RULES
Tournament Format: Five games guaranteed per team with Championships for all divisions and Championship games in the Stadium schedule permitting.
All players must have valid USA Lacrosse Memberships.
Waiver for 2026 Rogue Valley Rising
WAIVERS:
PARENTS: By signing the waiver you also agree to know your role at the tournament which is a spectator/ parent/ fan. If you want to be an official we can point you in the right direction. If you want to be a Coach talk to your Club’s Director. For this tournament we expect you to cheer on your team and keep comments to opponents, referees, and other spectators positive. Thanks in advance for helping to make this a good experience for everyone!
COACHES: please ensure that each participant downloads and signs the attached waiver and emails it to
Game Timing:
Pool Play Games
-Two 20-minute running time halves with a four minute half time.
-NO timeouts or overtime in Pool Play Games.
-All Fields have Electronic Scoreboards to keep game time. Penalty time kept at the scorers table.
-ALL Penalties are time and a half to account for running clock (i.e. 30 second penalty = 45 seconds, 1 min penalty = 90 seconds)
Playoff & Championship Rounds
-Two 20-minute running time halves with a four minute half time.
-One timeout (1-minute) per game for playoff games. The game clock will stop for timeouts. This cannot be used in the last two minutes of either half or at all in overtime.
Rules:
- All Divisions will be officiated per USA Lacrosse Rules for that age group. USA Lacrosse Rules Matrix can be found HERE
++Exception is that USA Lacrosse rules state all Youth (grades3-8) penalties are non-releasable. We will NOT be following this guideline. All penalties will be releasable unless the foul warrants a non-releasable call by the official.
Any player receiving two unsportsmanlike penalties in a game will be ejected. Players ejected for a game are not allowed to play in the following game.
4 Minutes of personal fouls will disqualify that player from the remainder of the game.
Standing and Tie Breakers:
In the event of tied records, the following tiebreaker system will apply (in order):
#1-Head-to-head result
#2-Goal Against
#3- Goal Differential
#4-Coin Toss
Rosters:
Rosters are due by midnight on Wednesday the week of the tournament.
Any team that does not have a roster submitted BY THE START of the tournament on Saturday may not eligible for playoff brackets on Sunday
Players may only be rostered on one team per tournament.
If a team director/coach needs a player to play up for a team in a DIFFERENT division to supplement a roster with low numbers, this must be pre-approved by the tournament directors.
Teams and players must meet the age requirements for their registered division
All players must have USA Lacrosse membership as part of the age verification process.
Playing in an incorrect age division may result in team disqualification and forfeiture of all games.
Violations: Any violations of the above guidelines by a program/team will be handled on a case-by-case basis and may result in the forfeiture of a game and/or forfeiture of eligibility to participate in playoff brackets on Sunday.
