Situation: 3rd/4th graders; had great pregame with coaches and captains, including stressing sportsmanship. We went into Triple Overtime, which is a Sudden Death situation in this little league.
While in 3OT, A1 & B1 rebound and I call for a jumpball, then "let it go!" A1 let's go, but B1 "strongly snatches" the ball, then "mugs" A1. I give a stern warning to B1 for unsportsmanlike conduct so loud that the entire gym could hear it.
The reason I gave just a warning instead of an automatic technical for taunting/unspt.cond. (no one was hurt, etc)was because it was a really exciting game: benches into it, crowd into it, we were into it, etc. and I didnt think the contest should be ended because of a technical foul. Team A didn't dispute it, even though I know they had every right to do so.
Did I do the right thing? What would you do?
BTW, Team A won by FT b/c of a shooting foul.
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