Here are the dates from the 2015 High School Softball Manual
February 23 -First Day of Coaching/Instruction for all prospective members of theschool team
March 2 -Until the first regular season game of the teams involved H.S. Preview Permitted
March 28 - First Day Regular Season Contests Permitted
April 20 - Non-Interscholastic Competition No Longer Permitted(see Softball Regulation 4.8 for additional information)
May 9- May 16 - Sectional Tournament
May 18 ? May 23 - District Tournament
May 27 ? May 30 - Regional Tournament
June 4 ? June 6 - State Tournament
June 13 - Coaching and School Season Ends
August 10- September 7 - Coaches? No Contact Period
http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sb/girls/sbmanual.pdf
No, they can start competing with their travel ball team when their high school season is over. JV players that don't play with varsity can be released by their high school coach after the jv season is over to compete with their travel team .
4.8) Individual Non-Interscholastic Competition Dates: A softball athlete who has not participated for a school team in softball that season mustcease non-interscholastic softball competition six weeks (42 days) prior to the Mondayof the State Tournaments in softball in order to be eligible for OHSAA Tournamentcompetition provided applicable bylaws and regulations have been followed. Date: April 20, 2015.
If the coach would allow it, I guess a girl could wait to April 20, to compete with their high school team.
Depending how good a girls high school team will determine how early they could compete for their travel team. EX a team gets beat in the sectionals and their season over May 20th could then go play with their travel ball team. A girls team who plays in the state finals would not be eligible until after their state finals game. I have heard of girls who played in the state finals during the day, then that night play with their travel ball team because their high season is over after the state finals. My best guess is the June 13th date was put in place so high school coaches couldn't keep practicing with their team.
We were told by the School in the Spring sports meeting that the girls are not allowed to play TB until the BANQUET for the sport is over !!! This would mean that they are one & done in the tournement and may be as much as 2 weeks after the season is over until the BANQUET !!!!
We were told by the School in the Spring sports meeting that the girls are not allowed to play TB until the BANQUET for the sport is over !!! This would mean that they are one & done in the tournement and may be as much as 2 weeks after the season is over until the BANQUET !!!!
This is actualy a lot clearer than what I have always heard - I still think it stinks.
Is there a similer rule for all the other sports?
We were told by the School in the Spring sports meeting that the girls are not allowed to play TB until the BANQUET for the sport is over !!! This would mean that they are one & done in the tournement and may be as much as 2 weeks after the season is over until the BANQUET !!!!
So best for a team not to have to many girls from the same school.
I believe the rule also states that you can't have any more than 4 from the same school on your travel team.
That is only if the team is coached by school coaches.
The vast majority of your community rec. teams for example in the High school division of http://sogfsa.org/ are filled with ladies from the same school.
I also know of several HS teams over the years that had fall/winter and spring teams coached by others outside of the school.