General timing

• Sept-Jan - Organizational meetings to discuss/plan upcoming season milestones, define/vote on rules changes, etc.
• Jan
  • Toward the middle or end of January, all member organizations must submit information on teams (division, flight, number of teams) that will be added to the season schedule
  • Teams must submit field availability (location, dates, times) for scheduling home games

• Feb
  • Preseason festival (tournament type game play) to occur prior to weekend of first game
  • Usually season starts during the last weekend of February

• March-April
  • We don't play games on the weekend before or after spring break
  • We don't play games on the weekend of Easter

• May

  • Season usually ends first weekend of May
  • Playoffs for Red flights occurs the week following the end of regular season

How to join our league

• We focus on non-profit, community or school based teams
• Contact a member of our board to request information on joining our league to determine if your team's charter is in alignment with our organization's charter
• Your team will be invited to attend one of the monthly member meetings.  The addition of your team/organization to our league will be voted on by the member organizations.

• Once part of the league, insure a representative from your organization attends future league meetings

About games

• Games will be scheduled on Sundays starting at the end of Feb and will run thru the first week of May
• At least 1 game per team will have to be played on a day other than Sunday since we do not have 8 full weekends of playing time during our normal season
• Games will generally be scheduled to start between 1-5p.

• Teams will play other teams in the same division and flight, and if possible, in the same region of central Texas.  Sometimes we do not have enough teams in a particular region so games may be scheduled with teams in other regions of the area.

What has to happen before the season for all teams

• Organize your teams, hold registration, determine your team make up
• Reserve your home field for at least 4 home games (2 hr timeslot per game) - be sure to reserve your home field for at least 1-2 days that are not on Sundays
• Submit your teams into the database/website we use for scheduling games

• Submit your field availability dates/times into our scheduling database/website

• Pay the league due for each of your teams

What does the league do for you

• Facilitates scheduling of 8 games per team
• Trains/schedules referees for each game

What do you need to do for home games

• Insure the game field is setup at least 30 mins prior to start of game - setup goals, cones to mark field, all lines are painted/visible

• Home team must provide personnel to manage scorer's table (timer, scorer) - as these are representatives from only one team then these personnel are expected to remain impartial during game time (no cheering for home team please)
• Document final score in score book, get referee signature on game results, then report final score in our game/scheduling database/website
• Manage parents on game day, no parents are allowed on player side of the field (except home team scorer/timer and up to 2 representatives from visiting team who are keeping player stats for their team)
• In the event of the need to cancel a game on game day, the home team is responsible for contacting the opposing team's coach as soon as possible to notify of the cancellation

Division, Flights

• Our teams are divided into flights based on skills/competitive level of teams.  In general:
• Red flight - advanced teams, attend playoffs at end of season
• Blue flight - intermediate teams, do not attend playoff at end of season
• White flight - beginner teams, do not attend playoffs at end of season
• Other color flights - sometimes we create other color flights to allow us to organize specific teams to play together
• Reference flight guide for guidelines on determining what flight should be assigned to a team
•  Our teams are divided into divisions based on grades
  • Bantam:  K-2 grades
  • Lightning:  3-4 grades
  • Junior:  5-6 grades
  • Senior:  7-8 grades

We use www.mylacrosseleague.com for scheduling games.  All organizations must enter team info and field availability information into the database before scheduling of games begin.  Below are some instructions on how to enter teams and field information.  If you have any questions or need a login for mylacrosseleague.com then please contact Jason Isaac or Derek Craig.

How to Enter Team Info For Scheduling

How to Add Team Contacts or Edit Team Information

How to Enter Field Availability Information For Scheduling 

 (If you find any errors or corrections that are required for these instructions then please contact Cynthia Massery)