The 5-D Middle School (7th & 8th grade) Dodgeball Tournament

The 5-D Middle School (7th & 8th grade) Dodgeball Tournament – Co-ed – 5 V 5 

Dodge.Duck.Dive.Dip.Dodge ($100 per team) 

Monday, January 21, 1:00 – 4:00PM 

Come play at CDG Wildwood Sports’ 1st annual Middle School Dodgeball Tournament!  Dodge, Duck, Dive, Dip & Dodge your way to the Championship!

If registered by January 11, players will receive a personalized t-shirt (limit 5 per team).  Last day for registration is January 18. 

TOURNAMENT RULES 

• Each team must have at least five players. 

• This will be a double elimination tournament. 
• No use of foul language will be tolerated. 

GAME RULES 

• Team will have no more or no less than five players on the court at the beginning of each game. 
• Each round is the best of three games. 

• Each game has a time limit of four minutes. At the end of four minutes, the team with the most players on the court wins. 
• Six balls will be used during each game. 
• Balls will start on the midline at each game. 
• Players that step on or across any boundary line, including the mid-line, will be out. 
• Players who are hit by a ball thrown by the opposing team are out. unless: 

• the ball is caught before hitting the ground, 
• the thrown ball is deemed an intentional head shot, 
• the thrown ball has hit another player first. 

• A player who throws the ball resulting in a head shot is out unless the opposing player is ducking to avoid the ball, in which the player being hit is out. 
• In order to keep the game moving, if a team has all the balls on their side, they have five seconds (as counted out loud by a referee) to throw one of the balls. If the team does not discard the ball within five seconds, the charging referee will call one of the players out. 

• If a player catches a thrown ball before it hits the ground, one of their eliminated teammates may return to the court, and the opposing player who threw the ball is out. 
• Players may use a ball to block oncoming balls, but if they lose control of the ball they are holding and drop it, they are out. 
• Players may not physically touch any opposing player. This will result in the player being terminated from the tournament. 

YELLOW CARDS (2 Yellow Cards Results in Player Elimination) 

• Players may not argue with the referees’ decisions. 

• Players may not spike the balls. 
• Players may not kick the balls. 
• Bad sportsmanship will result in a yellow card as well. 

TO REGISTER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, CLICK HERE!