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Bellevue Blue Earns the GELL-88 Championship Title

by posted 05/23/2023

GELL-88 Champions 2023 - Bellevue

Bellevue Blue Earns the GELL-88 Championship Title

Division Moniker	Description	Think of it as
GELL-88	The GELL-88 Division is for the most competitive 78 team in a program that has more than one 78 team. It is the equivalent of GELL-99 prior to 2019. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be heavily skewed towards 8^th graders. The program will select which players it places on their GELL-88 team and which players it will place on its GELL-77 team.	Varsity Division 1
GELL-78	GELL-78 is for those programs that have only one 78 team. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be a mix of 7^th and 8^th graders.	Varsity Division 2
GELL-77	The GELL-77 Division is for the developmental 78 team in a program that has more than one 78 team. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be heavily skewed towards 7^th graders.	JV

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Mercer Island Silver Earns the GELL-66 Championship Title

by posted 05/23/2023

Mercer Island Silver Earns the GELL-66 Championship Title:

Division Moniker	Description	Think of it as
GELL-66	The GELL-66 Division is for the most competitive 56 team in a program that has more than one 56 team. This mirrors the 77/78/88 divisions. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be heavily skewed towards 6^th graders. The program will select which players it places on their GELL-66 team roster and which players it will place on its GELL-55 team roster.	Varsity Division 1
GELL-56	GELL-56 is for those programs that have only one 56 team. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be a mix of 5^th and 6^th graders.	Varsity Division 2
GELL-55	The GELL-55 Division is for the developmental 56 team in a program that has more than one 56 team. The name is derived from the likelihood that the roster will be heavily skewed towards 5^th graders.	JV

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GELL Honor, All-Star, and Championship Games

by posted 05/22/2023

On Saturday, May 27th of Memorial Day weekend, GELL will be represented by around 250 players across 23 programs in the seven GELL Honor, All-Star, and Championship Games at the WHSBLA High School Lacrosse Championship Game Day Event at Starfire Sports in Tukwila.

Each GELL program has selected players to represent them in their respective honor and all-star games.

Saturday, May 27, 2023: Game Schedule

Field 1: Starfire Stadium
10:30 am	1A/2A HS Championship
1:30 pm	Private HS Championship
4:00 pm	Award Presentation
4:30 pm	3A HS Championship
7:30 pm	4A HS Championship

Field 2: Adidas Field
12:30 pm	HS All-Star Game (Region 2 vs 3)
2:30 pm	HS All-Star Game (Region 1 vs 5)
4:30 pm	HS All-Star Game (Region 4 vs 6)

Field 3: Next to Athletic Center
10:30 am	GELL 1/2 Honor Game (North Half) Mount Si & Tahoma GELL 3/4 Honor Game (South Half) Liberty & Eastlake
11:30 am	GELL vs CWLL 3/4 Honor Game Issaquah & CWLL
12:30 pm	GELL 5/6 Honor Game
1:30 pm	GELL 5/6 Championship Warmups
2:00 pm	GELL 5/6 Championship Game Mercer Island vs Mount Si
3:30 pm	GELL 7/8 All-Star Game
4:30 pm	GELL 7/8 Championship Warmups
5:00 pm	GELL 7/8 Championship Game Mount Si vs Bellevue

Field 4: Next to Train Tracks
11:30 am	SSL vs CWLL 7/8 All-Star Game
12:30 pm	SSL vs CWLL 5/6 Honor Game
1:30 pm	SSL vs CWLL 3/4 Honor Game
2:30 pm	NSYL vs SMYLA 3/4 Honor Game
3:30 pm	NSYL vs SMYLA 5/6 Honor Game
4:30 pm	NSYL vs SMYLA 7/8 All-Star Game

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SPRING 2023 GELL SEASON CALENDAR

by posted 12/16/2022

The Spring 2023 "GELL Season Calendar" and "Game Dates by Division" were approved at the December GELL Directors meeting on 12/15/2022.

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GELL One Program In-Season Rule

by GELL Executive Board posted 12/15/2022

GELL “One Program In-Season” Rule (adopted by vote of 14-1-2 on 10/12/2017, ammended by vote on 12/15/2022)

All youth players within all GELL member and guest programs may only play for one program during the GELL spring season. On 12/15/2022, the GELL Directors adopted an ammendment to this rule to align with WHSBLA. This ammendment moved the start day from the Monday of President's Day weekend to the Monday before the first GELL game. All GELL divisions follow the same start date. The end day is midnight on GELL Championship Day (typically the Satiurday of Memorial Day weekend). The dates are published in the official GELL Season Calendar and may change prior to the start date. This rule includes any activity with a lacrosse stick and/or lacrosse ball (i.e., tryouts, practices, and games of lacrosse). Only lacrosse activities are prohibited. This rule does not apply during the optional fall ball season.

Spring 2023 GELL “In Season” dates: 2/27/2023 through 5/27/2023

Any GELL program with a player who violates this rule will be subject to a financial penalty and possible sanctions to be determined by the executive board. Intra-program swing players, as specified in rule 4.11, is allowed.

The GELL Rules and Regulations are posted to our documents folder.

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GELL Directors Meeting Calendar

by GELL Executive Board posted 08/15/2022

10/13/2022	October GELL Directors Meeting Officer Elections, Committee Appointments Present and Discuss Spring 2023 League Schedule
11/17/2022	November GELL Directors Meeting Review Spring 2023 League Schedule Review USAL Boys Lacrosse Rule Changes and Points of Emphasis Review GELL Game Rule Matrix 34 Rules Discussion
12/15/2022	December GELL Directors Meeting Approve Spring 2023 Season Calendar
1/19/2023	January GELL Directors Meeting Certify GELL Programs for Spring 2023 (Yearly Certification) Team Declarations Present Budget and Approve

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GELL “Play For” Rule Language Clarified

by GELL Executive Board posted 03/04/2021

GELL “Play For” Rule Language Clarified to align with precedent

GELL Rules are periodically updated when the language needs clarification to align with precedent. In this case, the language of GELL rule V was updated to provide needed clarification based on the consistent outcomes of similar waiver requests received.

Over the past few years, GELL has seen an increase in waiver requests from the families of players who attend a school that has a lacrosse program affiliated with a neighboring league that, for various reasons, in a given year, does not field a team either in a given division or in any division. A small subset of these families have submitted waiver requests to GELL requesting to join a GELL team based on their residence address. The GELL has consistently denied these waivers.

The language of the GELL "Play For" rule V was updated to provide clarification that reflects the consistent rulings for this type of waiver request. The rules amended are V.2.c and V.5. The 2021 GELL Rules can be found in the GELL Documents Folder.

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