[Rich Ives]

By juniors I assume Little League rules.

You may NOT finish with 8. (You can in HS but not in LL)

It is not an automatic forfeit. BoD gets to decide.

Applicable rules (Little League):

The umpire may declare a forfeit for the reasons listed in 4.15 - lack of players is NOT one of them.

RULE 4.15
A game may be forfeited by the umpire-in-chief of the game in progress to the opposing team when a team-
(1) being upon the field, refuses to start play within 10 minutes after the appointed hour for beginning the game, unless such delay, in the umpire’s judgment, is unavoidable;
(2) refuses to continue play unless the game was terminated by the umpire;
(3) fails to resume play, after the game was halted by the umpire, within one minute after the umpire has called “Play”;
(4) fails to obey within a reasonable time the umpire’s order to remove a player from the game;
(5) after warning by the umpire, willfully and persistently violates any rules of the game;
(6) employs tactics designed to delay or shorten the game.

Lack of players is covered in 4.17.

RULE 4.17
If during a game either team is unable to place nine (9) players on the field due to injury or ejection, the opposing manager shall select a player to re-enter the lineup. A player ejected from the game is not eligible for re-entry. If no players are available for rereentry, or if a team refuses to place nine (9) players on the field, this shall not be grounds for automatic forfeiture but shall be referred to the Board of Directors for a decision. NOTE: A game may not be continued with less than nine (9) players on each team.



But at the bottom line, as the player and coach left voluntarily, I'd have a hard time as a BoD member in allowing the game to continue.