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Old Fri Feb 04, 2011, 03:52pm
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Originally Posted by jTheUmp View Post
I might be wrong about this (I don't have my rulebook with me at the moment), but I don't think there's anything that stipulates that the same ball is supposed to be used for the entire game. It just ends up being that way 99.99% of the time because there's not much chance of the ball becoming damaged/wet/dirty/lost, and therefore needing replacement, during the course of a contest.
See NFHS rules 1-12-3 and 2-4-1 as well as case book play 1.12.3. All specify a ball (singular), not balls. And yes, it is used the entire game unless circumstances warrant a replacement ball(singular).
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