Piedmont Triad Athletic Conference - Middle School
Conference Overview
- Athletes, parents, coaches and fans will always demonstrate outstanding sportsmanship.
- Any player ejection will result in sitting out the following game (conference or non-conference).
- All scores or notes should be e-mailed to Adam Schwartz for posting on the website.
- Conference schedule takes priority over non-conference games.
- Ties for tournament seeding will be determined by head to head competition and then coin flip.
- If the regular season ends in a tie, co-champions will be declared. Head to head competition will determine seeding. If there is still a tie, there will be a coin toss.
- Trophies for Regular Season Champion and Tournament Champion.
- Dues High School/Middle School - $500.00 (Money for trophies and referees for tournaments. There may be additional fees at a later date.)
- Higher seed throughout - pays for officials.
- If the regular season is not completed, the team with the highest winning percentage will be declared the champion in all sports except soccer, which will use a point system.
- Tournaments can be moved to determine the regular season champion or champions.
- If there is a coach ejection, a school employee must take over coaching duties. If there is not a school employee present, immediate forfeit.
- To be eligible to play in a conference tournament, a player must play every school at least once during the regular season. Exceptions to this rule (that need to be communicated with all ADs ahead of time) are injuries, and/or players moving up from a lower level team to a higher level team.
- Charging for Games: Tournament/Regular Season Charge- Adults- $5.00 / Kids- $3.00
Contacts
- Adam Schwartz (Westchester Country Day)
- Dan Bozarth (Caldwell Academy)
- Rich Landis (Calvary Day School)
- Freddy Johnson (Greensboro Day School)
- Corey Gesell (High Point Christian)
- John Stubblefield (Forsyth Country Day School)
- Lorie Howard (Salem Academy)
Baseball
- 7 inning games
- Mercy rule (10 runs after 5 innings)
- Baseball athletes in the 8th grade should use a maximum of a -3 bat. 6th and 7th graders may use a -5. Coaches should meet with the umpire prior to the game to establish/reinforce standards for bat use in all baseball games.
- No Appeal process
- Federation rules for completing games
- Suspended games will continue from the point it ended
Basketball
- 7 minute quarters if agreed upon by officiating association (7 minute halftime)
- Two officials (may play with one)
- 3 minute overtimes
- Minimum 10 minute warm-up time
- In MS Basketball sportsmanship should be emphasised and it is expected that a full court press when any team is up by a measure of 20 points is not allowed.
Volleyball
- Federation Rules apply except for scoring.
- Rally scoring - (25-25-15) (A and B teams)
- One official - Regular Season / Two officials - Conference Tournament
- Warm-ups 4-4-2
- 2 out of 3 games
- Libero tracker must be at the scorer's table.
Cross Country
- To be eligible for the conference championship, a student-athlete must run in a minimum of 3 regular season meets (MS or Varsity).
- Separate races for boys and girls run (boys first).
- Top 5 runners from each school score.
Golf
- White tees (boys and girls)
- Double Par
- 1 scorecard roll - not in hazard
- OB - played as lateral hazard
- Cheating - Automatic Disqualification
- Top 6 players from each team play in conference tournament
Soccer
- 30 minute halves- No overtime or shootout.
- Two officials (may play with one)
- 3 points for a win / 1 point for a tie / 0 points for a loss
- Rain delay- 20 minutes in regular season / 30 minutes in Conference Tournament
- Game is official if half of the game has been played.
- Conference Tournament – Two 5-minute sudden death overtimes followed by a shootout.
- Tournament host must provide line runners.
- Red card ejections can't play next game.
- In case of game suspension, the game will be picked up from the ending point.