DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette Jaekairah Harden of Loyalsock pushes the ball up the court against Central Mountain in Loyalsock. Tentatively beginning in 2028-29, JV and high school games will use a shot clock after the PIAA approved the implementation of one on Wednesday.

The long wait for Pennsylvania basketball fans is getting closer to being over as the Commonwealth will finally be getting a shot clock for high school basketball.

On Wednesday morning, the PIAA board went against the basketball steering committee’s suggestion of no shot clock in Pennsylvania by a 22-9 vote. That vote accepted implementation of a shot clock for both JV and varsity basketball for the 2028-29 school year.

The process will require multiple votes to pass however.

“On a first reading basis, the PIAA board just went against the basketball steering committee’s suggestion of no shot clock in PA by a 22-9 vote to accept implementation of a shot clock for JV and varsity basketball for the 28-29 school year,” the Altoona Mirror’s Michael Boytim posted on Twitter/X on Wednesday morning.

The decision comes after years of players, coaches and fans upset over the decision to not have a shot clock and teams holding the basketball for more than a minute in close games to run out the clock.

The shot clock will be a 35-second shot clock.

Currently, 30 states use a 35-second shot clock for high school basketball competition and Florida became the latest state to join when it will start using a shot clock in 2026-27. Pennsylvania would become the 32nd.

In June, Bob Greenburg of SportsRadio 96.7 tweeted a survey which showed that nearly 55% of schools responded in favor of a shot clock along with 59% of officials in Pensnylvania. Roughly 30% of schools didn’t respond to the survey by the PIAA asking if they were for or against a shot clock being implemented.