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RULES
REGISTRATION
Youth and Club Division Registration Opens: Saturday, July 9
High School Division Registration Opens: Sunday, July 10
All Team Directors must check in with the Tournament Committee at least 45 minutes
before their first game to submit an official team roster with US Lacrosse membership
numbers for every participant, provide waiver/medical release forms for each player
and pick up the final game schedule with any last minute changes noted.
Participant Information and Age Definition
Youth Divisions: U15, U13
Players may not be 15, for U15 and 13, for U13, of age before December 31, 2004
to be eligible for the 2005 Xtreme Lax U15 or U13 Division. Accordingly, players
that turn 15 or 13 after December 31, 2004 are eligible. Regardless of age, no
player who has competed at the High School level is eligible to participate in
the youth divisions.
High School Divisions: Junior Varsity, Varsity
Club Division: 18 years of age and older.
TOURNAMENT RULES
The Tournament will be played in accordance with US Lacrosse rules,
with the following additions and exceptions. The Girls will follow the US Lacrosse
Rules for Women and the Boys will follow the US Lacrosse Rules or NCAA Lacrosse
Men’s Rules
1. ROSTER: A team may have no more than 25 players.
Each team is required to submit their roster after notification of being accepted.
An original roster must be present at Sign-In for verification purposes only.
2. UNIFORMS: All players on a team must wear
similar jerseys and each jersey must be numbered distinctively, with no number
being repeated (including the goalkeeper). Teams are requested to bring alternate
jerseys or pinnies. Where teams have the same color jerseys, the team listed first
in the game schedule will be designated as the home team and will be asked to
change jersey.
4. GAME DURATION: Two 18-20-minute halves with
2-minute half-time. Games will start and finish on a central horn. Minor adjustments
may be made to these times prior to the start of the tournament. Coaches will
be informed if this is necessary. Teams are expected to play at the scheduled
starting time for each game. If neither team is ready to begin play, the game
clock will rundown from the common start time reducing the length of game for
those teams. Any team more than ten minutes late will forfeit the game and have
their score recorded as a loss.
5. SUBSTITUTIONS: Substitutions will be done
on the fly except for penalties, which the official determines to be time serving.
Substitution should be on the whistle and on the fly with delay of game strictly
enforced for any substitution on the whistle that takes longer than ten seconds
as noted in USL Women's rules.
6. ADDITIONAL BOYS RULES:
- All High School and College play will follow NCAA Rules
Advancing the ball:
Offense: Once the offensive team crosses the midfield line, it
has ten seconds to move the ball into its attack goal area.
Defense: Once the defensive team gains possession of the ball
it has ten seconds to move the ball across the midfield line.
For U15 and younger only: There will be no ten second counts--No
delay for failing to advance in either the defensive or offensive half of the
field for the Boys 13U and 15U Divisions. Four-second counts for goalie clears
will apply to all teams.
- Body checking: For the 13U and 15U Boys Divisions, body checking
is permitted ONLY against a player in possession of the ball. No take out checks
are permitted by any player at any level. DEFINITION a takeout check occurs when
a player lowers his head or shoulder with the force and intent to take out (put
on the ground) the other player.
- Stick Checking: (Boys Teams) Controlled one-hand checking
is allowed. Any stick contact with the helmet including “the brush”
shall be considered slashing.
- Personal Fouls: Any time serving Personal Foul must be served
off the field, penalty will be running time during playing time not during time-outs.
- Technical Fouls: All time serving Technical Fouls will result
in a fast break for the offended team. Prior to the whistle all middies for both
teams will be behind the midfield line (except one middy for the offended team
who will line up 5 yards from the midfield line on their offensive side of the
field) and all defensemen for the offending team shall line-up in their defensive
area.
7. ADDITIONAL GIRLS RULES:
All U15, High School, College and Club will play by Women’s Lacrosse
Rules. All U13 will follow Level A Rules
8. TIME OUTS: Each team is permitted 1 time-out
of one-minute duration per game. No time-outs will be permitted in the last five
minutes of the game. The game clock will continue to run during these Team time-outs
and any Official time-outs.
9. GAME DELAYS: Any game which must be stopped
due to unplayable field conditions will be resumed as soon as possible at a time
and field location designated by the Tournament Directors. If games cannot be
played, the games will not be made up and standings will be determined by all
other games played.
10. EJECTIONS - An ejected player or coach is
ineligible for the next scheduled game. A player ejected for fighting COULD BE
deemed ineligible for further tournament play by the Tournament Directors.
11. REFEREES - All games will be officiated by
certified referees.
12. TOURNAMENT CANCELLATION - In the event of
inclement weather or any other "act of God" which would prevent continuation
of the games, the tournament will be canceled. Partial refunds, after all fixed
costs have been paid may be issued at the discretion of the Tournament Directors.
13. GAME SCORES: Field hosts will keep track
of all game scores that will be reported to the Registration Tent. A win will
be given two points, a tie will be given 1 point and a loss will be given zero
points which will be posted at the Registration Tent.
Seedings are based on: 1st Points 2nd Least GA 3rd Most GF 4th A coin toss
PLEASE NOTE: It is the coach’s responsibility to check
with the Tournament Director at the completion of their 4th game to determine
who they will play to compete for 1st and 2nd Place in their Division. The Field
Host will be turning in scorecards at the conclusion of each game; each coach
is suggested to initial these cards as evidence of agreement of the final score
of each game.
14. WATER will be provided at every field. Food:
Food venders will be on site with drinks, luncheon and snack foods.
15. CLEAN UP: Each coach is requested to ensure
that the bench area is picked-up after each game. Trashcans are available near
bench areas.
PROTESTS
No protests will be entertained. The Xtreme Lax Tournament Directors will have
the right to exclude a team, coach, player(s), or parent(s) not acting in accordance
with the tournament rules or policies. The decision of the directors is final.
ALCOHOL & TOBACCO POLICY
All spectators, players, and coaches are expected to respect the Groton School
prohibition of alcohol and tobacco products from being used/consumed on school
property. Any violators will be reported to the Tournament Directors and will
be subject to expulsion from the tournament at the discretion of the Tournament
Directors. The Tournament Directors thank all fans and participants for their
cooperation.
PARKING
Designated areas only, vehicles will be removed from unauthorized areas at the
owner’s expense.
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