Legends Autumn Tilt

THE LEGENDS AUTUMN TILT SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND ONLINE HERE

Girls Recruiters

BOYS RECRUITERS

Game Film Available for PREORDER Only!  Game film must be purchased by November 8th!
Game film can be purchased online HERE.

This Event is Stay to Play!  To find hotels, visit www.mavericksportstravel.com, click on Legends Autumn Tilt to view available hotels, booking rules & procedures. Questions? Contact Mitchell Prophet: 858-280-1949 or mitchell@mavericksportstravel.com 

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REFUND / CANCELATION POLICY: 

Deposits are non-refundable; No refunds or credits of any kind for teams dropped after 10/20/21, unless tournament is canceled due to COVID-19.  If tournament is canceled due to COVID-19 related state or local mandates:

• Prior to 10/1/21 – $100/team retained from deposit to cover non-refundable fees
• After 10/1/21 – $250/team retained from deposit to cover non-refundable fees & prepaid expenses

Remainder of fees paid to be refunded (excluding credit card fees).

• If tournament is canceled due to ADVERSE WEATHER: Depending on when the cancelation occurs, Synapse Sports will endeavor to offer either partial or full refunds of balance fees paid (excluding deposits & credit card fees). No refunds for individual or playoff games lost to weather delays or unsafe field conditions.

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LEGENDS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT RULES – FALL 2021-TILT

Scoring and Time

• Refs keep game time 
• Table keeps score and penalty time

Tournament Play – Pool Play

•  2 – 21 minutes halves 
• 3- minute halftime
• 5 game guarantee.  3 games Saturday & at least 2 games Sunday
• No Timeouts 
• No Overtime 
• Boys:  2021 NFHS Rules with modifications below
• Girls:  2021 US Lacrosse Rules

Playoff Rules

•  2 – 21 minutes halves 
• 2- minute halftime
•  Playoff Games…
  • Teams are awarded (1) 1 minute time-out per team in Regulation Time
  • The clock will stop. Timeout does NOT roll over to OT.  No timeouts in OT
  • Timeout can be called when the team calling the timeout is in possession of the ball, anywhere on the field
  • Overtimes will begin immediately and be decided by sudden victory.  OT will have a Running Clock on all whistles.  First goal scored wins the game.
  • Injuries
    • Any injury within 2 minute and under that requires the game to be stopped, the clock stops with the injury.
    • Any injury with more than 2 minutes remaining when the game is stopped, a maximum of 1 minute will come off the clock to assess the injury before the clock is stopped.

• Challenge Matches…
  • If game ends in a tie, teams can choose to end game in a Braveheart (both teams must agree) to decide a winner rather than end in a tie
    • Braveheart will be 3v3 plus a goalie for each team
    • 1 player for each team (can be goalie) must stay on the defensive end of the field, 3 can go forward
    • If both teams do not agree on braveheart, games end in a tie

Boys Rule Specifications

• Referees will keep game 
•  No stick checks unless refs think a stick is outrageously illegal
•  4 pole maximum on the field
•  Mercy Rule
  • (applies to youth divisions only) Applied when there is a 7 goal deficit in pool play.  Teams down by 7 or more goals will get a free clear after each goal.  Coaches can agree to waive this rule. 

• Counts 
• 2022 – 2029 Grad Years:  Clearing Counts of 20 seconds to cross the midline and 10 seconds to advance the ball in the box.  
• The leading team must keep it in the box with under 2 minutes left in the game if the opponent is within 4 goals. 
• If a team leads by 4 or more goals, there will be no start/stop time under 2 minutes in either half. Instead, the game will continue to operate with a running clock. 
• If the score changes to less than 4 goal differential at any point during the final 2-minutes of either half, the clock goes back to stop clock.
• No Counts – 2030 Grad Year and below.  Exception is a 5-second goalie count

• Checking
  • Limited body checking in 2026 & 2027 Grad Year only.  Big hits & physical play (even within three yards of a loose ball) constitute unnecessary roughness (90 sec penalty)
  • One handed stick checks are not allowed in any youth divisions (2028 and below)
• Penalties
  • Penalties are running time starting on the whistle (45 or 90 seconds)  Penalty time stops during injuries, end of quarters and while another penalty is being assessed.
  • 2030 Division – the offending player leaves the field and is substituted.  Fast Break situation occurs

Girls Game Rules – 2021 US Lacrosse Rules

• Free movement will apply to all ages- the allowance for free movement by players on a whistle or stoppage of play
•  Full checking at HS Levels
• CARDS
  • 2 yellow cards for 1 player – player  ejected for the remainder of the game, but may play next game
  • Red card for 1 player – player is ejected for the remainder of that game.  Officials & Tournament Director will determine if the player will be allowed to play any remaining games
  • If a team accumulates 4 or more cards in a game they have to play a player down the
                remainder of the game
• If final game whistle is blown at the end of time and a free position is being awarded in the critical scoring area – the game will continue until the scoring play is over. The free position show will be awarded as one shot, no passes, no follow up shots.
  Please refer to your USL Youth Rulebook for specific rules on your age division
  • The clock will stop at or under 2-minutes in each half (Playoffs Games Only)
  • The clock will stop on each whistle during the last 2 minutes of each half (Playoffs Games Only)
               o If at 2 minutes or under time period for either half of the game and a team has a lead of 10 goals
              more, then the game clock will remain a Running Clock. If the score changes to less than a 10 goal
  differential at any point during the final 2-minutes of either half, the clock goes back to stop clock. 
• RULES OF PLAY:
  • 2021 US Lacrosse/NFHS Rules will be used for High School divisions
  • US Lacrosse U14 rules will be used for the 7th/8th Grade division.
                • Girls 10U
                             o 60×40 size field with 4×4 goals.
                            o No checking. 1 v 1 defense in midfield.
                            o Four 10-minute running time quarters, 1-minute breaks between each quarter
                            o Draw each half 3 players from the team at both 8 meters.
                             o After Goals – goalkeeper clear.
                            o 2 field players behind the restraining line.
                            o Cards, but the team does not play short.
                             o 3 sec guarded & 8 meter arc – Applies.
                             o Self Start and Free Movement Allowed
                             o 6 or more goal differential, a 2 pass rule goes into effect for the winning team 

RANKINGS:

• WIN – 3 points
• Loss – 0 points
• Tie – 1 point
• In the event that a team needs to play a 4th pool game in order to give a second team their 3rd game:

•  The 4th game will be identified and acknowledged with a ‘*’ on Tourney Machine
• The 4th game will not count for any potential points or Goals Against for the team playing their 4th game
• For the team playing their 3rd game, the results will count for points and goals against
• In the event that there is a tie breaker scenario, which includes a teams head to head being their fourth game, that has been identified with ‘*’ the head to head will not be applied.

Tie Breakers

• If 2 teams are tied with points:
1. Head to Head
2. Goals Against TOTAL
3. Goals Against Common Opponent.  If multiple common opponents, take the sum.

• If more than 2 teams tied with points:
1. Goals Against Total
2. Goals Against Common Opponent (only used if all teams played common opponent.  If multiple common opponents, take the sum)
3. Coin Toss/Randomly Generated

EJECTIONS

• Game ejections are handled by the referees
• Tournament ejections are handled by the tournament director (2 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties warrant ejection or 1-game suspension)

Rosters

• Legends tournament directors reserve the right to check rosters for any reason and if teams are found to be in violation of the rules, the tournament director has the ability to disqualify the team and nullify the results.
• Rosters must be submitted by graduation years and/or age groups.  Every team is expected to comply with the thresholds on those age groups as posted on the website and appearing on the event schedule
• Event directors have the ability to approve any adjustments to the rules if they feel it creates competitive bounds and does not minimize the experience of any players on the field
• Double rostering players:  On certain occasions Legends tournament directors reserve the right to approve a player appearing on two rosters and playing on two teams.  Any player’s double rostering must be approved by the tournament director prior to the start of the tournament.  If a player is not approved, Legends reserves the rights to disquality the player and/or nullify team results.