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In This Issue2016 Boys State Soccer Championships ........................32016 Football State Championships ..............................32016 WIAA Eight-Player Football Jamboree..................32016-2017 WIAA Wrestling Points of Emphasis .............72017-2018 Enrollments...................................................82017 State Individual Wrestling Championships ..........102017 State Team Wrestling Tournament Schedule.......10Coaching Pole Vault .......................................................2Deadlines........................................................................2Football Early Start 2017 & 2018 – How We Got

To Where We are Today ..............................................5In Memoriam - Don Herrmann .......................................2Initiative Continues to Put Veterans in Stripes................3Keep These Dates in Mind ...........................................15NFHS Basketball Rules Changes - 2016-17..................11NFHS Basketball Rules Interpretations - 2016-17.........11NFHS Wrestling Rules.....................................................6Officiating Volleyball: Ball Handling ...............................3Positions on Sportsmanship Committee Available.........4Sports Report “PLUS”.....................................................7Stobber Appointed to NFHS Committee.......................4Test Dates .....................................................................16WIAA Sport Medical Advisory Committee .....................4

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Vol. 93 ● Issue No. 2 ● October 2016

2016 SportsmanshipSummit ScheduledFor December 7

The WIAA, in cooperation with Rural Mu-tual Insurance, is excited to offer the eighthbiennial Sportsmanship Summit Wednesday,Dec. 7, at the Holiday Inn & Convention Cen-ter in Stevens Point, Wis.

Registration is open to all member schools.Each registered school will consist of six mem-bers that can include students, coaches, ad-ministrators, booster clubs or members of thecommunity. The deadline to register a teamfor the Summit is Monday, Nov. 28.

The purpose of the Summit is to assistmembership schools with their citizenship andsportsmanship efforts for students, student-athletes, adult fans, advisors, parents andbooster clubs; developing plans to improve ormaintain good sportsmanship locally; and as-sisting schools identify and implement a safe,respectful and education-based environmentfor high school sports.

The Summit is scheduled to begin withregistration at 8:30 a.m. with the first sessionstarting at 9 a.m. The cost of the event is $125

See 2016 Sportsmanship Summit, page 14

Board of Control Approves BaseballCoaches & Staff Recommendations; Budget

The Board of Control acted on a pair of base-ball coaches’ recommendations impacting theseason regulations, approved an amnesty provi-sion and passed the 2016-17 operational budgetat its October meeting.

Beginning in 2017, the first games of the sum-mer baseball regional tournament will be heldTuesday with the regional final to be playedWednesday. This adds another day of rest relativeto the new pitch count mandates and the possibil-ity of rain outs, which will allow teams to have theirentire pitching staff available for sectionals. In a re-lated discussion, the methods for recording andtracking the pitch counts were presented to theBoard.

In addition, the Board approved a baseballcoaches’ recommendation to reduce the distancerequired for traveling to regional seed meetingsto 80 miles from the host school beginning in2017. The former mandate states 120 miles fromthe host meeting site.

The sports of track & field and softball had norecommended changes to the Season Regula-tions. However, the proposed 2017 State SoftballTournament schedule with the five-division formatwas presented with seven games Thursday andFriday, and five championship games slated forSaturday. Other softball discussions identifiedMadison College as the preferred alternate StateTournament site.

The unanimous vote of the Board to providetemporary relief in the membership’s Code ofConduct section of the Rules of Eligibility allowsits members to conform to the state’s amnesty lawpassed last spring. The decision temporarily sus-pends the WIAA rule requiring a suspension of atleast one game for violations of a school’s code for

possession or use of alcohol –in cases of victims re-porting a sexual assault and who cooperate withlaw enforcement. Inserting the amnesty provisioninto the Rules of Eligibility permanently will requirea vote of the membership at the Annual Meetingnext April.

The Board gave its approval to the 2016-17 op-erations budget of approximately $8 million. Thebudget continues to be largely driven by tourna-ment series revenues and expenses, which is sig-nificantly influenced by weather and match-ups.The new budget reflects a steady flow of revenuefrom tournament gate receipts and sponsorshipand royalties, and acknowledges the continuedcosts for hosting tournaments, legal fees andbuilding maintenance.

The Board also approved a recommendationby the executive staff to support an amendmentto the current NFHS Network agreement that con-tinues the payment of rights fees at the same levelfor the next three years with an increase in thefourth and fifth year of the agreement.

Among the other topics discussed were poten-tial Constitutional amendments, Area Meetings,Sports Medical Policies and Procedures Manualupdates, reimbursements to schools when tourna-ment games are moved to a different site, ex-panded school-sponsored summer coach contact,officials’ payment practices and an awareness thatthe Wisconsin State Music Association StateMarching Band competition is scheduled on thesame day as WIAA Tournaments in the fall of 2017.

The Board received liaison reports from MikeThompson of the Department of Public Instruc-tion, John Ashley of the Wisconsin Association ofSchool Boards and Tim Collins of the WisconsinAthletic Directors Association. ●

Board of Control ReviewedTopics at September Meeting

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved action items andreceived executive staff updates and reports at its September meeting on Sept. 9.

Among the action items receiving approval were the general fund payments for August, andrenewal of the agreement with Visual Image Photography as the Official Photography Partner of theWIAA State Tournaments through 2021.

The Executive Staff provided the Board with reports on the Area Meetings in Mount Horeb andOconomowoc, which are the first two of seven Area Meetings around the state this fall. In addition,the Board was provided an initial overview of the 2016-17 operations budget.

Other topics presented in the executive staff reports to the Board were ongoing social mediapromotional efforts and a membership survey designed to gather data from the membership on com-petitive equity and sport season placement. Conference realignment, corporate sponsorship andtechnology updates were also discussion topics. The Board also received a liaison report from TimCollins of the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association. ●

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October 2016 WIAA BULLETIN

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION(Act of August 12, 1970; Section 4369, Title 39, United States Code)

1. Date of filing – October 1, 20162. Title of publication – WIAA BULLETIN.3. Frequency of issue – Quarterly - Aug., Oct., Feb., May.4. Location of known office of publication – 5516 Vern Holmes

Drive, Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Portage County) ZIP – 54482.5. Location of headquarters of general business offices of the pub-

lisher – 5516 Vern Holmes Drive, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54482.6. Names and address of publisher, editor and managing editor –Publisher – Dave Anderson, Executive Director, 5516 Vern Holmes

Drive, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.Editor – Todd Clark, Communications Director, 5516 Vern Holmes

Drive, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.7. Owner – Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, an un-

incorporated association, 5516 Vern Holmes Drive, Stevens Point,Wisconsin 54482.

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9. The purpose, function and nonprofit status of this organizationand the exempt status for Federal Income tax purposes have notchanged during preceding 12 months.

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Todd Clark

The WIAA family is saddened by the loss of for-mer Associate Director Don Herrmann, who passedaway Monday, Sept. 5, at the age of 84.

Herrmann served 25 years in the executive office,retiring on Aug. 1, 1998. He joined the staff in July 1973as an assistant to the director, replacing Les Ansorge. He assumedthe duties for tournament planning and rule responsibilities for thesports of football, wrestling, tennis, softball and hockey.

Herrmann later added sports medicine responsibilities andwas instrumental in development of the first wrestling minimumweight program in the nation, which implemented guidelines andrestrictions for weight loss.

“In the minds of many –especially in Wisconsin’s wrestling circleand beyond–Don's pioneering of the wrestling minimum weight pro-gram, the first in the nation, will be one of his most enduring lega-cies,” WIAA Executive Director Dave Anderson said. “Don was notonly an extraordinary thinker and ‘doer’ in his own right, but he wasalso very willing to look at other ideas and incorporate them into hisown efforts as he strove to develop the best possible climate for stu-dent athletes.”

In 1992, he was promoted to associate director and addedcoaches education and AODA workshops to his responsibilities.

During his service with the WIAA, he was a member of the Na-tional Federation of State High School Association rules committeesin football, wrestling, softball and hockey. He was elected to thechairman position of the hockey and softball committees, as well asthe NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory and Football Officials ManualCommittees. In addition to his work on committees on the nationallevel, he served as liaison to the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers Associ-ation and coordinated the TARGET Team.

In recognition of his dedication to high school sports, Her-rmann was inducted into the George Martin Wrestling Hall of Famein 1981 and was enshrined into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hallof Fame in 1997.

The Chicago native graduated from Minocqua High Schooland attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He partici-pated in football, track & field and wrestling and graduated with anundergraduate degree in 1955. He was inducted into the university’sHall of Fame in 1995.

Herrmann taught on the faculty at Wittenberg, Wis., for oneyear and at Oconto, Wis., for four years before enrolling in graduatework at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and teaching part-timein Madison and Middleton. He joined the UW physical educationdepartment in 1965 and became the head of the American Collegeof Sports Medicine. Herrmann also officiated football and wrestlingand served as a rules interpreter in wrestling prior to joining theWIAA staff. ●

Don Herrmann1932-2016

In Memoriam DeadlinesCO-OP TEAM DEADLINES

Just a reminder that schools wishing to renew their existing co-ops or start new co-op programs for the 2017-18 school year need toabide by the following deadlines:

Fall Sports Deadline - February 1, 2017

Winter Sports Deadline - April 1, 2017

Spring Sports Deadline - June 1, 2017

Schools can check on the status of their co-op program bychecking the WIAA website under Schools > Membership/Co-opTeams.

8-PLAYER FOOTBALL DEADLINEIf you are intending to participate in 8-player football for 2017-

18, please remember that the deadline to declare is December 1,2017.

OPT-UP 1 DIVISIONFor schools wishing to opt up one division for the 2017-18 tour-

nament series, in any sport, are reminded of the following deadlines:



Spring Sports Deadline - June 1, 2017NEW SPORT OFFERING

Any schools planning to offer a new sport for the 2017-18school year are reminded of the following deadlines for tournamentparticipation:



Spring Sports Deadline - June 1, 2017 ●

The indoor track and field season is rapidly approaching, so it isa great time for coaches and athletes to take advantage of the freeonline “Coaching Pole Vault” course. More than 10,400 courseshave been delivered and the number of coaches and athletes takingthe course continues to grow. It is a perfect course for pole vaulteducation and risk minimization when coaching or participating inthe event. The course is also valuable for parents of vaulters to re-view. Please share with your schools that the course is available athttp://nfhslearn.com/courses. ●

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Officials Corner

Initiative Continues toPut Veterans in StripesThe WIAA will continue to offer current and former

military personnel the opportunity to license as a WIAA

sport official by waiving the basic licensing and sport

fee for two years. This offer is extended to those current and former military

personnel who are licensing as a WIAA sport official for the first time.

Regardless of the branch of service, the training, discipline and core values

ingrained in military personnel are the same qualities demanded of sport officials.

Because of these qualities, we believe that men and women with military expe-

rience would fit well into interscholastic sport officiating and in this small way,

the WIAA wants to acknowledge those who serve and say “thank you.”

Maj. Scott Hagen, a chaplain in the Army Reserve living in Sparta, became

one of the first veterans to take advantage of the initiative’s benefits. He has

been certified for a number of years as a United States Soccer Federation ref-

eree.

“This is actually the first time that I’ve applied to become a high school offi-

cial,” he said. “The offer to waive the registration fees for veterans kind of kicked

me over the edge to go ahead and do it. I was thinking about it, but just hadn’t

gotten around to doing it.”

The initiative and its benefits received widespread support prior to its launch

and in its initial months of its availability. The program has been embraced by

the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association, Wisconsin Conference Commission-

ers Association, InCheck (WIAA’s background check provider), various officials

associations around the state and a number of state associations throughout the

Midwest.

In further assisting armed service personnel, the WIAA is continuing efforts

to solicit support from providers of officials equipment and apparel such as Gerry

Davis Sports, Cliff Keen, Honig’s, UmpAttire and Under Armour to offer special

cost savings for soldiers entering the officiating ranks.

To increase awareness of the initiative among military personnel, the WIAA is

working cooperatively with the Wisconsin National Guard and Reserves and the

staff of state adjutant general, as well as the Wisconsin Employment Resource

Connection, which partners with the state Department of Workforce Develop-

ment and the state Department of Veterans Affairs in helping unemployed and

underemployed service members and their spouses gain employment.

To get started, please download and complete a license application found on

the WIAA website at www.wiaawi.org/officials/BecomeanOfficial.aspx and mail

it to our office with some type of documentation verifying military service. Or,

get started by calling or emailing us at 715-344-8580 or [email protected]. ●

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Officiating Volleyball: Ball HandlingThe NFHS Officials Education Department is excited to announce the availability

of the first sport specific online officials education course. “Officiating Volleyball: BallHandling” is now available on www.nfhslearn.com.

“Officiating Volleyball: Ball Handling” gives an overview of tips and techniquesthat officials need to make correct ball handling calls. Video examples of various con-tacts by each position are provided to assist officials in visually identifying ball handling faultsand legal player action. This course teaches and shows the difference between legal and illegalcontacts, helping officials be more consistent in their ball handling calls. Units covered includeIntroduction to Ball Handling; Rules Governing Ball Handling; Techniques to Train the Eye; Vari-ables and External Stimuli; and Overview of Each Skill. Short comprehension quizzes and “youmake the call’ scenarios are scattered throughout the course. The course will cost $10 for NFHSOfficials Association members and $20 for any non-member official or other interested party. ●

2016 Boys State Soccer Championships

The 2016 Boys State Soccer Championships will take ona new look this year. On Championship Saturday the gameswill be played in a new order – the first game on Saturdaywill be the Division 1 championship at 11 a.m. followed bythe Division 4 championship game at 1:30 p.m. In theevening session, the Division 3 championship will begin at4:30 p.m. followed by the Division 2 final at 7 p.m.

The Soccer Coaches Advisory Committee recom-mended the change, that was ultimately approved by theWIAA Board of Control, to change the order of their tour-nament games. It was felt by the Committee that a changeto the order would be beneficial to all schools as the samedivision will not be placed against other events on the samenight each year.

The tournament will kick off on Thursday, November 3with the Division 1 semifinal games at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.The Thursday evening session will feature the Division 4semifinals. On Friday, November 4, the Division 3 semifinalswill be played at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. followed by the Di-vision 2 semifinals Friday night at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

That sets up Championship Saturday with the scheduleas noted above. The winners of each of four sectionals ineach of the four divisions will advance to the State Tourna-ment. Again this year, teams will play two 45-minute halvesfollowed by two 10-minute overtime periods in the eventthe game is tied at the end of 90 minutes. There will not besudden victory but two full 10-minute periods will be playedin the overtime periods.

The higher seeded teams will wear white uniforms andbe designated as the home team through the sectionalsemifinal games. For the sectional final and state games,the first school alphabetically will wear white jerseys.

The State games will be streamed live on the NFHS Net-work on Thursday and Friday. The Championship games onSaturday, November 5 will be live on FS Wisconsin and alsostreamed on the FoxSportsGo Network. ●

2016 Football StateChampionshipsThursday & Friday, Nov. 17-18

Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis.Thursday, Nov. 17 Division 7: 10 a.m.Division 6: 1 p.m.Division 5: 4 p.m.Division 4: 7 p.m.Friday, Nov. 18

Division 3: 10 a.m.Division 2: 1 p.m.Division 1: 4 p.m.

2016 WIAAEight-Player

Football JamboreeSaturday, October 29

Stiehm Stadium, Schofield, Wis.10 a.m. - #4 North vs. #4 South1 p.m. - #3 North vs. #3 South4 p.m. - #2 North vs. #2 South7 p.m. - #1 North vs. #2 South

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Positions on SportsmanshipCommittee Available

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is accepting let-ters of interest for positions on the Sportsmanship Committee, begin-ning with the committee’s meeting on Friday, April 7, 2017.

The Sportsmanship Committee, which was established in 1997,meets annually to advise the membership on developing policies andinitiatives to enhance and promote sportsmanship at all interscholasticathletic events. Other committee responsibilities include planning andmanaging the Sportsmanship Summit held every even year since2000. The Sportsmanship Committee meetings are scheduled earlyin April each year.

The committee is comprised of school personnel from various lev-els of administration representing small, medium and large school dis-tricts from various geographic locations in the state. A term of threeyears was implemented in 2001 with an option for a maximum of twosuccessive terms on the committee.

Any athletic director or school administrator interested in servingon the committee should submit a message of interest via email toTodd Clark at: [email protected]. The deadline for expressing an in-terest in serving on the committee is Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. ●

Jill Stobber, the athletic director at Waterford High School, hasaccepted an appointment to serve on the National Federation ofState High School Associations Sports Medicine Advisory Com-mittee as liaison for the National Interscholastic Athletic Adminis-trators Association.

She began her four-year appointment in October with a com-mittee meeting in Indianapolis.

“I found my first meeting in Indianapolis this weekend to be a very rewardingand informative experience,” Stobber said. “I hope my experience on this com-mittee can be beneficial to both the WIAA and WADA during the next fouryears, as well as in my position for my district.

“Having spent 22 years as a Certified Athletic Trainer, this was a perfect op-portunity to continue my passion for Sports Medicine with Athletic Administra-tion,” she added.

The purpose of the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee is to provide in-formation, vision, and guidance to the NFHS, while emphasizing the health andsafety of students participating in interscholastic sports and activities.

Stobber currently serves on the WIAA Sports Advisory Committee, a positionshe has held since 2013. Prior to becoming the athletic director at Waterford in2015, she held a similar position at Hartford High School. ●

WIAA Sport Medical Advisory CommitteeBy Dr. Wade Labecki, WIAA Deputy Director

The HistoryIn mid-1930, the WIAA Board of Control estab-

lished the WIAA Benefit Plan to be overseen by theWIAA Secretary Neverman. “The WIAA also pro-cured the services of a medical advisor for the Ben-efit Plan. The first such person was Dr. M. D. Bird ofMarinette. He received a $100 honorarium for hisfirst year’s work of reviewing unusual injury claims.”(Otte, More Than A Game, 1996, 120)

With the creation of the WIAA Benefit Plan, theWIAA established days-out limitations on athlete in-juries and determined a required recovery period.In fact, the WIAA Benefit Plan limited the return toplay from a major head injury (concussion) to onecalendar year and the return to play from a minorhead injury to 30 days.

The WIAA Sport Medical Advisory Committee(SMAC) was established in 1974 to replace the StateMedical Society‘s Subcommittee on WIAA mattersbecause the latter group “has only one practicingphysician involved in athletics.” (Otte, 377) In1975, the Committee met for the first time. TheWIAA was among the first high school state associ-ations in the country to develop a Sport Medical Ad-visory Committee.

Significant Health Moves The WIAA Medical Policies and Procedures Man-

ual was distributed to the WIAA membership in1975 and revamped for the 1990-91 school year.The publication provides guidelines on many med-ical matters for interscholastic athletic practices andcontests. It currently is updated bi-annually and ahard copy is sent to all WIAA member schools aftereach update.

The Sport Medical Advisory Committee estab-lished the Wrestling 7% Committee in 1989 and in1990; the 7% Committee recommended the skin-fold measurement system for all wrestlers to deter-mine a minimum wrestling weight. The programbecame mandatory in 1991. (Otte, 432) Later in1996, the 7% Committee recommended a hydra-

tion test to work along with the skin-fold measure-ment process.

In a 1989 opinion which resulted in a 1990 rulechange, “The Medical Advisory Committee sup-ports a strong position on the use of steroids, rec-ommending that a student who has been found touse them be ineligible for a minimum of one yearand not reinstated without testing to make sure theathlete has ceased using them.” (Otte, 439) Therule change applied the code of conduct minimumto performance enhancing substances.

The WIAA, by Board of Control action as recom-mended by the Medical Advisory Committee, madea significant health move that was instituted at thebeginning of the 1993-94 school year. Called the“day of rest” rule, it required teams in all sports to“rest from all physical activity for at least one calen-dar day after six consecutive days of practice orcompetition.” (Otte, 440)

In 1995, the SMAC adopted the wrestling skinform to be utilized when a contagious skin conditionmay exist. The examination must be done no morethan three days prior to wrestling and furnished atweigh-ins.

The Committee began the discussion of FemaleOsteoporosis concerns in 2008 and later developedthe Female Triad guidelines in 2010. Female Triadwas officially described as a syndrome of: disor-dered eating, lack of menstrual cycles, and osteo-porosis in females. In addition, the SMAC identifiedconcerns with Sickle Cell Trait.

In 2011, the SMAC worked with legislators to de-velop concussion legislation. As the concussion leg-islation was passed, the Committee worked with theWisconsin Department of Instruction to provide ed-ucational materials for member schools and otheryouth athletic organizations.

The SMAC worked with the Wisconsin FootballCoaches Association to develop an acclimatizationplan in 2012 and a policy was implemented for the2014 season. The SMAC also discussed player-on-

player contact. Player-on-player contact was limitedbeginning in the fall of 2014 to no contact the firstweek, 75 minutes the second week, and 60 minutesfor the rest of the season. The plan was lateradopted by the NFHS as a recommendation.

The Committee discussed transgender partici-pation and eligibility in 2013. After reviewing theNCAA policy and several state associations’ models,the SMAC made a recommendation to the Board ofControl for adoption in June of 2013.

After discussions in 2004, 2007, and 2010, theSMAC prepared guidelines for sudden cardiac ar-rest to member schools in 2013. The Committeeadopted the Anyone Can Save A Life emergencyaction plan for member schools and the NFHSFoundation provided a copy to be distributed to allWIAA member schools in 2015.

The PresentThe SMAC began discussions in May of 2015 re-

garding baseball pitcher arm care. A study con-ducted on Tommy John surgeries from 2007-2011stated that 50% of 790 surgeries during that timeperiod were on adolescents in the 15-19 year-oldage group. A pitch count was adopted with input ofthe Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association in May2016 for implementation in the spring of 2017.

At the May 2016 meeting, the SMAC adopted achange from the wrestling half-pound per dayweight loss to the 1.5 percent per week weight lossplan based on the recommendation of the 7% Com-mittee. The 1.5% weight loss program will providean individualized weight loss plan for every wrestlerbased on their skin-fold measurement.

In addition, the SMAC adopted guidelines forRelative Energy Deficit in Sport (RED-S) to empha-size the condition affects all athletes; not just fe-males. Due to the energy deficiency in RED-Snormal body functioning is impaired and can affectmetabolic rate, immunity, cardiovascular health, pro-tein synthesis, as well as menstrual function, andbone health. ●

Stobber Appointed toNFHS Committee

Jill Stobber


Some have recently noticed that the footballseason will start on August 1, 2017, and July 31,2018 with equipment issue on July 31, 2017,and July 30, 2018. The discussion that has comearound since the dates were noticed have in-cluded solutions such as: 1) shorten the seasonto eight games, 2) remove a round of the play-offs thus reducing the field from 224 teams to112 teams, and/or 3) bring back the district plan.

It’s appropriate to review how we got here:Football playoffs were proposed in 1971. The

first playoff season was 1976 with four divisions.In 1980 the playoff field was expanded to fivedivisions and the schedule was compressed withthree games in 10 days because the athletic di-rectors did not want to give up the ninth game.Some schools started in the first week of Augustand many in the southeast portion of Wisconsinstarted in the second week of August. (0tte)

Interestingly, the basic reason for the demiseof the original district plan offered by JohnRoberts in 1983 and the plan offered by theWIAA staff in 2009 was because of travel. Ge-ography in the northern and northwestern partsof Wisconsin hasn’t changed since 1983, 2009,or now.

In 1985, the Board of Control voted to elim-inate three games in 10 days beginning in 1987,but the plan was scuttled when playoffs ex-panded in 1987. The Wisconsin State Legisla-ture passed Wisconsin Act 16 in 2011 thatrequires school boards to start a school termafter September 1st.

In the summer of 2009, the WIAA staffbrought forward the football district plan. Theplan essentially removed conference play in thesport of football and replaced conferences with8-team districts. The district plan came forwardas an idea to address three concerns: 1) inabilityof schools to schedule regular season games,size differentials in existing conferences whichaffects playoff eligibility, and concerns with threegames in ten days from the last regular seasongame to Level Two of the playoffs. The plan wasthoroughly discussed at WIAA Area Meetings.Notes were taken and reported back to theBoard of Control.

The plan was essentially dead on arrival im-mediately after the Football Advisory Commit-tee recommended the plan move forward inDecember of 2009. Reasons cited were travel,cost, traditional rivals, no all-conference teams,lower level games, and the details. The travelcame to the forefront as the major obstacle withthe impact as an economic hardship on ourmedium and small schools.

A tremendous amount of feedback was pro-vided to WIAA staff. As a result of the volumesof letters of opposition from member schools,the few letters of support, and the removal ofsupport from the Wisconsin Football CoachesAssociation, the staff recommended that theBoard of Control not proceed with implementa-tion of the plan.

However, an alternative for the three gamesin ten days was to be addressed with the grow-ing discussion and concerns about concussionsand the fact that Association season regulationsstated that schools should only play one gameper week. Solutions brought forward were: start-ing early (moving up 3 days), removing a game(8 regular season games), or playing the cham-pionships on Thanksgiving week (Friday and Sat-urday). A survey was conducted by theExecutive Staff to determine how the member-ship wanted to address the schedule changeswith one football game per week. There were335 member schools that responded to the sur-vey.

The results of the survey were:1. Start the season on the Wednesday of

Week 5 in August instead of Monday ofWeek 6. – 154

2. Eliminate Week Nine and play eight reg-ular season games. – 103

3. Move the WIAA State Tournament oneweek later. – 47

4. Reduce the play-off field to 112 teams. –31

At the 2010 Football Coaches Advisory Com-mittee meeting, season dates were discussed.Discussion about the start date for freshmen wasdiscussed, and ultimately the coaches believedthat it was a local decision. The early start datein 2012 was discussed. If starting a week latewith the championships after Thanksgiving was-n’t an option, then and 8-game season with anoptional ninth game for non-playoff qualifierswould be used.

The WFCA proposed an eight-plus-one solu-tion that guaranteed a ninth game either in theplayoffs or as a consolation game. The Board ofControl in October of 2010 declined to guaran-tee a consolation game. Rather, the WIAA staffmaintained a list for schools that wished to playan optional ninth game if they didn’t qualify forthe playoffs in 2012.

In addition, a solution to the schedulingproblems and enrollment differences were: foot-ball only realignment, eliminating overall

win/loss as qualifying criteria, and reduced (8)player football. It was a new area for the WIAAto step into the regular season with the districtplan, as well as the manner of changing theplayoff qualifying based on conference finish.

The Board of Control accepted a proposal tohave the 2012 season limited to the eightgames plus an optional ninth game. Therefore,a football Ad Hoc committee was created withmembers from the WFCA, WIAA Sports Advi-sory committee, WIAA Advisory Council, WIAAstaff, and WIAA Board of Control.

The Football Ad Hoc Committee met threetimes in 2011. In the first meeting on February16, 2011, the committee recommended that an8-player option be available to member schoolswith an enrollment of 200 or less and a jamboreebe made available for the 8-player teams. In ad-dition, the committee passed a motion that nogames extend beyond the weekend beforeThanksgiving and the 2013 & 2014 seasons areto be nine games. Discussion around theThanksgiving weekend centered on weatherduring the weekends surrounding Thanksgiving,the spectators or lack of spectators willing to ad-just their holiday week events, deer hunting, andextending further into the winter seasons.

As a solution to not starting in the partial firstweek of August, the Football Ad Hoc proposednine games in 2011, eight games in 2012, andnine games in 2013 and 2014. On multiple oc-casions, the committee was reminded that in2017 and 2018, equipment handout would bein July with a July 31 start date for practice in2018. A proposal for a 10-game season withseven conference games and three districtgames came forward.

On April 4, 2011, the goal of the Football AdHoc committee was to review each plan broughtforward and to determine a plan to recommendto the WIAA membership. The recommendationwas to practice in week six of the NFHS calen-dar, and to keep the current language to allowa 10 game season. Multiple other plans were re-viewed. The Sport Medical Advisory Committee

Football Early Start 2017 & 2018How We Got To Where We Are Today

See Football Early Start 2017 & 2018, page 13


2016-17 POINTS OF EMPHASIS1. Communicable Skin Conditions and Skin Checks2. Control3. Arm Trap4. Sportsmanship/Good Sporting BehaviorThe NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee and the NFHS

Board of Directors believes there are areas of interscholas-tic wrestling that need to be addressed and given specialattention. These areas of concern are often cyclical, someareas need more attention than others, and that is whythey might appear in the rules book for consecutive edi-tions. These concerns are identified as “Points of Empha-sis.” For the 2016-17 high school wrestling season,attention is being called to: communicable skin conditionsand skin checks, control, arm trap and sportsmanship.When a topic is included in the Points of Emphasis, thesetopics are important enough to reinforce throughout theacademic year because they are not being given theproper attention.

COMMUNICABLE SKIN CONDITIONS AND SKIN CHECKS

Communicable skin conditions continue to be a majorconcern in wrestling, in part because of recent MRSA andHerpes Gladiatorum outbreaks. If a participant has a sus-pected skin condition, NFHS Wrestling Rules require cur-rent, written documentation from an appropriatehealth-care professional stating the athlete’s participationwould not be harmful to an opponent. Cold sores are con-sidered a skin lesion and are subject to the communicableskin condition rules.

The NFHS has developed a form that can be used forthat documentation, and several state associations haveadopted similar forms for use in their states. Regardless ofthe form used, it is imperative that ALL coaches performroutine skin checks of their wrestlers and require anywrestlers with a suspect condition to seek medical atten-tion and treatment.

It is also imperative that ALL referees perform skinchecks – or verify that skin checks have been done by adesignated, on-site meet, appropriate health-care profes-sional – as part of their pre-meet duties prior to EVERYdual meet and tournament. If there is a suspect condition,the wrestler or coach MUST present the proper clearanceform at the weigh-in for any dual meet or tournament inorder for the wrestler to be allowed to compete.

The only exception to the requirement of the properclearance form would be if a designated, on-site meet, ap-propriate health-care professional is present and is able toexamine the wrestler either immediately prior to or imme-diately after the weigh-in. The designated, on-site meet,appropriate health-care professional has the authority tooverrule the diagnosis of the appropriate health-care pro-fessional who signed the proper clearance form presentedto the referee at the weigh-in.

One of the keys to preventing the spread of commu-nicable skin conditions is for coaches and referees to fulfilltheir responsibilities professionally. It is, however, only oneof the keys.

The other and equally important key is proper preven-tion. While prevention can be complicated, in most casesit only requires that a few basic steps be taken by ALL in-volved in the sport.

• Educate coaches, athletes and parents about com-municable skin conditions and how they are spread.

• Clean wrestling mats daily with a solution of 1:100bleach and water or an appropriate commercialcleaner.

• Maintain proper ventilation in the wrestling room toprevent the build-up of heat and humidity.

• Clean all workout gear after each practice includingtowels, clothing, headgear, shoes, knee pads, etc.

• Require each wrestler to shower or use a body-wipeafter each practice and competition. Do not sharebars of soap. Use individual soap dispensers.

• Perform daily skin checks to ensure early recognitionof potential communicable skin conditions.

• Refrain from sharing razors or other personal hy-giene supplies.

Covering an active infection does not meet the re-quirements of the NFHS wrestling communicable skin con-dition rule for competitions. An active infection shall notbe covered in practice either.

It is a coach’s professional responsibility to ensure thatskin clearance forms presented by his or her wrestlers arelegitimate and reflect the athletes’ true conditions.Coaches and referees all play a vital role in controllingcommunicable skin diseases. They must err on the side ofwhat is best for the health of all involved in the sport whendealing with communicable skin diseases.

Referees are the last line of defense in keepingwrestlers with communicable skin diseases off the mat.The safety of all who step on a competition mat is at stake.Coaches must realize that referees would not be placedin a position to make difficult participation decisions ifcoaches would perform skin checks on all of their wrestlerseach day.

NFHS Wrestling Rule 3-1-4a states that “Before a dualmeet begins, the referee shall perform skin checks or verifythat skin checks have been performed by a designated,on-site meet, appropriate health-care professional.”

NFHS Wrestling Rule 3-1-5a states that “Before an in-dividual, combination or team advancement tournamentbegins each day, the referee shall perform skin checks orverify that skin checks have been performed by a desig-nated, on-site meet, appropriate health-care profes-sional.” The skin checks should take place by referees ora designated, on-site meet, appropriate health-care pro-fessional at weigh-ins whenever possible.

In reference to multiple-day competitions, communi-cable disease “skin checks” shall take place at weigh-inseach day. Checking skin on the first day only is not an ac-ceptable practice regarding the communicable diseasedetection procedure.

NFHS Wrestling Rules 4-2-2, 3, 4, 5 are very specificconcerning a contestant who is suspected of having acommunicable skin disease. It is the responsibility of thecontestant, parents, coach and referee to identify a possi-ble communicable skin disease and then have an appro-priate health-care professional evaluate the condition ifpossible. Similarly, it is everybody’s responsibility (coaches,referees, appropriate health-care professionals and tour-nament administrators) to ensure that all wrestlers arecompeting in an infection-free environment.

For more detailed information, refer to the “Skin Con-ditions and Infections” chapter in the NFHS Sports Medi-cine Handbook. Also, please refer to the following twoNFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) doc-uments: “General Guidelines for Sports Hygiene, Skin In-fections and Communicable Diseases” and “SportsRelated Skin Infections Position Statement and Guide-lines.” Both of these NFHS SMAC documents can befound on the Sports Medicine page on the NFHS websiteat www.nfhs.org.

CONTROLControl is the very essence of the sport of wrestling.

Simply stated, control occurs when an individual wrestlerhas gained control of his opponent in such a way that heor she has restraining power over them. A wrestler whohas control over an opponent is in a position of advantage.Control has three phases – gaining, losing and changing.All three phases allow each wrestler an opportunity toscore points. Wrestling is an extremely quick and fast-mov-ing sport where control is gained, lost or changed in amatter of seconds. It is important that contest officials fre-quently hone their skills to be able to identify the variousphases of control. Wrestling boasts specialists in variousaspects of the sport. As one example, “takedown special-ists” are known to accumulate points for taking their op-ponent to the mat frequently, not being able to get a fallor near fall but will use a strategy to outscore their oppo-nent by means of repeated takedowns. The more familiaran official is with the various moves and maneuvers, the

more valuable they will be to the young people they servein this wonderful sport.

ARM TRAPThe rear-standing position with a trapped arm should

be considered potentially dangerous and should be mon-itored very closely by the referee. Coaches, officials andcompetitors should be aware of the potential for injury inthis situation if the defensive wrestler is returned to the matand has no arm available to break his/her fall. Although anumber of safe scoring opportunities may come from thishold, coaches, officials and competitors should must worktogether to educate and ensure that wrestlers are returnedto the mat safely. Officials should pay special attention tothe wrestler who is lifted off the mat with a trapped arm.In all situations, returning a wrestler to the mat in a con-trolled fashion should be one of the highest priorities.

SPORTSMANSHIP/GOOD SPORTING BEHAVIOR

When surveyed, young people have indicated thattheir primary purpose for participating is to “have fun.”Winning is further down the list of expected outcomes.The beneficial effect of activity/athletic participation is an-nually researched as a good and healthy experience andis a precursor for future success in life. We all have a vestedinterest and role in preserving the positive benefits thatyoung people experience when playing high schoolsports.

Officials and coaches need to work together. Eachmatch is another opportunity for coaches and officials toteach not only wrestling, but also model good sportingbehavior as well. The positive values that are learned willserve the wrestlers long after their wrestling experiencehas concluded. The first match of the season typically pro-vides a coach the opportunity to identify a teachable mo-ment to reinforce good sporting behavior.

STATE OF WRESTLINGThe NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee continues to ad-

dress the state of wrestling. Considerable time and discus-sion must continue with the committee and the wrestlingcommunity to address a significant decline in participationnumbers at all levels of wrestling. A number of factors maybe impacting this decline. The committee acknowledgesthat the traditional singlet uniform may be a potential bar-rier to those who are considering the sport, but providingalternative uniform options will not be the sole reason foryoung people not participating in the sport. The commit-tee should continue to discuss the addition of a more tra-ditional uniform option. The committee will continue toinvestigate other factors that provide barriers to youngpeople from enjoying this wonderful sport. The committeebelieves that disparity of competition, lack of participationopportunities, skin conditions, lack of emphasis on dualmeets, overuse injuries, and the length of competitions,are adversely affecting the image of our sport and subse-quently preventing kids from choosing wrestling as an ac-tivity. The high school coach should take the lead toaddress each of these areas at all levels of wrestling whichoccur in or around her/her community.

2016-17 NFHS Wrestling Rules COMMENTS ON THE 2016-17 RULES CHANGES

CLARIFIED WHEN A WRESTLER SHALL BEAWARDED PENALTY POINT(S) (5-11-2i): The commit-tee felt that when the defensive wrestler uses unethicaltechniques to avoid being pinned, the offensive wrestlershould not only be awarded the near fall or fall points butshould be awarded the appropriate penalty point(s) forthat transgression at the next stoppage of the match.

CLARIFIED AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIALLY DAN-GEROUS HOLD WHEN AN ARM TRAP IS APPLIED (7-2-2g,h): The committee identified another potentiallydangerous hold when an arm trap is applied. From astanding position, when one wrestler is placed in a bodylock with one or both arms trapped and then is lifted fromthe mat and is unable to use his arm(s) to break his fall –creating a potentially dangerous situation – the refereeshall stop the match. ●

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I would like to remind all officials that there willbe an officials’ clinic held in conjunction with thecoaches clinic on Nov. 5th in Green Bay. Pleasecontact Mike Blasczyk at [email protected] ifyou will be attending. Our major goal is to haveuniform officiating state wide. This is great way toachieve it.

Our Need for OfficialsLet’s talk again about official's recruitment. We

all realize that Wisconsin is in dire need of youngofficials. As in the past, I encourage all officials' as-sociations state wide to adopt a mentoring pro-gram to help develop young officials. In addition,all high school coaches should encourage their ath-letes to consider obtaining a limited-restricted li-cense. This will allow them to officiate WIAAmember school middle level and freshmen teamevents as well as non-varsity events in some sportsif assigned with a non-high school licensed official.There is absolutely no fee to be paid by them forthis license. What a great impact it would have ifeach high school would send forth one wrestlingofficial each season or even every other season.Our concerns would be addressed.

Assistant RefereeThe AR has been utilized in both state tourna-

ments the past 2 seasons. This year we will be ex-panding its use in individual sectional competition,using it not only in the finals but also in the 2ndplace wrestle backs in D1 and the 3rd placematches for D2-3. This request was brought forthby the coaches. Not all areas of the state havebought into the AR concept of officiating. We mustcontinue to use it whenever possible. Like anythingwe do, repetition creates confidence and excel-

lence. Certification in its use can again be obtainedby watching an updated on-line power pointthrough the WIAA website. You will again be ex-pected to view this short power point by Jan. 1,2017 to be considered eligible to work the statetournaments. There is an updated handout on theresponsibilities of the AR that will be located on theofficial’s resource center of the WIAA website.

Viewing of Video TapesWe have had some issues on how officials can

use video replay throughout an event. Any video-taping presented to a referee to make a ruling orpresent an opinion regarding anything related towrestling prior to, during, or after the conclusion ofthe event is strictly prohibited. This includes pre-weigh-in through post-wrestling.

Unsportsmanlike ConductWe are seeing more subtle pushes, shoves and

clubbing by wrestlers during the course of a match.This type of behavior (intimidation) has to stop andshould be addressed promptly by the referee. Itmust/will be considered USC and penalized withoutdelay. The idea that “boys will be boys” does notcut it anymore. This will hopefully prevent future re-taliation and escalation as the match continues.Stepping on Toes During a Takedown

I’m asked this every year. There is no rule thatprevents a wrestler from setting up a takedown bystepping on the toes of his opponent as long asthere is no UR involved.

Strip Tape and Weigh InUsing strip tape for extra muscle and joint sup-

port by a wrestler has increased greatly in the lastfew years. No wrestler will be allowed to weigh inwith strip tape on their bodies. It must be removed

prior to inspection and stepping on the scales. Inaddition, after it is applied, the tape may be con-sidered abrasive. It must be inspected prior towrestling and legally covered if considered abrasiveby the meet official.

Weigh inRemember that all wrestlers must be in the WI

facility (room) at the beginning of the weigh in. Asan official, you should make appropriate announce-ments prior to the WI to hopefully make sure thishappens. Wrestlers not present at the beginning ofthe WI will not be eligible to compete.

Red and Green Arm BandsThe NFHS rule states that green arm bands are

to be worn on the right hand and red on the left. Anumber of veteran officials, through habit, found itextremely difficult to make that transition when therule first came about. At that time, the WIAA tookthe position that those veterans could continue towear red on right. Some of them are still around.Since that time the expectation has been that allnew officials would follow the current rule. Throughattrition, eventually everyone will be uniform. Bot-tom line is that it doesn’t affect the quality of theofficial.

Officials Wearing a MicrophoneOfficials are not to be wearing a microphone

while on the mat to benefit television or radiobroadcasting. “Mic up” as it is sometimes called,will not currently be allowed in Wisconsin wrestling.

Hair CoveringsHair nets are not an acceptable hair cover. By

rule, hair covers must be a solid material and they

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Sports Report “PLUS” Exemplary sportsmanship as submitted by licensed officials.The following reports of good sportsmanship have been submitted to the WIAA. Appreciation goes out to those officials taking the time to give recognition to those schools and individuals deserving of acknowledgement.

CROSS COUNTRY _____________________________________

Cumberland Invitational – Oct. 11, 2016Once more, as the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser athletes,

boys and girls alike, crossed the finish line, each of therunners recovered and joined in a group cheering in theupcoming finishers. The runners also approached meindividually and thanked me for officiating their meetonce more. This team is one of the first at each meet toget themselves checked in prior to the 3-minute call al-lowing me and my partner more time to get the strag-glers checked in before the 3-minute call. The smiles onall the athletes faces are genuine and have now gottenother teams to start participating in the congratulationsbeing extended to each runner at the end of the race,no matter how long they have to wait! Yup, right downto the very last runner. This sportsmanship plus behaviorhas been consistent at all the meets this year. Its beenso significant I often hear the parents and other spec-tators comment on how nice it is to see!

Reporting Official: Dick NerbunSpooner Invitational – Sept. 1, 2016

As the acting referee, I was amazed to personallywitness, once more, so many of the Chetek-Weyer-haeuser athletes cheering and encouraging all the run-ners as they crossed the finish line and leaving the chutearea. Cheering and encouragement was just as loud forthe early finishers as it was for the very last runner tocross the line. In fact, I was so impressed because thecheering was so loud, that I had to turn around for asecond and used my Iphone to capture the athletes inaction during a break in the finishers crossing the line.

These athletes were right at the back of the finish chuteseen patting the finishing athletes on the back, assistingthose who were spent from running all while cheeringeveryone on. They were doing this last year and keptup this year; so I feel it’s a legitimate response by theteam members. This team is the only team exhibitingsuch sportsmanship as such that I have seen and whata great thing to witness.

Reporting Official: Dick NerbunFOOTBALL _______________________________________________

Janesville Craig @ Madison West – Oct. 7, 2016Both coaches--Ben McCormick of Craig and Brad

Murphy of Madison West--modeled the highest level ofsportsmanship throughout the game and this filtereddown to the players on the field. All game long playerswere demonstrating good sportsmanship, they listenedto instructions from the officials, and they played a hard-fought, but clean game. I also want to mention thegame management provided for by Chuck Seils and hisstaff. Chuck personally made sure we had an escort toand from the field and made sure we were provided forbefore the game, at halftime, and postgame. This wasthe type of game experience that officials hope for ona weekly basis. Thanks again.

Reporting Official: Rich FronheiserMonroe @ Stoughton – Oct. 7, 2016

We would like to thank both the Monroe andStoughton football teams, coaches, and fans for exhibit-ing outstanding sportsmanship. It began with being metat the front door by the athletic director Mel Dow andhis professional staff and continuing to the coaches and

players. The players of both teams played hard on everyplay and they played clean on both sides of the ball. TheStoughton and Monroe players would make great hitsand help each other up. They would go so far as to tellthe guys across the ball that it was a great play or a greathit. The players sought out the nearest official on EVERYplay to hand him the ball to keep it dry and keep thegame moving. Not once was there any negative com-ments etc. This is a compliment that goes beyond thegame; it goes to the parents of the athletes, the admin-istration of the schools, the coaches and the teachers ofthe young people playing the game and finally to theplayers both on and off the field. It would be wonderfulto have such a game every week. Sportsmanship is aliveand well in both Stoughton and Monroe.

Reporting Official: Thomas StewardCrandon @ Florence – Oct. 7, 2016

The officiating crew would like to extend its gratitudeto the school’s football program and community. Therewere many aspects of the officiating process that madethe Florence football contest a real quality experience.First, Athletic Director Kris Johnson possesses outstand-ing customer service skills. His communication and hos-pitality is second to none of the schools we visit.Second, the crew officiated on a well-maintained andmarked field. The effort of their maintenance staff al-lowed the wing officials to clearly spot the ball and con-trol the sidelines. Third, the crew of officials wasimpressed with the sportsmanship of the players and thecoaching staff. The coaches were very positive with their

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Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Abundant Life Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Adams-Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Algoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Almond-Bancroft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Altoona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Amery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Amherst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Antigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 Appleton East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1407Appleton North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1721Appleton West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1138Aquinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Argyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Arrowhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2175Ashland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633Ashwaubenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1032Assumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Auburndale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Audubon Technology & Communications . . 371Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Badger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1464Baldwin-Woodville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Baraboo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Barron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Bay Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865Bayfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Beaver Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081Belleville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Beloit Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2027Benton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560Big Foot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Birchwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Black Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Black River Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488Blair-Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Bloomer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384Bonduel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Boscobel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Bowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Boyceville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Brillion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Brodhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Brookfield Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330Brookfield Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1277Brookfield East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1216Brookwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Brown Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131Butternut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Cadott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Cambria-Friesland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Campbellsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425Carmen Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Carmen South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362Carmen Southeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Cashton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Cassville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Catholic Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Catholic Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666Cedar Grove-Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Cedarburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130Central Wisconsin Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . 85Chequamegon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Chetek-Weyerhaeuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Chilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387Chippewa Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1510Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Clear Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Clinton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Clintonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506Cochrane-Fountain City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Colby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Colfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383Columbus Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Community Christian School of Baraboo . . 12Cornell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Coulee Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Crandon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Cristo Rey Jesuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Crivitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Cuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241Cudahy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272D.C. Everest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1590Darlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221De Pere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1399De Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Deerfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186DeForest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037Delavan-Darien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Divine Savior Holy Angels . . . . . . . . . . . 1388Dodgeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Dodgeville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Dominican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Drummond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Durand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296East Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587Eastbrook Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran . . . . . . . . 108Eau Claire Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1741Eau Claire North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323Edgar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Edgerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516Edgewood High School of the

Sacred Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536Elcho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Eleva-Strum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Elk Mound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Elkhorn Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490Elmwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552Faith Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Faith Christian Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Fall Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Fall River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Fennimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247Flambeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2045Fort Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923Fox Valley Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1508Frederic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Germantown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Gillett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Gilman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Gilmanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Glenwood City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Golda Meir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Grafton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750Granton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Grantsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Green Bay East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1284Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . 118Green Bay Preble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2176Green Bay Southwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125Green Bay West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820Green Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Greendale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927Greenfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199Greenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Gresham Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484Hartford Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1368Hayward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504Heritage Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Highland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Hilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Hillsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Hmong American Peace Academy . . . . . 258 Holmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1110Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1334Hope Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Horicon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Hortonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1074Howards Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1802Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Hustisford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Iola-Scandinavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Iowa-Grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Janesville Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687Janesville Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1316Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657Johnson Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Juda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Kaukauna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1181Kenosha Bradford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1620Kenosha Christian Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279Kenosha Indian Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303Kenosha Reuther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic Academy. . 328Kenosha Tremper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1692Kettle Moraine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1530Kettle Moraine Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425Kewaskum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620Kewaunee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310Kickapoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Kiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444Kimberly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1530Kohler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244La Crosse Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064La Crosse Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712La Farge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Lac Courte Oreilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Laconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323Ladysmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Lake Country Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309Lake Holcombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Lake Mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686Lakeside Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281Laona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Lena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Lincoln Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Little Chute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Living Word Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Lodi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495Lomira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Lourdes Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Loyal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Luck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Luther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Luxemburg-Casco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639Madison Country Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Madison East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1630Madison La Follette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559

Madison Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2036Madison West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2191Manawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Manitowoc Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1460Manitowoc Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Marathon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Marinette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Markesan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Marquette University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2106Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Marshfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184Martin Luther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508Mauston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Mayville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386McDonell Central Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . 152McFarland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687Medford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670Mellen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Melrose-Mindoro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Menasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997Menominee Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Menomonee Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309Menomonie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Merrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830Messmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728Middleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2060Milton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103Milwaukee Academy of Science . . . . . . . 200Milwaukee Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046Milwaukee Bay View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830Milwaukee Bradley Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857Milwaukee Collegiate Academy . . . . . . . 300 Milwaukee Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1835Milwaukee Juneau Complex . . . . . . . . . . 203Milwaukee King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1524Milwaukee Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730Milwaukee Madison Academic Campus . . 743Milwaukee North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411Milwaukee Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365Milwaukee Riverside University . . . . . . . 1517Milwaukee Ronald W. Reagan

College Prep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307Milwaukee Samuel Morse.Marshall . . . . . 891Milwaukee School of Languages. . . . . . . 558Milwaukee South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1272Milwaukee Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027Milwaukee Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674Milwaukee Wisconsin Conserv. of

Lifelong Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Mineral Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Mishicot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Mondovi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Monona Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719Montello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Monticello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Mosinee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634Mount Horeb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747Mukwonago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1653Muskego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1590Necedah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Neenah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2026Neillsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286Nekoosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398New Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84New Berlin Eisenhower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850New Berlin West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705New Glarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234New Holstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351New Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171New London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683New Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910Newman Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Nicolet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092

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2017-2018 EnrollmentsListed below you will find the enrollments that will be used for the 2017-18 school year for divisional placement. The numbers listed below are the Sep-tember 16, 2016 enrollment counts that your school provided. If you find a discrepancy in the enrollment listed for your school, please let Joan Grallaknow by November 21, 2016. No changes will be made after this date. Note: If your school has a charter school that is a WIAA member those enrollmentnumbers will be added to your enrollment. e.g., Augusta 151 plus Wildlands Research 44 will give Augusta a total of 195 for tournament placement.

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North Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149North Fond du Lac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427Northland Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Northland Pines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Northwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Notre Dame de La Baie Academy. . . . . . 770Oak Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2077Oakfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Obama SCTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Oconomowoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1647Oconto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Oconto Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506Omro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396Onalaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910Oneida Nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Oostburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123Osceola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536Oshkosh North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1268Oshkosh West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1695Osseo-Fairchild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Owen-Withee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Ozaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Pacelli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Palmyra-Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283Pardeeville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Parkview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254Pecatonica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Pembine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Pepin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Peshtigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Pewaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226Pittsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184Pius XI Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807Platteville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Plum City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780Port Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Port Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810Portage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806Potosi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Poynette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Prairie du Chien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Prairie Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Prentice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Pulaski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078Racine Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970Racine Horlick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1775Racine Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234Racine Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1433Racine Saint Catherine's . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165Random Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Reedsburg Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859Reedsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Regis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Rhinelander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726Rib Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Rice Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667Richland Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Rio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Ripon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491River Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976River Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Riverdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Roncalli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Rosholt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Royall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Saint Ambrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Saint Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628Saint Croix Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Saint Croix Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Saint Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540Saint Joan Antida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Saint Lawrence Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Saint Mary Catholic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Saint Mary's Springs Academy . . . . . . . . 252Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy. . . . . . . . 28

Saint Thomas More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530Salam (Milwaukee). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Sauk Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833Seneca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Sevastopol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Seymour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717Shawano Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799Sheboygan Area Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . . 177Sheboygan County Christian. . . . . . . . . . . 97Sheboygan Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534Sheboygan North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484Sheboygan South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071Shell Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Shiocton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Shoreland Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Shorewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656Shullsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Slinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1048Solon Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Somerset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431South Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159South Shore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Southern Door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Southwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Sparta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Spooner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Spring Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208St. John's Northwestern

Military Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364Stanley-Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Stevens Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2104Stockbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Stoughton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011Stratford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Sturgeon Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397Sun Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2370Superior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328Suring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Tenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236The Prairie School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270Thorp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Three Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Tigerton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Tomah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943Tomahawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400Tri-County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Trinity Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Turtle Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Two Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478Union Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1011Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Universal Academy for the

College Bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283University Lake School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98University School of Milwaukee. . . . . . . . 395Valders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Valley Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Vertias (Milwaukee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Verona Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1525Viroqua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312Wabeno Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Washburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Washington Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Watertown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1306Watertown Luther Prep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426Waukesha North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246Waukesha South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351Waukesha West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197Waunakee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1236Waupaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679Waupun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548Wausau East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035Wausau West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1324Wausaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Wautoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427Wauwatosa East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094Wauwatosa West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1075Wauzeka-Steuben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Wayland Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

West Allis Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291West Allis Nathan Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1507West Bend East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114West Bend West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1170West De Pere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871West Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543Westby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363Westfield Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westosha Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140Weyauwega-Fremont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256White Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Whitefish Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922Whitehall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Whitewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586Whitnall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816WI School for the Blind &

Visually Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Wild Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Williams Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Wilmot Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109Winnebago Lutheran Academy. . . . . . . . 299Winneconne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Wisconsin Dells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429Wisconsin Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Wisconsin Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . 1486Wisconsin School for the Deaf . . . . . . . . . 33Wisconsin Valley Lutheran. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Wittenberg-Birnamwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Wolf River Lutheran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Wonewoc-Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Wrightstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492Xavier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540Young Coggs Preparatory . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Youth Initiative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Associate Member Schools (Charter)Appleton Appleton Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Appleton eSchool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Renaissance School for the Arts . . . . . 177 Appleton Technical Academy . . . . . . . . 69 Tesla Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Valley New School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wisconsin Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 255Ashland Ashland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Augusta Wildlands Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Barron Advance Learning of Wisconsin. . . . . . . 35Birchwood Birchwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Butternut Promethean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Cameron (multi districts) North Star Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Chequamegon Class Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Denmark Denmark Community School . . . . . . . . 24Eau Claire McKinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Elkhorn Elkhorn Options Virtual . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Elkhorn (multi districts) Walworth County Educational Consortium. 78Fond du Lac STEM Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Glenwood City Glenwood City Trans. Skill Center . . . . . 11Green Bay John Dewey Aca. Of Learning . . . . . . . 63Hayward HACIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Janesville Arise Virtual Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Rock River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Rock University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Tagos Leadership Academy . . . . . . . . . 48Kenosha Kenosha E-School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Kenosha Harborside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Kenosha Lakeview Tech . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Kettle Moraine High School of Health Sciences . . . . . . 153 Kettle Moraine Global Sch for Global Le. . . 88 Kettle Moraine Perform Sch for Arts & Per . 170Kiel Kiel eSchool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1La Crosse LaCrosseRoads (Central Campus) . . . . . 21

LaCrosseRoads (Logan Campus). . . . . . 28 7 Rivers Community School . . . . . . . . . 40Little Chute Little Chute Career Pathways. . . . . . . . 121Manitowoc McKinley Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Marshall Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Mauston ILEAD Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Middleton 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Clark Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Milw. (Bradley Tech) Milwaukee Community Cyber . . . . . . . 190 Project Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250Milw. (Hamilton) St. Charles Education Ctr . . . . . . . . . . . 41Milw. (Madison) Banner Preparatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Community High School . . . . . . . . . . . 235Milw. (North) NOVA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Shalom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Milw. (Riverside) Alliance School of Milwaukee . . . . . . . 200 New School for Cummunity Svc . . . . . 149Milw. (South) Assata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Grandview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Lad Lake Synergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MATC Emerging Scholars Program . . . 35Milw. (Washington) Groppi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter Sch for the 21 Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Montello High Marq Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Montello Virtual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Racine Real School Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walden III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rhinelander Northwoods Community . . . . . . . . . . . 33Rice Lake Northern Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . 40Richland Center Richland Online Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 13Ripon Lumen Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Sheboygan Central High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 George D. Warriner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The IDEAS Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shorewood New Horizons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Sparta High Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 S.A.I.L.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Verona Verona Exploration Academy. . . . . . . . . 69Viroqua Better Futures High School . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Watertown Endeavor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Wausau Wausau Engineering & Global Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Wausau Enrich Excel Achieve Learning. . 67West De Pere Phantom Knight Charter School . . . . . . 25Wisconsin Rapids River Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78


2017 State Team WrestlingTournament Schedule

UW Field House, Madison, WIDoors open for spectators one hour prior to the

start of competition each session.

DIVISION 1Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3 - 5:30 p.m.

Match 1: Sectional G winner vs. Sectional H winnerMatch 2: Sectional E winner vs. Sectional F winnerMatch 3: Sectional A winner vs. Sectional B winnerMatch 4: Sectional C winner vs. Sectional D winner

Semifinals - Friday, March 3 - 7:30 p.m.Match 5: Winner of Match 1 vs. Match 2Match 6: Winner of Match 3 vs. Match 4

Final - Saturday March 4 - 3 p.m.(Gates Open - 2 p.m.)

Championship: Winner of Match 5 vs. Match 6

DIVISION 2Semifinals - Saturday, March 4 - 10 a.m.Match 1: Sectional A winner vs. Sectional C winnerMatch 2: Sectional B winner vs. Sectional D winner

Final - Saturday March 4 - 3 p.m.Championship: Winner of Match 1 vs. Match 2

DIVISION 3Semifinals - Saturday, March 4 - 10 a.m.Match 1: Sectional A winner vs. Sectional C winnerMatch 2: Sectional B winner vs. Sectional D winner

Final - Saturday March 4 - 3 p.m. Championship: Winner of Match 1 vs. Match 2

Friday Weigh-ins at 4:30 p.m.Friday Admission is $13

Saturday Weigh-ins all divisions at 9 a.m.Saturday Admission is $8 for each session

Pre-sale tickets are only available at participating schools.Tickets for this event are not sold online. Cash and checksare accepted at the door. Credit cards are not accepted atthe door. ●

2017 State IndividualWrestling Championships

Kohl Center, Madison, Wis.Doors open for spectators one hour prior to the

start of competition each session.

Session 1 - Thursday, Feb. 23 - Six MatsDivision 1 Preliminaries - 3 p.m. Weigh in: 1:30 p.m.

Division 1 Quarterfinals - Approximately 5:15 p.m.

Division 2 & 3 Preliminaries - 7:00 p.m. Weigh in: 5:00 p.m. (Division 2 on mats 1, 2 & 3; Division 3 on mats 4, 5 & 6)

Note: All weight classes will be wrestled in consecutive order from 106 lbs.-285 lbs. on next available mat.

Session 2 - Friday, Feb. 24 - Six Mats Division 1 Weigh Ins: 8:30 a.m. / Div. 2-3 Weigh Ins: 9:00 a.m.

Division 1 Consolations - 10 a.m. (all mats)

Division 2 & 3 Quarterfinals - Approximately 11:15 a.m.(Division 2 on mats 1, 2 & 3; Division 3 on mats 4, 5 & 6)

Division 1 Consolation Semifinals - Approximately 1:45 p.m. (all mats)

Division 2 & 3 Consolation Semifinals - Approximately 2:45 p.m. (Division 2 on mats 1, 2 & 3; Division 3 on mats 4, 5 & 6)


Session 3 - Friday, Feb. 24 - Six MatsDivision 1, 2 & 3 Semifinals - 7:00 p.m.

(Division 1 on mats 1 & 2; Division 2 on mats 3 & 4; Division 3 on mats 5 & 6)


Session 4 - Saturday, Feb. 25 - Six Mats - All Weigh Ins: 8:30 a.m.Division 1, 2 & 3 Consolation Wrestlebacks - 10:00 a.m.

(Division 1 on mats 1 & 2; Division 2 on mats 3 & 4; Division 3 on mats 5 & 6)

Division 1, 2 & 3 Fifth Place* (Division 1 on mats 1 & 2; Division 2 on mats 3 & 4; Division 3 on mats 5 & 6)

Division 1, 2 & 3 Third Place*(Division 1 on mats 1 & 2; Division 2 on mats 3 & 4; Division 3 on mats 5 & 6)

* Fifth-place and third-place matches will run concurrently by weight class fol-lowing all consolation matches.

Session 5 - Saturday, Feb. 25 - Three MatsMarch of Champions - 5:00 p.m.

Division 1, 2 & 3 Championships(Division 1 on mat 1; Division 2 on mat 2; Division 3 on mat 3) ●

words to players and officials as they controlled the fieldof play and their sideline well. This positive approachbled to the players of both teams on the field. The play-ers played hard and stayed optimistic. The players helpthe opposing team off the turf, and the captains keptthe positive spirit alive. This only occurs when there is acommunity that supports high school activities. The fanswere loud with their cheers and supported both teams.The entire process was constructive from the meetingof the athletic director to the positive comments by thefans to officials after the contest.

Though a very small school, it is easy to see the vastsupport the community has for all of the educationalelements in Florence’s school system. The positivesportsmanship of fans, players, and coaches; the excel-lent playing of a small group of band students; and thehospitality of the entire school made officiating at Flo-rence a very enjoyable experience. We applaud theFlorence athletic program and Coach Kent Walstrom’sefforts to teach sportsmanship, along with the otherwonderful lessons sports provide our youth.

Reporting Official: Shawn UmlandMadison West @ Sun Prairie – Sept. 30, 2016

Our crew would like to take the time to recognize

the highest level of sportsmanship and strong leader-ship displayed by the players, game managers andcoaching staff at Sun Prairie. The crew would like tospecifically recognize the amazing leadership of a cer-tain individual on the Madison West–#85 Sam Escher.Sportsmanship is a direct result of positive culture andclimate and the culture and climate at Sun Prairie re-lated to the game of football is thriving in Sun Prairie.Keep up the good work !!!

Reporting Official: Brian KenneyLoyal @ Abbotsford – Sept. 30, 2016

Both teams were undefeated coming into this gameand, as expected, it was a physical, hard-fought game.As intense as a conference matchup of unbeatens canbe, both teams showed excellent sportsmanshipthroughout the entire contest. Players on both teamswould help their opponents up off the ground, therewere no issues with conduct after the whistle, and play-ers would address us officials with respect and replying"yes sir" or "no sir." Also, both coaching staff's werevery professional and respectful. The Abbotsford andLoyal teams, schools, and communities should beproud.

Reporting Official: Michael Lindau

Chetek-Weyerhaeuser @ Bloomer – Sept. 30, 2016Coach John Post and William Knickerbocker did an

exceptional job as head coaches promoting sportsman-ship Friday night. Both coaches controlled their teamsand their assistant coaches. They were both respectfulto us as officials, and when players started to get outof control, they assisted us by pulling those kids asideand telling them to play smart and in control of them-selves. Outstanding job by both coaches and greatleadership on the part of both teams as it was a rivalrywith first place on the line and both teams brought in-tensity and made it a great game to work. Thanks toboth schools for the privilege.

Reporting Official: Nate McNaughtonOnalaska @ Tomah – Sept. 30, 2016

I would like to congratulate the Tomah Timber-wolves on outstanding sportsmanship. This was thesecond game we have officiated for them this seasonand for the second time they exemplified what wehope to see from all teams every week. Such sports-manship starts with the head coach, Brad Plueger. Thegame was intense and was tied with four minutes left

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Rules Book Corrections: Page 59, Rule 9-12,Penalties (Section 11 – 12) 10-3-9 should be 10-4-9; Page 68, State Association Adoptions #2 NOTE10-5-1a should be 10-6-1a; Page 71, Technical FoulPenalty Chart, Head Coach 20 seconds should read15 seconds.

Case Book Corrections: Page 19, 3.3.5 Situa-tion B change 20 seconds to 15 seconds; Page 20,3.3.6 Situation C change 0 seconds to 15 seconds;Page 41, 5.4.19 change 20 seconds to 15 seconds;Page 76, 9.12 Situation B Ruling Correction; A2 hascommitted a goaltending violation. No points canbe scored. Since this goaltending violation oc-curred during a free throw, the penalty is a technicalfoul. Team B will be awarded two free throws and athrow-in from the division line opposite the scorerand timer table. (4-22; 10-4-9 PENALTY)

Arm Bar: An arm bent across one’s chest is anarm bar. When a defender has the bent arm acrosshis/her chest and on the offensive player with noexertion, there is no foul. When a defender uses thisbent arm and extends it out away from the chest topush an offensive player away or to control his/hermovement, it is illegal and a foul should be ruled. SITUATION 1: A6 has reported to enter the game.

A6 is wearing an undershirt that contains a visi-ble logo “Nike Pro Combat” with dimensionsthat do not meet those of 2 1/4 square inchesand not exceed 2 1/4 inches in any dimension.

RULING: The official should instruct the coach andthe player that he/she will not be able to wearthe undershirt because the “Nike Pro Combat”logo exceeds the allowable size dimensions.The player will need to leave the bench and goto the locker room to remove the undershirt. (3-5-6)

SITUATION 2: B2 is in a marked lane space afterfree thrower A1 releases a final free-throw at-tempt. B2 enters the free-throw semicircle be-fore the ball strikes the ring, contacting A1,whose free-throw attempt is unsuccessful. Theofficial rules a foul on B4 and awards A1 bonusfree throws as B4’s foul is the eighth team foul.

RULING: The official was correct to rule a foul onB4 — illegal contact occurred. However, the of-ficial was incorrect to only award bonus freethrows. B4 committed a delayed free-throw vi-olation and A1 should have been given a sub-stitute free throw with the lane cleared prior tothe administration of the bonus free throws.Play resumes with the result of A1’s bonus freethrows. NFHS/Referee Basketball PreseasonGuide 2016. (9-1 PENALTIES 2b)

SITUATION 3: The spirit group/cheerleaders moveonto the playing court during a time-out.

RULING: The referee shall remove the spiritgroup/cheerleaders from the court and informthe group’s captain of the reason for removal.(1-20)

SITUATION 4: A spirit group member(s) or a pho-tographer has set-up within the free-throw lanelines extended area.

RULING: The lead official shall request the groupmember(s) or photographer to move from therestricted area. (1-20)

SITUATION 5: The media person or spirit groupmember(s) is located toward the sideline com-pletely outside of the free-throw lane line ex-tended area.

RULING: The location of the spirit groupmember(s) and/or media person is legal. (1-20)

NOTE for SITUATIONS 3, 4, 5: Should the spiritgroup, photographer, etc., not be cooperative,the referee shall request the athletic administra-tor or game site manager to address the situa-tion.

SITUATION 6: Team’s school colors are blue andgold and the predominant color of the team’sjerseys is white. Prior to the game, an official ob-serves that several team members are wearingbeige pre-wrap around the entire head andblue wristbands.

RULING: The headband and wristbands do notmeet the color requirements. The official shouldnotify the coach that the headbands and wrist-bands must be removed because they do notmeet the color requirements. NOTE: Pre-wrapwhen worn around the head is considered to bea headband and must meet the color require-ments. Pre-wrap when worn around the hair, suchas a ponytail, is a hair-control device. (3-5-4)

SITUATION 7: A1 has been disqualified from thegame for committing his/her fifth foul or a fla-grant foul. The coach of Team A is notified andthen the official instructs the timer to begin thereplacement period. The player is then notifiedof the disqualification. The coach of Team Arises from the bench and (a) talks until thesounding of the warning horn with the remain-ing four players who have gathered near theboundary; (b) immediately sends A6 to the tableto report in. The coach then gathers the playersat the sideline for a conference; or (c) sends A6towards the table but the time indicates the 15seconds have expired before A6 gets there.

RULING: Legal in (a), as long as a substitute reportsbefore the 15 seconds lapsed. In (b), play willresume as soon as A6 has reported to thescorer. In (c), a technical foul is charged directlyto the head coach. It is not an administrativetechnical. (2-12-5; 10-6-2)

SITUATION 8: A1 is fouled prior to the bonus, buterroneously A1 is awarded the one-and-onepenalty. The error is discovered: (a) after A1’sfirst free throw is successful; (b) after both freethrows are successful; (c) after B1 has the ballfor a throw-in following the second successfulfree throw; (d) after B2 has control of the throw-in pass from B1 following the second successfulfree throw; (e) after B1 has secured the reboundfollowing A1’s unsuccessful second free throw.

RULING: In (a) and (b), the successful free throw(s)is canceled. Team A is awarded a throw-in at thespot out-of bounds nearest to where B1 origi-nally fouled. In (c), the successful free throws arecanceled. Since the throw-in that was underwayis the result of the successful free throws, it isalso canceled. The point of interruption is thefoul by B1. Team A is awarded a throw-in at thespot out-of-bounds nearest to where B1 origi-nally fouled. In (d) and (e), the successful freethrows are canceled. Play resumes with a throw-in awarded to Team B since Team B had the ballinbounds when the game was interrupted forthe correction. (2-10; 4-36)

SITUATION 9: Player A1 has the ball at his/her dis-posal for a single free throw when A2 steps intothe lane and then pushes B1.

RULING: The ball became dead when A2 violatedthe lane and the official rules a violation on A2and disallows the free throw attempt by A1. Thepush by A2 may be considered incidental andthe ball awarded to Team B for a throw-in at thenearest spot. (9-1 PENALTIES 1)

SITUATION 10: A technical foul is issued at thestart of the game on Team A and the game be-gins with free throws. Team B brings in substi-tute B6 to shoot the free throw.

RULING: Legal substitute. The ball becomes live tostart the game when placed at the disposal ofB6. B6 and B5 are subject to proper substitutionrules. B5 may not re-enter until the next oppor-tunity to substitute after the clock has beenproperly started. (3-2-2a, 3-3-4)

SITUATION 11: Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in. After A1 releases the ball,B1 commits a kicking violation.

RULING: A1’s throw-in has ended because of B1’skicking violation. A new throw-in is awarded toTeam A at the spot out-of-bounds nearest towhere the kicking violation occurred.

NOTE: Because the defensive team committed aviolation during the alternating-possessionthrowin, the alternating-possession arrow is notswitched. ●

NFHS Basketball Rules Interpretations - 2016-17

NFHS Basketball RulesChanges - 2016-17

1-20 NEW: Non-playing personnel, e.g., spiritparticipants, media, shall remain outside of theplaying area during a 30-second or less time-outduring the game. Non-playing personnel shallstand outside the free throw lane lines extendedtoward the sidelines throughout the game.

Rationale: Making officials aware of the stan-dards set for the spirit participants allows the of-ficial to manage them when they may not be inan appropriate place.

2-12-5: Sound a warning signal to begin the15 seconds (maximum) permitted for replacing adisqualified or injured player, or for a player di-rected to leave the game.

Rationale: The amount of time presentlygiven is too long and allows for gamesmanshipto be deployed.

3-5-6: Undershirts shall be a single solid colorsimilar to the torso of the jersey and shall behemmed and not have frayed or ragged edges.If the undershirt has sleeves, they shall be thesame length. See 3-6 for logo requirements.

Rationale: This would now allow all extra ap-parel that is worn to have one logo. Last year wesimplified the color requirements to be consis-tent on all sleeves, tights, wristbands and head-wear. This would be one more step to assist ourofficials in simplifying the enforcement of the uni-form rules.

3-5-7: Removed the compression shorts rule;add compression shorts to Rule 3-5-3 whichmeans compression shorts now must meet theguidelines outlined in this rule.

Rationale: This rule is no longer needed andwould simplify the enforcement of the uniformrules for our officials. Compression shorts will beadded to rule 3-5-3.

9-1-3h NEW: Players occupying marked free-throw lane line spaces may not enter the free-throw semicircle until the ball touches the ring oruntil the free throw ends.

Rationale: The addition of this informationmakes the rule complete and easy to under-stand. ●


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in the game. The coaches were coaching up the kids ina positive fashion all evening. Our line judge, JordanSteward stated that it was the cleanest sideline he hashad all season. The coaches were empathic about notbeing out of the sideline box. I would also like to saythat the sidelines were the same way for Onalaska. Al-though Tomah may not have won their homecominggame they will always be winners for this group of offi-cials.

Reporting Official: Tom StewardWaukesha South @ Muskego – Sept. 30, 2016

It's a long drive from Oshkosh to Muskego, espe-cially with the road construction around Milwaukee. Wemade it okay, thanks to the help from the Muskego ath-letic department and athletic director Scott Kugi. Scottsent us directions on how to get to the school, and wehad a phone number to call in case we got hung up intraffic and would be late in arriving. He also had parkingspaces in front of the school reserved for our crew. Notonly were we met at the parking lot and escorted intothe school, but the checks were waiting for us in thelocker room. Scott met us on the field and checked withus to see if there was anything we needed and met usat halftime, providing food and drink. He also met usafter the game and had more food and drink. Wow,what a great experience! Now we know what it is to betreated like royalty.Thank you, Scott, and all the peoplewho made it a pleasure to work the Waukesha South-Muskego football game.

Reporting Official: Dave GreyUniversity School @ Lake Country Lutheran – Sept. 23, 2016

Players, coaches, and fans for both schools weregreat in regards to sportsmanship during the entiregame. The coaches for both schools thanked us forcoming to work the game. In addition, the fans fromboth schools were positive to their student/athletesthroughout the game. Players who were great in termssportsmanship during the game were #4 and #30 forUniversity school and #87 and #25 for Lake CountryLutheran. These players showed leadership, determi-nation, and hard work for their teams. These acts in-cluded giving encouragement to other players,handing the ball to officials, and helping up players. Inaddition, these players gave second and third effort onnumerous plays. The schools should be proud of thesportsmanship and effort by these players and their en-tire teams.

Reporting Official: James SchaeferBrookwood @ Royall – Sept. 16, 2016

Both teams were very courteous and respectful. Thesidelines were well managed and it was truly a joy toofficiate this game. No negativity and only encouragingand positive comments from the players and coachingstaffs of both teams.

Reporting Official: Joel KuchtaPecatonica/Argyle @ Highland – Sept. 23, 2016

The crew would like to recognize Ross Linscheidfrom Highland High School for his outstanding sports-manship during this past Friday's game vs Pecaton-ica/Argyle. Throughout the game Mr. Linscheid wouldhelp the opponent off the ground after a tackle andwould "pat" the opponent on the shoulder pad with aword of "Good Job." Mr. Linscheid continued to be ateam leader throughout the game, especially notice-able during the latter part of the game asPecatonica/Argyle secured the victory. Mr. Linscheid'sactions reflect highly on himself, as well as the entirecoaching staff. We commend him on a "JOB WELLDONE."

Reporting Official: Curt LadwigMondovi @ Elk Mound – Sept. 23, 2016

Our officiating crew would like to commend thecoaches and players from Elk Mound and Mondovi.Our game this past Friday started with the scoreboardnot working, causing us to keep time on the field with

a stop watch. As the quarter continued, the clock de-cided to cooperate and both benches thanked us forkeeping the game going smoothly. The players fromboth teams definitely learned sportsmanship from theircoaches. Players were polite to us, and helped eachother up after plays. When there were questions aboutpenalties, all involved were respectful of our decisions.After the QB for Elk Mound knelt on the final play, play-ers from both teams came to us and thanked us for ourtime. It was not the coaches telling them to do it, butrather them choosing to thank us. These players arelearning more than just football at Elk Mound and Mon-dovi. Kudos to Coach Lew of Elk Mound, Coach MikeSinz of Mondovi, AD Mike Schiszik of Elk Mound, andAD Randy Pongratz of Mondovi.

Reporting Official: Tom MoonWrightstown @ Waupaca – Sept. 19, 2016

The players, coaches, and fans were excellent in re-gards to sportsmanship throughout the game. Coachesfrom both schools were professional during interactionswith the officials before, during, and after the game.Players from both schools played hard and were excel-lent during their interactions with opponents. Theytalked to each other respectfully and helped each otherup after plays. The fans cheered for their teams butwere respectful and positive with the officials all night.This was a great event to be a part of. Both communi-ties are to be commended for the positive impact theirschools have on their students.

Reporting Official: James SchaeferStratford @ Chequamegon – Sept. 16, 2016

Our officiating crew would like to acknowledge thefine sportsmanship of the Stratford football program.We would like to extend our gratitude to Head CoachJason Tubbs and his coaching staff for such a positiverepresentation of their community regarding the out-standing sportsmanship displayed. Our crew was im-pressed with the sportsmanship of coaches, players,and the fans as the officials of this contest urged me towrite a letter expressing our contentment with the ac-tions by all involved. The coaching staff was coopera-tive and respectful with the wing official and askedquestions in a positive manner. When answers wereprovided to the coaching staff, they accepted the ex-planations and said thank you. The coaches did an ex-cellent job of coaching, being organized andmonitoring the coaching box. This respect was chan-neled onto the playing field with the players. The play-ers motivated their teammates and would help theopposing team off the turf. The team was well-coachedand the players’ language directed towards each other,the opposing team, and officials were very sportsman-like. Most impressively, our crew appreciated an audi-ence that showed true sportsmanship. Bothcommunities were positive with their cheers and neveronce did we hear negative comments about the offici-ating. Fans like these occur because of the positivemodeling provided by parents, communities, and theschools. Hats off to these parties for encouraging theirfans to take the high road. The actions of the entirecommunity were on display that evening and only pos-itive sportsmanship was exhibited!

Reporting Official: Shawn UmlandMukwonago @ Arrowhead – Sept. 16, 2016

Neither Arrowhead or Mukwonago players evergave up in Friday's game at Arrowhead's Tom TaraskaField. Even though the momentum ebbed and flowedlike the tide, the players continued block and tackle asthough the score was tied. The game was extremelyhard-hitting right down to the last play, but the playerson both teams kept their "cool" throughout. Playershelped opponents off the ground once the play hadended and coaches and fans were in control of theiremotions the entire evening. In a game that ended ina 10-7 score, the real winner was "sportsmanship." Thecommunities, the schools and the parents have good

reason to be proud of these young men. Both teamsplayed the game like it is taught to be played and bothteams showed character and class in the way they re-spected their opponents and officials.

Reporting Official: Dave GreyCedar Grove-Belgium @ Howards Grove – Sept. 9, 2016

I was the line judge (Howards Grove sideline) for thisgame. I just want to applaud the coaching staff (led byHead Coach Dave Schmid) on their coaching tech-niques. Howards Grove lost this game by a bunch to avery good Cedar Grove-Belgium team. All commentstowards their players was always followed with a posi-tive, such as: you'll get 'em next time, or keep workinghard, or nice play (after a good block or tackle). Thiswas done consistently throughout the game. In return,their players were respectful to their coaches, the offi-cials, and their opponent. I've been officiating for a verylong time. I've heard it all. I've seen it all. With so muchnegativity going on in our state, nation, world; this kindof behavior needs to be recognized. Dave Schmid andhis staff are teaching life lessons, positive life lessonsthrough their experiences on the football field. This isthe kind of coaching staff you would want your kid toplay for (no doubt about it). This may not have beentheir night, but believe me it made my day, week & yearfor officiating. Thank you Howards Grove! You are thewinner!

Reporting Official: Scott OttenPlymouth @ New Berlin Eisenhower – Aug. 19, 2016

It was an outstanding game and sportsmanship byboth schools. Coaches Knaus and Kern were outstand-ing to work with throughout this contest. It was a veryhumid evening with weather issues throughout thegame. We had to delay the start of the game due tolightening and then again at halftime. The coacheswere understanding with the weather issues and weworked through the plan and were able to completethe game with the coaches, participants, fans, andgame managements cooperation. The players for bothteams were outstanding in regards to sportsmanshipand made officiating the game routine. Lastly thegame manager, Bill, even made us cookies for after thegame. Thank you to both schools for your outstandingwork.

Reporting Official: James SchaeferNotre Dame @ Ashwaubenon – Sept. 2, 2016

These two schools in the Green Bay communityshould be proud of the wonderful display of sportsman-ship the two schools displayed during their game.Coaches Nowak and Jonas were respectful to officialsthroughout the game and were exceptional leaders oftheir teams. The players for both teams played hard butwere very respectful of opponents and officials. Partic-ipants for both teams were frequently observed helpingopponents off the turf, talking with opponents, andhanding the ball to officials. One player who stood outwas #5 for Notre Dame. He was the primary back andtook many hard hits. He would promptly get up andhelp opponents off the turf and congratulate oppo-nents for a hard hit. Nice work coaches and partici-pants! Keep up the good work!

Reporting Official: James SchaeferCambridge @ Nekoosa – Sept. 2, 2016

Our crew had the great fortune to officiate thisgame. We had a very hard-hitting football game withvery few penalties. We were so impressed that thecoaches from both teams were coaching their youngstudent athletes. There was no yelling or screaming,but coaching. There was discussion between playersand coaches. When there was a foul the players oftenasked what happened and in a couple cases what theyhad to do to correct their teammates acts (Captains).Coaches requested a couple of times for explanations



would reduce the number of required practicesfor a scrimmage to eight, but would not reducethe number of practices required for contestsfrom 14. An advisory recommendation to elimi-nate week one games was proposed. The AdHoc committee reviewed several plans and elim-inated moving forward with the Ad Hoc pro-posal of seven conference games plus threedistrict games.

The Ad Hoc committee was going to meet inMay, but the Executive Staff did not believethere were any items for the agenda. At the AreaMeetings in the fall, the eight or nine game sea-son would be discussed. In addition, the Ad Hocplan with seven conference games plus threedistrict games that was described as all-playwould be discussed. While members of the AdHoc committee did not want to discuss specificaspects of the plan for fear of coaches viewingthrough the scope of competitiveness ratherthan objectiveness, the staff felt the detailsshould be made available when discussing theplan.

When the question about the nine-game sea-son were posed to the membership at the seven

WIAA Area Meetings, the numbers would indi-cate through a show of hands that the majoritywould be for eight games. With respect to thefootball tournament, the majority would keepthe current tournament plan. The 2012 seasonwas to be an eight-game season, and schoolsshould have the opportunity to experience afootball season with eight games only.

Football would be the only sport to losegames during a season. Other sports have in-creased the number of contests allowed duringa season.

The Ad Hoc committee met on November30, 2011, 8-player football was discussed in de-tail. A deadline to announce the switch was de-termined. In addition, schools must commit fortwo years and a 3-year average enrollment of200 would be used to qualify for the jamboreeconducted in week 11 of the football season.The committee moved into the discussion of 11-player football.

Coaches expressed that one game per weekwas better. The focus of the committee waseight or nine games. While the season hadequipment issue on Tuesday and practice begin-ning on Wednesday, the committee discussedmoving the days up to Monday and Tuesday asin the past. In 2012, everyone would experiencethe 8-game season with the opt-in option for aninth game. Most committee members wouldfavor starting early rather than lose a game.

The consensus was to keep 2013 and 2014at nine games. Discussion then went to the 2017and 2018 seasons. The committee was re-minded several times that the start would be inJuly. Several members expressed that the sea-son should be nine games.

A motion was made and seconded to main-tain the current nine game season format in2013 and beyond. Concern was expressed thatcoaches would look at the short term when theearly start moved in. The motion passed unani-mously.

The committee discussed tournament struc-ture. Discussion about the proposed seven con-ference games plus three district games with allteams playing in week 8 (the first round of thetournament) was conducted. There were someconcerns brought up, and the committees de-cided to either forward the plan or dismiss it.Again, the trade-off that the committee strug-gled with in each plan was travel versus enroll-ment size match-ups.

At the Football Coaches Advisory Committeemeeting on December 6, 2011, the discussioncentered around the eight-game season and thesentiment was that the kids should not be de-nied a nine-game season and personal issues forthe coaches should receive second considera-tion. The option for an eight-game season plusan additional game was presented. The coachesalso brought forward the 8-player football rec-ommendations of the Football Ad Hoc commit-tee.

The 2012 season was scheduled to begin onAugust 1, but at the request of the Wisconsin

Football Coaches Association and the FootballCoaches Advisory Committee, the season wasreduced to eight games and the start date wasmoved to August 7, 2012 with equipment issueon the 6th.

On December 4, 2012, the Football CoachesAdvisory Committee met again. Season dateswere discussed with a motion to start practiceon Tuesday and issue equipment on Mondayevery year to allow JV games on Thursday. It wasnoted that 2016 and the following years wouldbe an issue. The coaches agreed that each sea-son would have a nine-game schedule from2013 forward.

As time passed, the coaches discussed theseason start date, but identified seeding, host-ing by the higher seeds in levels one, two, andthree; an 8-player state championship; acclima-tization; player-on-player contact; and individualcontact limits as higher priorities.

At the December 2015 Football AdvisoryCommittee, discussion on the early start in 2017and 2018 was discussed as a reminder. Manypossibilities came up to help relieve the earlystart issue as it comes up every five-to-six calen-dar cycles. The issue brought back discussion onthe eight-game seasons, but the committee wasreminded that the WIAA membership de-nounced the idea via the Football Ad Hoc com-mittee. With no new solutions, no action wastaken.

At the most recent Area Meetings in Septem-ber of 2016, the WIAA Executive Staff ad-dressed questions of concern regarding theearly start with the member schools. In all butone meeting, there was little enthusiasm to goto an eight game season. The exception was theAntigo area meeting with 12 members wishingto reduce 8 games and 15 to reduce to 112qualifiers or removing the first round of the play-offs.

Maintaining our current tournament structureis the right thing to do. If the wheel is not bro-ken, we have nothing to fix with the tournament.If we wish to maintain nine games for all, thenwe need an early start.

What are our solutions? 1) Cancel summercontact camps in the years that the season startsearly. 2) Don’t bring in the freshmen until later inthe month of August. 3) Hand out equipment onthe first allowed day of practice. 4) Hold the firstvarsity game on Saturday and hand out equip-ment and begin practice on Thursday. ●

Football Early Start 2017 & 2018 from page 5 __________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Football All-Play Discussion2001 – the WFCA rejected all-play and pro-

posed a 7th division with the addi-tion of nonpublic schools asmembers of the WIAA.

2011 – the WIAA Football Ad Hoc Commit-tee determined a 9 game season,no all-play, no moving the seasonback, and an early start.

2012 – the WIAA Football Coaches Advi-sory committee – requested a ninegame season to continue withoutmoving back in 2017 and 2018.

2013 – the WIAA Football Coaches Advi-sory committee again voted againstall-play, 7-0.

2016 – at the WFCA clinic a survey was an-nounced which didn’t want all-playand early start was discussed. Nofinal solution was determined, butindividuals brought up an 8-gameseason and reducing the field to112.


2016 Sportsmanship Summit from page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________________

per team, which includes Summit materials, acommemorative t-shirt and lunch.

The Summit will feature two keynote addressesand three time slots for five different break-out ses-sions, which focus on the ideals ofsportsmanship/citizenship. The morning keynoteaddress will be presented by Craig Hillier, authorof “Playing Beyond the Scoreboard.” The after-noon keynote address will be presented by RossBernstein, best-selling author and professionalspeaker. He has written nearly 50 sports books.

Participants will also attend three morningbreak-out sessions. The subjects for the five, 40-minute break-out presentations available duringthe three time slots are “The Coach and Partici-

pants Role in Sportsmanship” by Steve Jones,football coach at Kimberly and Bruce Moriarty, girlsvolleyball coach at Neenah; “School Sportsman-ship Expectations” by Nick Senger and JeremyMartin of the WIAA Sportsmanship Committee;“Sportsmanship: The Officials Prospective” by JeffDorschner, veteran WIAA licensed official; “Re-sponsible and Respectful Social Media” by DavePetroff, sports information director at EdgewoodCollege; and “Sportsmanship Roundtable Discus-sions” moderated by Shane Been & Todd Fischerof the WIAA Sportsmanship Committee.

A link to the registration form and a copy of thepromotional flyer on the WIAA website has beenemailed to each school athletic director and prin-

cipal. A link to the promotional flyer will also beavailable on the sportsmanship page of the WIAAwebsite.

Schools interested in registering for the 2016Sportsmanship Summit should complete the on-line registration form by Monday, Nov. 28 to re-serve participation in the Summit. Please contactthe WIAA with any questions regarding the Sum-mit by calling (715) 344-8580, or by emailing [email protected].

Schools wishing to reserve hotel rooms thenight prior to the Summit should contact the Hol-iday Inn in Stevens Point directly at (715) 344-0200.The room rate for the Summit is $99 for a single ordouble. ●

must be attached to the head gear. In addition, theear guards and hair covering should be purchasedtogether as a self-contained unit.

Winter Season RegulationsAll coaches are encouraged to read the winter

season wrestling regulations. Many questions that wereceive could be prevented by taking a few minutesreviewing these regulations prior to the season.

Reminders from 2015Injury Time, Blood Time, and

Recovery TimeRemember, an official can “suspend” IT, BT, & RT.

If you are waiting for an AHCP to attend your injuredor bleeding wrestler then the official could suspendthe clock until the health care professional arrives toattend the athlete. Once they arrive – again start theclock. If the official feels that a particular school orcoach has found a way to abuse this interpretation,please file a report with the WIAA.

Defaulting After RT/BT Runs OutRemember that the NFHS supports the right of a

wrestler and / or coach to default the match “at anytime”. This could occur when it is determined thateither wrestler will not be able to continue wrestlingafter IT, RT or BT is about to run out. Either wrestlercan default the match and award it to his opponent.In many situations, this could be considered a greatact of unselfish sportsmanship. It would most likely(but not always) occur when it is apparent that the in-jured wrestler is running out of recovery time and isgreatly overpowered by a superior wrestler. Ratherthan win by default, he (or coach) could elect to loseby default.

Female's Uniform ReminderA female wrestler must wear a uniform designed

for a female, or wear a male uniform with a suitablet-shirt. It is possible that the female uniform will notsatisfy the requirement without an approved t-shirt.The uniform and t-shirt must always be inspectedand approved by the referee. His decision shall befinal.

Velcro Shoulder WrapAs mentioned last year, velcro shoulder straps

must be covered with a t-shirt if the official viewsthem as abrasive or an opponent could get their fin-gers caught within the layers (which is usually thecase).

JV Weigh InAs mentioned last year, all contestants, including

JV contestants, must be weighed-in on the day of theevent, at the host school, by the referee or other au-thorized personnel. ●

Wrestling Points of Emphasis from page 7 _________________________

Sports Report “PLUS” from page 12 ___________________________________________________

as well. Players helped teammates and opponents upafter tackles or blocks. It was the way we dream foot-ball would be every time it is played.

Reporting Official: Tom StewardNew London @ Xavier – Aug. 19, 2016

What a great way to start off another football sea-son. Everything was perfect. The weather was warm,the field lush and green, no rain, players and coachesthat were respectful and an athletic director at Xavierwho was well prepared for the start of the season.Kathy Bates, athletic director at Xavier, had all the in-formation about the game in our hands three daysprior to the game. We were met in the parking lot byone of her staff members and escorted to our lockerroom. We did not have to wander around looking forhelp. New London and Xavier coaches handled thepre-game flawlessly and team captains on both sidesagreed to handle problems themselves...should anyarise. But no problems arose. We did not have tothrow a flag for personal fouls and unsportsmanlikeconduct the entire game and we did not have to speakwith any players about bad language. These youngmen from both schools were gentlemen. It was a greatway to start the season.

Reporting Official: Dave GreyBrookfield Central @ Whitefish Bay – Aug. 18, 2016

The head coach for Whitefish Bay, Jake Wolter, didan outstanding job as the leader of his football team.He was observed speaking to his team in a positive andprofessional manner during all timeouts. In addition,during his interactions and communication with officialshe was respectful and positive. The Whitefish Bay com-munity should be proud of Coach Wolter's outstandingability to teach sportsmanship and leadership to theyoung men he coaches. Nice work Coach Wolter!

Reporting Official: James SchaeferBOYS SOCCER ________________________________________

Waupun @ Central Wis. Christian – Sept. 24, 2016It was my pleasure to officiate this match The at-

mosphere was electric, the stands filled with enthusi-astic students singing supportive soccer chants andsupportive parents. The pregame activities includedan on the field handshake by the high school playerswith the Waupun youth players and topped off withthe local VFW Color Guard for the National Anthem.The match was hard fought with both teams answeringeach others offensive charges. Even with the chal-lenges, the sportsmanship exhibited by both the play-ers, coaches and fans was at a high level, helping eachother up after a hard challenge, complimenting goodplays by the other team, and being respectful to thereferees. The game is what high school sports shouldbe. Fittingly, the match ended in a 2-2 tie, with the realwinner, the Waupun soccer community!

Reporting Official: Tim HolzmanLourdes Academy @ Omro – Sept. 20, 2016

Officiating this match was a privilege. Omro playedhard and did well to encourage each other rather than

get down on themselves and others or take out frus-tration on the other team. Nic Douglas, Omro's headcoach and players were all gracious. After the game,Coach Douglas again told me he was pleased how Ihandled situations in the game, and how I refereed ac-cording to the rules of the game It was a relief to havethe coaches be so understanding, and it was truly apleasure to partake in a match in which coaches, play-ers, and parents were all respectful of each other, ofthe officials, and of the game.

Reporting Official: Aaron DukeBOYS VOLLEYBALL ____________________________________

Kenosha Tremper @ Waukesha North Invitational – Sept. 19, 2016

I had Kenosha Tremper for a couple matches at theWaukesha North boys volleyball invitational Saturday.During that event, #11, who was the captain of histeam, showed excellent poise, an even keeled atti-tude, and great leadership for his team. Even thoughnot every call went his team’s way, he always interactedwith officials in a very respectable manner that showedhis strong character. He was a great role model for theothers around him. He definitely deserves some recog-nition.

Reporting Official: Patrick MottGIRLS VOLLEYBALL ___________________________________

North Crawford @ Seneca – Oct. 6, 2016My partner and I had the pleasure of being a part

of a positive experience we will never forget while of-ficiating at Seneca's parent and senior night. AfterSeneca was finished introducing all of their player'sparents and their one senior player Becky Trautsch#13, Seneca head coach Dawn Ray called for the guestNorth Crawford seniors onto the court. At this time, tothe North Crawford senior players' surprise they werepresented bouquets of flowers from Seneca seniorcaptain Becky Trautsch. This was a great example ofthe sportsmanship in high school sports that my part-ner and I were fortunate enough to be a part of. Wewould like to extend a congratulations to both schools’players, spectators, coaches and communities for allof your positive sportsmanship that carried over to thematch where the players played, coaches coached, of-ficials officiated and the spectators cheered for thepositive plays of the match!

Reporting Official: Wayne HannesDodgeland Invitational – Sept. 10, 2016

This is an invitational that I have worked for threeyears. This year was by far the most enjoyable. Marciaat Dodgeland does a great job of making everyonefeel welcome and informed of what to expect for theday. Beyond that, this year’s coaches, fans, and playerswere the most respectful and enthusiastic that I haveever seen! For as long as invitational days can be, hav-ing everyone being positive and staying positive reallymakes the day more enjoyable and seem to go muchquicker.

Reporting Official: Scott Jacquart

Even before the Fall Tournament Series began in late September,there was already a big winner this fall –the membership.

School administrators attending any of the seven WIAA Area Meet-ings in September exercised their willingness to engage in the discussionsthat establishes the agenda for the foreseeable future and beyond.

The Open Forum provides the opportunity to introduce topics ofdiscussion that are of interest to members and are not necessarily in-cluded on the meeting agenda. The specific topics of interest in one areaof the state are not always consistent with those in other areas. However,when the same topic comes up in multiple meetings, it signals a higherlevel of attention to the discussion.

The topic introduced in the open forums more than any other wasthe starting date for football this fall and next season. Sentiments wereshared at multiple meetings relating to starting football the first coupledays of August or at the end of July, which will occur again in 2018. How-ever, football has a history of starting during that same period, and theoptions and scenarios to move to a later start were exhausted by the foot-ball coaches and an ad-hoc committee a few years back. A detailed reviewof those discussions is provided in Wade Labecki’s column on page 5.

The new pitch count rules in baseball was also a subject of openforums at multiple Area Meetings. The discussions focused on recordingand tracking methods, and the impact on pitching rotations.

The most positive comments from the Area Meetings were the re-action to the group discussions. The breakout groups greatly enhancedthe interaction and dialog on the four topics identified as relevant for themembership to address. Those topics were virtual school eligibility, co-operative teams, seasonal placements and best practices for promotingschool-based athletics.

Several minutes of conversations for each topic were followed by aspokesperson presenting a recap of their group’s discussions to the restof the assembly. The new wrinkle to the Area Meetings is a credit to themembership’s receptiveness to altering the long-standing and traditional“sit-n’-git” format of the Area Meetings to enhance greater involvement.

Discussions on virtual schools produced a number of groups sug-gesting to extend eligibility consistent with home-school students, but

they also revealed concerns with tracking grades, enrollment counts andcode violations, as well as the impact on the school community and whatis considered the “school” team.

The co-op conversations widely recognized that the existing prac-tices are serving the membership’s needs in providing opportunities forstudents. However, concerns also surfaced that the focus on participationmay be taking a back seat to competitiveness in the establishment ofsome programs, particularly in larger co-ops. Other factors are presentas well, which further adds complexity to the co-op discussion, such asavailable facilities, school budgets, student transfers and transportationcosts.

The seasonal placement discussion was relevant in determining ifthe current placements are meeting the needs of member schools andtheir student-athletes. The perceived consensus from the group reportsindicated no change is most preferred. The concerns with facility sched-uling and overuse, availability of licensed officials, coach staffing and thenegative impact a change would have on current multi-sport athleteswere shared. In addition, any consideration for seasonal changes wouldmost likely need to consider flipping seasons as opposed to adding toor stacking in existing seasons.

A number of ideas used by schools to promote education-basedathletics were shared and reported out to the assembly. Some of theideas shared included having a greater presence on social messagingplatforms, live streaming of their athletic events, weekly emails to parents,honoring scholar and multi-sport athletes, presenting athletics-relatedtopics at school board meetings and participating in outreach programswith community-based projects.

The executive staff and Board of Control members present at themeetings welcomed the exchanges and sharing of opinions. Maybe onan unprecedented scale, we were able to gauge and note the sentimentof the membership on a number of hot-button topics.

Thank you to those who attended and shared in the discussions.We look forward to future dynamic discussions that influence the rulesand direction of this membership. We’ll see you again on the fall tourna-ment trail. ●

Discussion Groups Credited in Invigorating Area Meetings

October 27 & 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys Soccer SectionalsGirls Volleyball Sectionals

October 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys Volleyball RegionalsOctober 28-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level 2 FootballOctober 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Cross Country Meet (Wisconsin Rapids)November 1 & 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys Volleyball SectionalsNovember 3-4-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Boys Soccer Tournament (Milwaukee)

State Girls Volleyball Tournament (Green Bay)November 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girls Diving SectionalsNovember 4-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Level 3 FootballNovember 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girls Swimming SectionalsNovember 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for Gymnastics Practice

Earliest Day for Hockey PracticeEarliest Day for Girls Basketball Practice

November 9 . . . . . . . . . . Coaches Advisory Meeting – Soccer (Stevens Point)November 11-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Boys Volleyball (Milwaukee)

State Girls Swimming & Diving Meet (Madison)Level 4 Football

November 14 . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for Boys Swimming & Diving PracticeEarliest Day for Wrestling Practice

Earliest Day for Boys Basketball Practice

November 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for First Girls Basketball GameCoaches Advisory Committee Meeting – Cross Country

November 16 . . . . . . . Coaches Advisory Meeting – Volleyball (Stevens Point)November 17-18 . . . . . . . . . Football Playoff Championship Games (Madison)November 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for First Hockey GameNovember 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for First Boys Basketball Game

Earliest Day for First Boys Swimming & Diving MeetNovember 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanksgiving DayNovember 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for First Wrestling MeetNovember 30 . . . . . . . . Officials Advisory Committee Meeting (Stevens Point)December 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earliest Day for First Gymnastics MeetDecember 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Board of Control Meeting (Stevens Point)December 5 . . . Coaches Advisory Meeting – Swimming & Diving (Stevens Point)December 6 . . Coaches Advisory Committee Meeting – Football (Stevens Point)December 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sportsmanship Summit (Stevens Point)December 8 . . . . . . . . . . . Coaches Advisory Meeting – Tennis (Stevens Point)December 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christmas DayJanuary 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Year’s DayJanuary 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Advisory Committee MeetingJanuary 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middle Level Council Meeting (Stevens Point)January 31-February 1 . . . . . . . . . . . Advisory Council Meeting (Stevens Point)February 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Board of Control Meeting (Stevens Point)

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EDITORIALEDITORIAL

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Test DatesStudents participating in interscholastic sports often find

conflicts between these events and college test dates.Listed below are the 2016-17 and 2017-18 dates for ACT.

ACT – 2016-17 Registration Test Date Deadline Late Fee Required Oct. 22, 2016 Sept. 16, 2016 Sept. 17-30, 2016 Dec. 10, 2016 Nov. 4, 2016 Nov. 5-18, 2016 Feb. 11, 2017* Jan. 13, 2017 Jan. 14-20, 2017 April 8, 2017 March 3, 2017 March 4-17, 2017 June 10, 2017 May 5, 2017 May 6-19, 2017

ACT – 2017-18

* No test centers are scheduled in New York for the Febru-ary test date.

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Published 4 times August 2016, October 2016, February 2017 and May 2017, at Stevens Point, Wis-consin by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Member schools receive the Bulletin atno cost and officials receive the BULLETIN as part of their licensing fee. Subscription rate is $12.00per year pre-paid. Headquarters and general business office at 5516 Vern Holmes Drive, Stevens Point,WI, 54482-8833. Periodicals postage paid by Stevens Point, WI and additional mailing offices. Post-master, direct change of address correspondence to, WIAA Bulletin, 5516 Vern Holmes Drive, StevensPoint, WI, 54482-8833.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICEDAVE ANDERSONExecutive Director

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BOARD OF CONTROLDistrict 1 – Eric Russell, Baldwin-Woodville District 2 – Scott Winch, Stratford (President-Elect)District 3 – Mike Beighley, Whitehall District 4 – Corey Baumgartner, KaukaunaDistrict 5 – Luke Francois, Mineral PointDistrict 6 – Bernie Nikolay, CambridgeDistrict 7 – Steven Knecht, Kenosha TremperWis. Assoc. of School Boards – Bill Yingst, Sr., DurandAt-Large Representative – Pam Foegen, Regis (President)At-Large Representative – Eric Coleman, Milw. Public Sch.At-Large

Representative – Ted Knutson, Aquinas {La Crosse} (Treasurer)

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