GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION - DeKalb County Schools

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I. All gymnastics coaches are required to attend a GHSA rules clinic as specified in the GHSA By-Laws.
PRELIMINARY MEET:
A. A Preliminary (qualifying) Meet will be held April 20-21, 2012 at Lovett School with the first session beginning at
6 p.m., on Friday and the second session beginning at 10 a.m., on Saturday.
B. General information, entry forms and roster forms will be on the GHSA website.
C. Schools that do not meet the entry form deadline will not be able to enter the qualifying meet.
D. All participants must qualify in the Preliminary Meet to advance to the State Meet.
E. No substitutions may be made after the Preliminary Meet.
F. Schools that enter the qualifying meet, but do not attend, will be fined by the GHSA.
STATE MEET
A. The State Meet will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Westminster School.
1. The GHSA Coordinator for Gymnastics is Dr. Lucia Norwood.
2. The admission fee for the State Meet is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students high school and under for presale
only. If pre-sale is not applicable, all fees at the gate will be $7.00.
B. A spring floor will be used in the State Meet.
C. In all preliminary meets and the state meet, expenses are paid from the gross gate receipts, including the cost of
officials, and the balance is sent to the GHSA Office.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
SECTION 8
LACROSSE
A. Lacrosse is a classified event with two state championships (AAAAA and the combined AAAA/AAA/AA/A).
B. All Lacrosse games will be played according to the rules published by the National Federation (boys) or US Lacrosse
(girls) with such GHSA modifications as may be found in this section.
C. Notification of entry in Lacrosse must be filed in writing with the GHSA office no later than April 1, for the upcoming
school year so that teams may be placed in Areas for competition.
D. The number of Lacrosse matches allowed will be 18 (head-to-head or tournament competition) not including Area
and other post-season competition. Beginning and ending dates for practice and competition can be found at the
front of this publication.
E. All GHSA Lacrosse matches shall be played with either one or two officially-dressed officials who are registered
under the GHSA plan for registration of officials.
F. In accordance with GHSA By-Laws, only one night before a school day per week may be used with competitions
beginning at 6:00 p.m. or later.
1. For evening games, a single game must begin no later than 7:30 p.m.
2. For evening games, a double-header must begin no later than 6:00 p.m.
G. Sub-varsity matches will be limited as follows:
1. Boys will play four 10-minute quarters.
2. Girls will play two 20-minute halves.
3. No overtimes will be played in sub-varsity competition.
H. When there is a competitive imbalance between two teams in a contest, the match will be shortened as follows:
1. If a team is ten (10) or more goals down at halftime, the second half will be played with a running clock that will
stop only for timeouts.