principals the opportunity to review and comment on the alignment prior to the presentation to the Board of Directors. Principals will sign a form to verify receipt and return the form to the WVSSAC office within ten days from the date of the bulletin. 17.3. The Board of Directors shall have general control over sectional tournaments. The detailed management of these sectional tournaments, however, shall be under the control of the schools assigned to each respective section. 17.4. All net earnings from tournaments conducted under the supervision of the Board of Directors shall be turned over to the Commission unless otherwise specified by the Board of Control. Sectional or regional assessments may be charged to cover the cost of a tournament trophy furnished by the WVSSAC. 17.5. The Board of Directors may approve participation by member middle schools in county, league or conference tournament. Tournament play on the state level for member middle schools is prohibited.
17.6. State tournaments conclude only after all games, matches, or events are complete.
§127-3-18. Season Regulations. 18.1. The Commission uses the NFHS standardized calendar to schedule all activities. Each sport season shall have an established beginning and ending date for practice and interscholastic contests based on a standardized calendar. §127-3-19. Baseball. 19.1. Rules: Baseball rules published by the NFHS are the official rules for all interscholastic competition unless otherwise provided by Commission modifications. 19.2. Organized Team Practice: Organized team practice will begin Monday of Week 35 and the first contest may be played on Wednesday of Week 37.
19.3. Length of Season: The baseball season ends for each team by WVSSAC tournament elimination.
19.4. Maximum Team Contests: A baseball team is permitted to play no more than 32 games exclusive of sectional, regional, and state tournament contests.
19.5. Scrimmages: Teams may conduct two baseball scrimmages with another high school. (See Glossary.)
19.6. Individual students of a team must have practiced on 12 separate days, exclusive of the day of a contest, before participating in an interscholastic contest.
19.7. Student Participation:
19.7.a. A student may not play or practice on a non-school baseball team while a member of the school team.
19.7.b. A student shall not participate in more than 32 games in one season, exclusive of sectional, regional, and state tournament contests. Serving as a “courtesy or pinch runner” is not considered “participation” in a game. 19.8. During the sport season, a student may accept awards only in WVSSAC sanctioned events. Awards must comply with §127-3-5. Outside the sport season, students may accept only compliant awards in non-sanctioned events.
19.9. Middle Schools -- The above will apply for middle schools with following adaptations:
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