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teams often had to battle worse weather conditions
•  "We have some concern that we don't have an equitable season," Krogstrand said.
•  The change would go into effect for the 2015-16 season with the tournament June 6 and 7.
•  "Something needs to be changed," said board member Rick Weber. "It's not fair right now in Flandreau for our girls' and boys' golf."
•  Trask predicted that moving the tournament after the Memorial Day weekend wouldn't ensure good weather.
•  "It will rain one side or the other of the 10th of June," Trask said.
•  Krogstrand said the tournament may have to adjust to earlier start times so that golf course managers can accommodate their regular customers.
•  The rule change passed on a 5-1 vote with Trask dissenting.
•  …changed the season dates for soccer.
•  Under the new rule the sport's postseason gets an overhaul with a quarterfinal on a Tuesday on the 14th week of the season followed by semifinals and finals on the next two Saturdays.
•  Krogstrand said the new plan allows for a one-day tournament final.
•  The rule change passed on a 5-1 vote with Trask dissenting.
•  …discussed but did not pass a proposed rule to eliminate ties in soccer.
•  The new rule would have allowed regular season games to be played with the same tie-breaking formula that's used in the state tournament. In the tournament, a tie is settled by the teams continuing to play two 10-minute periods. If the game is still tied it will be decided by penalty kicks.
•  Krogstrand said some soccer coaches were concerned that tournament games that ended in a tie were continued in a way that was unfamiliar to players.
•  "Now we're deciding our most important game with a procedure we haven't done all year," Krogstad said, noting that soccer coaches were of the opinion that "we wouldn't walk off a basketball court with a tie game."
•  Athletic directors at the meeting spoke against the change, saying that girls' soccer matches are often followed by boys' soccer matches. If either game, or both, ends in a tie, the contest could drag on late into the night.
•  Board members failed to make a motion to accept the rule change, advising Krogstrand to find another, less time-consuming, alternative for handling tie games.
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