Girls' Basketball

    • Girls' Basketball at CS Porter

      The 2024 Season will run from 1/17-3/15.

       
      COACHES
      7th and 8th Grade A Team Coach - Steve Strothman, sstrothman@mcpsmt.org
       
       7th and 8th Grade B Team Coach -  Payton Peterson, ppeterson@mcpsmt.org

      PRACTICE AND GAME SCHEDULE

      Game schedules are subject to change based on player shortages and cancelations from opposing teams. Please view the digital version of the game schedule regularly to ensure the current version.
       

      Practices

      • Practices: M, T, W from 2:45 pm-4:30pm and Th from 2:00-3:30pm. 
      • Please see team schedule for the practice schedule.
      • There is no bus after practice, so please arrange for transportation.
      • *Please note that students are NOT allowed to leave campus and come back to practice or games*

      GENERAL INFORMATION

      • Athletic Agreement/Waiver & Code of Conduct: Parents must sign an Athletic Agreement/Waiver and the Code of Conduct for their child to participate in Athletics at the Middle school level. This is one form with two signatures.  Students may get a copy of the waiver from the office or it can be downloaded below. The form must be returned to the office before they will be allowed to practice.
      • Cost is $25.00 per player and must be paid before the first game to participate. *scholarships available
      • Transportation- There is no transportation after practices. A bus will take players to their away games. There is no return bus after games except trips to Frenchtown and Lolo. 
      • Student-athletes must remain "in good standing" to play sports at CS Porter. 
      • Academic Eligibility
        • No student-athlete may have an “F” in any subject during a five-week athletic season.
        • Grade checks will occur on the second, third, and fourth Friday of each season to determine eligibility. Any student-athlete who has an “F” in any subject will be ineligible for the following 5 school days. Weekly grade checks will occur on Friday or Monday. If the student has raised their failing grades, the athlete will regain eligibility for the following week. 
          • Incomplete (I) may be given additional consideration for extenuating circumstances.
          • During the 5 days of ineligibility, the student/athlete may practice.
        • A student-athlete who is in a prescribed special education class or 504 program and is not meeting academic eligibility will have grades reviewed to ensure all accommodations are being implemented. This review will be comprised of an administrator, guardian, special education teacher, and the teacher from the class the student is failing.
      • Behavioral Eligibility
        • Behavioral Eligibility: Students who receive major ODR will be ineligible for the entire sports season.
        • If a student-athlete receives a minor ODR, they may forfeit the ability to play in the next game pending coach/AD permission. 
        • 4 minor ODRs = a major and will result in ineligibility. 
      • Attendance
        • For activity participation, either in practice or competition, a student must be in class every scheduled period of the school day or have given documentation for an exempt absence to the attendance clerk or an administrator for that day. An exempt absence is defined as an absence due to a legal, medical/dental, bereavement, or school-sponsored reason. Students missing class due to an out-of-school suspension, unexcused, or excused absences are ineligible on the day of the absence for practice or competition.
        • Students must also be at practice consistently. Chronic absences from practice will result in decreased playing time during games.

      SPORT-SPECIFIC INFORMATION

      • Game Rules
        • 4 ten-minute quarters.
        • Running clock except for the last two minutes of the game and during free throws. The clock will start once the ball is handed to the shooter on the second shot. 
        • Overtime 2 minutes with stopping of the clock
        • Injury stops the clock or the referee
        • Two timeouts per half per team ( One 30-seconds and one 60-second)
        • Full-court defense only in the last two minutes of the game if the game is tied or your team is behind.
        • The first game starts no later than 4:15. The second game starts 10 minutes after the end of the first game.
        • Half-time is five minutes.
        • The goal of every coach will be to have every player participate in no more than approximately 75% of a game or less than 40% of a game. Each player sits out approximately one-quarter of the time.
        • Three-pointers are for 8th grade only.
        • Eight-minute quarters.
        • No Zone Defense

      HELPFUL LINKS

      Questions? Please contact Assistant Principal, Kammy Meyers at 406-728-2400 extension 4601 or kmeyers@mcpsmt.org