Let me clarify my statement. Had the game not been tied AND the shooting of the 2 free throws (from the technical) would not have decided (1) whether the game would have went into overtime or (2) changed the outcome of the game, then they would be irrelevant to the game. When I wrote my original statement I was thinking of the score being at the point where the Technical foul would not have changed the outcome of the game. Granted the T shots would need to be competed if the score is close enough that those shots could change the outcome of the regulation game.

Protest to who? Most MS leagues don't have a state governing body.

Plus, they had one adult from each team doing the game. Why is it hard to believe they could have been impartial. I've seen a few schools that use a couple of their home varsity players to ref freshmen games (Oregon doesn't require certified officials below JV...though most do use certified officials).

Thus why I said, for MS games it probably doesn't matter. Here we require certified officials at every level - ES, MS, JV and HS. Also, no official is assigned to a school game where an immediate family member coaches, plays or ATTENDS so I can not officiate a school game at a school where one of my kids attends even if he/she doesn't play ball there. Not saying they can't be impartial just saying that it isn't a best case scenario.

Robby

Middle school games here have to be 6 minute quarters. 9th grade games can be 6 or 7 minutes, and JV games can be anywhere from 6-8.

We play a 2 minute overtime period for any game with quarters under 8 minutes.

To now fill in a couple of the gaps: Jr. high around here is totally unregulated.
A school can use anybody they want to call the games. Most do get their officials from one of the associations, but it is also not uncommon for a school to make a deal with one official to handle its games.

"You call them and bring somebody with you."

Such was the case here.

The guy who made the call has been a registered official for 10 years or so, and has a considerable amount of varsity experience.

Apparently both the home coach and the principal both did know the correct rule, and obviously the official in charge did not.

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Back in the olden days, when I was coaching middle school basketball, there was one school on our schedule that would use two of their physical education teachers for all their home games. These two guys were pretty good. They made some odd and peculiar calls, but were totally unbiased, making odd and peculiar calls against both teams.

While this is possible, it's not necessarily the case from what you wrote in the OP. I took it that they were upset with the official making the call/no-call he made and insisted on overtime anyway

True, but since the officials in the OP were going with a 3 minute overtime, you can assumet he quarters were 6.

That's better. Good job. :)

I actually talked to the coach, and he stated the rule correctly. It was my understanding that he knew at he time, as opposed to being made aware afterward. As far as what the principal knew, whether the coach told her the rule, or she already knew, or didn't know but was upset, I'm not sure.