IC Catholic Prep to host athletic combine Saturday
IHSA implements pitch count for high-school baseball teams.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
IC Catholic Prep is hosting an athletic combine this Saturday (Jan. 7) from 7-10 p.m. in the IC Catholic Prep gymnasium.
All seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls are invited to participate in this free combine, which is sponsored by Olympia Chiropractic & Physical Therapy.
Testing includes: 3-cone drill, vertical jump, broad jump, 5-10-5 shuttle, medicine-ball toss, 20-yard dash, pullups and an agility course.
Registration opens at 7 p.m., and agility testing runs from 7:30-9 p.m. A pizza party will be held from 9-10 p.m.
A waiver must be signed by parents in order for the student to participate. To register online, visit www.iccatholicprep.org. For questions, contact Mrs. Kate Luburic at [email protected].
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IHSA implements pitch count for baseball
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors recently voted to implement a pitching regulation policy in baseball.
The pitch limitations are effective immediately and will be used by IHSA member schools during the 2017 baseball season this spring.
The limitations approved by the board closely mirror the pitching limitations developed by the IHSA’s Baseball Advisory Committee and Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. The most significant change from the original recommendation is dropping the maximum number of pitches in a game from 115 to 105.
“This was a collaborative effort that goes a long way toward making high-school baseball in Illinois safer,” IHSA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee member Dr. Preston Wolin said. “I want to thank the IHSA board, the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, the Baseball Advisory Committee and all the people who were indispensable in this process for their efforts.”
The IHSA board reviewed the pitching limitation recommendation in the fall and chose to present it to the IHSA membership for feedback during the association’s town-hall meetings in November.
“Kudos to the Baseball Advisory and Sports Medicine Advisory committees for working together on behalf of student safety,” IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson said. “We believe the NFHS and its state association membership have been leaders in this area in all sports, but ultimately the high-school season encompasses a short window. We hope youth and travel baseball organizations will follow our lead to help protect these pitchers and their arms.”
The IHSA is developing a process for schools to submit their game-by-game pitching counts via the IHSA website, which will be presented to coaches and school personnel prior to the season. The board confirmed that a violation of the policy could result in forfeiture and that all violations of the policy will be reviewed by the executive director on a case-by-case basis.
