Youth Lacrosse Meeting Highlights and Reminders - Jan 14th 2025

Presidents Meeting January 14th, 2025

Agenda Reminders Team Declarations Team Rostering Call-up Players Age Verification Q & A

Reminders Reminders Staff members for website Deadline reminders Last Day to declare/register divisions for 12u and 14u January 22nd Last Day to declare/register 10u and 8u January 22nd Divisions will be released tentatively on Jan. 30th Scheduling Meeting is on Feb. 5that Rival Pittsburgh in Collier Township from 6:30 pm 8pm Invoices will be sent out after Jan. 22ndand due Feb. 7th. Bronze Coaching Certification for all Coaches. Needs to be completed with background check, all clearances and all courses completed prior to the start of the season. 2025 Member Organization Agreement needs to be completed asap. Once the Agreement is completed, you will receive access to request a Certificate of Insurance (COI) for the 2025 Season. Coaching Clinic Reminder Sewickley Valley Youth Lacrosse is hosting a Western PA Youth Lacrosse Coaching Clinic on Jan. 26th, 2025 from 9am 4pm. Price is $75.

Team Declarations: 1. Platinum (Highest level of competition) - Perfect for programs that have multiple teams in the same age conference. Larger/established programs should make every effort to be in this division. Note: We would like to see more programs in this division especially for the 14u age group as this group will be playing JV/Varsity lacrosse for their schools in the next year and need to adjust with playing the highest level of lacrosse. 2. Gold Division (Competitive/Developmental) Perfect for programs that have either 1 team in the conference and/or programs that have multiple teams in the same conference, but are not quite ready to compete in the Platinum Division. Programs with multiple teams, should not place their Lower team in this division, unless you feel they can compete with some programs Top teams. 3. Silver Division (Competitive/Developmental) Perfect for programs that have multiple teams in the same conference with their higher team being in Platinum or Gold. 4. Bronze Division (Recreational) Perfect for programs with the majority of their players beginner/inexperienced. Please remember: WPYLA will review all team declarations and may move teams to other divisions as appropriate. If you have any questions about team divisions or are not sure where to place your teams, please reach out to us. WPYLA wants to be a partner in these decisions, so reach out if you are not sure where to place your teams or if you need further guidance.

Team Rostering Call up Players Changes from last year For teams that have multiple teams in an age group, we have eliminated the roster requirement that you have to have equal or more players on the higher team. We have removed bubble players and emergency players . We will now use the verbiage of Call Up Players . Example: Call up players could be a player from 12U Silver being called up to play in a 12U Platinum game or a 10u player being called up to play in a 12u Silver game. No player can be forced to Play up unless parental consent is given. Example 12u player can t be mandated to play on a 14u team. Officials will be completing Roster Checks this year so there is no getting around it! Roster Checks will be completed by request prior to the start of the game Roster Checks will be completed by request of one of the coaches. Both Coaches DO NOT need to agree to do them. If one coach requests it, then it is mandatory to complete. Fines and suspensions will be given to players/programs if they are found to be breaking WPYLA rules.

Team Rostering Call up Players/Roster Max 2025 Rostering Each Team will have a MAX Roster # . This number will be different for each team and will be determined by the roster you submit prior to the season. Players can NOT play down, but players can play up. Minimum players on the submitted roster will be 17 players per team. This avoids programs from stacking rosters in the lower division. Max Roster Numbers Programs that submit 17 to 20 players on their roster max roster size on game day will be 20 players. Programs that submit 21 or more players on their roster max roster size will be the same number of players that were originally submitted on their roster to WPYLA. Example: Bethel Park has 23 players on their roster that they submitted to WPYLA. Their game day max roster size will then be 23 players. Example 2: Chartiers Valley has 17 players on their roster that they submitted to WPYLA. Their game day max roster size will then be 20 players. They can call up 3 players from a lower divisions to play if they feel they need 3 additional players. Call up players should ONLY be used when there are injuries, illness, or significant absence for a game, but again you can not go over your team s max roster number.

Call up Players Example 1 CLUB B HAS 56 PLAYERS Platinum team has 20 players total rostered. Their Game Day Roster Max is 20 Players. Player 12, Player 13, Player 14 and Player 15 are missing Saturday s game. Platinum team can call any 4 players up from their Silver team. Program will have 4 of these players attend the Platinum game on Saturday to play. However, you can not go over 20 players on the sideline. PLATINUM SILVER BRONZE PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3 PLAYER 4 PLAYER 5 PLAYER 6 PLAYER 7 PLAYER 8 PLAYER 9 PLAYER 10 PLAYER 11 PLAYER 12 PLAYER 13 PLAYER 14 PLAYER 15 PLAYER 16 PLAYER 17 PLAYER 18 PLAYER 19 PLAYER 20 PLAYER 21 PLAYER 22 PLAYER 23 PLAYER 24 PLAYER 25 PLAYER 26 PLAYER 27 PLAYER 28 PLAYER 29 PLAYER 30 PLAYER 31 PLAYER 32 PLAYER 33 PLAYER 34 PLAYER 35 PLAYER 36 PLAYER 37 PLAYER 38 PLAYER 39 OPEN SLOT PLAYER 40 PLAYER 41 PLAYER 42 PLAYER 43 PLAYER 44 PLAYER 45 PLAYER 46 PLAYER 47 PLAYER 48 PLAYER 49 PLAYER 50 PLAYER 51 PLAYER 52 Player 53 Player 54 Player 55 Player 56 OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 This will give the program 20 players to play in Saturday s game and they meet the Roster Max Requirement. CALL UP ELIGIBLE CALL UP ELIGIBLE

Call up Players Example 2 CLUB B HAS 56 PLAYERS This program s Silver team has a game on Sunday, they have 19 players rostered on their roster. Since their game day Roster Max is 20, they can call up any 1 player from their Bronze team to allow them 20 players on Gameday. PLATINUM SILVER BRONZE PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3 PLAYER 4 PLAYER 5 PLAYER 6 PLAYER 7 PLAYER 8 PLAYER 9 PLAYER 10 PLAYER 11 PLAYER 12 PLAYER 13 PLAYER 14 PLAYER 15 PLAYER 16 PLAYER 17 PLAYER 18 PLAYER 19 PLAYER 20 PLAYER 21 PLAYER 22 PLAYER 23 PLAYER 24 PLAYER 25 PLAYER 26 PLAYER 27 PLAYER 28 PLAYER 29 PLAYER 30 PLAYER 31 PLAYER 32 PLAYER 33 PLAYER 34 PLAYER 35 PLAYER 36 PLAYER 37 PLAYER 38 PLAYER 39 OPEN SLOT PLAYER 40 PLAYER 41 PLAYER 42 PLAYER 43 PLAYER 44 PLAYER 45 PLAYER 46 PLAYER 47 PLAYER 48 PLAYER 49 PLAYER 50 PLAYER 51 PLAYER 52 Player 53 Player 54 Player 55 Player 56 OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 CALL UP ELIGIBLE CALL UP ELIGIBLE

Call up Players Example 3 CLUB B HAS 56 PLAYERS This program s 14u Bronze team has a game on Sunday, they have 17 players rostered on their roster. Since their game day Roster Max is 20, they can call up any 3 player from their 12u team to allow them 20 players on Gameday. PLATINUM SILVER BRONZE PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3 PLAYER 4 PLAYER 5 PLAYER 6 PLAYER 7 PLAYER 8 PLAYER 9 PLAYER 10 PLAYER 11 PLAYER 12 PLAYER 13 PLAYER 14 PLAYER 15 PLAYER 16 PLAYER 17 PLAYER 18 PLAYER 19 PLAYER 20 PLAYER 21 PLAYER 22 PLAYER 23 PLAYER 24 PLAYER 25 PLAYER 26 PLAYER 27 PLAYER 28 PLAYER 29 PLAYER 30 PLAYER 31 PLAYER 32 PLAYER 33 PLAYER 34 PLAYER 35 PLAYER 36 PLAYER 37 PLAYER 38 PLAYER 39 OPEN SLOT PLAYER 40 PLAYER 41 PLAYER 42 PLAYER 43 PLAYER 44 PLAYER 45 PLAYER 46 PLAYER 47 PLAYER 48 PLAYER 49 PLAYER 50 PLAYER 51 PLAYER 52 Player 53 Player 54 Player 55 Player 56 OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT OPEN SLOT GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 GAME DAY ROSTER MAX 20 CALL UP ELIGIBLE CALL UP ELIGIBLE

Roster Checks Roster Checks will only occur if a coach requests it. Players will line up in numerical order. Roster Checks will be completed by the officials. If the program is found to have a player that shouldn t be playing, the official will notify WPYLA and the following will occur: Program will be fined $300 Coach will be suspended for 1 game Player will be suspended for 1 game ***All fines must be paid before the next game for this team. No one will be permitted to participate in the WPYLA tournament if money is owed to WPYLA. If the program refuses to participate in the roster check, the game will be forfeited and the team that refused will receive a loss. The program will also receive a $300 fine and must be paid before their next game can be played. Roster Check process to be distributed in the coming weeks.

Player Age Verification The Required Age Verification Survey must be completed for any player that turns 15 before June 5th, 2025 This is for informational purposes, as we allowed EVERY player to play last year. https://airtable.com/appAQaHQcr15g52mB/shrjIfnvYFmjLh048

Player District Eligibility Request An Out of District Request must be completed for any player that does not attend school at your community s / program s district. Per WPYLA s rules, if a player s community does not have a lacrosse program, they should play at the program that borders their school district. District Map will be on our website for reference If you have questions related to this, please reach out. Programs will be fined if found out of compliance https://airtable.com/appQwIKCStbMTNvsM/shrsA oFgZMUuraY6C

2025 WPYLA Board Members Keelan McCurdy (President) Anthony Gumina (Vice President) Melissa Taylor (Treasurer) Elene Fornella (14U Director/Website) Carllie Reck (12U Director) Kristen Hernandez (Secretary) THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!