Hard Count Grinch Games

December 13-14, 2025
Del Norte High School
16601 Nighthawk Lane
San Diego, CA

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TOURNAMENT DETAILS

DETAILS:

  • OPEN TO ALL TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS
  • 4 GAME GUARANTEE, EVERYONE MAKES PLAYOFFS
    • 3 Game pool play
    • Single elimination bracket play
  • 12 PLAYER ROSTER MAX & 2 COACHES MAX
  • AGE CUT OFF 8/1/2025
  • NFL FLAG RULES (modified)
  • Division winners receive championship rings, MVP award, Clutch player award & a half bid to HCA’s 2026 National Championship June 6th & 7th, 2026!

DIVISIONS:

Boys: 6U, 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U

Girls: 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 18U

Entry Fees:

  • Early Bird Registration: $400.00 Per Team 7/8/2025 – 9/13/2025 (Must be paid in full by end of early bird)
  • Regular Registration: $450.00 Per Team 9/14/2025 – 10/31/2025
  • Regular Registration: $475.00 Per Team 11/1/2025 – 12/6/2025

*$50 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot. Must be paid in full by registration closing.

MULTI-TEAM DISCOUNT:

  • 2 or more teams – $25 off per team
  • 4 or more teams – $50 off per team

*Teams must be registered at the same time. Discount will not be honored if teams are registered separately. 

Registration Deadline: 12/6/2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

ROSTERS/WAIVERS:

  • 12 Player Roster Max & 2 Coaches Max Per Team
  • All rosters must be uploaded into the Zorts system. Zorts Player Cards are required for each player on the roster. A player card will require a head shot of the player from the shoulders up, without a helmet on, and either a birth certificate, passport or other state ID showing birth date. Parental waivers must be signed by the player’s parent or legal guardian.
  • *Upload deadline is Thursday December 11, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
  • **LATE Upload Deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025 at 3:00pm Pacific Time. A $25 late upload fee will be applied at that time.

TEAM CHECK-IN:

Will be held the evening before on Friday, 12/12/2025 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm at Del Norte High School.

*There will be a $20.00 fee per player or coach who requests a Saturday morning check-in time. If an entire team requests a Saturday morning check-in time, there will be a flat fee of $100.00. The request must be made by Thursday 12/11/2025 by emailing info@hardcountathletics.com and the fee must be paid via venmo in advance. Venmo: @hardcountathletics

SPECTATOR ENTRY FEE:

$40 per person – good for the entire weekend
$25 per person – 1 day pass
*Kids Age 5 and under are free
*Purchase weekend pass in advance during Friday night check-in  for $30 per person

AWARDS: Division winners receive championship rings, MVP award, Clutch player award & a half bid to HCA’s 2026 National Championship June 6th & 7th, 2026!

Refund Policy:

Hard Count Athletics has full confidence that our 12/13 & 12/14  2025 5v5 Tournament in San Diego will happen. We have a no refund policy once you pay the deposit or the full registration fee. In the unusual circumstance where your team is unable to play due to injuries, illness etc., we are happy to provide a credit to a future Hard Count Athletics 5v5 Tournament in Spring 2026 (excludes the National Championship in June), as long as we receive written notification 12/6/2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. In the unforeseeable scenario that we are impacted by COVID-19 or other virus-related events, including but not limited to, a mandatory quarantine and/or shut-down of “non-essential” businesses, we will be offering a credit to a future Hard Count Athletics Tournament in 2026.

Schedule Requests:

  • Schedule requests will be considered but not guaranteed for this tournament. Schedule requests are due by registration closing to be considered for this event.

Hard Count Rule Book Simplified

  • Hard Count reserves the right to combine divisions if three (3) or less teams are signed up in a division.
  • Although unlikely, the date, time and location are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control.
  • If a girls team chooses to play in the boys division, they will play in the same age division they qualify for. 
  • To be eligible to play in bracket play, a player must be rostered with the team and play in at least one pool play game.
  • A player cannot be rostered on two different teams within the same division.
    • If a player is found to be rostered on two different teams in the same division and does in-fact play in games on two different teams, that player will default to the team he/she played with first and the second team will forfeit the game that the double rostered player played in.
  • A team at any time can request a roster check. Should they lose the roster check, then they forfeit any remaining timeouts for that game. 
    • Should they win the roster check and an illegal player or a player who is not on that teams roster is found to be playing in that game, then the team with the illegal player forfeits that game and the remaining games of the tournament.  
GAME RULES SIMPLIFIED

Questions?

Contact Us at Info@HardCountAthletics.com

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