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The man who assigned me this game said that sudden death was also part of the regular season at one time. He emailed me the following, which I'm copying here with his permission...
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First High School Game I coached in was in November of 61 and it was at Stearns and we played a sudden death game.
The rule back then was play a 3 minute overtime if the score was tied at the end of regulation. If it was still tied after the 3 minute overtime, then we went to sudden death, which was the first team to score two consecutive points. Examples a field goal, 2 foul shots.
Did not have to win by 2, just score 2 consecutive points. Like team A score 1 foul shot, and then if team B scored a field goal or 2 foul shots then the game ended, that was sudden death.
I was coaching at Fort Fairfield and we got the tip, posted up our best foul shooter and he got fouled, made both free throws and we won.
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