The HOCO league was set up originally as a "pre-season" league because everyone knows the summer tournaments are the main season for club lacrosse. The league was set up to give teams a few good competitive games, which is why they spend so much care setting up the brackets for teams, in the spring and judge where their team is before tournaments start. That is why the league goes by grade divisions and NCAA rules. If the local tournament directors got together and said that they wanted to do age brackets and NFHS rules, I am sure HOCO would listen | 
