POSTED 10/27/24
Statement
of Intent:
1. To provide an instructional basketball league for 3rd to 8th grade boys and girls who attend the school districts of the member communities who are required to provide gym availability for league games during the season..
2. To teach and
encourage good sportsmanship, teamwork, and enjoyment of the game.
3. Home School- Please
reach out to homeschool programs to inquire about opportunities they may be
able to provide outside of the Red Cedar League.
League
Fees: There will be league fees, but no insurance fees associated with
this league. The Red Cedar League suggests that community sign-up sheets
contain a clause absolving the Community Coordinator, Coaches, Schools, and
League, of any liability in case of accident or injury to the players. Each
community shall provide insurance for their respective association and
individual players.
COVID
POLICY: Currently there are no COVID-19 related state ordered restrictions
regarding school sports for either athletes or spectators, from either the
MHSAA or the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS). School districts can establish indoor mask
mandates as well as other procedures (i.e., sharing of water
bottles). County health departments may also institute certain mandates.
Visiting teams must follow the restrictions of the host schools. Refusal
to participate due to requirements will create a forfeit and future removal of
scheduled games and tournaments. The Red Cedar Hoops league will be sharing
information on individual location requirements as we get closer to the
season. Please be prepared as your teams visit various locations
throughout the season. Thanks again for your patience!
COVID cancellations: All COVID related cancellations are forfeits by the affected and
will not be rescheduled. See “No Show” penalty below.
Refunds: Once the league
schedule starts and posted no league fees are refunded
from the Red Cedar League. General refunds such as uniforms and officials are
up to the community. Tournament entry is refunded back to the community if paid earlier than the posted tournament cancellation dates.
Team
size: A minimum of 9 players to a team. Maximum team size is at the
Coach’s discretion.
Coach: Coaches can only coach one team. Two coaches per team. If both coaches are
ejected the game shall become a forfeit. If this occurs in the tournament the
team will be forfeited out of the tournament. No other person may coach this
team other than those listed on the official roster.
Team
configuration: Please note this is a community-based league. Please consider team
size if you have non-community-based travel players. Schedule changes will not
occur to work around travel players. Teams must be comprised of players who attend the school
district boundary. Teams cannot comprise a roster from throughout a larger
community of multiple high schools. Failure to do so will result in forfeits
and could also eliminate the team from future participation.
League
Choice: Communities may place teams in either the A league (Gold) or the
B league (Silver) or the C League (Bronze). It is strongly recommended that we rigorously
evaluate our teams and program before we make these decisions. Communities with
under 160 students in the high school shall receive a free pass to the bronze
division (Grades 4-6). Teams that are combined will also use a ratio to
determine the grade of which they participate, and this will only occur in the
Bronze Division. Teams above this enrollment should have a silver or gold team
before requesting the bronze division. This is not a requirement to play in the
Bronze and may play in the Silver or Gold if chosen. Coordinators may contact
the league for an exception. After the schedule is complete no team can change
to a different division. Once a team is in a division, they must play in that division’s
league tournament.
5th -6th Bronze Divisions: Players should have little or no playing
experience. Note: failure to follow this policy could result in your team being
moved to the upper division of the silver tournament. This is at the director’s
discretion.
7th-8th Bronze Divisions: Players should have little or no playing experience and will
combine into one division. Note: failure to follow this policy could result in
your team being moved to the upper division of the silver tournament. This is
at the director’s discretion.
4th Bronze Divisions: This division is intended for inexperienced players with little
experience. Note: failure to follow this policy could result in your team being
moved to the upper division of the silver tournament. This is at the director’s
discretion.
All
Gold and Bronze Divisions: If less than 8 teams all teams will be moved to Silver
and spread throughout the division.
3rd
Bronze: The division of which all third-grade teams will play.
Division
Changes: After the schedule is complete no team can change to a different
division. Once a team is in a division, they must play in that division’s
league tournament. The league director may move a team up or down a division for
tournaments only. If this is determined through communication with the
community coordinator and the league director. The criteria for this shall
include zero wins or zero losses. Note: the team shall be moving to the highest
lower division if winless or to the highest upper division in undefeated.
Schedule: League games shall consist of Saturdays
and Sundays based on gym availability. The schedule
will be posted on based on the timing sheet posted on
the website. Any schedule changes after that time will require a $50 fee to be
paid to the director. Normal emergencies such as loss of gym,
avoiding a forfeit will not be required to pay the fee but this will be at the
director’s discretion.
Schedule: Coaches who refuse to play a team on their schedule shall have the team’s
schedule removed and all remaining games will be a forfeit
Rust
Off /State Qualifier tournaments: These are non-roster events
designed to provide an option for extra games when the league is not having
regularly scheduled games.
Coordinator
Identification: Each site shall have the gym host identified by wearing a shirt
that includes the host school’s name.
Conditions
Form/Roster: All players shall provide the Red Cedar league with a conditions
form (wavier) and the head injury awareness form provided by the MHSAA complete
with signatures for each individual player on that one individual team. One
copy of this waiver will be on file with the community. Each team shall also
provide a roster for their individual team. With this roster you will affirm
you have these copies on file. This will be with the coaches and on file with
the Red Cedar league. Players can only participate on one Red Cedar team and
once the roster is on file players shall remain with that team.
Health: Physicals are recommended but not required. Parents and coaches
shall be aware of any one player’s well-being and physical condition
Coaches:
All coaches are required to have NFHS training (Concussion in sport v2.0) and
to have the certificate with them at all Red Cedar League events. The Red Cedar
league recommends but does not require that all coaches are aware of the signs
of sudden-cardiac-arrest. Online training can be
obtained through the NHFS course sudden cardiac
arrest. Follow this link for training: https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61032/sudden-cardiac-arrest
Shooting: No shooting at baskets during
halftime or between games for anyone but players participating in the current
scheduled contest
Parents:
Do not cross the gym floor for any reason during or after the contest. Meet
with players after the contest in a designated area or hallway.
Covid-19:
Please be aware of the communities Covid-19 policy and be aware of that’s community’s
requirement. Admission and participation will be followed, or the team’s game
will be a forfeit.
Emergency
Information: Each individual player shall complete the emergency information
and consent form. A copy of this form will be in the coach’s possession at all
Red Cedar Youth basketball events.
Weather
and cancellations: Each individual community coordinator in communication with the
other community coordinator shall make decisions on the weather. The make-up of
these delayed or cancelled games shall be that decision of the effected
communities. If the game is not played due to weather and cannot be made up the
game shall be considered a tie. A winter storm warning in participating county
will result in those games being cancelled. This involves those teams playing
or traveling to the specified county as determined by the league director.
Teams
that “no show”: Teams that do not show up for a scheduled game will be subject
to a mandatory $200 penalty to be paid to the league director. All penalties
will be submitted to the host community to help offset payments to officials
and gym costs. The league director will make the final determination.
Admission Fee: All sites where the games are
held shall charge a standard admission fee of $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for
students. Any further discounts shall be up to the host community. Admission
for league tournaments and doubleheaders will charge a standard admission of
$5.00 for adults, $2.00 for students. Any further discounts shall be up to the
host community.
Tournament
Concessions: It is the right of the host community to provide concession
facilities. It is also the right of the host community to deny individual teams
from bringing in their own concessions.
Communication:
Only the Board of Directors and the League Director will have any say in any
rule changes. The participating community will follow these rules and will not
make any changes at their site when having home games.
Ref
Pay: Each community coordinator shall establish ref pay account. If a community has a team playing at an alternative site and is
responsible for officials it will be the responsible community coordinator to
communicate with the host site and to make a payment to ref pay to cover the
officials with the host sites established account. The host site will pay the
officials. Each coordinator should look ahead at the schedule and have this
completed before the scheduled contest.
Ejections: If a player, coach or spectator is ejected from a contest they
will be suspended from the next contest. A second offense shall result in
removal from the league for the remainder of the season. The host site is
responsible for reporting this to the league. Officials shall file an incident
report to the host site. This shall be completed in 24 hours and turned in the
league director. This form will be in the possession of each coordinator and
will be at all games. If a player, coach or spectator is removed
from any league tournament or league sponsored tournament they will not be
eligible for the remainder of the tournament.
Referees:
Two referees for each game. Registered officials are mandatory. Each official shall place the registration number in the
official scorebook and have the number on file with the league director. Home
team Community Coordinators will arrange for and pay referees. Games may be
played if only one referee attends, by no means shall we use an imposter. The rate for the registered officials will be
set at $35.00 per game for 3rd through
6th grade. $40 per game for 7th and 8th grade.
The league will try to make paying for officials as even as possible. The home
team on the schedule (defined as official payment) will be responsible to pay
for the officials no matter the location. If you are the home team at another
site, locate the gym coordinator and pay the coordinator directly for the game
of which you are the home team.
Game
Schedules: Game schedules will be arranged to provide ½ of season games at
home, ½ away. If an 8-game season is decided upon, a team may only have 3 home
games. Please be aware scheduling with odd numbers may add additional games to
provide everyone with the minimum number of games. It is suggested that gym
reservations be made for all Saturdays and or Sundays between
(12/07/2024 and (3/8/2025) until a league schedule is agreed upon. There is
also a chance for some non-league scheduling if at the Community Coordinator’s discretion if there is no conflict with the league game
schedule. Non-league games will be coordinated between the effected Community
Coordinator, and the non-league Coordinator.
Make-up games. Games cancelled because of
weather may be rescheduled but results will not affect seeding if the occur after 2/2/2025 for the 7/8 Boys, 2/9/2025 for the
3-6 Girls and Gold divisions, 2/16/2025 for the 3-6 Boys Silver and Bronze
divisions. Games not made-up or rescheduled before dates specified will be
considered a tie.
Gold Division Teams: All Gold division teams shall play each other for up to a minimum of 9 games. Please be
aware scheduling with odd numbers may add additional games to provide everyone
with the minimum number of games. This will require these teams to play both
Saturday and Sunday on some weekends. This may also force some teams to only
have 4 home games with some teams only having 3. Teams will still be expected
to pay the officials for half of the games played.
7/8
Girls/Fall Boys Game Schedules: This league is for 7th and 8th grade girls only. The 7th and 8th Girls will begin 11/09/2024 with the first 4 weeks at one or two sites to work
around gym time. This schedule will be mostly doubleheaders with exceptions to
the number of teams which sometimes make this impossible. You will play two games and go home whenever
possible. The league will attempt but sometimes it is not possible to provide
each team with a home date based on gym time provided by that community. Each
community should provide gym time. Each team should plan on playing up to 7 to 10
regular seasons games if gym time allows. Each team should budget to pay for
the officials up to 5 times. This cost is $400.00 per team. This will be paid
at the game site as specified by the schedule. The home team, no matter the location,
will be responsible for the officials.
7/8
Boys Game Schedules: This league is for 7th and 8th grade boys
only. The 7th and 8th Boys will begin 1/11/2025 with the
first 4 or 5 weeks at one or two sites to work around gym time. This schedule
will be mostly doubleheaders with exceptions to the number of teams which
sometimes make this impossible. You will
play two games and go home whenever possible. Each community should provide gym
time. The league will attempt but sometimes it is not possible to provide each team
with a home date based on gym time provided by that community. Each team should
plan on playing up to 7 to 10 regular seasons games. Each team should budget to
pay for the officials up to 5 times. This cost is $400.00 per team. This will
be paid at the game site as specified by the schedule. The home team, no matter
the location, will be responsible for the officials.
General
Schedule Information
1. To participate in
the Red Cedar League communities must provide gym time. Games will be played on Saturdays and Sundays
from 8:30am to 7:30pm. Make sure your coaches are aware of this. Changes to the
league schedule may be made by mutual consent of the Community Coordinators of
the affected teams. The home Community Coordinator will be responsible for the
required gym time, officials, score/timekeepers, etc. for the rescheduled game.
A rescheduled game may not conflict with any other games, for the affected teams,
in the league schedule. If mutual agreement to reschedule a game is not
reached, the game will be held as originally scheduled.
2. To the greatest
extent possible, each community will host, or travel to, one other community on
a Saturday or Sunday.
3. Any community with
needs that exceed the Saturday-Sunday requirement may have their schedules
limited or shortened to create fairness within the league.
4. End of Season
Tournament: Tournament dates and locations will be finalized by Jan. 14.
5. Tournament Dates
(subject to change but the dates are solid at this point)
Dec 14th weekend – 7/8
Girls Gold, Silver and Bronze, Boys Fall
Feb. 22nd weekend – 5th- 6th
Girls Gold, 5th-6th Boys Gold, 5th-6th Girls Silver, 3rd, 4th Girls Bronze, Silver and Gold and
4th Boys Gold
March 1st weekend – 5th- 6th
Boys Silver and Bronze, 3rd Boys 4th Boys
Feb 15th weekend – 7/8
Boys Silver A-B, Gold
March 8th weekend – 7/8 Boys
Silver C, C and Bronze divisions
Tournament locations will be
finalized by Jan. 20
Tournament
divisions:
1. Within each
division the league tournaments shall be split if there are more than 16 teams.
2. Tournaments will be
divided into 12 team brackets.
3. The split will be
based on records with the top half in tournament A and the bottom half in
tournament B or C if needed and will be seeded within the division after the
separation. (See Tiebreakers below) Lower-level teams after the division of 12
will either be combined with another similar tournament or possibly eliminated
based on gym availability.
4. If tournament gym
availability is a problem, teams affected will be returned tournament fee’s,
these funds will be sent to the community coordinator within 30 days of the
affected tournament date.
5. The division in the
case of odd teams shall be up to the director and all decisions shall be
considered final.
6. The director shall
have the right to move down the 0-8 team in any gold division. Also move up an
8-0 team in any division. If this occurs, they will become the 13th seed.
7. Teams cannot merge
or borrow a player to participate in the league tournaments.
8. Players should
appear in 5 games to participate in the league tournaments.
9. Medical exceptions
must be on file with the league to waive 5 game rules
Tournament
Host:
1. The league shall
provide medals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and sportsmanship.
2. The league shall
cover the cost of the officials for the tournament you are hosting.
3. The host shall
decide the sportsmanship winner based on coaches, fans and players attitudes
during the tournament.
4. Host sites shall be
determined by the director with an emphasis on equal division based on the
location and quality of the site
5. Site host home
teams may play up from lower tier tournament but cannot play down.
6. This shall occur
within their division only (Gold B to Gold A)
7. Tournament Host
must be willing not to have a team in their respective tournament.
8. Tournament officials shall be scheduled by the host site but should be aware under certain
circumstances may be provided by the league.
Tie
Breakers Gold Divisions: Tiebreakers will be used in case
of a tie. These tiebreakers will be used only for determining seeds and/or
placement in the league tournaments. This can be used in any division or
geographical division. This should be communicated between coordinators and
coaches. The tiebreakers shall be as follows:
Tiebreaker #1: Winning percentage
Tiebreaker #2: Head-to-Head record with tied teams
Tiebreaker #3: Head-to-Head point differential with tied teams
Tiebreaker #4: Overall record vs common opponents
Tiebreaker #5: Overall point differential vs common opponents
Tiebreaker #6: Coin toss
Tie
Breakers Silver and Bronze Divisions: Tiebreakers will be used in case
of a tie. These tiebreakers will be used only for determining seeds and/or
placement in the league tournaments. This can be used in any division or
geographical division. This should be communicated between coordinators and
coaches. The tiebreakers shall be as follows:
Tiebreaker #1: Winning percentage
Tiebreaker #2: Head-to-Head record with tied teams
Tiebreaker #3: Head-to-Head point differential with tied teams
Tiebreaker #4: Coin toss
Community
Coordinators and League Directors Responsibilities:
1. Member communities
will provide a Community Coordinator who will also act as community
representative at league meetings.
a. The Community Coordinator will attend the
league meeting prior to the start of the season and be responsible for
communicating league information to coaches, players, etc.
b. The coordinator will oversee the recruitment
of coaches and players for their community teams. The coordinator will recruit
support personnel for home games as necessary for admission gates, concessions,
clock, and scoreboard keepers, and if desired, a named Assistant Coordinator,
who will assume these responsibilities during the Community Coordinator’s
absence.
c. The Community Coordinator will be responsible
for determining and collecting any player fees, gate charges, etc., necessary
to maintain their programs.
d. The Community Coordinator will procure gym
time for home games.
e. The Community Coordinator, or a named
assistant, will be present at home games for any problems which may occur, and
will be responsible for paying referees.
f. All Community Coordinators will be considered
League Officers. Any proposed changes to accepted league policies would be
decided by majority vote via phone or email conducted by the League Director.
This includes admission of new member
communities/teams.
g. The Community Coordinator will be responsible
for naming a successor in such time, as he/she does not wish to continue as
Coordinator. The name and phone number of the new Coordinator is to be reported
to the League Director.
2. League Director Responsibilities:
a. The League Director will be responsible for
calling the league meeting at least two weeks prior to the start of the season.
b. The League Director will be responsible for
disseminating league communications to all members.
c. Building the schedule, organizing the rules,
cancellation notice of events, updating league standings.
d. Coordinate with outside companies and grant
permission to take photos at events and promote outside shirt sales.
Tournament
payment:
1. All tournament fees
shall be paid by January 20th, 2025, for the 3-6th grade
divisions. This fee is $175 per team.
2. All tournament fees
shall be paid with the league registration with the 7/8 boys’ and girls’
registration. These due dates are 10/22/2024 for the 7/8 girls and 12/26/2024
for 7/8 Boys.
Tournament Refund
1. Tournament refunds will be in
full if notified in writing on the following dates.
a. 7/8 Girls November 19th,
2024
b. 3/6 grades January 24th, 2025
c. 7/8 Boys January 28th,
2025
Tournament
Cancellation
1.
Tournaments may be cancelled due to emergency, weather conditions, etc. will be
managed as such.
a.
Tournaments cannot be moved to another location changed to single elimination or any other possibilities. Once
it the tournament is cancelled games will not be played
b.
As checks are sent 1 day prior to the tournament, upon
cancellation these monies must be returned to Red Cedar Sports.
c.
$70 will be refunded to each team and paid to the community.
d.
A portion of the tournament money is paid to each host site.
League Configuration
1. Teams will enter the East and West
Divisions as can be best determined.
2. Subdivisions within each division will be created
based on geographic location.
3. League director will factor in location and
skill level of teams to determine each team’s placement within a division and
subdivision.
4. Communities are recommended to place
team(s) in the gold division based on the ratio: 1 Gold team per every 600 high school
students.
Tournaments
1. 3rd – 6th Grade: Participation notification and tournament
fees must be received no later than Jan. 20. Teams may cancel participation prior to Jan. 24th. Cancellations
received after Jan. 24 will result in forfeiture of all tournament fees.
2. 7th – 8th Grade Boys and Girls require all tournament fees to be paid in
advance with all other league fees.
School
of Choice
1. All players are required to play for
the school that they are currently attending. No exceptions.
Home School
Michigan Middle School State
Championship: Teams qualifying for the
tournament shall be (Gold & Silver only): Silver each individual division 1st and 2nd place team. In divisions of 10 teams or larger. 1st, 2nd and 3rd will qualify. Gold each individual division will qualify 1st,2nd and 3rd . Also, the league tournament (A) champion will be invited if not included
in the division qualifying. Fees and other expenses will be the responsibility of
the team or community.