section ix girl's lacrosse handbook 2005 - Section IX Athletics

SECTION 9
GIRLS’
LACROSSE
HANDBOOK
2012

2012 SECTION 9 GIRLS’ LACROSSE COMMITTEE
Wend y Cr and all Sect ion IX Chair p er son
Pine Bush High School
PO Box 670
Jam es Osb orne
At hlet ic Coord inat or’s Of f ice
53 Gib son Road
Pine Bush, NY 12566 Goshen, NY 10924
845-744-2031 x3518 (w ork) 845-294-5799 (w ork)
845-551-2871 (cell) 845-590-9627 (cell)
845-744-8586 (f ax) 845-291-7306 (f ax)
Class A Coaches
Kingston E-mail Phone School
Debbie Eaton deaton@kingstoncityschools.org 914-388-4441
Maureen Munger (Asst.) MMUNGER@kingstoncityschools.org 914-466-5096
Minisink Valley E-mail Phone School
TBA
Stephanie Snyder ssnyder@minisink.com 988-7763
Billie Hanlon (JV) Billie_hanlon@yahoo.com 313-5313
Monroe-Woodbury E-mail Phone School
Leslie Ahlborn lahlborn@mw.k12.ny.us 551-2838 460-6400 x6443
Elaine Schellberg (Asst.) eschellb@mw.k12.ny.us 460-7000 x 7645
Sarah Caputo (JV) scaputo@mw.k12.ny.us 914-443-1166 460-6500 x 6555
Elizabeth Cassese ecassese@mw.k12.ny.us
Newburgh E-mail Phone School
Matt Abate matthew.abate@gmail.com 926-0460 563-5400
Pine Bush E-mail Phone School
Nick Moore (Asst.) Mooren4@gmail.com 744-3302
Valley Central E-mail Phone School
Jennifer Jackson jjackson@vcmail.ouboces.org 457-2400
Samantha Garnet (JV) 590-3538
Middletown E-mail Phone School
Gabrielle Hajduk ghajduk@ecsdm.org 598-0732 326-1533
Kaitlyn Gould (Asst.) kgould@ecsdm.org 551-5999 326-1533
Rachel Koontz (JV) rkoontz@ecsdm.org 973-271-7141 326-1533

Washingtonville E-mail Phone School
Colleen Foran cforan@ws.k12.ny.us 570-491-5473 484-695-0806
Jackie Pfeffer (Asst.) jacpfef@gmail.com 440-7267 800-8465
Warwick E-mail Phone School
Greg Voloshin gvoloshin@wvcsd.org 987-3050 x4101
Denis O`Connor (Asst.) doconnor@wvcsd.org
Ryan Candia (JV)
rcandia@wvcsd.org
Delaware Valley,
Pa. E-mail Phone
Bernadine Salak salakb@dvsd.org 570-296-3656 Ext. 7181
Class B Coaches
Saugerties E-mail Phone School
Chris Curnan ccurnan@saugerties.k12.ny.us 594-3129 247-6675
Joe Tiano (JV) jtiano@saugerties.k12.ny.us 269-9928 247-6675
Class C Coaches
James I. O`Neill E-mail Phone School
Joanne Cox jcox@hffmcsd.org 662-3410 446-1008
Burke Catholic E-mail Phone School
Kelly Reid kreid@burkecatholic.org 516-312-9451 294-5481
Red Hook E-mail Phone School
Yvonne Turchetti yturchetti@hotmail.com 914-466-3451
New Paltz E-mail Phone School
Kerri Hirsch khirsch@newpaltz.k12.ny.us 914-584-6301 256-4100 x 1093
Millbrook E-mail Phone School
Jillian Cafarchio Jillian.cafarchio@millbrookcsd.org 677-4210

Athletic Directors
Kingston-Glenn Maisch
Minisink Valley-Ron Montalto
403 Broadway Rt. 6 PO Box 217
Kingston, NY 12041 Slate Hill, NY 10973
943-3736 355-5172
M-W-George St. Lawrence
NFA-Jack Mager
155 Dunderberg Road 201 Fullerton Avenue
Central Valley, NY 10917 Newburgh, NY 12550
460-7045 x7049 563-5419
James I. O‛Neill-Debbie Crowe Pine Bush-Wendy Crandall
Rt. 9W PO Box 287 PO Box 670
Highland Falls, NY 10928 Pine Bush, NY 12566
446-4914 x244 744-2031 x 3627
Saugerties-Lee Molyneaux
Valley Central-Mike Bellarosa
Call Box A 1175
Route 17K
Saugerties, NY 12477 Montgomery, NY 12549
247-6680 457-5293
Washingtonville-Scott Courter Delaware Valley-Al Holtzer
54 West Main Street 236 Route 6 & 209
Washingtonville, NY 10992 Milford, Pa. 18337
497-2200 x 24562 570-296-1859
Middletown-David Coates
Warwick-Greg Sirico
Gardner Avenue Extension P.O. Box 595
Middletown, NY 10940 Warwick, NY 10990
326-1532 987-3050 x2082
Burke Catholic-Adam Kless
Red Hook-Tom Cassata
80 Fletcher Street 103 West Market Street
Goshen, NY 10924 Red Hook, NY 12571
294-5481 x270 758-2241 x3248
New Paltz-Antonia Woody
Millbrook – Brian Devincenzi
196 Main Street Alden Place
New Paltz, NY 12561 Millbrook, NY 12545
256-4153 914-489-8718

Section 9 tournament information
Team Select ions:
A. 500 or b et t er d ivision r ecord
B. 500 or b et t er class record
C. 500 or b et t er class d ivision r ecord
D. Plus p oint s in d ivision
E. Over all p lus p oint s
F. 500 or b et t er over all record
G. Com m it t ee Select ion
Tour nam ent St r uct ur e
Seed ing w ill b e d one b y d ivid ing t he num b er of d ivision gam es int o
t ot al num b er of d ivision p oint s. In class AA seed ing w ill b e d one
accord ing t o OCIAA r ecord . Over all Division I, Division 2 r ecord s.
1. Tour nam ent Seeding Select ion Tie -Br eaker Pr ocess
a. Head t o head com p et it ion
b. Goals allow ed head t o head
c. Tot al goals allow ed in ALL class A gam es
2. Responsibilit ies
a. The t eam w it h t he hom e f ield ad vant age w ill f ur nish
announ cer , com p et ent t im er s and scorer s, t icket t aker s,
secur it y and any ot her p er sonnel t o secur e a saf e
envir onm ent . NOTE: A r esp onsib le ad ult m ust b e
r esp onsib le f or gam e t im e clock op erat ion. The sam e is
highly r ecom m end ed f or p enalt y t im e clock op er at ors as
w ell.
b. Hom e school w ill assum e p aym ent s of of f icials and r et ain
gat e r eceip t s
c. Tr aveling t eam w ill assum e b us r esp onsib ilit y
d. Sem i f inal and f inal of f icial f ees ar e t he r esp onsib ilit y of
t he schools p ar t icip at ing, of f icial f ees w ill b e b illed
t hrough t he ACO
3. Gam e pr ocedur es
a. Higher seed t eam w ill w ear w hit e or light colored hom e
unif orm s
b. Sect ional gam es can b e p layed t o 80%
c. Regional and St at e gam es m ust b e p layed t o 100%

d. Op ening cer em onies w ill includ e b ut ar e not lim it ed t o
announ cem ent of p layer s, sp ort sm anship , ant hem ,
et c… .
e. War m up w ill b e 30 m inut es
f. Pr ot est p r oced ur es
No p r ot est b ased on of f icials jud gm ent s w ill b
hear d b y t he p r ot est com m it t ee
The p r ot est com m it t ee w ill consist of at least one
m em b er of t he lacrosse com m it t ee
Any coach lod ging a p r ot est w ill im m ed iat ely
not if y one of t he gam e of f icials t hat he/she is
p laying t he gam e und er p r ot est and f ollow ing t he
p r ot est guid elines as f ollow s: Im m ed iat ely af t er
t he com p let ion of t he gam e, t he p r ot est ing coach
w ill w rit e a com p let e st at em ent out lining t he
r easons f or t he p r ot est . The w r it t en p r ot est
should b e t ur ned over t o a m em b er of t he
lacr osse com m it t ee. If no m em b er is p r esent t he
of f icials ar e t o accep t t he p r ot est and not if y t he
chair m an im m ed iat ely.
4. Gam e of f icials
a. Will b e assigned b y Sect ion IX com m it t ee in conjunct ion
w it h t he assignor
b. Three of f icials w ill b e assigned f or f ir st r ound and sem i -
f inal gam es
c. Four of f icials w ill b e assigned f or cham p ionship gam es.
Three f ield of f icials and one chief b ench of f icial/alt er nat e
d. All of t he of f icials w ill b e assigned f r om t he host sect ion
f or all r egional cont est s
5. Ticket s
a. Ad m ission p r ice at t he d oor w ill b e: st ud ent s $3.00 and
ad ult s $4.00
b. Sect ional Cham p ionship w ill b e $4.00 p er p er son
c. Sect ion IX p asses w ill not b e honored t hroughout t he
t our nam ent
d. At hlet ic Dir ect ors w ill sub m it gat e list t o host no lat er
t han 12:00 noon t he d ay of t he gam e
e. All exp enses incur r ed b y t he Lacr osse Com m it t ee w ill b e
und er w r it t en b y Sect ion IX
6. Super vision and Gam e Cont r ol
a. All p ar t icip at ing schools shall b e r eq uir ed t o send an
ap p r op r iat e num b er of school p er sonnel t o sup er vise t he

st ud ent ’s act ion and id ent if y t o t he com m it t ee. School
sup er visory p er sonnel w ill b e visib le and p osit ioned t o
p r ovid e ap p r op r iat e sup er vision of f ans and st ud ent s
f r om t heir school.
Mid-Hudson Lacrosse Um pires Associat ion
Kevin Hannon, Pr esid ent
Jam es Osb orne, Secr et ar y
129 Kir b yt ow n Road 53 Gib son Road
Mid d let ow n, NY 10940 Goshen, NY 10924
845-649-7490 845-590-9627
Kb r ad y84@f r ont ier net .net josb orne@oub o ces.org
Bill Bur r , Vice Presid ent
Wend y Cr and all, Rules Int er p r et er
183 Br ookline Aven ue Pine Bush High School
Mid d let ow n, NY 10940 PO Box 670
845-294-5799 Pine Bush, NY 12566
845-341-0634 845-744-2031 x3518 (w ork)
b b ur r @o ub oces.or g
845-551-2871 (cell)
If you have any q uest ions p er t ainin g t o t he of f iciat ing, r ules
int er p r et at ion or gener al q uest ions, p lease f eel f r ee t o
cont act eit her Wendy Cr andall (r ules int er p r et er ) or Kevin
Hannon (p r esid ent ).
Media Cont act s
Daily Fr eem an , Kingst on 331-5000 Fax: 331-3557
Tim es Her ald -Record 800-2181 x 3191 Fax: 342-6024
Poughkeep sie Jour nal 800-933-7267 Fax: 437-4921
YNN (Your New s Now ) 845-695-7066

Not e: Ho m e t eam co ach is resp o n sib le t o call t h e m ed ia list ed ab o ve
ASAP f o llo w in g t h e com p let io n o f t h e gam e. Be sure t o in st ruct
sco rekeep ers t o reco rd t h e f irst an d last n am es o f all p layers in t h e
b o o k.
IMPORTANT NYSPHASAA REQUIREMENTS
Each school need s t he f ollow ing:
1. A var sit y t eam pict ur e
a. This should b e a very high q ualit y p hot ogr ap h of
your t eam in unif orm . Be sur e t hat p layer s ar e
seat ed or ar r anged so t hat t heir num b er s ar e
visib le. Coaches should b e in t his p hot ogr ap h as
w ell. 5” x 7” or lar ger
2. A t eam r ost er
a. This m ust b e t yp ed and includ e t he f ollow ing
inf orm at ion f or each p layer in t his exact ord er :
At hlet e’s nam e, Gr ad e, Posit ion, Unif orm #
b. At hlet ic d ir ect or, Sup er int end ent , Princip le,
Head Coach, Assist ant Coach, At hlet ic Tr ainer
c. Record sheet of gam es can b e sent on line t o
st at e of f ice
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE TEAM ROSTER AND TEAM
PHOTO SHOULD BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO THE NYSPHASS
WEBSITE OR CONTACT THE OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO THE FINALS OF THE SECTIONS
YOU NEED TO SEND ALL OF THIS TO JOE ALTIERI AT THE
STATE OFFICE

SECTION IX LIGHTNING AND THUNDER POLICY
1. Pur pose and philosophy
a. Th e p urp o se o f a lig h t nin g an d t h un d er p o licy is t o p rovid e a
saf eguard f o r at h let ic co n t est , even t s an d p ract ices
2. Policy
a. The occur r ence of light ning and t hunder is NOT subject t o
int er pr et at ion or debat e. Ligh t n in g an d t h un d er n ecessit at es t h at
co n t est s, even t s, o r p ract ices b e im m ed iat ely susp en d ed
3. Pr ocedur es:
a. Ch ain o f co m m an d
i. Th e ch ain of co m m an d at at h let ic even t s is d ef in ed as:
1. Sup erin t en d en t o f sch o o l
2. Prin cip le/b uild in g ad m in ist rat o r
3. Sp o rt ch airs o r t h eir d esign ees
4. At h let ic Co o rd in at o r
5. Ho st sit e at h let ic d irect o r o r t h eir d esign ees
6. Of f icials
7. Sp o n so rin g Co ach
8. Securit y Perso n n el
b. Seq uen t ial Resp o n se w ill in clud e:
1. Susp en d p lay an d d irect p art icip an t s t o sh elt er in a
p ub lic b uild in g o r if b uild in g is un availab le, t o a veh icle
w it h a so lid t o p
2. Mo n it o r w eat h er scan ners/st at ions
3. Af t er light ning and t hunder has passed, w ait a
FULL 30 m inut es af t er t he last light ning st rike
and/ or sound of t hunder bef or e r esum ing play
4. Even t susp en sio n o r evacuat io n p roced ures t o b e
o ut lin ed d urin g p r e-even t an n o un cem en t s
c. Ho st Sch o o l Resp o n sib ilit ies w ill in clud e:
1. To m ake a p re-even t an n o un cem en t t h at n o t es rules,
regulat io n s an d evacuat io n p roced ur es
2. An n o un cem en t t o b e r ead : “All sp ect at o r s,
co m p et it o r s, an d p erso n n el sh o uld go in sid e t o t h e
sch o o l b uild in g as q uickly as p o ssib le. A veh icle w it h a
m et al roof an d t h e w ind o w s rolled up is a saf e
alt ernat ive t o a st urd y b uild in g. DO NOT t ake sh elt er
un d er t rees o r o t h er lo n e o b ject s. DO NOT rem ain o n ,
un d er, o r n ear m et al b leach ers, f en ces, o r b ackst o p s.”
3. Aut h o rit y t o execut e t h e seq uen t ial resp o n se sh all b e
go verned b y t h e ch ain o f co m m an d
4. Co n sid erat io n t o can cel o r resum e p lay m ust t ake in t o
acco un t a m in im um o f a 30 m in ut e w ait f rom t h e t im e

o f in t errup t io n . Th e rules o f t h e sp o rt w ill d et erm in e
w h et h er t h e co n t est is o f f icial o r if t h e co n t est m ust
resum e at a lat er d at e
5. To p lan f o r t h e o ccurren ce o f b ad w eat h er
Gir ls’ Lacr osse 2012 Sect ion 9 Tour nam ent
Seeding Meet ing
Tim e TBA
May 17 C.J. Hooker Mid d le School, Goshen
Class A Round 1 Sat ur day, May 19 th or w hen decided by t eam
8 th vs. 1 st Seed (higher seed hom e t eam )
7 th vs. 2 nd Seed (higher seed hom e t eam )
6 th vs. 3 rd Seed (higher seed hom e t eam )
5 th vs. 4 th Seed (higher seed hom e t eam )
Class A/C Sem if inals Monday, May 21 st or 22 nd
Gam es at h igher seed ed schools
Finals
Wednesday May 24 th at Diet z St adium , Kingst on
Class A, 5 p .m .
Class C, 7 p .m .
Rain d at e May 25
Regional Gam es Wednesday May 30t h at Sect ion 9 (Diet z St ad ium )
Class C, 3:30 p .m .
Class A, 5:30 p .m .
Class B, 7:30 p .m .
Rain d at e is May 31st
Be p r ep ar ed w it h your cod es of
cond uct t hat can b e d ow nload ed f r om
t he NYSPHAA w eb sit e. All m em b er s
includ ing st af f m ust have t his t o b e on
t he f ield .
Winner s play June 2 in Regional Finals at Sect ion 2 (SUNY
Albany)
St at e Tour nam ent
June 8-9 at SUNY Cor t land
Banquet at SUNY Cor t land Thur sday June 7 7:00 p.m .

SECTION IX GIRLS LACROSSE
TIE BREAKING PROCEDURE
OVERTIME RULES AND REGULATIONS
When t he score is t ied at t he end of regular p laying t im e, b ot h
t eam s w ill have a 5 m inut e r est and t oss coin f or choice of end s
Six m inut es (t w o 3-m inut e p er iod s) of st op clock over t im e w ill
b e p layed
The clock w ill b e st op p ed af t er t hree m inut es of p lay in ord er
f or t eam s t o change end s w it h no d elay f or coaching
The gam e w ill b e r est ar t ed b y a cent er d r aw
The t eam w hich is ahead at t he end of six m inut es w ins t he
gam e (not e: NO SUDDEN VICTORY)
If t eam s ar e st ill t ied af t er six m inut es have elap sed , t he t eam s
w ill have a 3 m inut e r est and change end s
The w inner w ill t hen b e d ecid ed on a “sud d en vict ory” st op
clock over t im e of no m ore t han six m inut es in lengt h w it h t he
t eam s changing end s af t er 3 m inut es
The gam e w ill b e r est ar t ed b y a cent er d r aw

The t eam scoring t he f ir st goal w ins t he gam e
Play w ill cont inue w it h “sud d en vict ory” st op clock over t im e
p er iod s of six m inut es in lengt h w it h 3 m inut es in b et w een and
change end s unt il a w inning goal is scored