INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 3, 2025) — Four revisions dealing with player equipment in high school football were among the eight changes recommended by the NFHS Football Rules Committee at its January 12-14 meeting in Indianapolis. All recommended changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MileSplit, a premier nationwide online network for cross country and track and field coverage and registration, has renewed its partnership with the NFHS for an additional three years. Originally signed as a corporate partner in 2021, MileSplit will remain the Official Cross Country and Track and Field Registration Platform of the NFHS.
INDIANAPOLIS – For the third consecutive year, National High School Colors Week is being celebrated this week as many of the 12-million plus students involved in high school sports, performing arts and other activity programs – along with millions of fans in communities nationwide – will be proudly displaying the distinctive colors of their schools.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 11, 2024) — Beginning next season, the indirect free position will be eliminated in high school girls lacrosse when a minor foul is committed by the defense in the 12-meter fan. Now, the player who is fouled will be allowed to shoot from a free position on the 12-meter fan.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (July 9, 2024) — Effective with the 2025 season, races in high school track and field will be recalled in the first 50 meters when a competitor falls due to contact with another competitor. This change, which was one of eight revisions recommended by the NFHS Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Committee at its June 10-12 meeting in Indianapolis, relates to races not run in lanes, or when two or more competitors are assigned to a single lane.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (June 26, 2024) — High school baseball players using non-wood bats will have greater flexibility in using substances to enhance their grip on the bat with a change that brings consistency to Rule 1-3-2.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (June 26, 2024) — Risk minimization – particularly as it relates to lost equipment during play, proper wearing of the helmet and appropriate instances for checking an opponent’s crosse – was the focus of the rules changes forwarded by the NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee for the 2025 season.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Rule 12 of the NFHS Soccer Rules Book on Fouls and Misconduct has been revised and reorganized and includes a new section on “Stopping a Promising Attack.”
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 8, 2024) — Language in the 2024 NFHS Football Rules Book will be changed in an effort to ensure consistent interpretation of the rule regarding requirements for home team uniforms in high school football. Next season, all home team jerseys must be the same dark color(s) that clearly contrasts with white.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 2, 2024) – A change in high school field hockey rules for 2024 establishes a standardized procedure for the starting of penalty corners.