Length of Game: Four 7-Minute Quarters (per Archdiocese Rule); 5-Minute Half-time; 3-Minute Overtime(s) as needed until game is decided; Clock stops on all whistles.

Ball/Clock/Book: Women's size 28.5" ball. Home team supplies game ball, scorekeeper, and timekeeper. Home team is official book. The official scorebook must be signed by the referee(s) for every game.

Possession: Jump ball at start of game and at the start of each overtime; alternate possession thereafter

Three Point Shot: Allowed and counted only if the gym floor has appropriate, legal markings.

Foul Shots: Shoot 1-and-1 on 7th Foul, 2 shots on 10th foul in each half. Players may not move to rebound on free throws until ball contacts the rim or backboard. Defensive team must occupy two positions above the neutral zone/blocks.

Press Rule:

Region - Full court press at any time except once a team is ahead by 15 or more points, that team may not press until lead drops to 14 points or less. Trailing team may press anytime.

Parish Division – Full court press last 2 minutes of each half (subject to 15 point lead rule below) and last 2 minutes of each overtime period.

Free Half Court (Parish Division): Except for the above, when a team obtains possession of the ball in its defensive zone, it may bring the ball across half-court unimpeded by the opponent, which must drop back to half court. Exception: if the team obtaining possession is attempting a fast break or is "pushing" the ball upcourt, the opponent may defend in the back court in order to stop the fast break. However, a fast-breaking team being defended will NOT lose possession before passing half-court in the event of a steal or forced error. (Where there is no defensive pressure, an unforced error in the back-court is still a turn-over.) Rule of thumb - don't fast break if you don't want defensive pressure!

Timeouts: Three (3) full and two (2) 30-second time-outs per game, used any time. One (1) additional full time-out awarded at each overtime. Time-outs carry over. Per PIAA rule - coaches may call time out.

Referee Fees: $32 per team with 2 referees (each team pays one of the 2 referees). If only 1 referee handles the game, each team pays the referee $24.00.

Technicals: Two technical fouls in any one game will result in automatic expulsion from that game.

Pre-Game Prayer: Prior to the tap, all players and coaches will gather at center court for a pre-game prayers. A representative of the home team will lead the group in prayer together.

Mandatory Playing Time – Region Division: 3 minutes of each regular season game; the minimum participation may be spread out across the entire game and does not have to be consecutive.

Mandatory Playing Time – Parish Division: At least 1/3 of each game