c:  League Commissioners, Site Director, News Media, Officials Assignors, Executive Committee

ATTENTION ATHLETIC DIRECTORS:
Please route a copy of this Bulletin to your HEAD FIELD HOCKEY COACH, and make sure that you and your coach have read the FIELD HOCKEY SECTION of the CCS TOURNAMENT GUIDE.

CCS STAFF LIAISON: RAY MIAILOVICH, Events Coordinator

MEETINGS:
Seeding:        TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2007, @ 7:00PM - CCS office
Evaluation:    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007, @ 4:00 PM - CCS office

CHAMPIONSHIP DATES / TIMES / SITES:

UNIFORMS:
The "Home Team" will wear white or light-colored tops and socks/sock guards, and the "Visitors" will wear contrasting dark-colored tops and socks/sock guards.

TEAM BENCH:
Teams will be seated on the same side of the field, opposite the spectators, whenever possible.  The "HOME TEAM" will be seated on the bench to the right of the scorer's table as you are facing the scorer's table.

PROGRAM ROSTERS:
Official Team Rosters are due to Justin Peterson, the CCS Tournament Program printer (www.sectionsports.com/ccs/), no later than NOVEMBER 1st.  In order to be included in the Tournament program, coaches must submit rosters on-line by going to either the CCS web-site (www.cifccs.org, then follow prompts to "Play-offs/Field Hockey/Rosters"), or directly to the Section Sports web-site listed above.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND ROSTERS TO THE CCS OFFICE!

PRACTICE AT CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(S):
No arrangements for practice at competition sites are allowed by the CCS once the site of the Tournament has been announced by CCS.  See "General Tournament Information" Section of the CCS Tournament Guide for specific policy.  Schools found in violation of this rule may be barred from further participation in the Section Play-offs.

RAIN-OUT PROCEDURES:
A.    CCS has the final responsibility for determining whether a match will be played.  If a CCS staff member is not on
        site, the Site Director will telephone the CCS office.  The decision will be based on the field conditions and the
        safety of the players.  If the field is safe to use, the game will be played unless the authorities with whom
        arrangements were made to use the field make a decision to the contrary.
B.    If at all possible, the decision to re-schedule a match will be made within two hours of the scheduled starting time of
        the match.  If re-scheduled, the match will be played the following day (unless this falls on a Sunday).  The rain-out
        procedure for completing the Tournament is to play day-by-day, with the exception of Sundays.

ADMISSION:
General Admission- $7        Seniors - $3        Student Discount (w/ASB card) - $3        Children under 12 - $2

GAME BALL:
Teams are responsible for providing Field Hockey balls for all matches.  The ball shall be hard and solid, shall meet all NF specifications, shall be a neutral color and shall be agreed to by both coaches.  If coaches cannot agree on the game ball, the Home Team coach will make the decision, following the guidelines herein.

SCOREKEEPER / SCOREBOOK:
The higher-seeded team is responsible to provide the official scorekeeper and scorebook through all rounds.

SPORTSMANSHIP:
A.    Each Principal is required by the CCS Board of Managers to meet with any team from his/her school participating
        in the CCS Tournament to review CCS Sportsmanship Information.
        (See TOURNAMENT GUIDE for REQUIRED PRE-GAME SPORTSMANSHIP MEETING INFORMATION SHEET)
B.    Coaches and Captains will meet with the Site Director 30 minutes prior to game-time to remind them of the
        importance of good sportsmanship and to make certain their Administrator has reviewed this information with them
        in the past week.
C.    Administrators from both schools in each contest will attend a mandatory meeting with the Site Director 15 minutes
        prior to game time.  (The coach cannot represent the school at this meeting.)

Any player or coach who is ejected from a CCS Tournament contest for FLAGRANT MISCONDUCT or
UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR will be disqualified from all remaining contests in that sport that season.

CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRTS AND PINS:
The Championship T-Shirts Order Form is located in the APPENDIX of the CCS Tournament Guide.  T-Shirts will be available at the seeding meeting for $12.00 each; orders can also be faxed/mailed to the CCS office.  Participant Pins are also available for $1 each, while supplies last.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES:
The CIF-Central Coast Section is well aware that many other school and non-school activities (AP tests, SAT/ACT tests, proms, plays, holidays, senior trips, religious days, etc.) may occur during CCS Play-offs.  The CCS tries to avoid as many conflicts as possible; however, with so many activities available for today's student-athlete, it is not reasonable to assume that all such activities can be taken into account, and thus, CCS Play-off events will go on as originally scheduled.  Participants and coaches are therefore expected to plan in advance for such possible scheduling conflicts and make those difficult choices as to which events will take precedence for that individual.  Generally, although it is ultimately the personal choice of the student-athlete and/or his/her parent(s), an academic activity should take precedence over an extra-curricular event.

                                                                ADDITIONAL FIELD HOCKEY PLAY-OFF INFORMATION

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