Quarter Length

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by Rich

Some conferences play 7 minutes, and others play 8.

Some play 6 - at least around here.

[maven]

Sub-varsity NEVER has 8 minute quarters in my state. JV is always 7, frosh is 6 or 7 (6 whenever possible for me).

One frosh girls game, I talked the table into 6 minute quarters for the first half, and the coaches got together and changed to 7 minutes for the second half.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by maven

Sub-varsity NEVER has 8 minute quarters in my state. JV is always 7, frosh is 6 or 7 (6 whenever possible for me).

One frosh girls game, I talked the table into 6 minute quarters for the first half, and the coaches got together and changed to 7 minutes for the second half.

And the universe didn't collapse.

Weird.

[jTheUmp]

MN does halves, not quarters:
18 min for Varsity
16 min for JV
14 min for 9th grade
12 min for 7th/8th

I've had a few exceptions to this... 12 minute 9th grade game with a 14 minute JV game on a night when the start of the 9th grade game was delayed 45 minutes due to bus-stuck-in-traffic issues, for example.

Also, one school up here does a "5th quarter" for their 9th grade games: 8 minute running time and they add an extra $8 into our game checks. Yes, I think I can work for an extra dollar per minute, thank you very much.

[paulsonj72]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

MN does halves, not quarters:
18 min for Varsity
16 min for JV
14 min for 9th grade
12 min for 7th/8th

I've had a few exceptions to this... 12 minute 9th grade game with a 14 minute JV game on a night when the start of the 9th grade game was delayed 45 minutes due to bus-stuck-in-traffic issues, for example.

Also, one school up here does a "5th quarter" for their 9th grade games: 8 minute running time and they add an extra $8 into our game checks. Yes, I think I can work for an extra dollar per minute, thank you very much.

I was at a game Friday night where the JV(or B squad as we call it here) were 14 miniutes. And thats how it has been out here in WC MN since halves were put in. Just across the border in Sd where quarters are used they play 6:00

[bob jenkins]

Let them play 8 minute quarters. Either don't officiate for the last minute of each quarter, or (better), just leave at the 4 minute mark of the last quarter. That will show them who is boss, and your officiating career will skyrocket.

-OR-

Work the game graciously, and contact your assigner afterwards to seek clarification.

[zm1283]

Some states mandate the quarter length. In Missouri, JV can play 6, 7, or 8. Freshmen can play 6 or 7. JH plays 6.

All OT is 2 minutes if the quarters are anything other than 8 minutes.