Important dates - 2023-24 Season

First Practice Day (All Classes):  Friday, August 11, 2023
*First Day for Competition (All Classes):  Thursday, August 24, 2023
Playoffs Begin (Class AA, A, B, 8 Player and C-6 Player): October 27-28, 2023
State Championship Games: November 17-18, 2023

*No individual shall play in any association contest until he/she has a minimum of ten (10) days of football practice and at least one practice session per day on ten (10) different days (no practice permitted on Sunday), prior to the date of the first allowable game.

The first three days of football practice will be a period of acclimation with no contact and no pads. The only football equipment to be used is shoes and helmets. Non-contact is defined as no student-to-student contact. However, participants may contact dummies/shields held by others.

When determining what constitutes a MHSA practice that satisfies the language above, the following criteria must be applied:

1. Practice must be at least one (1) hour long.
2. At least one full squad (varsity team/J.V. team/C squad) and their coaching staff must be present.
3. The athlete must participate in the entire practice.
4. Practice should include the majority of drills and conditioning that are the norm for that team or squad.
5. A practice the day of a game does not count (unless an athlete is practicing with another squad that does not have a game that day, i.e. a varsity team member who stays home and practices with the JV team that does not have a game that day).
6. Warm-ups or walk-throughs with the team prior to a game does not constitute a practice.