{"id":1293,"date":"2025-03-18T14:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/?page_id=1293"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:10:47","slug":"rules-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/?page_id=1293","title":{"rendered":"Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Throughout the year, GPLOA assigns officials to various leagues. Please review the rules below and confirm them before each contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions regarding rules, please contact Bruce Hoffman, Rules Interpreter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>College and Inter Ac:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaapublications.com\/productdownloads\/LC25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NCAA Rules Book<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>High School:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Rules\/nfhs-rulebook-access-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFHS Rules Book<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Rules\/2026%20Boys-HS-%20Rules-Interp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2026 Boys&#8217; Rules Interpretation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Rules\/2025-NFHSvsCollegiate-Comparison-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 NFHS vs Collegiate Rules Comparison Chart<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Youth<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mdYVdAc7CPxA2m489vsT1p5NY0oKAYXx\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEPYLA Rules<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spring League Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mid-Atlantic-Boys-Spring-League-Rules-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NXT<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/THE-PHILLY-SPRING-LEAGUE-RULES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overtime Lacrosse<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sixes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.usalacrosse.com\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Rules\/SIXES-USAL-Rules.pdf?_ga=2.106665024.2135325231.1742258318-433603860.1737637926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sixes Rules<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Level<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">College (D1, D2, D3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15 minute quarters, start\/stop<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">High School Varsity Inter Ac<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12 minute quarters, start\/stop<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">High School Junior Varsity Inter Ac<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10 minute quarters, start\/stop<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">High School Varsity<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12 minute quarters, start\/stop<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">In the second half, if a team is leading by 12 or more goals, clock will switch to a running clock.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">High School Junior Varsity<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12 minute quarters, running<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/gploa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HKC08473-ZF-2804-05969-1-003.jpg 1224w\" 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Please review the rules below and confirm them before &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gploa.org\/?page_id=1293\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1293\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gploa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}