Results for week 6

at Anoka
MGA(ym) 58/plymouth (ym) 42
MGB(ym)69/shore view (ym) 38
MG 96/Shore View 52
Lake Nokomis 66/ Shingle Creek Princeton 60

At St. Paul
Elm Creek (ym) 57/ NSP(ym) 41
SC (ym) automatic win
Elm Creek 52/ NSP 50
Bloomington  beat Crystal
Blaine 62/ WSt.P 41

At Minneapolis
Medicine Lake (ym) 59/Andover 47 (ym)
Eden Prairie (ym) 51/ New Prague (ym) 14
TC 1 over Medicine  Lake
St. Paul over Eden Prairie.

Whistle Rap

Whistle Rap
  1)   When play is stopped for a foul, or violation (traveling, double dribble  etc)  or a time out,  WHERE TO  YOU THROW THE BALL IN FROM?????
       I know most of the time it doesn't matter,  but at times especially near the end of the half or game it can be critical.
     You always put the ball in play from the end or side line closest to where the ball was  when the stoppage occurred.   By definition if  the player with the ball is in the lane when the stoppage occurred  than it is passed in  from the end line behind the basket (to the side of the basket).

2)    During free throws,  the players in the lane can go for the rebound as soon as the ball leaves the shooters hand, however the shooter, AND THOSE OUTSIDE THE 3 POINT CIRCLE must   wait until the ball hits the rim before they can come into the lane.

3)   HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS,  We are experimenting with allowing high school players, 10th, 11th and 12th graders   A-F  squad.  to play with the  young men or men's  teams  but only after their  high school varsity teams season is over.  This is only for Baptized members of your ward, and if there are more than one. Only one on the court at a time.  So if a player was on the Sophomore  or Jr. varsity team and their schedule is complete they are still  ineligible until the varsity's post season tournament is completed.

Results from Week 5

            Results from Week 5
The Crystal Young Men's team has been dropped.
From the St. Paul building
Shingle Creek (ym) 50 /ShoreView (ym) 26
Andover (ym) 41/ North St. Paul 36
Shingle Creek 53/ TC1 44
Bloomington 77/ West St. Paul 51
(Looking for results from Shore View/ St. Paul men)

From Anoka
MGA beat Crystal (ym) (Crystal a no show)
MGB 60/ Elm Creek (ym) 50
Blaine beat Elm Creek
Maple Grove 59/ North St. Paul 48

From the Minneapolis building
Eden Prairie (ym) 59/ Plymouth (ym) 23
Medicine Lake (ym) 59/ New Prague 53
Lake Nokomis beat Medicine Lake
Crystal 59/ Eden Prairie 34

CONTROVERSY!

Oh my, I was Officiating the women,s volleyball championship match's last Saturday, 6 time  defending champion YSA vs. Medicine Lake.
     YSA won the first set, now here is the controversy   Between sets one of the spectators,for Medicine Lake brought the ball into the rest room,  than Medicine Lake won Three straight sets!
Just for kicks I just checked the air pressure of the ball and to my astonishment someone deflated the ball!!!
 There will be an investigation, fines and suspensions!
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2015 SAMS LDS women's volleyball champions Medicine Lake

Congrats  to the SAMS LDS  2015 Women's  Volleyball champions
                                      MEDICINE LAKE

       The Singles ward  was  going for the unprecedented 7th  straight championship.  They were undefeated going into the finals with Medicine Lake who had come up the losers bracket.
    The Singles ward won the first game, than Medicine Lake won the next two, sending it  to the one final game winner takes all.  After a close start Marsie Peniata  rattled off about 10 straight serves. to put the match away. It was close and fun and sisters and former high school teammates teasing each other from the two teams.  Congrats to all,   now on to Basketball!

Results from week 4

at  the Anoka building
Maple Grove A (ym)  58/ Andover (ym) 55
Maple Grove B (ym) 33/ Shingle Creek (ym) 44
Maple Grove 49 /Shingle Creek Princeton 35
TC1 (Spanish) 80/ Bloomington 47

At  the  St. Paul Building
EC (ym) 56/ Shoreview (ym)46
NSP (ym)  EP (ym) both no shows (EP was scheduled for a bye accidently so no game)
Blaine 56/  Shore View 45
St Paul beat  EP
NSP 67/ West St. Paul 51

At  Minneapolis stake  center
Crystal beat Medicine Lake (men)
Lake Nokomis beat Elm Creek (men)
No results yet for young men's game Cry/MLK (YM)
(if anyone knows let me know 612-202-6393 Gary)

Whistle Rap

   Thanks  so much for those of you who volunteer  to  referee.  Our  program will quickly crumble without  hustling volunteers.  We  do not expect you to know all the rules  just make your best  judgement. 
    We will use this  post to occasionally  clarify  some rules that are often misunderstood.

1)  OVER AND BACK.    To be over and back, a  team needs to have control in the front court, when dribbling over the  half court line and to be precise,  the inner  plain of the line closest to the basket in your front court,  Now both feet and the ball have to be over in the front court,  so if you are dribbling and  the ball is in the back court and your feet are in the front court, it is still not "over" thus you can step  back over the line and not be  "over and back"   but once the ball and both feet are in the front court,  any part of your body or ball touching the line or back court is OVER AND BACK.
 If  a  foot or  ball is in the front court than comes back, 90 percent of the people in the gym  will think it is over and back and if you   call it that way,  hardly no one will complain. and we will support that decision,  however  those 90 percent will be wrong.  Now another way this comes into play is when you are passing the ball in from the base or side line, and  you are in the front court, when you pass the ball there is no  individual control.  so you  can pass the ball into the back court from  your  spot  behind the end or sideline as you pass the ball in.    That pass can be tipped  by  a  team in the front court, you can chase the ball into the back court and it is not an over and back violation.  You must have control in the front court before it can be OVER AND BACK.
(hope that doesn't make it more confusing.)

2) If you are dribbling along the sideline or base line, and you touch the ball while in bounds than you release the ball and step out of bounds,   if you can reenter the court with both feet, than you can continue  dribbling the ball or grab it. It is not a    line violation, Now if your dribble has ended  it could be double dribble, but not out of bounds.

3)  Rebounding your own shot,  This one is missed a lot.  When the ball leaves your hand on a shot, there is no control, and anyone can  rebound it,  EVEN IF IT IS AN AIRBALL  the shooter can grab the rebound.  Now it is the judgement of the referee  to determine if it is a shot, a pass  or a fumble, in the  case of a fumble or pass the  passer/shooter  cannot  be the first to touch it.

minor complaint

I know this doesn't apply to most of you but I AM REALLY GETTING TIRED OF ALL THE COMPLAINING ABOUT REFEREEING!!!!
    When you play at 8:00 you have to send one person from each   team to referee  two young men's games,  I know it can be inconvenient, but consider it a way of supporting the young men's program. Consider it an entry fee.
When I schedule my highest priority is I want someone there at 6:00 who should have keys  to the building, or who lives knows people from their ward who lives close enough to get keys there fast.
 That means if your home ward building is one of the stake centers  you will play at 8:00 a lot.
    Plus we only have 14   men's teams (same as last year)  when all three buildings  are used  we will have only two men's games at 2  buildings, and  one building with 3 men's  games. Thus  mathematically half your  games will be at 8:00. So get used to refereeing at 6 and 7,  support the young men,  it doesn't have to be the same guy  every week. And all you guys who come up to me and ask, Is there anything I can do?   Thanks so much!
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Results week 3 2/5/15

Results from Crystal Week 3. 2/5/15
Minnetonka (YM) did not show up..MGB  wins by forfeit
Shingle Creek (ym) 45 Plymouth (ym) 26
Crystal 70  SHingle Creek/Princeton 41
Bloomington beats Eden Prairie, (automatic loss)
Crystal 59 Lake Nokomis 53
Maple Grove 57, Bloomington 38

Results from the St. Paul Stake center,  Week 3, 2/5/15
Andover 63  SV 45 (ym)
Eden Prairie 61 Medicine Lake  53 (ym)
NSP  beat  Blaine
TC1 beat  SV
West St. Paul/Single beat  St. Paul

Results from Lakeville  stake center, Week 3, 2/5/15
Elm Creek 34 New Prague (ym) 29  in overtime.

New Teams

OK we  are narrowing down  which ward has which teams,    Since last week:
Medicine Lake and Weaver Lake young men have combined (Mlk)
Crystal has a Young men's team
Minnetonka  does have a Young men's team
West St. Paul and Young Singles have combined in the men's league, (WSP)
Plymouth men have dropped out.
depending on the outcome this Thursday we should have the entire schedule  by this weekend.
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Say it ain't so....

Please tell me Bro Bevell didn't call that pick play.......

Mormons in th Super Bowl (part 2)

offensive Coordinator  for the Sea  Hawks:

Darrell Bevell

Nice call right before half time, beats kicking a field goal, right Packer fans? :-)

Mormons in the super bowl

Google tells me that playing for the Patriots are
1) #65 O.G. Jordan Devey
2) #96  D.T.  Sealver Siliga


Sea Hawks:
1) # 46 F.B. Will Tukuafu
2) # 88 T.E. Tony Moeaki

Not official or complete, additions and corrections appreciated

WEEK 3 SCHEDULE, 2/5/2015

Sorry we have to go week to week but  we are still adding/deleting teams.  We would like to welcome  West St. Paul  to the league,  they are combining with the  YSA  ward and will be WSTP  on the schedule. We need  EC   young men and  NPG  young men to arrange when and where they want to play.

	Week 3	2/5/2015
	at Anoka	at St. Paul	at Minneapolis
6:00	xxx	SV/AND (YM)	MTKA/MGB(YM)
7:00	xxx	NSP/EP (YM)	PLY/SC (YM)
8:00	xxx	NSP/BLN	CRY/SCP
9:00	xxx	SV/TC1	EP/LNOK
10:00	xxx	WSTP/STP	MG/BLOOM
Men BYE	EC, MLK
YM BYE	MGA (YM)
TBD	EC/NPG (YM)

New forfeit rule for men.

In the past  we have  always played that if your  team has  two forfeits in a  season your team if out of the tournament.
     You get forfeits by:
     1)  Not  showing up at all to play the game. You come with as few as one, recruit players from the previous game, or split up with the team you are scheduled to play, and it is an automatic loss, not a forfeit. If you know for sure your ward can't field a team and if you give us at least a days notice, again it is a loss but not a forfeit.
     2)  Not fulfilling a  referee  assignment.
     3)  Forfeiting  for Bad sportsmanship.

The two forfeit rule still apply s  for the young men.
However because if you have a bad day,  everyone is out of town, the player assigned to  ref  has a family or car emergency (things happen)  and you  miss the game and the assignment on the same night.
 you are out! This has been deemed a little harsh.
SO  from  now on for the men  you are out  after  THREE  forfeits. 
So now you  can have a bad  day  and still recover,  Two bad days.... too bad.
Thanks
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MAJOR RULE CHANGE,

THE MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE changed the rule thus we are changing our rule.
During free throws, the players in the lane can leave their spots anda go for a rebound after the ball is released from the hand, not off the rim.  The shooter is still restricted to waiting for the ball to hit the rim. We will begin the change immediately.
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Sams basketball rules

All rules are Minnesota high school rules except for a few exceptions:

1) Games are two 20 minute halfs  running time, with the clock only stopping for full time outs. In the second half  the last three minutes will be stop clock unless a team leads by 15 points or more, than it will be running clock.

2). Two one minute time outs per half per team that do not carry over for the second half or overtime.
Each one minute time out can be cut into two 30 second time outs, during a 30 second time out the clock KEEPS RUNNING, you do not get a drink or discuss strategy, it was instituted to allow for stoppage of play to substitute.

3). Over time.  We are going back to regular over time rules after experimenting  last year with doing away with a jump ball to start the over time periods.
   During the regular season the first overtime period will be two minutes stop clock, with each team getting one full time out, or two 30 second time outs. (In overtime and the last 3 minutes of a close game the clock DOES STOP).    The period starts,with a jump ball and the alternating possession resets.
    If still tied the second overtime is sudden death, first point wins.
  The period starts with another jump ball, the alternating possession resets.
During the tournament, there will. Not be a sudden death period, the 2 minute periods will continue until there is a winner.

4) You can start a game with as few as 3 players, (you can pick up ineligible players and it is an automatic loss but not a forfeit)

5). Two forfeits for a team and you are out of the tournament, you get forfeits by;
  A) not showing up
   b). Not fulfilling your referee assignments
   C).  Having the game stopped for bad sportsmanship reasons,
            a). Two sportsmanship technicals, or a flagrant technical results in ejection from the game. That player is out for the remainder of the game and THE NEXT GAME,! If this happens to the same player twice in the season he is out for the remainder of the year, including the tournament.
   Three sportsmanship technical fouls by a team and the game is over, that team loses and it counts as one of their two forfeits.
 
6) High school players 10th - college   A-f squads are not allowed to play in the league, until their highs school team's season is over, than if that player is a Baptized member of the ward he can join the team, if there are more tha. One from that ward, only one high school player on the court at a time.

7) There. must be a majority of members on the court at a time, 2 non members on the court per team at a time, (should there only be 4 players, 2 May be non-members)

8) A non member living in the same household as a member or if the non member is part of a part member family, they are considered members for sports purposes.

9)  Results are final, no "protests". The referees are volunteer, the Re not professionally trained, all we ask is that they do their best, and the referees are always right.

10). We will try to have a stake athletic director at each game to supervise , they can be consulted on the definitions of rules, but the judgement is up to the game referees.  the athletic directors do not have power to overturn referee calls but they do have the authority to call sportsmanship technical fouls, or to eject a player for poor sportsmanship.
    This has never happened but the authority is granted if needed.

Good luck, spread the word about the sports log
Sams LDS .blogspot.com.  Will be our main form of communication for the schedule and updates.
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Free agent players interested in playing

Hi all, it has been suggested that a free agent team be created for players who's wards do not have teams.
      If your ward has a team you must play for the, no matter what, if it does not you may play for any team that has room for you, once you get established on a team you must continue to play for them the rest of the season, Unless there are unusual cercumstance, than talk to the athletic directors.
   For now the YSA singles ward is in need of extra players I suggest free agent players contact them, if they are overwhelmed with players we can split them into two teams.
   The contact for the singles ward is

kirkdsanders@gmail.com    Kirk Sanders
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Men and Young men's teams, 2015 SAMS basketball

2015  SAMS  LDS  men's basketball  teams
Bloomington
Maple Grove
Shoreview/New B(SV)
NSP
Lake Nokomis
Blaine
SC/Prince.(SCP)
TC1
Crystal
Elm Creek
St.Paul
Young Men's teams
SV
SC
MG'
And.
EC NSP NPrague

Please call Gary Campion 612-202-6393  with additions.

Ohio State/Oregon

For those planning on watching, rumors have it and it is unconfirmed Heisman Trophy winner

Marcus Mariota May be a Mormon   

Confirm if you have inside information. To clarify one way or the other.

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