From the IHSAA
Saturday morning state semifinal volleyball matches – held at four different satellite sites since 2000 – have been dropped for the 2010-11 school year following approval by the IHSAA’s executive committee June 24.
The decision was one of four significant items – three related to state tournaments – that resulted from the committee’s final meeting of the 2009-10 school year.
Instead, a one-match regional on the home court of one of the participating teams will be played on Tuesday, Oct. 26. That postseason one-off will be followed by a four-team semistate on Saturday, Oct. 30, then four state championship matches at Ball State University’s Worthen Arena on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Sectional dates (Oct. 19, 21, 23) remain unchanged.
The new format, mirroring the recently completed softball state tournament, will be available later this summer, including host sites.
Rules eased on transfers due to school closures
The committee also made an emergency amendment to Rule 19-6.3 of the IHSAA By-Laws, allowing a student whose school closes will be allowed to transfer to any public or non-public school serving the student’s place of residence.
The new ruling goes into effect July 1. Previously, in school corporations with multiple high schools, rules allowed students to be given full athletic eligibility only if they transferred to another school within the same school corporation.
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