email upon receipt of the ejection report. The confirmation must be submitted within 24 hours of receiving
the ejection report. If the wrong student-athlete is identified, a correction can be made through the regional
supervisors and the NCHSAA. For more on the Sportsmanship/Ejection Policy and Penalties, See 3.3.7 and
3.3.8.
(a)
For soccer, reference Yellow Card Tracking and Ejections, see 4.8.1(j).
(b)
For wrestling, in addition to the above, during a two day tournament, if a wrestler is ejected on Friday,
this wrestler must miss Saturday of that tournament AND the next contest for a first ejection and the
next two contests for a second ejection.
4.1.8
Team Championships - In sports where applicable, a team must have multiple entries in the event to achieve
a team championship.
(a)
An individual may not earn a team title.
(b)
For reclassification purposes, a school must have a bona fide team to be counted toward the total of
schools fielding teams in a classification.
(c)
A “team” is defined as “two or more student-athletes practicing and competing in a regularly sched
uled school season.
4.1.9
Interstate Competition - [See Sanctioning Chart Page 121]
(a)
One-On-One Out of State Opponents - All contests between two (2) teams during the sports sea
son, whether home or away including scrimmage and regular season involving a non-North Carolina
school (not applying to foreign country teams), are approved, provided there is no loss of school time
(unless the membership entity approves such a contest). No sanction required.
(b)
Interstate Competition Requiring National Federation Sanction - Interstate competition that meets at
least one of the following requirements:
(1)
Any interstate (including bordering states) or international event involving two (2) or more
schools which is co-sponsored by or titled in the name of an organization outside the school
community (e.g., a college/university, a theme park, an athletic shoe/apparel company, etc.).
(2)
Event that involves non-bordering state(s) if more than five (5) states are involved.
(3)
Event that involves non-bordering state(s) if more than eight (8) schools are involved.
(4)
Any event involving two (2) or more schools that involves a team from a foreign country. The
host school should complete the NFHS Sanction Application. Those would include any event(s)
that involves international traveling teams that play multiple games in multiple states. (The
exception to this rule are Canada and Mexico, which are considered “bordering states”).
(5)
For online registration, go to www.NFHS.org and click on Sanctioning.
(c)
Border/Interstate Competition Requiring State Sanction Only - Interstate competition when an event
does not meet any of the National Federation Sanctioning requirements but involves at least one of
the following:
(1)
Event only involves state(s) that border North Carolina (GA, SC, TN and VA)
(2)
Five (5) or fewer states participating when there is a non-bordering state involved.
(3)
Eight (8) or fewer schools participating when there is a non-bordering state involved.
(4)
See Border/Interstate Sanctioning Form on the NCHSAA website. Sanctioning for the above compe
titions must be made through the NCHSAA office a minimum of 30 days in advance of the proposed
contest.
4.1.10 Games with Non-Conference Opponents - A game which has been scheduled with a non-conference opponent
shall not be allowed to interfere with a conference game, conference tournament, tiebreaking game or playoff
game. If such non-conference game shall conflict with the game, or games, necessary to break a conference
tie, the school concerned shall:
(a)
Cancel its non-conference game; or
(b)
Mutually agree to break the tie amongst the tied teams per the Handbook procedure in 4.1.11
(c)
Accept the ruling of the NCHSAA.
4.1.11 Tie-breaking Procedure - All parts of this procedure are mandatory. The steps should be followed in the order
as they appear in the procedure.
(a)
Determining Conference Standings - These rules apply for determining the final regular season stand
ings in any sport in which a conference awards its conference championship on the basis of regular
season competition.
(1)
The conference standings shall be determined on the basis of the percentage of conference
games won by each team at the end of the regular season, based on conference regulations
and subject to the tie-breaking procedure which follows. The team finishing in first place
shall be recognized as the conference champion; if a tie exists for first place, then conference
co-champions, tri-champions, etc., shall be declared.
(2)
If two or more teams have equal conference percentages at the end of the season, the team
that has the edge in head-to-head competition will get the higher place in the standings. All
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