[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

The OhioHSAA has a quarters per regular season rule. The number of quarters permitted during the regular season for 9th grade thru 12th grade is ninety (90) quarters. A player may not play in more that five (5) quarters per day. If a player plays in a 6th quarter in one day, it is a technical foul charged to the team when discovered and the player is disqualified from further play for the remainder of the day. An OhioHSAA Special Game Report is not required to be filed by the game officials.

A long time ago but after the game had moved on from peach baskets to twine nets, the OhioHSAA had a quarter per day and game per regular season rule. Without going into specifics, if a player played in five (5) quarters in one day, he was considered to have playe in two (2) games in one day. The penalty was a flagrant technical foul charged to the player (an OhioHSAA Special Game Report had to be filed by the game officials) and even if the player was held out of a game later in the season so as to not violate the number of games per regular season, the player was still ineligible for post-season play because he had played in two game in one day during the regular season. I cannot ever remember a player being in violation when I played nor since I became an official; and I cannot I remember a player being disqualified under the current rules even though I am sure that disqualifications have no doubt occured under both the ancient and modern rules.

MTD, Sr.