Winter Classic

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• ONT International Airport — 4–5 miles
• Orange County — 28–30 miles
• Los Angeles — 40 miles
• San Diego — 105–110 miles

Scoring and Time

• Refs keep game time
• The table keeps the score and penalty time

Tournament Play – Pool Play (Saturday Games)

• 2 – 21 minutes halves
• 3 minute halftime
• 3 game guarantee (Pool Play)
• No Timeouts
• No Overtime
• 2025 NFHS Rules with modifications below

Playoff Rules (Sunday)

•  2 – 21 minutes halves
• 3 minute halftime
•  Playoff Games…

• Teams are awarded (1) one-minute time-out per team in Regulation Time
• The clock will stop. Timeout does NOT roll over to OT.  No timeouts in OT
• A timeout can be called when the team calling the timeout is in possession of the ball, anywhere on the field
• Overtime will begin immediately and be decided by sudden victory.  OT will have a Running Clock on all whistles.  The first goal scored wins the game.

• Injuries
  • Any injury within 2 minutes and under that requires the game to be stopped, the clock stops with the injury.
  • For 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

GIRLS SPECIFIC RULES

• 2025 NFHS Rules Apply/US Lacrosse Rules
  • Full Checking at HS Divisions (2026-2030)
  • HS Divisions:  2025 NFHS Rules Apply
  • US Lacrosse rules will be used for 31/32/33/34 divisions
  • Free movement will apply to all ages
  • If a horn sounds 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, with no passes, and no follow-up shots.
• CLOCK
  • The clock will stop at or under 2 minutes in each half (playoff games only)
  • The clock will stop on each whistle during the last 2 minutes of each half (playoff games only)

• 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.

• CARDS
  • If a single player receives 2 yellow cards in one game, the player is out for the remainder of the game but may play the next game
  • Red card for 1 player – player out 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 for the remainder of the game
• 34/35 – 8v8 Play GIRLS
  • 8v8 including a goalie.
  • 4’x4’ foot goal.
  • At the draw, players line up in both offensive and defensive end, a traditional line-up.
  • Introduction of the 8-meter arc and restraining line at midfield.
  • After a goal, resets with a draw
  • No checking and 3 seconds closely guarded applies
  • Must play 1v1 defense.
  • There is a one-attempted pass rule.
  • 5 goal mercy rule if the team that is down chooses to accept, they will start with the ball at the midline.

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)

RANKINGS:

• Win = 3 points
• Loss = 0 points
• Tie = 1 point
  • If 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 tiebreaker 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.
  • In the event, a team is declared a winner due to forfeit
    • For ranking purposes, the goals against average for the pool play games will be the average of the games that were completed
      • Team A wins, 10-8 and 12-8, and then forfeit is 1–0.  Their average of 8 GA will be used to rank

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. If 1 team beats the other 2 teams – that team will advance and the second 2 will fall back into tiebreaker rules
2. Goals Against Total
3. Goals Against Common Opponent (only used if all teams played a common opponent.  If multiple common opponents, take the sum)
4. Coin Toss/Braveheart
   1. If a team is still tied after these tie-breakers and is eligible for the championship playoff bracket, a Braveheart may be used to determine who advances.  The tournament director will determine the scheduling of a braveheart based on fields and availability

ROSTERING

• All players must be registered and can only play for 1 team, unless approved by the event director, in each event.
• Unregistered players are considered ineligible for play and if found may result in a team forfeiting games and player ejection from the event.
• Any teams who are found moving players or playing with ineligible players may forfeit that game and possibly any others already played.