Lakes Area Christian Schools
Athletic Conference
Rule Adaptations
Adopted June 12, 2025
All Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association rules for individual sports will be used with the adaptations noted below:
I. Participation
a. Players in “B” level games should be in the sixth grade or lower.
b. Players in “A” level games may be in any grade.
c. If a team needs to use one or more seventh grade player(s) on the “B” level, that must be communicated to the opposing coach and athletic director at least one day prior to the
match/game. Discretion should be used when allowing a seventh grader to play at the “B” level based upon their abilities.
II. Soccer
a. Soccer is played at a single level for all grades and is co-ed.
b. Games should be played by eleven players versus 11 players. However, coaches/athletic directors should communicate prior to the game if this number needs to be lowered
due to the number of players on one or both teams.
c. The game will be played with two 25-minute halves and a 5-minute halftime.
d. If at the end of the second half the score is tied, no shootout or overtime is played, and the game is recorded as a tie.
III. Volleyball
a. The net height will be 7’4½” at the antennas (women’s high school net height).
b. A match will played as the best of three games with the third game played only to break a 1-1 tie OR if before the match the coaches and referee agree to play if time allows.
c. Rally scoring will be to 25 points (must win by 2 points) in games one and two. Game three, if played, is to 15 points.
d. Warmup periods of 3/3/2 will be used. The home team has the full court for the first three minutes; the visiting team has the full court for the second three minutes followed by
two minutes of shared serving.
e. Players in 6th grade and below may serve behind a closer service line (five feet from the end line) in both “B” and “A” level games.
f. Additional adaptations for “B” level games
i. Volley Lite balls will be used.
ii. The 5-points per server rule is in effect. The serving team retains possession of the service but rotates forward one spot.
IV. Basketball
a. There are no restrictions regarding zone or man-to-man defenses.
b. Each team has three full (60-second) and two 30-second timeouts per game.
c. Overtime rules
i. If at the end of the second half the score is tied a 3-minute overtime period will be played starting with a jump ball.
ii. Team fouls from the second half continue into overtime. They do not reset.
III. Each team is granted one full time for the overtime period.
iv. If the score remains tied after an overtime period, an additional overtime period is played following the same rules as above be the first player to touch the
d. Additional adaptations for “B” level games
i. The game will consist of two 16-minute running-clock halves with a standard stop-clock operation for the last two minutes of both halves.
ii. Teams may use a full court press only during the last two minutes of each half. Before that, players can only be guarded after crossing the center court line. No press is
allowed by a team with a 15-point or greater lead.
III. Free-throw shooters must start behind the free-throw line but may jump across as they shoot the ball. The shooter may not be the first player to touch the ball on a missed
attempt.
e. Additional adaptations for “A” level games
i. The game will consist of two 14-minute with a standard stop-clock operation.
ii. Teams may use a full court press throughout the game. No press is allowed by a team with a 15-point or greater lead.
iii. Regardless of grade, a player attempting a free-throw must remain behind the free-throw line until the ball reaches the rim of the basket.