IESA DIVISION MEETING

2012-2013

IESA Staff

Steve Endsley, Executive Director Activities: Baseball, Cross Country, Wrestling Email: steve@iesa.org

Nicole Schaefbauer, Associate Executive Director Activities: Speech, Basketball, Chess Email: nicole@iesa.org

Julie Cochran, Assistant Executive Director Activities: Golf, Volleyball, Track and Field Email: julie@iesa.org

John Venerable, Assistant Executive Director Activities: Softball, Bowling, Music, Scholastic Bowl,

Cheerleading Email: john@iesa.org

2.031- Attendance

Students must attend member schools and may only represent in competition the school they actually attend.

Exceptions Tuition students Special Education Feeder schools Home schooled schools Alternative education plans

Non-School Participation

Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, a student-athlete's ability to participate on a school team and a non-school team during the season will be decided by local school policy. The IESA Board of Directors voted in June, 2012 to

delete By-law 3.042 which restricted non-school participation in the same sport during the season.

Now, if a local school district decides to restrict non-school participation during the same sport season, any student-athlete from that district who disregards the policy will be in violation of school policy and not an IESA by-law.

Transfers

Any student who transfers from one school to another once the school year has started does not become eligible until the student’s 11th day of attendance at the new school provided all other eligibility requirements have been met. Previously, students were eligible

immediately upon transferring once all eligibility requirements had been met.

Physicals

At the September 2012 Board meeting, the IESA Board of Directors approved that a school must have on file for each student who participates (including practice) a certificate of physical fitness not more than 395 days preceding any participation in any such practice, contest, or activity. This becomes effective immediately for all

new physicals. Existing physicals are only approved for 365

days.

Participant Uniforms/Warm-Ups Player warm-ups may now show

commercial advertising. This does not apply to uniforms. Player

uniforms must be in compliance with NFHS specifications.

Coaching Education RequirementVolunteer Coaches

Athletic coaches in all member schools must be regularly certified to teach in the schools of Illinois or must complete an approved coaching course. This applies to all athletic coaches- head coach, assistant

coach, volunteer coach, pole vault coach, first base coach, etc.

Non-athletic coaches are not included in this requirement (cheer, scholastic bowl, speech, music, chess, bowling, golf)

High School students High school students may be assigned to assist with the

coaching of athletic teams in a member school provided they are under the direct supervision of an individual who is qualified to coach under the provisions of the by-laws. They do not have to take the ASEP course.

At no time may high school students assume head coaching duties.

Coaching Education Requirement

To be exempt from taking the education course, the following criteria must be met by athletic coaches certified to teach: Teaching or supervising

classroom activity at least two periods daily in a member school; or

Employed full-time in any elementary school, junior high, or high school; or

An assistant teacher, resource aide, lay supervisor or other paraprofessional who is employed at least half-time per day in a member school; or

Teaching full time, within the provisions of the Illinois School Code, in a member school or in a vocational or special education cooperative in which the member school participates; or

A retired teacher provided the person remains certified to teach.

• For those individuals who do not meet the criteria, they must complete an approved coaches education course.

• The IESA Board of Directors has approved the following courses:

• IESA/ASEP Coaching Essentials Course

• IHSA/ASEP Coaching Principles or Coaching Orientation Course

• IHSA/NFHS Coaching Education• The course must be successfully

completed prior to the start of the sport season.

Coaching Camps

The restriction regarding student participation in camps and clinics during the same sport season was deleted. Participation in these types of events would

be regulated by local school policy. Students may also participate in and/or

receive private lessons, school physical conditioning programs, and be used for demonstration purposes in coaches’ clinics.

Use of Officials Schools are required to hire licensed officials for all regular season

contests. For Track and Field, this is a recommendation. Failure to hire and use licensed officials may result in a financial penalty for the

school. First violation for hiring a non-licensed official in baseball, softball, basketball, wrestling,

and/or volleyball will result in a warning. With a second violation, the Executive Director will have the full authority to determine

and impose a monetary penalty equivalent to the cost of one regional official for that activity.

Additionally, schools need to adhere to hiring the required number of licensed officials for each activity as detailed in the By-laws.

An Officials Search tool is available on the IESA website by using your school or AD password. Click on the link “Search for Officials” This will allow you to search for sport-specific officials and provide you with their

contact information. Schools are encouraged to issue contracts when hiring officials for

contests. Contracts are available on the IESA website.

Available in a PDF When sending contracts, include information regarding IESA exceptions and

requirements.

Submitting Roster & Schedule Information

All roster and schedule information must be submitted online by the posted deadline for the activity. Administrators/AD’s may track the submission progress

for each activity through the Activity Tracker. Penalty: 1st Offense- Probation; 2nd Consecutive- Removed

from state series or financial penalty Birthdate information must be provided for each

participant. All regular season and tournament contests must be

included on your schedule information. This includes conference, non-conference, and regular

season tournament contests. Do not include “B” contests on your submitted schedule

information.

Activity Tracker

The Activity Tracker is available by logging in to the IESA Member Center using your school or AD password.

This a tool that will allow you to monitor upcoming deadlines or action items in all activities in which your school participates.

Emerging Activities

The Association had hoped to offer a boys volleyball state series starting in 2012-13 and a coed soccer state series in 2013-14. A commitment minimum of 40 schools was

needed in order to implement each activity by Sept. 1st of this year.

The required minimum number of schools was not met for either activity.

The IESA Board of Directors will discuss the future course of both activities.

Social Media

Information regarding IESA activities, schools, and news will be available via various social media outlets. Facebook: facebook.com/IESA.IL Twitter: @IESA_IL Pinterest: pinterest.com/IESAIL YouTube: youtube.com/iesavideo

Scholastic Bowl

NEW: Changes made to competition room set-up. Coaches will be seated in the first row with remaining

team members on either side. The coaches will be in the middle facing the

moderators table. A table can be provided for the coaches if there is enough room.

Fans will be seated behind the extra team members’ row. This format was used this past year at the state tournament and helped alleviate some past problems.

Scholastic Bowl

Rule Changes Articles (a/an/the) are not required when giving an

answer, however if they are given they must be correct. (5-4-7)

For systems that recognize two individuals responding to an answer, the system must be reset by the moderator to allow the other team to respond. (5-1-4note)

The answer must be stated within three seconds after the individual has been verbally recognized by the moderator. (5-2-1d2)

General Information The Peoria Civic Center will once again be home to the

Scholastic Bowl State Tournament on May 3rd, 2013. The tournament will start at 1:00 pm with a team meeting

at 12:30. NAQT scores should be included in regular season match

results.

Chess

The IESA Chess Tournament will be held at a new location this year. ISU’s Bone Student Center will host the tournament this year.

Because of the change in venue, the tournament will be held on a different date- March 22-23. The tournament will return to the end of February in 2014.

Tournament Details Entry Fee: $15.00 per student Board Swiss format with 5 boards.

In this type of tournament, the coach determines the board order for their players. Each of the board positions becomes a separate individual tournament.

Board 1 is more experienced players; Board 5 is for more novice players

7 rounds of play will be conducted and players will participate in all 7 rounds.

Individual and team awards will be given.

Chess

Change made to tournament entry process. Schools will still be able to enter 7 students per grade

level. A school may list a maximum of one student at each

of Boards 1-4 and a maximum of 7 students on Board 5. The total number of competitors entered would be a maximum of 7.

A school may choose to not place competitors on certain playing boards. Any boards left open at Boards 1-4 would result in additional openings at Board 5.

Changes were also made to the tournament time schedule in an attempt to get students home earlier.

Speech

Students who participate in Speech gain the skills and confidence to communicate more effectively. These are skills that they will be able to readily draw on in their professional careers.

General Information IESA Speech contests are held in the fall of each year (Oct./Nov.). Contest is a one-day event.

Points of Emphasis Fine Art Recognition Program- Nomination materials are available on the

IESA website. Please take time this fall to nominate your speech coach for this award. There is a category for both new and veteran speech coaches.

Academic Eligibility- Students participating in contest must be meeting the academic eligibility requirement. Please make sure that your speech participants are included in your grade check.

Contest Host Rotation- Information regarding the host rotation for every contest are is available on the IESA website. If you anticipate a problem with your ability to host during your assigned year, please contact the IESA Office in advance.

Music

Rule Change The Music Coop requirement has been eliminated.

General Information Contest dates confirmed: March 16, 23, April 6, 13,

2013. Host schools will pick the date for contest.

Applications for National Anthem and Pep Band performers due November 5th. Create a disc with your performance and submit it to the

IESA Office. Selected schools will be contacted in early December. All submissions must be submitted by an IESA Member

school administrator or Band Director.

Bowling

State Competition Update: The State Bowling Tournament will be held at the Town

and Country Lanes in Joliet, Illinois on March 22nd and 23rd, 2013.

The tournament schedule has been adjusted to shorten time between both warm-up and competition rounds.

Starting in 2013, all schools will be eligible for team awards. The total cumulative pinfall through the entire tournament will be counted for each school participating in the boys and girls divisions. Team awards will be given to the top three teams in the

boys division and the top three teams in the girls division.

Baseball

Reminder of the new bat rules---All -3 drop bats must have a BBCOR label. No bat may have the BESR label

Coaches—please talk with your players that they cannot try to “bowl” over a fielder. It is an automatic ejection when this occurs.

Cross-Country

Reminder to any school that serves as a sectional host that the finish of the race must be at the mouth of the chute and not at the neck of the chute.

Still the fastest growing IESA state series event—In 2011, there were 258 schools in the activity. This past year, 276 schools entered. All schools are reminded that individuals may

compete in the state series provided the school pays the entry fee for the activity.

Basketball

NEW: Change made to the individual limitations For regular season contests, students will be limited to a maximum of

5 quarters per day. The maximum number of quarters allowed during the regular season

for an individual was increased to 110 quarters per season. Quarter limitations did not change for regular season tournaments.

Points of Emphasis Posted game times for state series games- regional, sectional, and

state- will be the earliest that a game will start. Make sure that your coach and captain(s) participate in the required

pre-game conference prior to all contests. Please review the pre-game run-out protocol with your team. Please print-off and distribute the scorekeeper instructions found

online for your bench crew. Please notify the IESA Office if a fan, coach, or player ejection occurs

at your facility.

Volleyball

NEW For regional and sectional play, the court should

be set-up and ready for play 45 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the first match.

Warm-up Times will now be 2-3-3-3-3. 2 min. shared, 3 min-home team entire court, 3 min-

visiting team entire court, 3 min-home team entire court, and final 3 min-visiting team entire court.

When teams are off the court, ball handling is allowed if there is space. If space is limited then teams will be restricted to ball handling behind the end line.

Volleyball

Individual Limitations No changes have been made to the individual limitations.

Students are limited to a max 3 sets per day in regular season contest. For all tournaments (regular and state series) no more than 4 matches

per day Penalty- automatic forfeiture of contest at the time the student

becomes ineligible and the coach is ineligible to coach for next two interscholastic contests at any level.

Points Of Emphasis Removal of any part of the uniform in the playing area is

unsporting conduct and will be penalized. [NFHS 4-2-1e] Sportsmanship is important every year. Taunting will not be

tolerated. Taunting is any insulting or antagonistic behavior towards the

opponent. This includes cheers aimed toward the net.

Wrestling

Continue to seed 8 wrestlers in each weight class, however, only VARSITY records may be used to determine seeding. Each regional will determine the minimum number of varsity

matches needed for a wrestler to be seeded. Wrestlers who do not meet the minimum number of varsity

matches will always be placed into the bracket by a draw. Example: If 10 varsity matches are needed and there is a wrestler

who is 22-1 but only 2 of those are varsity matches, then that wrestler must be drawn into the bracket while a wrestler at the same weight who has a record of 4-14 but all 18 matches are at the varsity level, may be seeded.

Reminder that NFHS rule 2-1-5 stipulates there is to be 10 feet of space surrounding the mat.

NIU Convocation Center will continue to be the site of the state finals through 2018.

Track and Field

NEW Individual Limitations:

A student may participate in any 4 events. If the student is listed for two relays, one must be the 4x400m

relay. Relay teams may have five students listed and any four of the

five runners listed may run at either the sectional or state. The relay will count toward the event total for all 5 athletes.

Running events will now begin at 1:15 on Friday of the State Meet.

At the sectionals, 100 M Dash and Hurdles rounds of races may be reduced as dictated by number of competitors.

New qualifying standards and starting heights posted on the IESA website.

Track and Field

Survey – Interest in adding the triple jump to the state series? Interest in alternating the boys and girls running/field events every year

at the sectional meet? New state format options will be provided for the membership to vote on.

Points of Emphasis For All Meets – coaches and athletes should know the designated

restricted areas. Coaching is prohibited in the restricted area and could result in disqualification from the event

Sectional Meet - Times and places will be made available to coaches and athletes when results are final. Finish line personnel will not distribute this information.

Seed Meeting – all coaches should bring a copy of their roster with any changes that need to be made.

Athletes may not participate under a false name. This violation could jeopardize your team’s ability to participate in future contests.

Exhibition events should be counted in the event total for an athlete these limitations should be followed for all interscholastic meets.

Track and Field

NFHS Rule Reminders and Changes NEW – Use of the “cartwheel technique” in the

shot put is a foul. NEW – Standards for the pole vault may be set to

position the crossbar from 18” – a max of 31.5” in the direction of the landing surface.

Reminder – “Run-up Start” in the 800 and 1600 will be used. (Competitors will take position 3 meters behind the starting line. With the command “On your marks” all competitors will step to the starting line without delay. When steady the starter shall fire the gun.)

Golf

The 2nd annual golf tournament was completed September 8. 53 schools and 133 golfers participated Boys Champion: Thomas Calbi of Barrington Prairie Girls Champion: Madasyn Petterson of Rockford Marshall

When entering golfers in the tournament a correct average score is extremely important for assigning tee times.

Make sure that parents/coaches know the IESA rules. When playing 18 holes there is no lunch break. Players may eat

while continuing to play, but cannot stop. Students must register at the event 1 hour prior to their tee

time and be at their tee 10 min prior to their tee time. Remember that registration is in the spring and is based

on a first come first serve basis.

Cheer

Terms and Conditions UPDATE After the Monday of Week 28, Schools must now remain in the division in

which they originally entered. Schools that had injuries or ineligibilities to squad members just prior to

the state competition had been required to move down a division if the number of squad members did not meet the minimum number needed for the division that they originally entered.

The change now requires schools to stay in that same division as of January 7th, 2013 so the time schedule that is sent to all schools remains relatively the same.

It is NOT permissible to participate in a division with more squad members than the division allows.

Additional Trophies to be Awarded When there are 1-9 teams entered in a given division, only a

championship trophy will be presented. When there are 10-19 teams entered in a given division, 1st and 2nd

place trophies will be awarded. When there are 20 or more teams entered in a division, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

place trophies will be awarded.

Cheer

Competition Information: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Civic Center

in Peoria. The entry fee is $60.00 for each division. When team awards are announced at the

competition, all schools within a given division will be announced in their actual place. Complete results will now be distributed with the

team score sheets given to coaches following the conclusion of the competition.

This will alleviate the IESA Office sending complete results the Monday following the competition.

Thank You!