3rd Grade Basketball
Practices held at Ocean Park Elementary, Long Beach Elementary, or Hilltop depending on the team. Games will be played at one of those schools, Astoria, Knappa, Warrenton, Naselle and Seaside. Coaches will contact in late December with schedules and additional information.
Players receive a shooting shirt to keep and a uniform top to borrow for the season.
Rules
Court Size: Full Court
Goal Height and Ball Size: Size 5 balls, hoop height decided by league.
Defense: Man-to-man defense only with no traps or double teams. Defense cannot extend beyond half court. Help defense is allowed inside the 3pt line.
Time: 2, 20 minute halves. The clock will run continuously and will only stop for time outs and the last 2 minutes of the game if the score is within 10 points.
1 60 second timeout per half per team (no carry over).
OT is sudden death or max 2 minutes.
5-minute halftime.
Substitutions: All players must play at least 8-minutes per half unless they are being held out for medical/disciplinary reasons, which should be communicated to the parents/guardians. Teams may sub at any dead ball and the referee will allow reasonable time for the opposing team to identify who they are guarding.
Game Rules: No 3pt goals. Ft are all one shot (shooting fouls are 1 shot worth 2 pts). 1's will be 1 shot worth 1pt.
Non-shooting fouls will be sideline out of bounds. On the 7th team foul per half, 1 free throw will be shot worth 2 pts. 1 and 1 will not be shot.
No individual player foul outs, but at the referee's discretion a player may be removed for excessive fouling/contact.
All other rules are based on high school rules and enforcement will be gauged on player's ability and grade level.