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. Each division will rotate seedings 1 through 6 on a 3-year schedule, with the following limitations:

(A) seeds 1, 2 and 3 will be the division winners;
(B) seeds 4, 5 and 6 will be the 2nd place teams in the divisions;
(C) on the rotating basis to be discussed below, seeds 1 and 6 will come from the same division (1st and 2nd place therein), seeds 2 and 5 will come from the same division (1st and 2nd place therein), and seeds 3 and 4 will come from the same divisions (1st and 2nd place therein);

(D) In 2015, the Central is seeds 1 & 6, the South is seeds 2 & 5, and the North is seeds 3 & 4, and in year 3 (2016), the South is seeds 1 & 6, the North is seeds 2 & 5, and the Central is seeds 3 & 4;

(E) for purposes of the THSLL's playoffs, seeds 1, 2 and 3 (all division winners) will be the South's representatives to the state playoffs' Super-Regionals as seeds 1, 2 and 3, respectively and they will travel according to the THSLL's schedule.

(F) the 4-seed to the THSLL's state playoff Super-Regional will be determined by the play-in playoff structure in section (G) on or before the Wednesday prior to the start of the Super-Regional each year (this season, the deadline is April 22, 2015).

(G) the 5-seed will host the 6-seed on the Thursday, April 23 (Friday for rain-outs), and the winner will advance to play the 4-seed at the 4-seed's home field on the following Tuesday, April 28 (Wednesday for rain-outs), which complies with the deadline stated in section (F).

(H) any changes to the schedule (1) made during the regular season and requested more than a week prior to its end, must be agreed to by the member teams in a vote called by the South DII District Coordinator and may be done in-person or electronically, or (2) requested during the 7 days prior to the end of the regular season or while in the playoff time period must be cleared with the South DII District Coordinator