Length of non-varsity quarters

[chseagle]

WIAA has all high school level games at 8 minute quarters. Halftime is generally 10 minutes, but can be extended to 15 minutes maximum. However there's been a few exceptions where the coaches & officials agree to a 5 minute halftime for Non-Varsity contests. As of yet, I had not seen the running clock regulation put into use.

If there's a mutual agreement between the coaches & the officials the time can be changed.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by chseagle

If there's a mutual agreement between the coaches & the officials the time can be changed.

Depends... if you are talking about time as in the length of the quarter then...

If it's a varsity contest, the coaches and the Referee must agree.

If it's a non-varsity contest, only the coaches must agree.

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Depends... if you are talking about time as in the length of the quarter then...

If it's a varsity contest, the coaches and the Referee must agree.

If it's a non-varsity contest, only the coaches must agree.

All the times I've seen a change in length of quarters or halftime, the officials have been involved in the decision as well, even in the non-varsity contests.

The only time I haven't seen an official involved in clock decisions was for pregame warmups, where the home coach has asked that instead of 20 minutes, the time be reduced to 15 minutes (the visitor coach agreed to the change). However, after the change was made the officials were notified of the change.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by chseagle

All the times I've seen a change in length of quarters or halftime, the officials have been involved in the decision as well, even in the non-varsity contests.

I'm just saying that by rule in non-varsity they may be part of the discussion but their agreement/disagreement doesn't count. In varsity, the Referee must agree.

5-5-3
A quarter(s) may be shortened in an emergency or at any time by mutual agreement of the opposing coaches and referee. Playing time and number of quarters for nonvarsity games quarters may ne reduced by mutual agreement of opposing coaches.

[JRutledge]

Guys, JH and lower level high school games are dictated by the organizations that run those levels. In Illinois there is a major Junior High Organization that dictates playing rules for a good portion of the state. This organization is called the Illinois Elementary Sports Association and if you belong to this organization, they have rules that must be followed no different than if you belong to the IHSA. Not everyone belongs to this organization and does not play under their rules. Game times are going to usually be dictated by some governing body if there is one. If there is no governing body or conference, then you play whatever is accepted. We must keep in mind that the rules may or may not cover how these rules are specifically dictated. Even our state does not dictate what lower levels do with game times and how they are reduced. Many conferences do not have a "champion" they crown for lower level teams. These levels are to give kids a chance to play, not make up ridged rules when some schools may not even enough players to field a team on a regular basis.

Peace

[Adam]

I just did some JV games with 6 minute quarters. Apparently, this league does that. Was I notified? Nope, not until I looked up a few seconds into the first quarter and noticed the clock said 5:53.