Officials dismissed between games

[just another ref]

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.

[BillyMac]

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.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

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

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

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

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

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.