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 1st and 2nd 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 

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

2. If there are three or more teams involved in a tie, the tie shall be broken by evaluating the point differential record in games played against the tied teams. Remaining teams will be reevaluated by head to head competition. 

3. If there is still a tie, the tie will be broken by calculating the involved teams point/run differential in games amongst the involved teams in the following manner; 

- Softball will be evaluated by the involved teams run differential (up to +7 per game) 

- Basketball will be evaluated by the involved teams point differential (up to +15 per game) 

- Volleyball will be evaluated by the involved teams point differential (up to +10 per game) of ONLY the first 3 sets. 

- Soccer will be evaluated by 'Points' first and then winning percentage second. 


4. In the event of teams not playing all of their regular season games due to weather conditions, all playoff seeding criteria will change from win/loss record (or points in soccer) to winning percentage and incorporate an 8 seed playoff bracket if possible.