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128Cat 2 Activity Guidelines< 79.9 Normal Activities – Provide at least three separate rest breaks each hour with a minimum duration of 3 min each during the workout.80.0 - 84.5 Use discretion for intense or prolonged exercise; Provide at least three separate rest breaks each hour with a minimum duration of 5 min each.Cold Water Immersion must be available. (see below)84.6- 87.5 Maximum practice time is 2 hr. Contests may conclude if the temperature moves to orange mid-game with the required breaks provided. No new contests may be started if the temperature is in this range.For Football: players are restricted to helmet, shoulder pads, and shorts during practice. If the WBGT rises to this level during practice, players may continue to work out wearing football pants without changing to shorts.For All Sports: There must be 20 min of rest breaks distributed throughout each hour of practice.Cold Water Immersion must be available. (see below)87.6 - 89.9 Maximum practice time is 1 hr.For Football: No protective equipment may be worn during practice, and there may be no conditioning activities.For All Sports: There must be 20 min of rest breaks distributed throughout the hour of practice. Cold Water Immersion must be available. (see below)Consider postponing games or practices until a cooler time of day.> 89.9 No outdoor workouts. Delay practice until a cooler WBGT is reached. Table 1 (all temperature readings as measured by WBGT devise)Treatment of Exertional Heat Stroke and Cold-Water Immersion:In the event of potential Exertional Heat Stroke (EHS), each school participating in interscholastic sports shall be properly prepared and equipped to activate EMS and initiate rapid whole-body cooling using an evidence-based cooling modality. The current best practice for the treatment of exertional heat stroke is rapid whole-body cooling via Cold Water Immersion (CWI) on-site followed by transport to advanced medical care (Cool first transport second). If whole-body CWI is not readily available, alternate evidence-based whole-bodycooling techniques can be utilized (e.g. TACO method). The best practices shall be carried out by a licensed athletic trainer, designated healthcare provider, or EMS provider. In the event that these medical providers are not available and heat illness is suspected, cooling should be initiated until advanced medical personnel arrives.The cooling modality shall be ready for immediate use when WBGT is at or above 80F. At WBGT temperatures below 80F the coolingmodality should be readily available. 38. BASEBALL PITCH COUNT GUIDELINESA pitch is defined as a pitch thrown during live competition. Strikes (including all foul balls), balls, balls put in play, and pitches for outsall count in a pitcher’s pitch count.Warmup pitches, pick off attempts, or other throws by a pitcher after the ball has been put in play do not count in a pitcher’s pitch count.A pitcher who reaches the pitch count limit in the middle of an at-bat will be allowed to pitch to that batter until that at-bat ends.Teams must follow all NFHS rules regarding pitching substitution.If the pitcher is ambidextrous, the pitch count guidelines apply to the individual pitcher, not to the individual arm.All pitch count guidelines apply to an individual pitcher on a daily basis. For example: A pitcher could pitch in both games of a double header. The total number of pitches the pitcher throws that day will determine the pitcher’s days of rest that must follow the doubleheader.During the regular season, each team is responsible for counting its own team’s pitches and the opposing team’s pitches. The head coachor designee will compare pitch counts with the opposing team after every even-numbered inning and at the conclusion of the game.If teams report different pitch count numbers to one another, the teams will split the difference and will use that number as the pitcher’sofficial number. If splitting the difference results in a number that ends in a decimal, the teams will round that number up to the nextwhole number.For example: Following the 2nd inning, Team A has recorded 32 pitches for its pitcher. Team B has recorded 36 pitches for Team A’s pitcher. The official pitch count number for Team A’s pitcher will be 34 pitches.Another example: Following the 6th inning, Team A has recorded 93 pitches for its pitcher. Team B has recorded 90 pitches for Team A’s pitcher. Since splitting the difference results in 91.5 pitches, the official pitch count number for Team A’s pitcher will be92 pitches.After each game, schools will report their own pitch counts to the IHSA. Although schools will report their pitch counts, and the IHSA will store the data, schools must maintain pitching records of every game they play during the entire season in case questions arise about a certain game.