2014-15 SOUTH SUBURBAN CONFERENCE

FOOTBALL POLICIES

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

John Janke

Shakopee High School

100 West 17th Avenue
Shakopee, MN55379-2499

E-Mail:

RULES

South Suburban Football is played under the rules of the National Federation of High Schools and the Minnesota State High School League

SCHEDULING

1. Single Round. Due to the number of conference teams, ten schools will play eight (8) conference games, and you will have a bye verse one team each year. The South Suburban Conference will also work to schedule 2 non-conference games each week in Weeks 1-3 of the season with the Lake Conference.

EVENT MANAGEMENT

Football Policies

A copy of these policies is to be available at the Home site during each football game.

Pre-Game Activities:

A team representative will inform the visiting teams of the school's schedule of activities a minimum of one day before the contest.

Schedule and Starting Times

Monday: 10B (Opposite Varsity, Previous Weeks Opponent) 4:00 Game

Tuesday: 9B (Same as Varsity, Previous Weeks Opponent) 4:00 Game

Thursday: 10A (Same as Varsity) 9A (Opposite Varsity) 4:00 Game

Friday: Varsity 7:00 Game

Saturday: JV (Opposite Varsity) 10:00 AM Game

Varsity game Pre-Game Schedule

Pre-game schedule will be as follows:

5:30 p.m. - Pre-game warm-up

6:40 p.m. - Toss of coin

6:40 p.m. - Teams leave the field

6:46 p.m. - Pre-game presentation (should include the band or other groups as determined by the home team or school administration).

6:53 p.m. - Team return to the field and line up on the goal line of the same end the team warmed up on

6:55 p.m. - National Anthem. (Five minutes on game clock)

Band leaves the field.

6:58 p.m. - Team introductions, Visitors followed by the Home Team

7:00 p.m. - KICK-OFF

Half Times:

In accordance with National federation Rules, halftime shall be 15 minutes unless the host school requests an extension to 20 minutes. The visiting school is to be notified at least one day in advance, the officials upon their arrival. School officials have the responsibility to schedule performances and activities that will fit into these guidelines. Teams must re-enter the field at the end of the halftime. If bands or other groups are finishing their performance, the teams are to remain in the ten-yard end zone until the performance ends or the three minute warm-up period expires. At the end of the three minute warm-up, the field must be cleared and the game resumed.

Postponement of Games

1. Do not postpone except in very extreme situations. All postponed games must be rescheduled.

2. Postponement must follow discussions by both schools' athletic directors (or their designee) and the conference coordinator.

3. The final decision to postpone a football game in extreme conditions rests with the host school Athletic Director or designee.

Chain Gang:

The home team will assign three (3) responsible adults to handle the down box and chains. A fourth (4th) person will be assigned to handle the yard line clip. The crew is to conduct their duties in a professional manner and not interfere with coaches and players on either team.

Game Ball:

Each team will be responsible to provide their own ball and ball persons. Teams must use an official size and weight ball.

Field Control:

A safety zone of five yards is to be maintained around the football field. The only people within that zone should be the chain crew, ball people, officials and teams.

Film Exchange:

If teams choose to use the online film exchange, video uploading must start by 11 pm the evening of the game and a coaching staff member must stay at school to make sure upload is completed. If the upload fails, teams need to exchange film by 9 am the next day. The exchange copy will be the press box angle with all 22 players reasonably on screen.

Filming Games:

Video, 8mm, and 16mm cameras are not to be used at the games unless approved by the Athletic Director.

Scouting

The scouting of scrimmages of the first opponent is permitted.

Sophomore and Junior Varsity Games

The Junior Varsity games will be played on Saturday morning, sophomore games will be played on Thursdays except when these games fall on approved South Suburban Conference “no play” dates. The sophomore team will consist of sophomores (and/or under) only.

The members of the starting offensive and defensive units of the varsity squad for the current week will not participate in junior varsity games.

Sophomores may play in junior varsity games ONLY if needed to field a team in order to complete the junior varsity schedule. This should be upon mutual agreement.

Playing time for sophomore and junior varsity games shall be four (4) 12 minute quarters, stopped time. Ties will be played off per federation rules.

ROSTERS

Uniforms

Home teams will wear colored jerseys; the visiting teams will wear white jerseys. This will hold true in all levels of competition. Numbers should follow the number designation of players by position as outlined by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

A roster of each team must be placed on the MSHSL website at least one week prior to the first conference game or a copy of your game roster must be emailed to the home school one week prior to game day. This roster should include:

Names

Numbers

Grade

Height

Weight

Position of the squad members

In addition to the squad roster, this information may also include the following:

Coaching Staff--Head Coach and his Assistants

Junior Varsity Coaches

Sophomore Coaches

Athletic Director

Team Physician

Trainer

Student Managers

Cheerleaders

OFFICIALS

Game Officials

Will be assigned to the varsity games by the Football Assignment Secretary of the South Suburban Conference. Five (5) officials will be assigned from the associations as recommended by the football coaches. The Assignment Secretary will assign three (3) officials to sophomore and junior varsity games.

Timers

The home team will assign a competent person to act as a timer. This person should confer with the game officials for clarification of signals prior to the start of the game.

VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS

Each host school shall provide a facility for the visiting team that will accommodate the spotters and the filming personnel from the visiting school. This facility should be equal to that of the home team.

Team Standings:

Team Conference Overall

Rosemount 7-0 8-0

Prior Lake 7-1 7-1

Lakeville North 6-1 7-1

Eastview 4-3 4-4

Eagan 3-4 4-4

Burnsville 3-4 3-5

Lakeville South 3-5 3-5

Apple Valley 2-6 2-6

Shakopee 2-6 2-6

Farmington 0-7 0-8

SOUTH SUBURBAN CONFERENCE AWARDS

Conference Champion

The team with fewest number of conference losses will be the conference champion. No tie-breaker will be used to split ties for the conference champion.

All-Conference

Coaches will select one team of 42 All-Conference and 42 Honorable Mention selections as established by South Suburban Conference Policies. Beginning in 2013, there will be a pool of 6 at large all-conference selections to be decided on by a vote of the coaches. Also beginning in 2013, each team will be given an additional Honorable Mention Selection (the numbers below reflect this change).

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Finish Selections Selections Total

1 7 6 13

2 6 6 12

3 5 5 10

4 5 5 10

5 4 5 9

6 4 5 9

7 3 5 8

8 3 5 8

9 3 5 8

10 2 5 7

Distribution of All-Conference Selections - When two teams are tied, head to head competition will be considered first. If the two teams did not play, a coin flip will be used to determine which team receives the higher number of All-Conference selections. When the total number of All-Conference and Honorable Mention selections is the same or a difference of one (i.e. 6th and 7th place, 1st and 2nd place), no adjustments will be made in the number of Honorable Mention selections. When the difference in total selections is two (i.e. 2nd and 3rd place), the team that loses the coin flip will receive one of the winning coin flip team’s Honorable Mention selections.

In the case of three teams tying, head to head competition will be considered first. If one team has defeated both opponents, they will receive the highest allotment, minus one Honorable Mention selection. The remaining teams will then have a coin flip, with the loser of the coin flip gaining the additional Honorable Mention selection. If none of the tied teams has defeated both of the other teams, the selections will be pooled and the coaches involved will come to mutual agreement on an equitable disbursement of the selections.

PUBLICITY

The home team will furnish official scores and will be responsible for reporting the results of the game to the various news media.

COACHES MEETINGS

Pre-season: A pre-season meeting will be held 5:00 pm on Wednesday, August 6, 2014. This year’s host is TBD. The meeting will occur at 5:00 pm followed by a social dinner. Wives are invited.

Post-season: A post-season meeting will be held at 7:00pm on Monday, October 27, 2014, at Shakopee High School.

Roll Call: A roll call will be taken. Schools must be represented at the meeting to have input. Head coaches are strongly encouraged to attend.

All-Conference List

Name: School: Position: Grade:

Dimitri Williams Rosemount RB 12

Jackson Erdmann Rosemount QB 12

Tyler Hartigan Rosemount WR 12

Tre Peterson Rosemount DT 12

John Birkholz Rosemount DB 12

Dan Monson Rosemount LB 11

Lowell Green Rosemount RB 12

Gabe Ames Rosemount LB 11

Alex Hart Prior Lake LB 12

Joey Schons Prior Lake C 12

Payton Anderson Prior Lake DB 12

Josh Dysthe Prior Lake LB 12

Zach Herbst Prior Lake DE 12

Jamahl Johnson Prior Lake DT 11

Jesse Cardenas Lakeville North LB 12

Carl Engwall Lakeville North DE 12

Dakota Toedter Lakeville North LB 12

Jordan Cardenas Lakeville North LB 12

Boyd Draeger Lakeville North DL 12

Bradyn Daniels Lakeville North DL 12

Tommy Hutsell Eastview RB 12

Cole McDevitt Eastview QB 12

Obi Ibeneme Eastview WR 12

Tommy Anderson Eastview OL 12

Tom Delich Eastview OL 12

David Schrader Eastview LB 12

Sam Zenner Eagan QB 12

Joe Kovach Eagan LB 12

Ricky Kamrud Eagan LB 12

Noah Kuehn Eagan OT 12

Shane Kalb Eagan LB 12

Brett Shepley Burnsville LB 12

Andy Grahn Burnsville DL 12

Benn Olson Burnsville OL 11

Gerrit Olsen Burnsville LB 11

Kamal Martin Burnsville QB 11

Josh Corcoran Lakeville South RB 12

Grant Mosser Lakeville South CB 12

Brandon Johnson Lakeville South S 12

Eric Rousemiller Lakeville South C 10

Matt Morse Apple Valley QB 12

Kieran McKeag Apple Valley LB 11

Isaiah Hall Apple Valley DB 11

Owen Webster Shakopee RB 11

Nick Kropiwka Shakopee OL 11

Tyler Sloss Shakopee SS 12

Gavin Bassett Farmington S 11

Tanner Thode Farmington DL 12

Honorable Mention All-Conference:

Name: School: Position: Grade:

Lucas Olson Prior Lake QB 12

Tyler Hanson Prior Lake K 12

Jake Rosonke Prior Lake RB 12

Cullen Sowder Prior Lake RB 12

Tyson West Prior Lake LB 12

Nick Raddatz Prior Lake S 11

Jahvonta Wilson Burnsville RB 12

Jarrod Leake Burnsville OL 12

Tahi Dixon Burnsville DL 12

Andy Samuel Burnsville OL 11

Stephan Olson, Jr. Burnsville LB 10

Joe Guimond Shakopee LB 12

Dylan Galbreath Shakopee DE 11

Lucas Theis Shakopee LB 12

Mykal Riley Shakopee TE 12

Jake Rhinesmith Shakopee CB 12

Zach Robole Apple Valley LB 12

Aaron Ertz Apple Valley OL 11

Donovan Dalton Apple Valley WR 10

Mario Lewis Apple Valley RB 10

Kevin Tchalla Apple Valley RB 12

Ryan Kretzschmar Lakeville South DE 12

Landon Mount Lakeville South OL 12

Blake Wacholz Lakeville South S 11

Conner Rousemiller Lakeville South DE 12

Dalton Peterson Lakeville South RB 12

Troy Brown Eagan RB 12

Brandon Carl Eagan OL 12

Josh Edelstein Eagan K 12

Josh Kawlewski Eagan DL 11

Jake Ossell Eagan DB 12

Luke Branson Lakeville North RB 12

Stu Hamann Lakeville North DB 12

Connor Melz Lakeville North LB 12

Drew Stewart Lakeville North QB 11

Jake Traefald Lakeville North DB 11

Gavin Rudoll Rosemount WR 12

Zach Thissen Rosemount OL 12

Jack Kessler Rosemount TE 12

Luke Dahl Rosemount LB 12

Matt Danielson Rosemount DB 12

Spike Burkard Rosemount DB 12

Tyler Micholic Eastview OL 12

Chris Cook Eastview TE 12

Marquez Jenkins Eastview DL 12

Keith Muehlbauer Eastview LB 12

Mike Delich Eastview LB 10

Christian Groves Farmington RB 11

Kevin Robertson Farmington WR 12

Jake Roepke Farmington OL 12

Dylan Hammerschmidt Farmington DB 12

Logan Haakana Farmington LB 12

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