Wild ballgame tonight

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Had a pretty crazy one tonight. Boys HS varsity. Felt really bad for the head coach of the losing team who got ejected because of 3 indirect T's by bench personnel. We had 4 technical fouls, an intentional foul and a flagrant foul - 5 of the 6 on the same team.

1 - B12 dunks during warmups. B's HC gives him the butt-chewing of his life on the court as the warmup period continues. He gives him another earful when he is informed he has lost the coaching box for the whole game.

2 - B20 leaves the bench as players for both teams are jawing at each other after a held ball (sometime in the 3rd quarter, I think). 2nd indirect on HC. B20 DQ'd.

3 & 4 - With about 30 seconds left and B leading 61-59, A10 intentionally fouls B44 right in front of B's bench. Actually, into B's bench. Player B3 shoves A10, then bench personnel B14 and B24 leave the bench to get involved in the scuffle. All fouls enforced in order of occurrence. The players leaving bench was 3rd indirect on HC, so he has to go. B14 and B24 also DQ'd. B44 misses both free throws on intentional foul. A1, shooting 4 free throws (2 for the player T, 2 for the bench T) hits the first two, misses the next two (with the fourth attempt coming to rest on the flange, something I've never seen in a game I'm officiating.)

Tie game, 61-61. A turns the ball over in their frontcourt with less than 10 seconds left. B runs the floor, B4 is fouled while attempting a layup with 1.8 seconds remaining. B4 proceeds to miss both FTs, A10 rebounds, and B4 then proceeds to knock the living daylights out of A10 - literally shoved him off the court and out the door into the hallway with no time left. Flagrant foul, B4 DQ'd. A10 hits the first FT, A wins 62-61, and our crew runs like hell for the dressing room.

Had to be escorted out the (only) door to the parking lot by police past B's fans, who stayed in the building for the purpose of calling us cheaters, among other unsavory things. I should add that we repeatedly had to get game management/police to keep A's fans off the floor during timeouts and free throws. In addition, before B4's free throws at the end, the entire A student section moved from one end of the gym to the other, all while the principal of A's school was leading them in cheers while wearing reindeer antlers. (I swear I am not making any of this up.)

Great way to head into the holiday break. (For the record, the JV boys' game and the varsity girls' game were mostly uneventful.)