Boys Lacrosse Rules (2025-2026)

BOYS LACROSSE RULES

High School Rules (FHSAA) will be followed with the additions listed below:

Schools will follow the US Lacrosse Boy’s Youth Lacrosse Rules that have been distributed by the South Florida Chapter of US Lacrosse with the following exceptions.

Levels of Competition: School will be permitted to structure Senior and Junior teams by ability.
Offensive Stalling: The team with the lead will NOT be required to keep the ball in the goal area during the final 2 minutes of the game.
All games will be played out in overtime so a winner can be determined.
All games A and B will be 10 minute running time. Stop time in the last 2 minutes of every half. It would only stop for penalties (Not Goals).

LEAGUE RULES FOR A “TIE BREAKER”

We will incorporate the following procedures to determine who participates in any League Championship if a “tie” exists at the end of the season:

Two-Schools Tied: these procedures will follow in order until the tie is broken:

Won-loss results of head to head competition between two schools
Won-loss record of the two schools versus the highest seeded school

(proceeding through the lowest seed if necessary-division contests first; mutual non-division contests if applicable)

Points allowed against the #1 seed. ***Except for Soccer where Goals Against for ENTIRE SEASON will be used as the final tie breaker
Coin Toss

Three or more schools tied: these procedures will be followed in order until the tie is broken:

Total won-loss record of contests played among the tied schools
Won-loss record of the tied schools versus the highest seeded school(proceeding to the lowest seed if necessary-division contests first: mutual non-division contests if applicable)
Points allowed against the #1 seed. ***Except for Soccer where Goals Against for ENTIRE SEASON will be used as the final tie breaker
Draw to eliminate one school

MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY(FHSAA)

OBSERVE THE 24 HOUR WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THEY MAY RETURN TO PARTICIPATE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. A PLAYER MUST PLAY IN 50% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAGUE GAMES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR POST SEASON PLAY (in the case of an uneven number of games we would round up. Ex: 5 games ,must play in 3). A PLAYER IS LIMITED TO PLAYING IN A TOTAL OF THREE GAMES A WEEK. THIS IS TO PREVENT A SCHOOL PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A DIFFERENT TEAM THAN THAT OF WHICH THEY HAD DURING THE SEASON