This week's bizarre high school football score

My niece is on a 14U travel softball team and they use GameChanger. I had known pitch limits had been in effect for several seasons, I was just trying to figure out who kept the "official" book. Doesn't matter anyway, as I and a couple others posted, once you get up around 100, you better start making contingency plans.

 

Saw this story in the paper this morning.
CIF baseball playoff game between Oaks Christian and Mater Dei. Oaks leads, 1-0, two outs bottom of seventh (last) inning, runner on second.
Batter hits a grounder to first, first baseman flips to the pitcher covering. Ump calls him out, game is over.
Runner on second turns third and trots to the plate despite the game being over as Oaks players celebrate. Umps convene and they decide the pitcher missed stepping on the base while covering, so the batter is safe. They allow the run to count, tying the score.
Oaks coach complains that the only reason the runner went to the plate was because of the initial ump's ruling of out. Umps convene again and allow the run.
Mater Dei gets a walk-off homer in the ninth to win, 2-1.

 

Meet Bayside Academy, winners of 21 consecutive state volleyball championships and counting. In addition to the private school multiplier, Alabama has a rule to bump up schools that dominate a certain sport an extra classification every few years. So despite being a 2A or 3A school by population, the Admirals won their first 6A championship last fall.

https://www.baysideacademy.org/team-detail?Team=237796

 

And the catcher wasn't ejected, why?

 

Threw it right into that girl's face. What the fuck?

 

First pitch could be feasibly argued to be an accident -- there's a runner on 3B

Second, no way. No runner on 3B (a runner on 2B is holding). If I'm the opposing coach I'm in the throat of the HP umpire within five seconds, "I want that bitch catcher ejected from this game, she's to have the gear off and be outside the boundary of the park within 60 seconds, I want the coach ejected, the game forfeited, or we're calling the fucking police and pressing charges for assault with intent to injure."

 

RIP to the one-and-one free throw.
Starting next season, all fouls in the bonus will be two shots. In addition, they're adopting the FIBA rules of five fouls per quarter to get into the bonus, rather than the 7-10 split that had been the standard.

Free Throw Procedures and Foul Administration Amended in 2023-24 High School Basketball Rules Changes

 

Boooooo

 

Get rid of all multiple shot free throws. All shots are one shot with live rebound.

All FTs count two points.

All current 1&1 or 2-shot fouls become one shot.

All current And-1 continuation situations remain the same. (Yes, this means a 5-point play is possible.)

Any fouls on a 3-point shot give the fouled team a throw-in from halfcourt with the defense not allowed to come outside the 3PFG line until the ball is touched inbounds. Plus a clock reset to 0:03 if less time remains in the period.

 

This is the NCAA women's rule. Definitely improves the flow of the game in my experience.