General Information (Volunteer Schedule to be posted late December)

· Games will be played starting on Saturday (12/29) starting at 12:30 PM with two games played during the day. Teams will play once on Sunday (12/30) with game times of either 12:30 or 2:00 PM. The final game will be a tournament championship game between division winners on Sunday (12/30) @ 4:00 PM. All games will be played at Poolesville High School (using two gyms).
· Home team noted in schedule is required to wear light uniforms and keep official book for individual games. Home team is responsible for reporting game outcome to tournament director.
· Individual trophy t-shirts will be awarded to tournament winners.
· Admission for tournament is $4.00 per person. Coaches and players only are admitted free of charge. Admission will be good for entire day of purchase.
· Concessions will be available for purchase.
· Each individual team must supply their own towels, water, and first aid supplies. Locker rooms will be available for use by teams.
· Coaches, Players and Parents are all expected to be on their best behavior (this is a Holiday Tournament, after all!). Any coach, player or parent that is ejected by referees or by the tournament director for unsportsmanlike behavior will likely cause their team to forfeit their remaining tournament games.
· The tournament is limited to 8th Grade (or younger) players. We will be going with the "honor system" on this policy.
· The goal of the tournament is to create a positive experience for the players. There is no minimum playing time requirement for the tournament, but please try to do the right thing for the kids.
· You'll need to submit a roster to Jim Brown via email by 12/15/07 including player name, number, school attending, and grade level. Please email it to jimbrown@smith-litho.com.
· All players will need to sign a waiver before participating---no exceptions!
· Make out your check (for $235.00) to the PBA, and then mail it to the PBA at P.O. Box 332, Barnesville, MD 20838.***Note---your position in the tournament is NOT guaranteed until we have a check in hand.
· Specific game times will not be decided until December 22.

Tournament Structure
The tournament is made up of two divisions with 4 teams in each division. Each team plays one game against the other teams within its division. The Division Champions will play in the Tournament Championship on Sunday afternoon. Tie-Breaking Procedures for the Division winner will be based on the following:
1. Overall Record in Division.
2. Head-to-Head competition
3. Least amount of points allowed overall in division play.
4. The team that allowed the least amount of points in any one game.
5. Coin Flip

All Games will be played according to the National Federation of State High School Association rules with the following exceptions:
1. 7-minute quarters, with 10-minute warm-ups, 8-minute halves, and 3-minute overtimes.
2. Time Outs: Three full and Two 30 second time outs per game. One full additional time out in O.T.
3. A team may not apply full-court pressure in the second half of a game when leading by fifteen (15) points or more. No warnings will be given. The penalty will be a "team" technical.
4. IAABO referees will be working the tournament.

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2007 Middle School Sugarloaf Shootout Schedule

(***NOTE: As per officials request, 2nd game in each set will start approx. 10 minutes after 1st game in set ends)

Day	Time	Home	Away	Location
Saturday (12/29)	12:30 PM	Walkersville vs.	Ashburn	Walk. 41-32		East Division
		New Market vs.	Poolesville	N.M. 44-32		Walkersville
						Urbana
	***2:00 PM	Savage vs.	Urbana	Urbana 53-29		Ashburn
		Crestwood vs.	Darnestown	Crest. 53-41		Savage
						West Division
	3:30 PM	Crestwood vs.	New Market	Crest. 40-31		Darnestown
		Savage vs.	Ashburn	Sav. 52-51		Poolesville
						Crestwood
	***5:00 PM	Poolesville vs.	Darnestown	Pool 36-34		New Market
		Walkersville vs.	Urbana	Urbana 45-39
Sunday (12/30)	12:30 PM	Walkersville vs.	Savage	Walk 41-30
		Crestwood vs.	Poolesville	Crest. 46-38
	***2:00 PM	Ashburn vs.	Urbana	Urbana 47-28
		New Market vs.	Darnestown	N.M. 42-36
	4:00 PM	Championship Game
		Urbana beats Crestwood 62-37