December 7, 2022 at 11:38 a.m.
WIAA to sanction lacrosse beginning in 2023-24
WIAA to sanction lacrosse beginning in 2023-24
After receiving a presentation from the committee assigned to evaluate the feasibility of adding boys' and girls' lacrosse to sports sponsored by the WIAA, the board unanimously passed the proposal that targets the spring of the 2023-24 school year for the inaugural season with a tournament series. Additional details, including season regulations and tournament procedure, will be communicated when they become available.
It's the first time an entirely new sport has been introduced for both genders since the addition of boys' and girls' soccer in 1982-83. Since that time, hockey and wrestling expanded to girls' sponsorship in 2002 and 2022, respectively, and boys' volleyball was reinstated in 2000, but those sports were already sanctioned for the other gender.
"We commend members of the planning committee for months of work and collaboration with member schools that already sponsor the sport," WIAA Executive Director Stephanie Hauser said. "Our staff and membership look forward to the new opportunity for student-athletes to participate in a sport quickly gaining popularity around the nation."
Three fast-tracked non-football conference realignment requests were passed by a Board vote. The first moves Wisconsin Dells from the Capitol Conference to the South Central Conference for boys' soccer only beginning in the fall of 2023. The second moves Arcadia from the Midwestern Wisconsin Conference to the Mississippi Valley Conference for boys' and girls' soccer beginning in 2023-24. The third renews the membership of Beloit Memorial in the Big Eight Conference for boys' hockey only, after being realigned in the Southern Lakes Conference for all other sports except boys' hockey in 2021.
Among the action items approved by the Board include the 2021-22 independent audit report conducted and presented by Hawkins Ash CPAs, the October general fund statements and payments, the deferred liability fund report for September, and the 2022-23 meeting dates calendar.
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