
Art.
2: Competition shall not begin—
a.
Boys—Prior to Friday of Standardized Calendar
Week
#8.
b.
Girls—Prior to Thursday of Standardized Calendar
Week
#37.
Art.
3: The boys’ fall season shall close with the KSHSAA
tournament
series culminating with Standardized
Calendar
Week #18, provided at least 24 schools are
participating
in post-season fall soccer.
The
girls’ spring season shall close with the KSHSAA
tournament
series culminating with Standardized
Calendar
Week #47, provided at least 24 schools are
participating
in post-season spring soccer.
Art.
4: No student may participate in more than 16 games
including
those games played in tournaments. No school
may
schedule more than two tournaments at any one
level
of competition, i.e., varsity, junior varsity, sophomore,
etc.
a.
Regardless of the tournament format, the maximum
number
of games played in a season, exclusive of KSHSAA
post-season
competition, shall be 16 games.
b.
Invitational tournaments shall be limited to a maximum
of
eight teams.
c.
Unless otherwise approved by the Executive Board,
varsity
invitational tournaments shall be held:
Boys
Girls
(1)
Early Season SCW #10 SCW #39
(2)
Mid-Season SCW #15 SCW #44
Art.
5: No player may participate in more than three game halves
a
day. Overtime periods are considered part of
the
second half.
EXCEPTION:
A player may participate in two games
a
day in tournament play.
NOTE:
A player who participates in more than the
limit
shall be charged with playing in two of the total
games
that student is allowed during the season and be
disqualified
from further play that day. The KSHSAA
shall
be notified of the violation.
Section
3: Middle/Junior High School Regulations
Art.
1: No student or team shall participate in more than 9
games
during a season, or more than 8 games and one
tournament,
or more than 7 games and two tournaments.
EXCEPTION:
Ninth grade students in junior high
schools
shall be permitted to compete in the same number
of
athletic competitions as ninth graders in senior
high
schools.
The
following is an excerpt from the KSHSAA Rule Interpretations for Soccer, revised
4/23/2001 as the rule pertains to Club Soccer: