Key dates for the upcoming fall sports season
Summer is winding down and there are only a couple of weeks left until the start of the 2016 fall sports season.
Here is a list of key dates in August, set by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association for the 2016-17 school year.
As a reminder, with the new realignment, there no longer will be Division I, I-A, III or IV, but instead Class 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A.
August
3-6: Football heat acclimatization period
8-10: Period of non-contact practice for football
8-20: Dead periods for Winter and Spring sports
11-19: Period of contact practice for football
13: First day of practice for Fall sports
15: Deadline Winter sports transfers/appeals
15-19: First day for football scrimmages
23: First possible day for football contests
25: First possible day for Fall sports contests