DEDICATED TO TEAM BUILDING AND CULTURE
January 22-23, 2022
SportsPlex Matthews, NC
The Polar Bear Pre-Season High School Championship is a team championship format tournament for high school teams only.
This tournament will focus on the high school team and lay the foundation for a championship culture and a successful 2022 season!
The tournament will guarantee five games over the course of two days.
A great opportunity to bring your team together over the winter and let your players play with their teammates in a championship format.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
Teams play for a championship in all divisions.
All teams are scheduled five games each, when necessary teams will play a sixth championship game.
Games consist of four, twelve-minute running quarters.
DIVISIONS
High School AA Varsity Division
High School A Varsity Division
High School JV Division
TEAM REGISTRATION
Fee is $1,350 per team; a $500.00 nonrefundable deposit per team is due at registration, balance collected Friday, January 7, 2027.
Once a division is full a wait list will be started.
VENUE
When possible ALL games in the boys division played at the Sportsplex at Matthews. Best tourney venue in the southeast.
Matthews SportsPlex - 11210 Brigman Rd, Matthews, NC 28105 at the Intersection of Brigman Rd - Tanktown Rd, Matthews, NC 28105
When/if necessary we will also use Elon Park in South Charlotte (4 turf fields) for Sunday playoffs or weather related issues.
REFUND POLICY
All deposits are non-refundable. No team / individual player will receive a full refund. The tournament has fixed expenses relating to field rental & facilities, staging and set-up costs, insurance, personnel and other matters regardless of cancellation. Accordingly, teams will not receive a full refund of the entry fee if the tournament is cancelled. The host field staff, not tournament/event organizers, have final say on whether the tournament will take place due to weather and field conditions. Please be advised that there are no rain dates. For the safety of all participants, the tournament staff and by default the facility staff reserve the right to cancel, delay or interrupt play until weather clears and is deemed safe. Interrupted games will continue where they left off. All officials are expected to use their discretion and follow safety rules to stop or suspend games for appropriate intervals until it is deemed safe by staff and officials. Play will be stopped for at least 20 minutes following a lightning strike or thunder. During-tournament/event cancellation: In the event cancels only part of a scheduled event (i.e. one day of a two-day tournament), the refund policy will depend on the number of completed games as outlined below: Teams who have completed more than half of their quarantted games (3 of 5, 2 of 3 etc) or more games are not eligible for a refund and forfeit 100% of their registration fee. Teams who have completed less than three games will receive a refund of their balance paid above the non-refundable deposit. We reserve the right to adjust game times, shorten games if it deems it to be in the best interest of all registrants involved in an effort to complete as much of the event as possible. We will do their best to refund teams in a timely manner, following any tournament/event cancellations in accordance with the Policies outlined above.
