1. Divisional Tournament

    1. Horizon Athletics will have seasonal divisional tournaments to determine league championships and zone representation

    2. League championship awards will be given out at the divisional tournaments

    3. Divisional tournament structure will be determined by the number of teams entered per league

    4. Divisional hosts determined by final standings (highest seed gets first choice of hosting or not)

    5. Divisional Tournament Format

      1. Volleyball

        1. Round Robin Play

          1. 2 games to 25, cap at 27

          2. Total wins to determine playoff seeding

          3. Round Robin Ties Broken by

            1. the team having the best ratio of won/lost games, considering only games between the tied teams, will be ranked higher

            2. the team having the best ratio of won/lost games, considering all matches of the round, will be ranked higher

            3. the team having the best ratio of points for/against, considering only games between the tied teams, will be ranked higher

            4. the team having the best ratio of points for/against, considering all matches of the round, will be ranked higher

          4. Playoffs are Best of 3, 2 games to 25, cap at 27. If necessary, 3rd game to 15, no cap

        2. 5 teams or less

          1. 4th and 5th must face off before the divisional tournament for a “play in” game with the winner qualifying for divisionals and the loser eliminated.

            1. If this game absolutely cannot be scheduled due to no available dates for the game to be played, then the 5th place team is eliminated.

          2. 1 pool round robin

          3. 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd

          4. Losers play for 3rd (only if time permits)

          5. Winners play for the championship

        3. 6 or 7 teams

          1. 6th and 7th must face off before the divisional tournament for a “play in” game with the winner qualifying for divisionals and the loser eliminated.

            1. If this game absolutely cannot be scheduled due to no available dates for the game to be played, then the 7th place team is eliminated.

          2. 2 pools of 3

            1. A - 1,3,5

            2. B - 2,4,6

          3. Top 2 teams from each pool advance to playoffs

            1. 1st A vs. 2nd B

            2. 1st B vs. 2nd A

          4. Losers play for 3rd (only if time permits)

          5. Winners play for the championship

        4. 8 or more teams

          1. 8th and 9th must face off before the divisional tournament for a “play in” game with the winner qualifying for divisionals and the loser eliminated.

            1. If this game absolutely cannot be scheduled due to no available dates for the game to be played, then the 9th place team is eliminated.

          2. Teams finishing 10th or lower are automatically eliminated.

          3. If there are enough eliminated teams (ex: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th can gather together for their own mini tournament)

          4. 2 pools of 4

            1. A - 1, 3, 5, 7

            2. B - 2, 4, 6, 8

          5. Top 2 teams from each pool advance to playoffs

            1. 1st A vs. 2nd B

            2. 1st B vs. 2nd A

          6. Losers play for 3rd (only if time permits)

          7. Winners play for the championship

        5. Awards

          1. Championship plaque, gold and silver medals

        6. Payment of officials

          1. Host schools pay their officials and Horizon Athletics reimburses schools

          2. 2 set matches (round robin) $15/match

          3. Best of 3 matches (playoffs) $20/match

      2. Basketball

        1. Top 4 teams advance to an “A” side final in each tier

          1. 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd

          2. Losers play for 3rd

          3. Winners play for championship

          4. Hosted by highest seed

          5. Hosts are encouraged to find the best refs possible

        2. Remaining teams (up to the next highest 4) advance to a “B” side final for each tier

          1. 5th vs. 8th and 6th vs. 7th

          2. Losers play for 7th

          3. Winners play for 5th

          4. Hosted by highest seed

          5. Hosts are encouraged to find the best refs possible

        3. Awards

          1. Championship plaque, gold and silver medals

        4. Payment of officials

          1. Host schools pay their officials and Horizon Athletics reimburses schools

          2. Tier 2 - $20 per game for each official

          3. Tier 1 - $25 per game for each official

      3. Badminton

        1. All member schools can enter

          1. 2 Girls Singles

          2. 2 Boys Singles

          3. 1 Girls Doubles

          4. 1 Boys Doubles

          5. 1 Mixed Doubles

          6. Wildcards may be issued in the event that total entries are low

          7. Athletes may only enter in ONE category (ex: a girls singles player can NOT also play mixed doubles)

        2. Entries will be placed in Pools

        3. Top 2 from each pool advance to playoffs

        4. See “Rules” page on website for tournament specifics

        5. Awards

          1. Gold, silver and bronze medals awarded in all categories

      4. Track & Field

        1. All member schools can enter 2 athletes per event

        2. Athletes may enter no more than 4 events

          1. max of 3 track or 3 field

          2. cannot participate in all 4 track or all 4 field

          3. schools are to provide 1 adult worker per every 10 participants

        3. See “Rules” page on the website for track meet specifics

        4. Awards

          1. 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons for all events

  2. Zone Representation

    1. Schools wishing to participate in ASAA Jr.High zones must participate a Horizon Tier 1 league

    2. Schools wishing to participate an ASAA Jr. High Zones must declare their desire to do so to the Zone by following the South Zone’s protocol

    3. Zone representatives for Horizon will be determined at our divisional tournaments

    4. School size (1J,2J,3J,4J) as set out at the zone level will be followed for Horizon’s representation

    5. Horizon Athletic coordinator will communicate Horizon’s zone representatives to the South Zone coordinator