Starting in the 2025-26 school year, boys’ golf at every level will move to fall competition, as will girls’ tennis.

Girls’ golf and boys’ tennis will remain spring sports.

The IHSAA and IGHSAU did this to help the “crowded spring sports seasons,” said IGHSAU executive director Erin Gerlich. “The new changes provide relief in an already busy spring.”

The spring had included track and field, soccer, golf and tennis for both boys and girls. There is also some overlap with baseball and softball.

“Reducing the congestion in the spring schedule has been a topic of conversation among ADs, our staffs, representative councils, boards, and the joint IHSAA & IGHSAU committee for several years,” IHSAA executive director Tom Keating said.

Mount Vernon AD Matt Thede said the change happened a little quicker than expected.

“Now that golf is offered at the same time as football and cross country, athletes will have to make some new decisions,” Thede said. “At the same time, it could open up some opportunities for kids that want to golf and play soccer or run track.”