Thanks Spaz and Rebel. That makes sense. I mean why would high schoolers go dark if they could still play on Sundays. I just thought I would look further into it after hearing the opposite from an umpire. If he were right it sure could change the dynamic of older levels of TB in spring.
While waiting for responses I did a Google search and found the 2016-2017 southern section CIF rule book. In the past my internet searches were tedious and sometimes fruitless. Today I got q uicker results.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/vnn-aws-sites/1 ... e-Book.pdfBy law 600.F (124) allows spontaneous recreational participation
The other exceptions are bylaws 602,603&604 (pages 125,126)
Allow Pan American or Olympic participation, and even participation in an Olympic Development program that is recognized by CIF as such.