Facility Map & Rules
Directions, Parking & Arrival Protocol
Team Rosters
Player Waiver, Concussion Awareness
Games & Warm-ups
Schedule, Fields, Home/Away, Uniforms
Video
Officials, Scorers Table Responsibilities
Overtime Rules & Procedures
Suspended Games
Athletic Trainers, Water & Ice
Concessions
Hotel Form
T-Shirts
All-Tournament Teams

THE PROVING GROUNDS MAP & FACILITY RULES

 

FACILITY RULES:

1.  NO PETS PERMITTED AT THE FACILITY
2. NO OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGES PERMITTED- PLAYERS AND REFS ARE ALLOWED TO BRING 1 WATER BOTTLE
3. NO GUM, NO SEEDS, NO TOBACCO AT THE FACILITY
4. NO OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OR GESTURES
5. PUT TRASH IN DESIGNATE TRASH CANS
6. THIS IS A NON-SMOKING FACILITY, NO E-CIGARETTES
7. PREMISES UNDER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
8. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 911
9. CHILDREN MUST BE SUPERVISED AT ALL TIMES
10. RUDE, INAPPROPRIATE, AND DISRESPECTFUL LANGUAGE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL RESULT IN FACILITY EJECTION

DIRECTIONS, PARKING & ARRIVAL PROTOCAL

The Proving Grounds
725 Conshohocken Road
Conshohocken, PA 19428

(See Facility Map Above) Teams and fans should enter The Proving Grounds through the main entrance on Conshohocken Road.  Busses should drop off teams at the main entrance to the fields (near the Villanova field and field #1).  Bus parking is back towards the main entrance, to the side/back of the indoor turf.  Fans may park in the main parking lot.

We will have a registration tent there to welcome you and assist you in getting to the bathrooms and appropriate field, athletic trainer, etc.  We will also collect player waiver forms (required of all participants!), rosters, and a signed coach concussion awareness form.

There is no charge for parking or to enter the event.

REQUIRED: PLAYER WAIVER FORMS, COACH CONCUSSION AWARENESS

ALL PLAYERS MUST TURN IN A SIGNED PLAYER WAIVER FORM IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2022 MAX FIELD HOCKEY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL INVITATIONAL AT THE PROVING GROUNDS.

Coaches- please collect your teams’ forms and turn them in with your roster at check-in before your first game.
If you have a team manager, please have them submit a signed waiver form as well.

[PLAYER WAIVER FORM]

ALL COACHES MUST READ THE COACH CONCUSSION AWARENESS GUIDE AND SIGN THE SIGNATURE PAGE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO.

Please submit this along with your player waiver forms at check-in before your first game.

[COACH CONCUSSION AWARENESS GUIDE]

[COACH CONCUSSION AWARENESS SIGNATURE PAGE]

GAMES & WARM-UPS

All games are full regulation games: 4×15 minute quarters with 2 minutes between quarters 1 and 2 and between 3 and 4, with a 10-minute half-time.  We will be playing overtime if necessary and will follow the PIAA overtime rules and procedures outlined below (1x 10 minute sudden victory, 6 fields players and a gk).

We have scheduled 2 hour time blocks for each game.  Teams may enter the field for warm-up once both teams have cleared the field from the previous game (please be respectful of the game and teams playing before you).  At the conclusion of your game, please clean up your team’s bench area and throw out all trash before leaving the field.  If you are the first game of the day or on a field and it is open, you may enter the field 1 hour prior to your game time.

Captains will be called in for a coin toss 5 minutes prior to game start time.  We will not be doing the national anthem or team line-ups before games.

SCHEDULE, GAME FIELD, HOME/AWAY, UNIFORMS

*PIAA Rule change in 2025-  HOME team is dark uniform, AWAY team is white*

Please see the official game schedule for field assignments (see field map at the top of this page).  Team listed first is Home/Dark Uniform, team listed second is Away/White Uniform.  Fields #1-6 are identical surfaces, sizes, and have video scaffolding, etc.  We tried our best to accommodate out of town teams by alternating uniforms each day so you don’t have to do laundry.  We couldn’t make it work for every single match-up/team/day, but we got it as close as we could!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH

3PM
VU Field: Villanova University vs University of Connecticut
Field #1: Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (PA) vs The Kinkaid School (TX)
Field #2: Manheim Twp (PA) vs St. John’s School (TX)
Field #3: Penn Manor (PA) vs New Trier (IL)
Field #4: Mount Saint Joseph Academy (PA) vs Sacred Heart Academy (KY)
Field #5: Garrison Forest School (MD) vs Assumption (KY)

5PM
Field #1: Villa Maria Academy (PA) vs West Essex (NJ)
Field #2: Oak Knoll School (NJ) vs Warwick (PA)
Field #3: Conestoga (PA) vs North Hunterdon (NJ)
Field #4: Shore Regional (NJ) vs Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (PA)
Field #5: Moorestown (NJ) vs Guilderland (NY)
Field #6: Shawnee (NJ) vs Episcopal (TX)

7PM
VU Field: The Hill School (PA) vs Bryn Mawr School (MD)
Field #1: Greenwich Academy (CT) vs St. John’s School (TX)
Field #2: Kingsway Regional (NJ) vs New Trier (IL)
Field #3: Mamaroneck (NY) vs Assumption (KY)
Field #4: Loudoun Valley (VA) vs Smyrna (DE)
Field #5: Methacton (PA) vs Moses Brown (RI)
Field #6: Leonardtown (MD) vs Clearview Regional (NJ)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH

9AM
Field #1: Oak Knoll School (NJ) vs The Kinkaid School (TX)
Field #2: Conestoga (PA) vs Sacred Heart Academy (KY)
Field #3: Assumption (KY) vs West Perry (PA)
Field #4: Bishop O’Connell (VA) vs Episcopal (TX)
Field #5: Burnt Hills (NY) vs Stafford (VA)
Field #6: Notre Dame Prep (MD) vs East Greenwich (RI)

11AM
Field #1: New Trier (IL) vs The Hill School (PA)
Field #2: St. John’s School (TX) vs Norfolk Academy (VA)
Field #3: Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (PA) vs Christian Academy of Louisville (KY)
Field #4: John Burroughs School (MO) vs Garrison Forest School (MD)
Field #5: Crofton (MD) vs Moses Brown School (RI)
Field #6: Gwynedd Mercy Academy (PA) vs Severna Park (MD)

1PM
Field #1: West Essex (NJ) vs Lower Dauphin (PA)
Field #2: Manheim Twp (PA) vs Darien (CT)
Field #3: Warwick (PA) vs Greenwich Academy (CT)
Field #4: North Hunterdon (NJ) vs Mamaroneck (NY)
Field #5: Lackawanna Trail (PA) vs Leonardtown (MD)
Field #6: Seneca (NJ) vs Episcopal (TX)

3PM
VU Field: First Colonial (VA) vs Palmyra Area (PA)
Field #1: Bryn Mawr (MD) vs Norfolk Academy (VA)
Field #2: The Episcopal Academy (PA) vs Christian Academy of Louisville (KY)
Field #3: Notre Dame Prep (MD) vs Loudoun Valley (VA)
Field #4: Montclair (NJ) vs West Perry (PA)
Field #5: Ballard (KY) vs Moses Brown (RI)
Field #6: Stafford (VA) vs East Greenwich (RI)

5PM
VU Field: Kingsway Regional (NJ) vs Staples (CT)
Field #1: Bishop O’Connell (VA) vs Moorestown (NJ)
Field #3: Agnes Irwin School (PA) vs Shawnee (NJ)
Field #4: Oley Valley (PA) vs Severna Park (MD)
Field #5: Lackawanna Trail (PA) vs Crofton (MD)
Field #6: Cherokee (NJ) vs Springside Chestnut Hill (PA)

7PM
VU Field: Camden Catholic (NJ) vs Villa Maria Academy (PA)
Field #1: John Burroughs School (MO) vs Penn Manor (PA)
Field #2: Clearview Regional (NJ) vs Sacred Heart Academy (KY)
Field #3: Lakeland (NY) vs Methacton (PA)
Field #4: Lake-Lehman (PA) vs Whitney Point (NY)
Field #5: Ballard (KY) vs Kennett (PA)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST

9AM
Field #1: Lower Dauphin (PA) vs The Kinkaid School (TX)
Field #2: Norfolk Academy (VA) vs Agnes Irwin School (PA)
Field #3: Montclair (NJ) vs John Burroughs School (MO)
Field #4: The Episcopal Academy (PA) vs Sacred Heart Greenwich (CT)
Field #5: Guilderland (NY) vs Gwynedd Mercy Academy (PA)

11AM
Field #1: Palmyra Area (PA) vs Camden Catholic (NJ)
Field #2: Christian Academy of Louisville (KY) vs Shore Regional (NJ)
Field #3: Burnt Hills (NY) vs Oley Valley (PA)
Field #4: Ballard (KY) vs Lake-Lehman (PA)
Field #5: East Greenwich (RI) vs Kennett (PA)

12PM
VU Field: Villanova University vs Northwestern University

1PM
Field #1: Darien (CT) vs Mount Saint Joseph Academy (PA)
Field #2: First Colonial (VA) vs Staples (CT)
Field #3: Smyrna (DE) vs Lakeland (NY)
Field #4: Springside Chestnut Hill (PA) vs Sacred Heart Greenwich (CT)
Field #5: Whitney Point (NY) vs Cherokee (NJ)

OFFICIALS, SCORE TABLE & GAME BALLS

We will providing A level officials for each game.

“Home Team” must provide official NFHS game balls (we provide dimple balls for VU Field games)

“Home” Team must provide a capable individual to work the scoreboard and keep the official scorebook

Each field has an electronic scoreboard that we will be using and the home team is responsible for running the clock and score on it.  Each team must have an individual keeping a scorebook at the scorers table.  The home team book will be the official book for the game and both scorers should agree on the home book at the end of the game. If you are unable to provide an individual to be at the scorers table, you can pay a fee of $30 and we will assign someone.  Please let us know asap: smaychack@maxfieldhockey.com

Each coach must provide a complete roster to the opposing team and score table prior to each game according to NFHS rules.

Here is a link to the 2025 PIAA Preseason Bulletin with complete rules, revisions and interpretations we will be following: VIEW RULES BULLETIN

OVERTIME PROCEDURE (REDUCED PLAYER [RP]) FOR REGULAR SEASON CONTESTS

  1. Prior to the start of overtime, there shall be a 5 minute intermission.

  2. The home team captain calls the coin toss and the winner chooses choice of (1) goal or (2) to

    take possession of the ball.

  3. Teams will be limited to 6 field players and a goalkeeper. The reduced player participation is

    refer to as “RP” overtime.

  4. If a player or coach was disqualified (red card) during the regulation game, that team must play short throughout the RP overtime. If a player was suspended with a green card during the regulation game the team shall play short until the suspension time is completed. If a player or coach was suspended with a yellow card during the regulation game the Team shall play short until the suspension time is completed.

  5. Only four defenders will be allowed behind the end line on a penalty corner.

  6. The RP overtime will be 10 minutes “sudden victory” [SV].

  7. There will be unlimited substitution.

  8. A player who received a red card in regulation play may not play in the RP overtime.

    9. If a player or coach receives a red card in overtime, the team will play short.

    10. If a player receives a green or yellow card in overtime, the team will play short until the 2/5/10 minutes expire.

  1. If a coach receives a yellow card in the overtime the team will play short until the 5 minute suspension expires.

  2. If a coach receives a red card during overtime the team will play short throughout the RP over time.

  3. Regular season games tied after 10 minute RP overtime stand as tied.

SUSPENDED GAMES

Games interrupted or suspended because of circumstances beyond the control of the responsible administrator (i.e. weather, darkness, natural disaster, etc.) shall resume at the point of interruption if play is stopped prior to the completion of the second quarter. If play is stopped after completion of the second quarter, the game is considered a completed game.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS, WATER & ICE

There will be athletic trainers on site at all times throughout the weekend.  One trainer will arrive 45 minutes before the start of the first games (and be located by the registration tent/clubhouse), the additional trainers will arrive 15 minutes before, and all will stay through the end of play.

There will be ice at each of the athletic trainer tents.  There will be an AED on site.  Athletic Trainers will be tracking any potential weather and work closely with us if there is a weather issue.  While they will have full supplies, we highly encourage players who regularly need to be taped to bring their own tape with them.

There will be 1 water cooler on each bench we will keep filled up at each field throughout the weekend.  Players are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and refill their bottles using these when needed.  We will not be providing cups.

VIDEO

Watch the 2025 High School National Invitational Live! Families, friends, and fans will be able to watch the event from anywhere with live streaming video for a fee ($). Watch live, or purchase games to watch later, and even download video on desktop, tablet, or mobile devices. Don’t miss a moment of the action.  Some of the game packages do not include the live stream, so please make sure to read the details of each package.

 

VIEW VIDEO PACKAGES

CONCESSIONS

We will be offering concessions at the main concession building between fields #1 and #2.
*No alcohol will be sold due to PIAA rules*

OFFICIAL INVITATIONAL T-SHIRTS

 

 

A limited number of Comfort Colors short sleeve and long sleeve official invitational t-shirts will be available to purchase throughout the weekend (design above). Shirts will be available for purchase at the registration/welcome tent between fields #1 and #2 and we will accept cash, credit card, Apple Pay and Venmo (@teesgolfcenter).

PRICING
Short Sleeve Shirts: $30
Long Sleeve Shirts: $35

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

We are excited to recognize the top performers from the weekend in two All-Tournament Teams: a First Team and Second Team!  There will be 15 athletes named to each team and a minimum of 1 GK on each.  Other than that, position is not a factor.

Coaches: At the conclusion of each game, please make a note of the top 2-3 performers from each team (your own and your opponents).   You can hand this into us after each game or hand them all in after your final game (you may also email them to smaychack@maxfieldhockey.com if that is easier by the end of the night on Sunday). We will also be watching games, polling officials, scorers, college coaches and other individuals as well to determine our picks.

Selections will be announced by Tuesday, September 23rd on MAXFieldHockey.com and over MAX Field Hockey’s social media channels.