High School - Number of games allowed/season

Some girls play Varsity and Jr. Varsity. I know that high school players can only participate in 4 games per week. What is the rule on number of games per season? I tried to find Federation rulebook on line but no luck.

 

23 total games

 

The maximum number of games allowed for a player is 24 in a season. Conference tournaments and state playoffs do not count toward the total. The weekly maximum is three, although a fourth game is permitted provided it is either part of a double header or is played on a Saturday. Both varsity and JV games count toward the total. If the player's name is on or added to the team's line-up card, it counts as a game regardless of whether or not the player actually entered the game.

In North Carolina, a player can be added to the line-up card at any time during the game. However, doing so results in a warning to the head coach. A second player added results in the coach being restricted to the dugout. The spirit of this rule is to prevent players from being penalized because they were late for the game or the coach inadvertently left a name off the line-up. It also enables smaller programs to gain some flexibility in using JV's in an emergency back-up role for the varsity without burning their allowed games.

 

NUMBER OF REGULAR SEASON CONTESTS: No more than four per week, provided fourth single game is on a non school day for both. Four games in three days is still permissible without using a non school day. Total 23 games (including any games played in invitational tournaments). Note: In baseball and softball (due to daily limitations), it is permissible for an athlete to participate in a junior varsity and varsity game in the same day; however, any athlete is still subject to the weekly and seasonal limitations (four games a week, not to exceed three days, total of 23). Softball (team and individuals) is limited to four games a day. Junior varsity conference tournament games must count toward the 23-game limit; varsity conference tour- nament games are considered part of the state playoffs.


Got this off nchsaa site, is it not correct?

 

23 is the total unless you play an endowment game; then it becomes 24.

 

That is correct, 23 games plus an optional endowment game for a maximum total of 24. Thanks for the clarification.