Again all writes up will only be posted with one email. I'm (Todd Mazzie) still receiveing three to four emails per game.
Also we are actively seeking someone to take over the duties of Web Master. If you are interested please
contact Todd Mazzie. Thanks!
All Directors Coaches and parents (helping with write-ups), please specify score, the organization you represent, in
the actual email (not The Subject Line), and please one email for Jayvee and Varsity Game, see "Notes to:"
below for any questions.
Thank You Todd Mazzie
Coordinators and Coaches
Washington County officials were ahead of the curve on this one! The boys league had an incident here in Frederick
County yesterday concerning the coaching box. Please check your rule books and make sure you have a designated
coaching box. Only the head coach is allowed to be standing when the ball is in play. Any technical foul for the
bench, direct or indirect, removes the head coach's right to stand in the coach's box. These are routine high school
rules and there have been no exceptions requested for Mid-Maryland Girls (nor for the Boys that I know of).
I was going to send out an email tonight or tomorrow but this is a good time. The season has started off very
smoothly and I thank everyone for the cooperation you gave me on scheduling. Most of the fees and the rosters are in and those remaining can't be too far off. For tournaments we're looking at Monocacy, North Hagerstown and St. John's.
Please remember that if a snow emergency is called in any of the counties, the whole league goes down. The only other
thought about games so far is that it works to our advantage to talk to the refs before the game.
Let them know of our few exceptions (e.g. the mercy rule on back court defense). If there are any questions about
who the fouls are on, please ask the officials to approach the table and clearly indicate what the foul was and who
it is on. Some of our volunteer scorekeepers need that clarity and the refs will provide it. There have been a few
questions on academic eligibility but the associations have handled it well.
Again, we're off to a good start thanks to you. You deserve thanks and praise from all you do. Enjoy the season with
your teams.
Jim Shannon
Note: Linganore has a new location for home games, Linganore/Oakdale High School (L/OHS). Please click the "Directions to the Games" to the right. Thanks!
The Washington County officials have offered an evening clinic for coaches if there are numbers. There have been a few responses but not enough to go through with it and time is getting short.
Also the Directory, which is pretty much up to date. It can be changed/updated as needed. One big item for the meeting was the election of new officers. Please give some consideration to this and feel free to nominate individuals or groups to be involved in the administration of the League.
Thanks for all you do.
Jim Shannon
Notes to: Directors, Coaches, Parents and Players.
One, if your player must wear a t-shirt under their jersey it must match the dominant color. Example if home teams dominant color for that game is white you must have a white t-shirt, if your away dominant color is teal you must have a teal colored t-shirt.
Two, your scorebook will be filled out and ready 10 minutes prior to start of game, no excuses. Also, Do not use the numbers from the web page they could be wrong! Please check and compare with opposing team before official book is signed by the officials.
Three, we follow the Maryland High School Girls Basketball Rules and Mid-Maryland Girls Basketball have some exceptions to these rules (Home Page of Web, MM Rules Summary). Coaches need to know all rules and exceptions in order to serve their players best. Officials are not going to ignore rules and will intervene. As coaches and coordinators we also have an obligation to learn and understand the basic rules under which our players must play. Please know the rules or ask before the start of games. This will help avoid any conflict during the season.
Four, Please show up 30 minutes prior to your specified game time. All of the home teams only have gyms rented for specific times. We are also having problems with food in the High School Gyms. No Food and Drinks in Gyms, unless otherwise noted. Thank You, your Web Master.
Five, I need your assistance in some aspects of your game reports. As stated
previously, the home team is required to file game summaries/scores after
each game. The league is only as good as our web site, so please try to file
more concise scores and game recap information.
These recaps are important for the players and their parents to see online,
but they are the most time-consuming of the web updates that we have to
make. The closer we get them to straight "copy/paste", the better. So here
are a few requests that will save time and keep the page consistent:
- report the first and last names of players. They are all listed on the
online rosters and it only takes you a minute to look them up rather than me
having to do it for every game reported. Last names only are rude. I don't
particularly like being called "Shannon" and it sure isn't proper for a
13-14 year-old.
- write out all "numbers" less than 10 - i.e. seven, eight, etc.
- use upper and lower case, no ALL CAPS.
- and some are still providing no details (scoring or otherwise) for the
opposing team. This is totally unacceptable and unsportsmanlike. We need
final scores, game highlights (if possible) and high scorers and/or
rebounders for both teams. This is for the kids, so provide as much info as
you can within reason, and please use proper grammar!
Finally, please coordinate your reports so that both game summaries/scores
come to us on the same email. Our webmaster spent five hours going through
all of the reports and coordinating which reports were missing. This is an
unnecessary waste of time for someone who is a volunteer. We will be looking
for a new web master if we cannot coordinate the submittals of our game
summaries/scores.
Some of you are doing an excellent job and We appreciate that, as do the
players and parents. For those that can take an extra minute or so to
sharpen up their reports, please do so. It makes a huge difference.
