Veterans Day Classic
Dates
November 8, 2025
Saturday: 2031-2035/36 Divisions
November 9, 2025
Sunday: 2026-2030 Divisions
Locations
Mercer County Park & Community College
West Windsor, NJ
Bucks Mill Park
Colts Neck, NJ
Iron Peak Sports & Events
Hillsborough, NJ
Divisions
Boys Youth: 2031 - 2035/36
Saturday
Boys High School & 8th Grade: 2026 – 2030
Sunday (Game film included for 2026-2029 teams)
Event Summary
overview
The Veterans Day Classic is the can't miss Fall event for youth and high school teams from the Tri-State region and beyond, with 1-day of competition for each age group. Game film is included for all high school teams. This event sells out annually with 200+ teams attending each of the last three years.
Format
- Championship format
- Single-day events for each division
- 3 games + championship
- 2035/36 Division: 7v7 or 10v10 option
- Convenient parking and field access
- Earliest games begin at 8:00am both days, end by 5:00pm. *Times subject to change based on weather & field conditions.
Cost
2026 - 2029: $1900 per team (film included)
2030 - 2035/36 (10v10): $1400 per team
2035/36 (7v7): $975 per team- $300 deposit due at registration
- Balance due 10/15/2025
- No processing fee for payment by check
- 3.5% processing fee for payment by credit card
Facilities
Mercer County Park
334 South Post Road
West Windsor NJ 08550Mercer County Community College
1200 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor NJ 08550Iron Peak Sports & Events
137 Mountain View Rd
Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844Bucks Mill Park
137 Bucks Mill Rd.
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
Event Resources
Trilogy customizes its bracket creation based on placement calls with Program Directors. Below are the current planned divisions. We plan to have A and B divisions for most grad years and you will sign up for the appropriate skill level when you register.
Saturday: 2031 and Younger
- 2031
- 2032
- 2033
- 2034
- 2035/36
Sunday: 2026 – 2030
- 2026
- 2027
- 2028
- 2029
- 2030
*Club, middle school & rec teams are welcome to participate. Specific divisions and brackets will be adjusted based on participating teams to ensure the best competition for all registered teams. Bracket placement will be determined by information provided by Program Directors.
2025 game schedule will be posted 7-10 days prior to the event
2024 Saturday Results: 2030-2034/35
2024 Sunday Results: 2025 – 2029
Coaches from regional NCAA D1, D2, D3 & MCLA programs attend the Veterans Day Classic to recruit potential student-athletes. Current RSVPs and past attendees are listed in the link below. Game film for all high school divisions is INCLUDED in the cost of registration, families must sign up to receive it using the link in the "HS Game Film" section below.
College Coach Attendance:
2024 College Coach Attendance List
Are you a college coach who is planning to attend? RSVP HERE
2026 - 2029: $1900 per team (film included)
2030 - 2035/36 (10v10): $1400 per team
2035/36 (7v7): $975 per team
- $300 deposit due at registration
- Balance due 10/15/2025
- No processing fee for payment by check
- 3.5% processing fee for payment by credit card
2025 game rules will be posted soon. Last year's rules are linked below for reference.
Hotel booking link will be posted in the Fall.
Stay To Play
All non-commuting teams participating in the tournament should take advantage of our special event pricing and make all hotel accommodations using our tournament housing services. Please do not call the hotels directly. Instead, please book through the hotel reservation link above. We appreciate your support as these partnered hotels assist in sponsoring our event.
Trilogy Lacrosse is proud to partner with HBC Event Services, a housing agency with a nationwide reputation for excellence in managing travel for sports events. HBC Event Services provides an easy way for you to book your hotel rooms with our partnered hotels at the best rates. These rates are always lower than their best available rate online and usually includes breakfast for your team. They guarantee that if the tournament is canceled due to weather, you will not be charged for any cancellation penalties that you may otherwise have been subject to if you made your own reservations elsewhere. This guarantee does not include hotel reservations made after the hotel cut-off dates.
Please call HBC Event Services at (505) 346-0522 if you have any questions and/or have any special hotel requests.
All players (high school and youth) participating in the event must complete an online waiver by Wednesday November 5th.
Player waiver link will be made available in the fall. Program Directors will be invited to view completed waivers for the team(s) and should use this ability to make sure that all waivers are submitted
Youth Teams
- Completion of online waiver serves as self-rostering for this event
- Youth teams do not need to submit a roster
High School Teams
- Rosters must be submitted by Wednesday, November 5th
- Every team in a High School Division (2026 – 2029) must submit a roster to Event Beacon (link will be made available prior to the event)
- Rosters that are not submitted by deadline will not be included in the printed booklet distributed to college coaches at the event. Late submissions will still be viewable to college coaches in Event Beacon
- Event Beacon allows you to copy and paste your full roster for submission using the template below
*Required Fields: First name, last name, email, grad year & jersey number. The other information in the template is great to provide if you have it, but not required.
About Event Beacon
Event Beacon is a recruiting tool created by SportsRecruits to help college coaches recruit at events. College Coaches will have full access to rosters and player information by simply logging in to EventBeacon. This sideline evaluation tool will allow college coaches to access the most up to date athlete information, build a strategic recruiting schedule onsite, and focus their recruiting efforts on the players they are most interested in.
SportsRecruits will contact players & their families directly to provide access to a free SportsRecruits profile to complete. Using SportsRecruits, we will put the student-athletes in control of what information is provided to college coaches. Athletes will be able to update their athletic and academic information leading up to, during, and after the event.
If your club or any of your athletes already have an existing account with SportsRecruits, this event will automatically be linked to their pre-existing account – no need to fill out a second profile!
Team coaches, players, parents, and college coaches may contact help@sportsrecruits.com or help@eventbeacon.com with any questions or concerns about this process.
Our typical vendor village features Trilogy branded merchandise, local food concessions, apparel and lacrosse equipment.
Interested in being a vendor at the Veterans Day Classic? Fill out our vendor application by clicking the link below & a Trilogy representative will be in contact with you shortly.
Team Cancellation
Team Deposits are non-refundable. Cancellation of an entered team will result in forfeiture of that deposit and all registration fees paid to date.
Tournament Cancellation
The tournament has fixed expenses relating to field rental & facilities, staging and set-up costs, insurance, personnel and other matters regardless of cancelation due to weather. Accordingly, teams will not receive a full credit of the entry fee if the tournament is canceled. Facility owners, not tournament organizers, have final say on whether the tournament will take place due to weather conditions. In the event the tournament is cancelled prior to the start of the event, a credit of registration fees minus the nonrefundable team deposit, will be issued towards a future Trilogy tournament.
Tournament Adjustments
Before or after the event has started, tournament organizers and facility owners reserve the right to:
- Make adjustments due to Lightning (see lightning policy below) or Heavy Rain that leads to unplayable field conditions.
- Cancel further play.
- Postpone tournament start date/time and reduce game times in order to allow catch-up with the schedule of play.
- Interrupt and suspend games as necessary in accordance with Lightning Policy; games may be continued from the point of interruption at the earliest opportunity, but may become final scores based on time constraints.
- Finish games before inclement weather arrives or to preserve field conditions; games will be deemed official at the point of termination.
- No credit will be issued due to any weather related adjustments during the Tournament once teams have played 2 games. If a team plays less than 2 games, a credit of registration fees minus the nonrefundable team deposit, will be issued towards a future Trilogy tournament.
Play will be suspended if thunder is heard or there is a lightning strike within 8 miles of the facility as determined by our weather tracking system. Play will resume 30 minutes after the last lightning strike in the area. The signal for thunder/lightning will be 5 air horns. Upon hearing this, all personnel should move to a solid structure shelter area. For facilities that do not have a hard structure facility, participants will be instructed to move to their vehicles. Tents are NOT considered shelter and families should not stay in the tent areas during conditions with Lightning in the area.
HS Game Film
We know how important film is in the recruiting process, which is why game film for all High School divisions is INCLUDED for FREE via our film partner Next Level Video (NLV).
To receive game film, you must click the button below and checkout with the free “All Games Package - FREE” option – you will be prompted to login to an existing account or create a new one. Once the game film is available (typically 7-14 days after the event), you’ll be notified by email and the game film will be accessible in your video library.
Since you will already have your film, make the most of it! Let NLV’s experts review your film, find your best moments, and deliver your personal highlight reel. Explore highlight reel options at the link below.