High School Federation or NCAA Rule Books with appropriate Junior High modifications will govern all VJHSAL sports activities.

Tournament (Playoff) - 1 and 2 seed get byes. In the quarterfinal, 4 vs. 5 and 3 vs. 6. In the semi-final #1 seed will play against the lowest seeded team. (e.g. if 6 beats 3, 1 plays 6. If 3 beats 6, 1 plays the winner of 4 vs. 5).

Referees for 1^st and 2^nd round: Visitors can have an association official at the game but they must let home team know one day in advance, otherwise home team will provide officials.

Championship Games - The Championship Final (1st/2nd place) will be played at a neutral site location (secured by Sport Coordinator). The referees for this Championship game will be secured and paid for by the VAL. The 'home team' with the better seed will be in charge of running the official scorebook. The 'away team' will be in charge of running the scoreboard (if applicable). The hosting site will need to make arrangements for the visiting schools to put away the equipment.

Tie-Breakers for Tournament (Playoff) Seeding

This tie–breaker policy has been in effect since June 1995.

In the event of a two-way tie at the end of the season, this is to be done for the tournament seeding.

1.              Head to Head - the winner of the head to head match up is seeded higher.

2.              If there is still a tie, the tie breaker should be done with a draw of a name of the schools involved and the draw of the sight to be played at.

3.              If there are three or more teams involved in a tie and they have all beaten each other, then one name is drawn out of the hat for the highest seed. Remaining teams will reevaluated by head to head competition.

4.              AT NO TIME do we use runs scored or points scored as a tie-breaker.

All tie-breakers will be overseen and officiated by the Director of the Board of Managers.