Middle School Conference Guidelines: Berlin Omro Ripon Waupaca Winneconne FVL for FB EVC

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1 Middle School Conference Guidelines: Berlin Omro Ripon Waupaca Winneconne FVL for FB EVC 1

2 Table of Contents Conference Contacts General Guidelines/All Sports Volleyball Football Forensics - Conf. Guidelines Forensics Invitational Meets Basketball boys and girls Wrestling 10 Track 2

3 12 Conference Rotations MS Principals/Athletic Directors Berlin MS Rick Hammes Mike Grams AD Fax Address 289 E. Huron St. Berlin, WI Omro MS Paul Williams x225 Sheila Semenas AD x209 Fax Address 455 Fox Trail Omro, WI Ripon MS Tom Hoh Nate Hinze AD hinzen@ripon.k12.wi.us

4 Fax Address 651 Metomen St. PO Box 991 Ripon, WI Waupaca MS Ben Rayome Chad Pritzl DS/AD Fax Address 1148 Shoemaker Rd. Waupaca, WI Winneconne MS Todd Schroeder x 2124 schroedt@winneconne.k12.wi.us Tim Whitford AD x 1118 whitfort@w-csd.org Fax Address 400 N. 9 th Ave. PO Box 5000 Winneconne, WI Fox Valley Lutheran Bob Postl Jeff Falck 3 Bob.Postl@labarge.com jfalck@riverviewlutheran.org GENERAL GUIDELINES-ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS Including Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Forensics, Wrestling, and Track (all guidelines may not apply to all extra curricular areas) All contests will begin as posted in the schedule. WIAA rules will be adhered to especially when WIAA officials are being employed and generally speaking at all times. The visiting school will contact the home school the day before a contest to verify the start time, uniforms, and any other pertinent considerations. The home school should provide a medicine kit for blood borne pathogens. The kit should meet the necessary guidelines by including the following: ICE, latex gloves, mask/face shield, red plastic bag, gauze germicidal spray, aseptic wipe, scoop, and encapsulation procedures. 4

5 The host school should provide the warm-up balls. The practice time between A and B games in all sports will be limited to a maximum of ten minutes. The time allocation could be reduced if both teams are in an agreement. Coaches are expected to supervise players at all times. This supervision includes the locker rooms. The team that is not playing is expected to be in the bleachers. Where available, they will sit behind the coaches. No cheerleaders or spectator buses at away games. Host school will be responsible for the security of the locker rooms. 7 th and 8 th grade B squad numbers should be divided as equal as possible in order to insure maximum participation. A squads should consist of the high skilled athletes. A copy of the middle school sport guidelines should be on the scorer s table during the sport season for reference. Drinks are not allowed in the gymnasiums. Water or a sport drink is allowed for players. Students are not allowed to wear jewelry when competing in athletic events. Sport watches are permitted for track athletes. Students will not be allowed to participate in both A & B games unless a team is short players on a particular squad. Coaches must inform the other coach in advance. The selection of the A team player would be the lowest skilled player. On snow days, a good faith attempt to make-up the game is expected, even if the season gets extended by a reasonable number of days. 4 CONFERENCE GUIDELINES VOLLEYBALL Practices cannot begin until the first day of school. Girls can wear 2 Bobby pins or metal clips in their hair. 5

6 7 th and 8 th grade teams will be separated in teams of high (A Squad) and low (B Squad) skill levels. Pre-game warm up shall be the same for 7th and 8th grade teams. Each team will have 7 minutes on and 7 minutes off the court. The home team shall take the court first, to move the match along. WIAA protocol will be followed with the exception of: Entire body cannot be used for legal hit, only the waist and above will be considered a legal hit. Both the 7 th and 8 th grade teams will play 3 games to 25 with rally scoring. To win there must be a two point advantage. Note: Students will not be allowed to participate in both A & B games unless a team is short players on a particular squad. Coaches must inform the other coach in advance. The selection of the A team player would be the lowest skilled player. 6

7 5 CONFERENCE GUIDELINES FOOTBALL Eastern Valley MS Conference Football Guidelines Schools: Berlin, FVL, Omro, Waupaca, (Ripon & Winneconne (HOV)) The main purpose of this proposal is to simplify the football guidelines and create a system which is consistent and best for all student athletes along with the building of the individual football programs. Practice: Earliest day of practice is the first day necessary. Contests: Each school will have 5+ contests. Each contest will consist of either a scrimmage or a game format based on the coach s agreement prior to the contest. In most cases the number of participants will help to determine the format. Scrimmage Format: Each team will be allowed two 20 minute sessions of running clock for offense and defense with a 5 minute break after each session. Dual scrimmages can be run on opposite ends to maximize playing time in an A / B squad format. Offensive and defensive sessions will alternate. No score will be kept during a scrimmage on either end. It is a coach s agreement, that no blitzing will take place at the 7 th grade level. Coaches are allowed on the field and in the huddle during scrimmages. Game Format: A game will follow standard ninth grade rules with or w/out modifications to the special teams and four 8 minute quarters. If no kick offs the ball will placed at the 35 yard line. Punts the ball will be placed 35 yards down the field or can be punted with no rush and/or with or w/out a return. Scoring will follow standard ninth grade/high school rules. Field goals are permitted. 7

8 No fake field goals. It is a coach s agreement that no blitzing will take place at the 7 th grade level. A non scored 5 th quarter may take place when necessary to allow for maximum participation. Administration Issues: A minimum of 4 officials should be utilized for all scrimmages with an attempt to find 4 for all games. Each home team/school must insure that they have the means to clearly mark the field, at a minimum every 10 yards, with down markers and a clearly marked end zone. Meet Schedule CONFERENCE GUIDELINES FORENSICS Invitational (only one) Coaches/Judges/Students Round 1 4:15-5:00 Round 2 5:05-6:05 Host schools may or may not serve food due to time constraints Conference (Winneconne, Waupaca, Wautoma, Berlin, Ripon, and Omro) Round 1 4:15-5:15 Dinner 4:45-5:45 (kids will pay for own or bring their own) Round 2 5:45 6:45 Every 5 entries each school needs to provide 1 judge. Invitational mixed categories per room Conference all one category in the same room Schools will provide their own ribbons for hosted tournaments. (Blue A and Red B ECC Forensics no date) No tournament fees Limitations at meets: Reader s Theatre: 2 10 student per group in a category 8 6

9 Play Acting: 2 10 student per group in a category All other categories have NO maximum of participants per school. Conference Hosting Schedule 2011 Wautoma 2012 Winneconne 2013 Berlin 2014 Omro 2015 Ripon 2016 Waupaca 2017 Wautoma 2018 Winneconne 7 Forensics Invitational Meets 2012 Wautoma Winneconne Berlin 2013 Ripon Conference Omro 2014 Berlin Conference Winneconne Waupaca 9

10 @ Ripon 2015 Wautoma Conference Omro 2016 Ripon Waupaca Winneconne 2017 Berlin Wautoma Winneconne Waupaca 2018 Wautoma Winneconne Omro 8 CONFERENCE GUIDELINES BASKETBALL Earliest practice day for boys basketball is the first school day after the volleyball season is over. 10

11 Earliest practice day for girls basketball is the first school day back from winter break Students will not be allowed to participate in both the A and B game unless a team is short players on a particular squad. Coaches must inform the other coach in advance that this situation would occur. If a player participates in both games, they are allowed to play 4 quarters in an evening. To accommodate teams with less than 13 players, a player may participate in 5 quarters and should be the lowest skilled level players from the A team. A person-to-person defense is mandatory (this includes no box in one and a pure switching defense), however, the A team level may play a zone press until the ball crosses half court, at which time the defensive team will revert back to the a person-to-person defense. A full court press is legal; however, if a team accumulates a lead of 15 points, the full court press must be pulled off. During B Team games, teams may press only in the 4 th quarter (girls and boys). Only team members with basketball shoes on may be on the court before, between, and after the game. All boys basketball teams will use a men s regulation size basketball. 11

12 9 CONFERENCE GUIDELINES WRESTLING Roster information will be mailed/ ed to each principal/ad in the conference. Visiting coaches will call/ the day of the match to confirm or amend to roster. Earliest practice day is the first school day back from winter break. Weights will be taken at the beginning of the season only. 1 = Tough 2 = Good Wrestler 3 = Average 4 = Still Learning 5 = New/Non-Aggressive Coaches will rate their wrestlers on the rosters according to ability. The following rating scale will be utilized: Matches will consist of three periods: 1 minute, 1 minute, 1 minute. Ties will be determined by a 1-minute overtime from the neutral position and a 2 nd overtime is determined by the first point scored avoiding a draw according to WIAA guidelines. Wrestlers must wear headgear and all rules in regard to safety will be strictly enforced. Cell phone (or the most convenient number) for coaches should be sent with rosters so coaches can be reached on the day of the match to make adjustments. Conference schools with less than fifteen, 7 th and 8 th grade athletes may 12

13 consider using 6 th grade athletes. When sending rosters, please make sure to add the grade level as well as the skill level of the athletes to avoid unsafe situations. No matches will start after 7:30 p.m. Do not schedule more than 150 matches per mega conference event Use a minimum of three whole wrestling mats. CONFERENCE GUIDELINES TRACK 10 The conference and relay meets will follow this rotation. Conference Meet Relay Meet (Combined Boys and Girls) Omro Berlin Ripon Berlin Waupaca Winneconne Omro Winneconne Ripon Berlin 3:30 PM start time for relay and conference meet. Start time for all Duals/Triangular Meets. 4:00 p.m. start for all field events. 4:30 p.m. start for all running events. Conference Meet: No more than three athletes per event per school. Relays: One relay team per event per school. A combined order of events for the relays will be as follows: Running events begin 30 minutes after field events start X 800 (starts 4:00) Medley 2. Shuttle Hurdles Medley Relay 3. 7 th grade Relay 13

14 4. Open Relay Along with this continuing rotation, no fees will be exchanged between schools for ribbons, etc. Athletes are limited to a maximum of 3 events. Meet points should be as follows for the following meets: Conference (5 teams, 5 places) * All places receive ribbons Relays (5 teams, 4 places) * All places receive ribbons At all meets (weather permitting) there should be two separate pits, one for the triple jump and one for the long jump. High Jump: Move the bar up and down to avoid the long wait time for the participants in the high jump area. There will still be a strong effort to gradually raise the bar, but to avoid long waits, the bar will be able to be adjusted even if all the boys or girls haven t jumped at one particular height. Bar height starts at 4 feet 0 inches for boys and three feet eight inches for girls. Bar goes up by 2 inches until five feet for the boys and four feet eight inches for the girls. Then the bar is raised by 1 inch. Participation is limited to 6 boys and 6 girls from each school. Field events will be limited to 15 athletes per event. (15 for boys, 15 for girls) The host school will provide both the shot puts and discus. Individual schools may bring additional units. The first heat should involve the highest skilled athletes. When entering athlete names on the heat sheets post the fastest first down to the slowest athlete at the bottom of the list. All schools need to follow this procedure. Side Notes: Tri-angulars: use good judgment used on limiting entries (number of participants). At each meet there should be a strong effort made to show each athlete their time no matter if they are first or eighth. 11 ROTATION SCHEDULE FOR ACTIVITIES ECC Middle School Chairperson Waupaca Omro Ripon Berlin Winneconne Waupaca 14

15 Omro Ripon Berlin Winneconne Academic Bowl Omro Waupaca Winneconne Berlin Ripon Omro Waupaca Track and Field Conference Relays Omro Berlin Ripon Berlin Waupaca Winneconne Omro Winneconne Ripon Berlin Waupaca Winneconne 12 15

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