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V - Association Guidelines for Each ActivitySection I: Basketball
The following guidelines will be in affect for both boys’ and girls’ basketball.
a) All teams in this division may play man-to-man or zone defense, in both full and half court situations.
-in 7th & 8th grade NO PRESS is allowed once ahead by ten (10) points.
Note: There will be one warning for an infraction of the above rule; a second infraction will result in a technical foul. Host schools are responsible to inform officials of NMSAA basketball rules.
b) A 30-point Mercy Rule will go into affect after halftime. The game will continue with a running clock except for time-outs and/or injury.
c) Eighth grade teams will play seven (7) minute quarters. Seventh grade teams will play six (6) minute quarters. Overtime periods will be three (3) minutes in length.
d) “Fifth” quarters will be played upon agreement by both schools.
e) Girls’ participants will use the regulation “girls’” basketball in all contests.
f) Boys’ participants will use the regulation “boys’” basketball in all contests.
g) Schools are responsible to send a roster of players, with uniform colors and numbers, to each divisional school and NMSAA President or other designated officer by the Wednesday before the first weekend of play or the first game (or any game thereafter) would be forfeited until the roster has been turned in to the designated officer. A player may be listed on only one roster. Rosters may be amended due to injury, transfer, ineligibility, or by an appeal to league president for special circumstances. This roster must include both “dark” and “light” uniform numbers and grade of each participant. If schools do not have both “dark” and “light” uniforms, they are to designate this on their rosters.
Players listed on the 8th grade roster may only play on the 8th grade team.
Players listed on the 7th grade roster may only play on the 7th grade team. No roster may be amended after the 21st day after the 1st day of official practice. Any team using an unofficial roster is subject to forfeiting their contest.
h) If a 7th grade team has to use one (1) eighth grader throughout the season, that eighth grader will be allowed to play on that 7th grade team in the 7th grade tournament. If a 7th grade team utilizes more than one (1) eighth grader on its team throughout the season, that team must play in the 8th grade tournament. Seventh graders may play on the 8th grade tournament team. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the tournament seeding meeting.
Students may play only on one tournament team.
i) All member teams will play each other at least once during the season. Each year home games will be rotated. The first scheduled game (against each opponent) will be counted as the conference game.
POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT:
Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball Divisional Tournament Seeding
The following guidelines will be in affect for the boys’ and girls’ divisional basketball tournament seeding:
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Teams will be seeded at the pre-tournament meeting by virtue of the following, in this order:
1) Records of the first conference games played against each member school.
2) Head-to-head competition
3) Coin flip
PLAYOFFS/FINAL FOUR:
-All preliminary and “final four” tournament officials for basketball will be MOA officials.
-The playoffs will begin on a weekday prior to the Divisional “Final Four” scheduled for a Saturday.
-A team fee of $35.00 for the Final Four Tournament will be paid to the host school
-Schools that host the preliminary and final four tournaments are responsible to provide all necessary personnel to run the tournament. These personnel must be experienced.
Section II: Wrestling
The following guidelines will be in affect for wrestling.
a) Member schools: Browning, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, De La Salle, East Glacier, Fairfield,Shelby
b) Name: “Northern Middle Schools Athletic Association District Wrestling Tournament”
c) Divisional Tournament Name: “North/South Middle Schools Athletic Association Wrestling Tournament
d) Weight classes are as follows: 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 150, 165, 185, HWT (a total of 20 weight classes)
e) Eligible wrestling participants: all 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
f) Bouts: will consist of three (3) one-minute periods. Overtime periods in a
tournament will be 30 seconds or sudden death, whichever comes first.
g) Equipment:
1) Shoes: clean tennis shoes or wrestling shoes.
2) Uniform: there are no particular rules on uniform type. No loose fitting t-shirts will be allowed.
3) Head gear will be required of all wrestlers
h) Northern District Tournament: Each team in the district will be allowed to enter one (1) varsity wrestler per weight class. All other wrestlers will be designated as “JV” wrestlers. Only the varsity wrestler will score team points. All wrestlers (varsity and JV) will be eligible for individual placing and awards. The top four (4) wrestlers from each weight class will advance to the Divisional Tournament. The District Tournament will be hosted on a rotating basis.
i) North/South Divisional Tournament: The top four (4) wrestlers in each weight class from each district will qualify for the Divisional Tournament. All other wrestlers will be designated as “JV” wrestlers. Only the varsity wrestler will score team points. All wrestlers (varsity and JV) will be eligible for individual placing and awards. Weigh-ins are on site of the tournament for those wrestlers placing at the District Tournament. The North/South Divisional Tournament will be hosted on a rotating North/South basis. Beginning in 1999-2000, the rotation will begin in the South.
j) Entry fees for invitational meets will be $15.00. Schools that host an invitational meet will be exempt from paying any entry fees. Entry fees for all participants of the District and Divisional Meets will be $35.00.
Section III: Girls’ Volleyball
The following guidelines will be in affect for girls’ volleyball:
a) A match will consist of the best 2 out of 3 games played to 25 (win by 2) with a cap of 30 (can win 30-29). The “if necessary” 3rd game will be played to 15 (win by 2) with a cap of 17 (can win 17-16). The host school is responsible for reporting scores the next school day after each match to the appointed record keeper.
b) Divisional Volleyball Tournament matches will be the best two-out-of-three. Seeding for the tournament will be determined by the number of conference matches won each team. The team with the most matches won will be seated first. The team with the next highest wins will be seated second, etc. Only designated conference games will count for seeding. Conference games may be rescheduled only by mutual agreement of both teams.
c) Each school is responsible for providing a line judge and scorekeeper when playing both at home and away matches.
d) Schools are responsible to send a roster of players, with uniform colors and numbers, to each divisional school and the NMSAA President or other designated officer by the Wednesday before the first weekend of play or the first game (or any game thereafter) would be forfeited until the roster has been turned in to the designated officer. A player may be listed on only one roster. Rosters may be amended due to injury, transfer, ineligibility, or by an appeal to league president for special circumstances. This roster must include grade of each participant. Players listed on the 8th grade roster may only play on the 8th grade team. Players listed on the 7th grade roster may only play on the 7th grade team. No roster may be amended after the 21st day after the 1st day of official practice, unless otherwise noted from above. Any team using an unofficial roster is subject to forfeiting their contest.
e) Warm-up time before all matches shall be 12 minutes: 4 minutes (coin flip time and combined warm-ups), 3 min., 3 min., 2 min. (serve).
f) When calling timeouts in the first 2 games to 25, each coach will get 2 timeouts, in the deciding 3rd game to 15, each coach will get 1 timeout.
g) Any MOA officials arranged through NMSAA shall be paid $25.00 a match. An all day tournament (more than 3 matches) would be = $85.00. Mileage will be $0.25 a mile (driver) and $0.08 (passenger).
h) Entry fees for invitational meets will be $15. Schools hosting an invitational meet during the season will be exempt from paying any entry fees for invitational meets. Entry fees for all participants at the Divisional meet will be $35.
i) All preliminary and “final four” tournament officials (umpires and referees) for volleyball will be MOA officials.
j) Schools that host the preliminary and final four tournaments are responsible to provide all necessary personnel to run the tournament. These personnel must be experienced.
Section IV: Boys and Girls Track & Field:
The following guidelines will be in affect for boys’ and girls’ track & field:
a) Students eligible: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
b) Equipment: Each participant must wear some type of tennis or track shoes. Spikes or cleats are allowed. Participants are not allowed to run in bare feet, stocking feet, or taped socks. Each team should wear a distinctive uniform.
c) Divisions: 8th Grade Boys and Girls.
7th Grade Boys and Girls.
*A 7th grade participant may be moved up to the 8th grade division. However, he or she must compete in that same division for the entire meet.
8th grade participants will not move down to the 7th grade division for any reason whatsoever.
d) Entries: Each participant may enter a maximum of five (5) events including any relays. This rule applies to all regular season and Divisional meets.
e) Events: The following are track events available for both boys and girls:
BOYS GIRLS
100 meter dash 100 meter dash
200 meter dash 200 meter dash
110 meter hurdles (30” high) 100 meter hurdles (30” high)
400 meter dash 400 meter dash
400 meter relay 400 meter relay
800 meter relay 800 meter relay
800 meter run 800 meter run
1600 meter run 1600 meter run
Long Jump Long Jump
Triple Jump Triple Jump
High Jump High Jump
Pole Vault Pole Vault
Shot Put (8 lbs.) Shot Put (8 lbs.)
Discus (HS girls’ discus) Discus (HS girls’ discus)
Mini-Javelin (300 gram) Mini-Javelin (300 gram)
f) The established opening heights have been:
A and B: Pole Vault - Boys & Girls = 5’0”
A: High Jump - Boys = 4’0” A: High Jump - Girls = 3’6”
B: High Jump - Boys = 3’6” B: High Jump - Girls = 3’6”
g) Divisional Meet Awards: Individual ribbons will be awarded to the first six (6) places in each event. Scoring for the divisional meet will be 10-8-6-4-2-1 for team scores. There will be a combined team traveling trophy given for both boys’ and girls’ team scores.
h) Entry fees for invitational track meets will be $15. Schools that host an invitational meet will be exempt from paying any entry fees for invitational meets. Entry fee for Divisional meet will be $35 for all participants.
