§127-3-28.
Tennis (Boys and Girls).
28.1. Rules: Tennis rules published by the United States Tennis
Association are the official rules for all interscholastic competition unless otherwise
provided by Commission modification.
28.2. Organized Team Practice: Organized team practice will
begin on Monday of Week 35 and the first contest may be played on Wednesday of Week 37.
28.3. Length of Season: The tennis season will end for each team
or individual at tournament elimination.
28.4. Maximum Team Contests: A tennis team will be permitted 22 matches
exclusive of sectional, regional, and state contests.
28.4.1. Dual, triangular and quadrangular matches count as one. Matches
in which five or more schools participate count as two.
28.5. Scrimmages: Two tennis scrimmages with another high school
may be conducted. See Glossary.
28.6. Individual students of a team must have practiced on 14 SEPARATE
days, exclusive of the day of a contest, before participating in an interscholastic
contest.
28.7. A student may accept awards in WVSSAC sanctioned events or
non-sanctioned events during the entire year. These awards must be consistent with the
items specified in the Awards Rules.
28.8. Junior High Schools - The above will apply for junior high
schools with the following adaptations:
28.8.1. Junior high teams may play 16 matches including tournaments
sanctioned by the WVSSAC.
28.8.2. Junior high teams are permitted one (1) scrimmage. See
Glossary.
28.8.3. There shall be one season for tennis in junior high school,
either fall or spring; however, the season selected shall be no longer than 12 weeks.
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