Upcoming Events
2022-23 Rules Meetings
Online Rules Meetings
Baseball-Feb 13 through Mar 13, 2023
- Pre-season Team Practice is not allowed.
- First Practice Date is the Monday of NFHS Week 33
- Scrimmage Rule does apply
- The Date of the first contest allowed is the Monday of NFHS Week 37. Eligibility and schedules must be filed online.
- Maximum number of regular season contests is 30 games. Maximum of four tournaments with each tournament counting as three games.
- Off-season team practice is not allowed. Exception: Coaches may be involved in a coaching capacity with students in their school or non-school teams.
- In the Summer there are no restrictions in regard to practice.
- Dead Period Rule does apply
Important Baseball Dates
First Practice Date……………………………………………Feb. 13, 2023
First Contest Date……………………………………………Mar. 13, 2023
Deadline to File Elgibility & Schedules………………….Mar. 13, 2023
DI Districts (MBC By) …………………………………………..May 9, 2023
DII A Regions (MBC By) …………………………………….May 10, 2023
DI Region Tournament ………………………………… May 12-13, 2023
DII AA First Round Series …………………………….. May 12-13, 2023
DII A First Round Game …………………………………….May 13, 2023
DI Sectional Series ……………………………………… May 17-20, 2023
DII A Quarterfinal Series ………………………………. May 17-20, 2023
DII AA Quarterfinal Series ……………………………. May 19-20, 2023
DI & DII State Championships ………………………. May 23-26, 2023
Coaches and employees of a school are subject to the guidelines of the TSSAA Sports Calendar when working with students from his/her school
Practice- Coach and player(s) together with instruction, teaching, coaching, etc. Try-outs are considered practice.
Open Facilities Permitted year round (Monday through Friday) except during the Dead Period. Schools may use their facilities for students in their building prior to or after the school day. Coaches may serve in a supervisory capacity only. There is no instruction, no teaching, no coaching, etc. Coaches may not participate or play in any manner. It is a free play type atmosphere. Sport specific skills cannot be taught. ATTENDANCE CANNOT BE MANDATORY.
Pre-season Practice Rule– Begins the first day of school until the first official day of practice in that particular sport. individual instructions may be given to no more than five students per day
Scrimmage Rule– After the TSSAA first official day of practice, a school cannot pratice with or scrimmage another school until both schools have practiced a minimum of three days. A school may have a maximum of four scrimmages or two scrimmage dates or one scrimmage date and two scrimmages. No tournament format of any type may be used. Scrimmages should look more like practice than games. Once a school has played their first game, there can be no more scrimmages.