"PIAA requires all registered sports' officials to enforce the sportsmanship rules for coaches and contestants. Actions meant to demean opposing contestants, teams, spectators and officials are not in the highest ideals of interscholastic education and will not be tolerated. Let today's contest reflect mutual respect. Coaches please certify to the contest official(s) that your contestants are legally equipped and uniformed according to NFHS rules and PIAA adoptions. Good luck in today's contest."
Rules Meetings
The Annual Mandatory Rules Interpretation Meeting for the Lancaster Chapter of PIAA Basketball Officials will be held on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 at 7:30 pm at Manheim Township High School’s Convocation Hall. If you cannot attend this meeting, it is your responsibility to attend another chapter’s interpretation meeting. For dates and locations of other interpretation meetings, check out the listing on the PIAA website at www.piaa.org then click on the officials banner and look under rules interpretations. Click on Basketball, and the district # you are looking for. You can also pay $50 and do the online version of the interpretation meeting also located on the piaa website under the officials banner. This option is usually not available until after the last scheduled chapter interpretation meeting in the state. This meeting does NOT count as one of the required 4 chapter meetings.
The list of chapter meeting dates below is also available on the P.I.A.A. website, along with chapter meeting times and dates for other chapters in the state.
The 2-person and 3-person clinics will occur on Sunday, December 8, at Cedar Crest High School.
The regular chapter meetings will be held at Manheim Township either in Convocation Hall or in the old gym (south gym) on the following dates and times:
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 6:00 PM Manheim Township Convocation Hall
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 7:00 PM Manheim Township South Gym
Sunday, November 24, 2024, 7:00 PM Zoom
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 6:00 PM Cedar Crest High School Gym (2-person clinic)*
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 7:00 PM Cedar Crest High School Gym (3-person clinic)*
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 7:00 PM Manheim Township South Gym
Sunday, January 5, 2025, 7:00 PM Manheim Township South Gym
Sunday, January 12, 2025, 7:00 PM Manheim Township South Gym
Sunday, January 26, 2025, 7:00 PM Manheim Township South Gym
Meetings denoted with an "*" only count as one meeting. You can attend both but it only counts towards 1 credit.
More information pertaining to the upcoming season will follow at the meetings. Best wishes for a successful season!