PLC Fall Championships

PLC RULES OF PLAY

Tournament Play – Pool Play

• 2 – 21 minutes halves
• 3- minute halftime
• 5 game guarantee. 3 games Saturday and at least 2 games Sunday
• No Timeouts
• No Overtime

Boys: 2024 NFHS Rules with modifications below

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
  o If both teams do not agree on braveheart, games end in a tie

Boys Rule Specifications

• Referees will keep game time
• No stick checks unless refs think a stick is outrageously illegal
• 4 pole maximum on the field
• Mercy Rule
• Applies to youth divisions (2026-2028 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

• o 2025 - 2031 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.

Checking

• Limited body checking in 2029 & 2030 Grad Year only. Big hits & physical play (even within three yards of a loose ball) constitute unnecessary roughness (60 sec penalty)
• One handed stick checks are not allowed in any youth divisions (2031 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.