Out of State/Association Teams

[Dave Brost]

Being close to the Wisconsin-Illinois border, I have had a few games where teams from Illinois come to Wisconsin to play. We always talk in our pregame about rule differences that might apply. Our first thought is any adaptations that Wisconsin uses, different from NFHS. Then we look at any possible rules that Illinois uses that Wisconsin does not use. We always cover all of these points in the captains/coaches pregame conference. We ask the coaches if they know of any rule differences that we have not discussed. If during the game, a situation happens where a rule has to be applied that we did not cover, we obviously have to use the local rule. The best we can do at that point is explain to the coach, and go on with the game.