

JULY 11 - 13, 2025
ALL NIGHT TOURNEY. ALL NIGHT EVERYTHING.
160 TEAMS - 48 HOURS - 14 FIELDS
RENO/SPARKS, NV

RULE #1
DON’T BE TOO SERIOUS
TEAMS AND ROSTERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH NCS
Rosters must be managed through NCS. Only NCS rosters will be accepted.
CHECK IN & ROSTERS
HAVE FUN! IT’S THE ONLY REASON WE DO THIS.
YOU MUST CHECK IN BEFORE 11:00pm Friday, July 11th. You will not be able to play without your full payment and rosters submitted. You will be given a receipt that must be presented to the umpire. Without the receipt the umpire will consider the game a forfeit. Check in WILL ONLY take place at Rancho San Rafael. Extra rosters will be available at the check in tent. Check in will begin at 6pm Friday night at the City of Reno Complex at Rancho San Rafael. There will be more than 150 teams playing nearly 500 games in 48 hours. This tournament is extremely tight. It’s gonna be … aahhh crazy. Get there as early as possible.
All brackets are considered separate tournaments. WE WILL NOT HOLD UP A GAME to wait for players on another team. NO EXCEPTIONS!
You will be emailed a receipt once you register, SAVE IT! It works just like a ticket. We will scan your team in. We can also scan the email straight from your smart phone. The official check in starts Friday night from 6pm to 11:00pm at Reno Sports Complex at Rancho San Rafael. Teams may not check in after 11:00pm Friday night. All team balances and rosters will be due at time of check in.
A $70 NCS fee will be required to regisiter with NCS, however, if your team is already registered with NCS, no fee will be due. Teams and rosters must be registred with NCS before check-in.
ROSTERS
You may not add players after the tournament begins. Players are not allowed to be on more than one men’s team or more than one coed team. However, players can play Men’s and Coed, just remember we will not hold a men’s game for a coed game for vise versa.
RANKINGS
UNIQUE PLAYER MATRIX:
NCS Rankings and Info:
https://playncs.com/slowpitch/rankings
*If a player is not listed on our NCS ranking’s list, we use the current year’s HIGHEST USSSA ROSTER to determine what a player is ranked with us. If not on a current USSSA roster we will revert to previous years highest USSSA roster. Please use link above for more info.
Roster information taken from National USSSA / All World rankings – For player rankings click here
ROSTER VIOLATION:
If a player is caught playing for a team without being listed on their roster, the team will forfeit the game in question. A 2nd offense on a team and/or player will result in being eliminated from tournament play.
If a player is caught on a roster on more than one team in the same division, that player will be ejected from tournament play.
GENERAL RULES
Please defer to the printable official rules button above. All rules on that rule sheet are final. The rules listed below are a guideline and all rules will defer to the printable official rules above. Rules will follow the All World Rule book, unless otherwise specified here.
EARLY START TIMES
1. Teams must be at field ready to play 20 minutes prior to scheduled game time. If a game can start
early it will!
2. Early game times will start on umpires mark.
3. Late teams will become visitor and home team will be rewarded 2 runs per 5 minutes until original
bracketed start time.
4. If team is not ready by bracketed start time, it will be ruled a forfeit.
GAME TIMES
Official Game Times will be kept on universal smartphone time
1. NO NEW INNING AFTER 50 Minutes
2. All brackets are considered separate tournaments. We will NOT hold up a game for players on
another team. NO EXCEPTIONS!
3. Game clocks will start on time. If a team is not ready at the bracketed start time, it will be ruled a
forfeit.
LAG RULE
Before each game, teams unite with ump to Lag for home or visitor.
APPROVED BALLS
.52 CORE / 300
BALLS
Each team will receive .52 core balls at check in. Men’s teams will receive 2 men’s balls. Coed teams will receive 2 men’s balls and one women’s ball. New balls will be provided for the Championship Games. Any additional balls needed during the tournament will be provided by teams that are playing. Each ball that is not retrieved by the team that lost the ball, will have to be replaced by that team.
APPROVED BATS
Men’s & COED: ASA stamped bats
Men’s Gold: ASA stamped bats or USSSA stamped bats
DESIGNATED HOMERUN HITTER
Each team will designate a homerun hitter who gets unlimited bombs. (does not count toward your team total). If a team walks the Designated Homerun hitter, then your team will receive an extra homerun to hit.
DEAD BALL OUTS RULE
UNIQUE TO BONEYARD. Dead balls hit over the fence in fair territory WILL NOT be considered an out. However, it will clear the bases, no runs will be counted and a run will be given to the opposing team.
PITCHING
Mens Open- 4′-10′ with juking
Mens Silver, Bronze and Coed- 6′-10′ NO juking
COED WALKING
Whenever a male batter is walked, regardless of the outs, the male batter will take second base and the female batter will have the option to hit or take first base.
COED DEFENSE
COED Defensive alignment: Must have max of 5 women or max of 5 men… can play ANYWHERE.
COURTESY RUNNERS
One courtesy runner per inning- per gender – can be anyone in the lineup – gender specific.
LINEUP LIMITATIONS
All teams may bat up to 12.
COED may bat 9, 10 or 12. May not bat 11. All 10 players in the field must bat.
STRIKEOUT RULE
UNIQUE TO BONEYARD. Any strike out or foul out in any division will reward the opposing team 1 run. A run will only count on a foul out if it happens on the final strike. If the player catches the ball in foul territory it will not be considered a foul out, but rather a put out and will not award the opposing team a run. LET IT DROP!
THE COUNT
Every batter will start with a 1-1 count. Women have a foul to give. Men do not.
RUN RULES
20 runs after 3 innings
15 runs after 4 innings
10 runs after 5 innings
NO FLIP FLOPS
EXTRA INNINGS
1. Extra inning games will be played after time has expired (or the end of the 7th inning of course).
2.Extra innings will be played under the one pitch rule, with only 1pitch per batter with NO foul to give. The strikeout rule will not be in effect.
3.Ball = a walk. Strike = out. You will start each inning off with a player on secondbase(the last BATTER from previous inning).
4.International Tie–breaker Rules (with the exception of other unique tourney rules).
5.A maximum of ten runs per half inning will be allowed in extra innings.If the away team scores 10 runs in the top of the inning, the half inning will stop and the home team will have a chance to match.
FORFEITS
If a team forfeits in a game where the loser of that game drops to a lower division (then that team will be eliminated from the tournament)
ROSTER PROTESTS
ALL PROTESTS WILL BE $500 CASH PER FULL ROSTER. BOTH the team in question AND your team’s roster will be pulled for legitimacy on both rosters. If you lose your protest, you lose the cash. All roster protests must take place prior to the conclusion of the 2nd inning, or immediately after the player enters the game.
POLICIES
REFUND POLICY
No refunds if the event is canceled for any acts beyond our control not limited to but including: acts of God, public health concerns, and government-mandated event closures. Under these circumstances, we will do our best to reschedule or apply your deposits to a future event.
RAINOUT POLICY
50% refund if rained out with one game – 25% refund with two games played.
No refund if rained out with three or more games played
ADDITIONAL RULES…
No Stealing Balls / No Fighting / No Dogs / No Scooters /No Bikes / No Skateboards
No outside food or beverage inside the parks, no glass containers, BBQing or camping in parking lot areas.
NO FIREWORKS!
CITY OF RENO PARKING
Parking is strictly limited to 2 cars per team for the Friday Night Kickoff Party. Parking passes for registered Boneyard softball teams will be emailed out to the email provided at registration. Please print or screen shot them to your phone. Those without a parking pass can park less than a block away at the North parking lot at the University of Nevada. A shuttle will be provided beginning at 6:00 pm with the last drop off at University of Nevada at 1:00 am.
No parking on East Side of North Virginia outside Rancho/Reno Sports Complex. Friday night this may become a challenge. We offer free shuttles from the north parking lot at the University of Nevada between the hours 7pm to 1am friday night.
IF FIELDS BEHIND SCHEDULE
In the unlikely scenario a field falls 45 minutes or further behind, the on-site tournament director will implement one of two rules depending on the situation.
- One pitch rule for the next game with no new inning after 30 minutes. The one pitch rule will remain in effect for the entire game and for each game following until the field falls less than 45 minutes behind. If the game is designated as a one pitch rule game, the strike our rule will not be in effect.
OR
- The game will end after 4 innings are played with no new inning after 40 minutes.
PLEASE NOTE!!
*NCS / Boneyard Blast reserves the right to modify game times or bracket structure due to field conditions, time constraints, team count, injuries, and especially due to inclement weather or field
locations.
MEN'S GOLD
It’s simple, it’s open. There aren’t any classification restrictions. This bracket gets all the benefits: more homeruns, better games times, triple elimination format and teams will play the majority of their games at Golden Eagle Regional Park (one the highest ranked parks in the country). However, if you can’t hang, don’t worry. Teams that start 0-2 will battle it out against each other and the winners will drop into the winner’s bracket of the Silver Division. Top 4 will be rewarded with All Tourneys, MVPs and Gold Gloves and a tier 1 champions prize package, tier 2 prize package for 2nd and tier 3 for 3rd place.
ROSTER
No restrictions
HOMERUNS
4 plus designated homerun hitter
APPROVED BATS
Current USSSA or ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
Juking Allowed
MEN'S SILVER
Aside from the Gold Division, all other men’s teams will start here. Teams that lose two games in the first four rounds will drop into the Bronze Division.
ROSTER
Can have 4 points max!
D or below = 0 points
C = 2 points each
NO B or higher players
Exception: Teams that drop from down from the Gold division during tournament play will be legal.
HOMERUNS
2 plus designated homerun hitter
APPROVED BATS
Current ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
NO Juking Allowed
MEN'S BRONZE
Teams that lose two games in the first four rounds will drop into the Bronze Division.
HOMERUNS
Designated homerun hitter only
APPROVED BATS
Current ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
NO Juking Allowed
COED GOLD
Asid from Coed Party teams, all coed teams will start in the Coed Gold Division. Lose two games in this 3 game minimum division in the first three rounds, and your team will drop to the Silver Division.
ROSTER
Can have 6 points max!
Women Players = 0 points
Men’s E or below = 0 points
Men’s D or D+ = 1 point each
Men’s B or Higher = 3 points each
HOMERUNS
2 plus designated homerun hitter
Unlimited homeruns for female players
APPROVED BATS
Current ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
NO Juking Allowed
COED SILVER
Lose two games in the first three rounds in the Gold Division, your team will drop to the Silver Division.
HOMERUNS
2 plus designated homerun hitter
Unlimited homeruns for female players
APPROVED BATS
Current ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
NO Juking Allowed
NEW! COED PARTY DIVISION
NEW FOR 2025 AND BEYOND. Limited to 16 teams. This 3 game guarantee division is for those teams who come to Boneyard for the experience. No seriousness. This division is all about having a good time. All teams in this division will receive a party pack at check-in, one free entry into the cornhole tournament Friday night, and will compete for the coveted participation trophy and participation gear.
ROSTERS
No C or higher players
HOMERUNS
2 plus designated homerun hitter
Unlimited homeruns for female players
APPROVED BATS
Current ASA Approved Bats
JUKING
NO Juking Allowed
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