Dates: Sundays Nov. 8, 15, 29, (OFF 22 to start T-Day break)
Dec. 6, 13, 20 (OFF 12/27 & 1/3)
Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31
Tournament: Feb. 7 (semi-finals - due to Superbowl completed by 4pm)
Feb 14 (finals)
***There is an obvious challenge with a winter schedule and so many teams/schools both private and public with different calendars. We are trying to avoid forfeits for teams that will not show up. We can’t take 2 weeks off at Thanksgiving so more people will be back in town (11/29) after the week off as opposed to before (11/22). Especially with some districts taking a full week off now.
***Regarding Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza many schools now have 2.5 weeks or 3 weekends off so we must play at the beginning (12/20) as many kids do not need to be back until the Tuesday or even Wednesday the first week of January.
Times: 11am – 8pm Obviously this is subject to the total number of teams participating.
Games:10 game league schedule guarantee. Top 6 teams make tournament in each “A” grade division. (WE WILL NOT HAVE A TOURNEY FOR “B” DIVISIONS). There simply is not enough gym space to accommodate all the necessary games on Super Bowl Sunday.
***We play 10 regular season games and we will begin games very early to be completed by 4pm on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 7).
Schedule: games will be scheduled: youngest/earliest to oldest/latest
· 4th grade boys and 5th girls (11am-2pm typically)
· 5th grade boys and 6th grade girls (12pm -4pm)
· 6th grade boys and 7th grade girls (3pm-6pm)
· 7th & 8th grade boys (6pm, 7pm, 8pm typically)
· This is a general guideline to help you plan and communicate with your parents as well as schedule their football/baseball/lacrosse/soccer/etc. activities. These are NOT guaranteed times because until teams have registered and paid we cannot predict the exact schedule.
* Once all teams and divisions are registered we will look at the challenges of Feb. 7(Super Bowl Sunday) if any. We expect to have all games completed by 4 pm.
* All finals will be played on Feb. 14th.
***At Large Games - teams that do not end up making the top 6 tournament in their division may request an additional “match-up” game on either Feb 7 or Feb 14 at a simple $125 per team game based on available gym space for those teams that want additional game dates. We will re-visit this issue the second week of January.
***Teams playing in multiple leagues, Jr. Feeder/Jr. Feeder B or C teams/CMLA/ATPP, etc. make sure you tell those predominantly SATURDAY LEAGUES not to schedule you on Sundays or at least schedule around our parameters (see above). Meaning if you are a 6th, 7th & 8th grade team, if they want to schedule you for a Sunday game they should put you at the beginning of the day because you play late in the day with us. Vice versa for 4th and 5th grade teams. This also goes for teams playing in multiple leagues on Sundays "A" Feeder/JCC/NYO, etc. WE WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE TEAMS THAT HAVE A CONFLICT WITH THEIR OTHER LEAGUE WHO DO NOT WORK WITHIN THESE GUIDELINES.