Tournament Rules

• All players must play 50% of the regular season games scheduled to be eligible for play in their division tournament. (Preseason games do not count.) Exceptions for medical hardships with medical release will be considered by the League Board. (2e)
• If a playerhas played during the regular season, coach cannot remove that player from the roster for tournament play. League will determine action taken. (I.e., suspension of coach and/or forfeit of game.)
• All teams will have their win-loss records and game scores turned in to their own city president at the end of last completed round robin. If not turned in, you will go to the bottom of bracket. (See 4V)
• If there is a tie for first place at the end of regular season, tournament seedings will be determined by head-to-head record.  If head-to-head fails to break the tie, then run differential in head-to-head games will determine seedings.  If neither head-to-head or run differential can determine seeding then there shall be a coin flip between involved town presidents at league tournament meeting.  
• In each tournament game the team with the highest seed will be the home team. (I.e., Seed #1 Vs Seed # 16. Seed #1 will be the home team.) Once bracketing of the seeded teams has been completed no changes will be made unless it has been determined that a team was incorrectly seeded. In the event that a team is disqualified or removed, voluntarily or involuntarily, from the tournament after such bracket has been completed, the bracket will remain intact without change.
• All umpires on the field shall be neutral. No one who coaches a team can umpire the tournament in which their team is playing.  NO UMPIRES CAN BE PARENTS/GUARDIANS, BROTHERS OR SISTERS TO ANY PLAYER OR A COACH PARTICIPATING IN A TOURNAMENT THEY ARE UMPIRING.
• There will be two umpires for all games, except for consolation and the championship, which will have three.
• There will be no time limit on the championship games. The consolation games will follow time limit rules for each division. The championship game will be the normal number of innings for the respective age bracket. Run rule will be in effect for all games.
• Each town will provide an official scorekeeper at least 16 years of age.
• Towns must provide an official scorekeeper’s spot where the official scorekeeper will sit.
• Teams must tell the official scorekeeper when there is a change in the line-up.
• Awards will be given to first, second, third and fourth place teams in tournament play.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS

• All tournament director(s) must attend post season, pre-tournament meeting scheduled for July 10 at 10:00 p.m. at Allen County Community College in Burlingame.
  1. All tournament director(s) cannot be affiliated with a team in the tournament.
  2. Each tournament shall have a tournament director(s) and it will be their obligation to enforce game and sportsmanship rules and take action if those rules are broken.
  3. The tournament directors have the authority to schedule tournaments as they see fit, in accordance with League Rules.  This includes rainout and other unforeseen circumstances beyond their control.

 

 

Tournament Rules