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2025 NORTHBOROUGH RECREATION HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE RULES

TIMING
1) TWO TWENTY MINUTE HALVES, FIRST 19 IS RUNNING TIME
2) LAST MINUTE OF EACH HALF IS STOP TIME
3) EACH TEAM HAS TWO TIMEOUTS PER GAME, ONE ADDITIONAL TIME OUT PER EACH OVERTIME PERIOD

FOULS
1) EACH PLAYER HAS 6 PERSONAL FOULS
2) TEAMS SHOOT 1 AND 1 AFTER 7 TEAM FOULS, 2 AFTER 10 FOULS


SUBSTITUTIONS
1) SUBSTITUTIONS AT 15:00, 10:00, & 5:00 MINUTE MARKS OF EACH HALF
2) EVERYONE ON THE BENCH MUST ENTER THE GAME AT THE SUB MARKS
3) 5 PLAYERS….NO SUBSTITUTION RULE APPLYS
4) 6 PLAYERS….EVERY PLAYER MUST SIT ONCE BEFORE ANOTHER PLAYER FROM YOUR TEAM SITS FOR THE SECOND TIME
5) 7/8 PLAYERS….EVERY PLAYER MUST SIT ONCE IN THE FIRST HALF AND ONCE IN THE SECOND HALF. EVERY PLAYER MUST SIT ONCE BEFORE ANOTHER PLAYER FROM YOUR TEAM SITS FOR A SECOND TIME

OPEN SUB RULE IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME
OPEN SUBSTITUTION WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME AS LONG AS EVERYONE ON THE ROSTER HAS PLAYED A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES DURING THE GAME. PLAYERS MUST REPORT TO THE SCORERS TABLE AND BE WHISTLED IN BY AN OFFICIAL DURING A DEAD BALL SITUATION OR THEY CAN ENTER DURING A TIMEOUT.


TECHNICAL FOULS
1) 2 TECHNICAL FOULS DURING THE GAME RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE EJECTION FROM THAT GAME AND THE OFFENDING PLAYER MUST SIT OUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE NEXT GAME THEY ATTEND.
2) IF THAT SAME PLAYER RECEIVES 2 TECHNICAL FOULS AGAIN DURING THE SEASON HE WILL BE REMOVED FROM LEAGUE PLAY
IN OTHER WORDS, COME TO PLAY NOT TO COMPLAIN

FIGHTING FOULS
ANY PLAYERS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED FROM LEAGUE PLAY