• Region Information

    Region Information

    Area J Scheduling Fall 2025
  • Welcome to Area J Scheduling

    If you have questions or concerns please get in touch right away. I won't know there is a problem until I know there is a problem.

    Jason Holzhausen
    Area Director
    ad@ayso8j.org
    616-633-7419

    Area Scheduler Needed

    Area 8J is in need of an Area Scheduler to manage our interplay system. If you or someone you know in your region would be willing to take this role on please reach to Jason.

  • Submit Information

    This form is for each region to submit their information for the current scheduling season. Yes, if this is a spring season please submit all information even if your team counts/coaches haven't changed. This is how we'll make sure we are all on the same page.

    Deadline

    The deadline to submit this form is Saturday, August 16. We need this information in order to create the paring schedule so you can have that before the scheduling meeting.

    I ask that regions do NOT schedule games with other Area J regions themselves. This only complicates the process and creates conflicts for other regions.

     

    The Process Recap

    • Regions will submit their team count for each division. Remember, any coed teams will play in the boys divisions. A pairing only schedule (team v team & date) will be created and distributed.
      • This pairing will be made with respect to geography as much as possible. If a division has few teams then more travel may be needed for that division to provide a variety of teams to play against.
    • An Area Schedulers meeting will be hosted in Middleville where regions will coordinate to select the home team and times for each pairing.
    • Regions submit game details for ALL GAMES, both home and away, including games that are played with two teams of the same region.
    • The Schedule will be built and entered into the Stack Scheduling system.
      • This will ensure that all regions have the exact same schedule.

     Click Next below to begin.

  • Please review the Area Contact List for any errors.

    Link: Area Contact List

  • Area Scheduling Meeting

    Your region needs to send a representative to this meeting.

    Meeting Information
    Thursday, August 21, 2025
    6:00 PM

    Thornapple Kellogg Middle School - Cafeteria
    10375 Green Lake Rd
    Middleville, MI 49333
    Map Link

    Dinner will be provided

    Area 8J will be providing food for all that attend.

  • Your Season Information

    The default start date is September 6 with an end date of October 18. If your region is able to accommodate these dates it will help tremendously for divisions with an odd number of teams.
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  • Your Team Count

    Reminder, all Coed teams will play in the Boys divisions.
    I need to know how many teams of each division are participating in Area play.

  • 10U Teams

  • Some regions with few 10U teams choose to travel.

    Currently regions participating in 10U are Middleville, Kentwood, and Kroc Center.

  • Field Information

    It is importaint that everyone have accurate filed information. We want coaches and players to show up to the correct place each week.

    Click Here to View Fields Sheet

  • Restrictions

    I understand that Area J covers a large geographic area. Due to this some regions are a substantial distance apart.

    Please indicate below if your region has any restrictions for NOT playing with other regions.

    Every effort will be made to accommodate these restrictions. However, if there is a division that has a low number of teams this may not be possible.

  • Out of Area games

    Area J has these regions; Portage, Kalamazoo, River Oaks, Middleville, Ada, Allegan, Wayland, Caledonia, Georgetown, Kentwood, Byron Center, Grandville, Hopkins, Allendale, Kroc Center.
  • We ask that you keep Out of Area games to a minimum. If there ends up being an even number of teams in a division and a team is playing out of area, there are now an odd number of teams in that division for that week. However, if there are an odd number of teams for a division and there are out of area games then bye weeks will be unevenly distributed.


    We need to know about all Out of Area games by the submission deadline. Send those to Jason at ad@ayso8j.org.

  • Please send any out of area games to Jason right away. This will ensure that your teams do not get paired with an Area J team for those weeks.

  • Click the Submit button below to send in your information. I look forward to seeing you at our meeting.

    Once the pairing schedule is complete it will be emailed to all Region Schedulers.

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