CIF LOS ANGELES CITY SECTION

2014 BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE INFORMATION

January 27, 2014

The official boys’ volleyball season for the CIF Los Angeles City Section is scheduled for the period of Tuesday, February 18, 2014 to Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Teams qualifying for playoffs may continue to practice until eliminated. Practice on a holiday is not authorized without prior approval from the CIF LA City Section Commissioner. Schedules can be obtained at the website www.cif-la.org on the volleyball page or at www.highschoolsports.net.

VOLLEYBALL COACHES’ MEETING

A mandatory meeting for all volleyball coaches will be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 4:30 pm at Venice High School. Refer to IAC Rule 912 regarding attendance at the coaches’ meeting and the penalty for failure to attend.

RULES

All games will be played under 2013-14 National Federation rules. Consult the Section Gold Book for additional rules relating to volleyball. The home school must provide an adult who will, at all times, be in charge of scoring and timing.

Varsity matches shall be the best three of five games. Junior Varsity and Frosh-Soph matches shall be the best two of three games. Rally scoring will be used for all games.

Home teams will provide a suitable number of official game balls for each contest. Home teams must also provide visual scoreboard for scoring, as well as provide the official scorekeeper and libero tracker, if a libero is used by the home team. Otherwise, the visiting team must provide a libero tracker. Home school must ensure that the NFHS authenticating mark is on all game balls. The Molten volleyball must be used in all playoff matches.

RULE CHANGES

All coaches must be aware of Section rules (and changes) as they pertain to student eligibility, school responsibilities, and the sport of basketball. Please refer to Rules and Regulations Governing Interscholastic Athletics (Section Gold Book).

PRACTICE

No practice is allowed on Presidents’ Day (2/17). No practice or games are allowed on Professional Development Days (2/18, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1). Two hours of voluntary practice is allowed during the weekdays of Spring Break.

STARTING TIMES

All volleyball games will begin at 2:30 p.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. All schools should check opponent’s schedule for details. Warm-up time between the Junior Varsity and Varsity matches WILL BE NO LONGER than 21 minutes.

TOURNAMENTS

As per the LACS Board of Managers action (April, 2010), all sports are allowed a maximum of four tournaments per level. Schools must ensure that teams do not exceed the maximum number of 22 contests per level. Schools are allowed to reach the 22 game level by any combination of scheduling non-league, league and tournaments. Tournaments will count as two (2) games when they meet the restrictions as set in the rules and policies regarding tournaments in the 2013-14 Gold Book.

OFFICIALS

The officials will be assigned by Ivie Lewis (all schools except Valley) and Tom Nassraway (Valley schools).

PLAYOFF DATES

Seeding Meeting - Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @ Venice High School

ROUND I - Thursday, May 8, 2014 @ Home Sites

ROUND II - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 @ Home Sites

QUARTER-FINALS - Thursday, May 15, 2014 @ Home Sites

SEMI-FINALS - Tuesday, May 20, 2014 @ Home Sites

Finalists Meeting - Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. @ the Athletics Office

FINALS - Saturday, May 24, 2014 @ Roybal LC*

Division III Championship - 1:00 p.m.

Division II Championship - 3:30 p.m.

Division I Championship - 6:00 p.m.

*subject to change

SOCAL Regional - 1st Round Tuesday, May 27, 2014 @ Home Site

SOCAL Regional - 2nd Round Thursday, May 29, 2014 @ Home Site

SOCAL Regional - Championships Saturday, May 31, 2014 @

Santiago Canyon College, Orange

For assistance, please contact Sports Coordinator Dick Dornan in the Section Office at (818) 767-0800

APPROVED: JOHN AGUIRRE, Commissioner, CIF Los Angeles City Section

DISTRIBUTION: Athletic Director and Boys Volleyball Coach

This bulletin can be found on the Section website: www.cif-la.org

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