Grinch Games Winter National Championship
Football (Flag) Tournament - December 13 to December 14, 2025
Key Information
Cost
- $450.00 USD per team
- Pay Before Sep 14, 2025 12:00 AM PDT save $50.00
- Pay After Nov 01, 2025 12:00 AM PDT add $25.00
- 2 or more teams save $25.00 per team
- 4 or more teams save $50.00 per team
- Players must have an active Zorts Player Card
- Participants must complete all eligibiity requirements by Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM PST or incur a $10.00 USD late fee
- Players age will be based on the age that they will be on Aug 01, 2025
- Registration ends Dec 7, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Date(s)
Location
Description
DETAILS:
Open to all teams and organizations
4 Game Guarantee
- 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:
*Hard Count reserves the right to combine divisions if three (3) or less teams are signed up in a division.
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
*Registration Closes 12/6/2025
**$50 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot. Must be paid in full by registration closing.
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, 12/11/2025 11:59pm Pacific Time.
*Late upload deadline is Friday, 12/12/2025 at 3:00pm Pacific Time. A $10 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
ENTRY FEE:
$30 entry fee – good for the entire weekend
$20 entry fee – 1 day pass
*Kids Age 5 and under are free
*Purchase in advance during Friday night check-in
*Only one schedule request per organization will be accommodated. Additional requests will be considered if possible. Requests submitted after registration closing, will be considered but not honored.
Hard Count Rule Book Simplified
- Only one schedule request per organization will be considered. We do our best to accommodate the one request but occasionally circumstances prvent us from honoring it. We cannot guarantee schedule requests during single elimination bracket play.
- All schedule requests are due by registration closing. Requests submitted after the registration closes will be reviewed, depending on where we are in the scheduling process.
- 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.
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 2025, 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 2025.
Sport
Divisions
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Boy's 6U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 7U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 8U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 9U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 10U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 11U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 12U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 13U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Boy's 14U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Girl's GIRLS 8U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Girl's GIRLS 10U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Girl's GIRLS 12U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Girl's GIRLS 14U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
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Girl's GIRLS 18U
- Min Players : 5
- Max Players : 12
