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I can't find a resource to answer this question. Looking for the size of the basketball used by boys in the 7th/8th grade by state.

28.5
Ohio

29.5
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan

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    I have refereed in a few states and I have never heard of a junior high grade using a 28.5" ball. There is a good chance you will have a 6'0"ish height player on a good 7th grade team. That would be ridiculous using a kids ball. Also the question is bad. This is because NFHS and high school rules in general are not subject to non-high school basketball. The specific league you play in notes that it will choose to play by a standard and could even say it plays by NFHS but wants a certain size ball used. The league can do whatever it wants - there is no body for 7th grade bball.
    – Coach-D
    Oct 11 '18 at 18:02
  • Question is not bad as most middle school teams follow the HS rules with a few exceptions. As they do in states that surround me.
    – Clarence Klopfstein
    Oct 11 '18 at 22:06
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Any programs that follow the US Amateur Basketball National Rules:

The National High School Federation Rules and Regulations (NHSF) will apply to all US Amateur Basketball games with the following exceptions.
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  • Middle and High School (Grades 7 thru 12) will consist of two sixteen minute halves and will use a regulation size basketball (intermediate size ball for Women).

  • Grades 3 thru 6 will consist of two fourteen minute halves and will use the 28.5 intermediate size ball.

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Very much a partial answer; in Kansas we use the 28.5 for middle school boys. I should know; as a middle school coach I've got something like twenty of the little things.

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  • Over 3 years later, literally the first place that I've heard to use the 28.5 outside of Ohio.
    – Clarence Klopfstein
    Sep 22 at 6:06
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Ebay listing says the 28.5" Spalding-1000 is the official size for women and boys 12 and under.

Although I'm having trouble finding records for many states, so far I've found:

Alabama & Alaska use NFHS rules, but don't specify ball size for Junior High. Probably 29.5".

29.5 Arizona

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    This is not accurate at all. I've been doing my research. So far, every state I've gotten info from is 29.5 except Ohio. Updating post momentarily.
    – Clarence Klopfstein
    Jun 12 '18 at 21:36
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    There is nothing that governs 7th/8th grade basketball in the US. Each league can do whatever it wants (I am sure 99% use 29.5" at these ages as this size ball is usually introduced in 4th-5th grade)
    – Coach-D
    Oct 11 '18 at 18:04

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