Coronado A III

Schedule for Championship and All Star Games Saturday June 4 at Mira Mesa HS:

The following is the schedule of the first round of playoffs for the top 16 teams of Division I.

The winners on Tuesday will play on Thursday, June 2, at the site of the higher seeded team.  Within each round, the winner of game A will play the winner of game D and the winner of game B will play the winner of game C. The times for these games is expected to be 5:30PM. For each game in the first round, the home team should contact the visiting team by Sunday to confirm the game time and location.  

 As noted in a previous e-mail about the playoffs, in the Consolation Round we took geography and the opportunity to schedule a double header into consideration for the match ups. 

The SDCLA finishes the season with a championship round for the top 8 teams in Div I and a Consolation round for the next 8 seeded teams (seeds 9-16).  These playoffs will commence Tuesday May 31 with semi-finals on June 2 and the finals on June 4. 

The games on May 31 and June 2 will be at the site of the higher seeded team.  The finals for both groups will by June 4. In addition, the SDCLA also has all star games on June 4 for three groups: Div I A for the top 20 seeded teams, Div I B for the remaining teams in Div I, and Div III. There are no playoffs for Division III.  The seedings for the playoffs will be announced by 6PM on May 28.

The site for the finals and all star games on June 4 will be at Mira Mesa High School and hosted by the Mira Mesa Middle School lacrosse program. 

The playoffs for the top 8 teams will match up in the first round based on seedings with #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7, etc.  The playoffs for the consolation round (teams seeded 9-16) may take geography into consideration for the first and second round so there may not be a precise matching of seeds as being used in the championship round.  If the higher seeded team cannot host the game on the specified date then the lower seeded team will host the game.  Changing the game date is not an option. 

The all star games are organized by allocating a number of players to each team based on their final seeding.  Each team will then select which of their players will participate in the all-star game.  Each game will be organized with approximately 30 players to each side.  In the Div I A group, the teams will be allocated 5 players for the two top teams down to 2 players for the lowest seeded teams (#13 through #20).  For Div I B the range will be from 3 players for top seeded teams to 2 players for the lower seeded teams and for Div III the range will be from 5 players for top seeded teams to 2 players for the lower seeded teams.  The allocation of players will also be announced May 28 by 6pm.  Each team will then need to notify me by the end of day 6/1 of the players selected (do not send your player names until the allocation is announced on May 28), their position and whether they will attend the all star game.  Players will be listed on the website and as well as a game day program handout.  They will also receive all star t-shirts the day of the game.  Please do not send the league requests to add additional players beyond a team's allotment.  Jersey numbers are assigned to players selected so we can have a handout for parents to help identify players, so please make sure your all star selections can actually attend the game. 

The coaches for the all star games are determined as follows: 

The Div I A all star game coaches come from the coaches that lose in the playoffs for Championship round.  There are two coaches for each side of the all star game.  Therefore the coach of the losing team in the first and second round is expected to coach the all star team.  This is a requirement of participating in the Championship round.  If you are not available, you need to provide a replacement. 

The Div I B all star game coaches come from the top four seeds in this group.  Therefore each of the teams seeded 21-24 needs to provide a coach for the all star game.  This is appropriate since the greatest allocation of players goes to these teams.  If your team is not able to provide a coach, then we will move your team to a lower seed and replace it with a team that can provide a coach. The Div III all star game coaches come from the top four seeds in this group.  Therefore each of the teams seeded 1-4 needs to provide a coach for the all star game.  This is appropriate since the greatest allocation of players goes to these teams.  If your team is not able to provide a coach, then we will move your team to a lower seed and replace it with a team that can provide a coach. 

The following are the planned game times for the finals and all star games on June 4: