Small Schedule Correction for Minors Baseball

We recently discovered a typo in the Minor League Baseball schedule for Family Day, June 7. The schedule had mistakenly shown Vulpetti vs. Sayfie at 8:00PM. This was incorrect. The correct time for this game is 8:00AM. The schedule has been corrected and the change is shaded orange. We apologize for any inconvenience.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it via email to make sure everyone knows. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Schedule Change for Seniors Baseball

We have recently discovered a scheduling error for this week in Senior League Baseball. The games were originally scheduled for Tue-3-Jun. This was incorrect. The correct date for these games is Mon-2-Jun. The changes are shaded orange in the schedule. We apologize for the inconvenience and the short notice.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it via email to make sure everyone knows. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Raffle Update

From our raffle coordinator John Belanger:

As of May 28, I have 30 additional tickets to release to anyone who can sell them. Please call me right away and I will get them to you ASAP.

I will be at Southern this week as follows:

• Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
• Saturday 11:00am to 12:30pm and 5:00pm to 6:30pm

If you don't see me there call my cell phone at 520-3231 to arrange drop off of money and ticket stubs.

You can read all the details about the raffle here. Remember, all tickets and money must be turned in to me before Family Day, June 7th.

Thanks for all your efforts,
John Belanger

Family Day Schedules for Majors and Minors Baseball Now Available

We have posted the match-ups for Family Day (June 7) for the Major and Minor Baseball Leagues. You can reach the updated schedules here.

Softball Junior League Final Schedule is Available Online

The schedule for the Softball Junior League is now available on the schedules page.

Senior League Schedule is Available Online

The schedule for the Senior League is now available on the schedules page. Coaches will be contacting players very soon.

Raffle Update

The 2008 SLL Raffle is in full swing and needs your commitment to make this important fund raiser a success.

We have great prizes this year providing for an option of a top cash award ($2,000) or a Fantastic trip to Chicago to see TWO baseball games in one weekend - including transportation, overnight stay at the Westin Hotel on Michigan Ave, and a host of other activities.

And don't forget the incentives lined up for this year - A limited edition water bottle for every player who sells 5 or more tickets and a Pizza Party for the Top Ticket selling teams in each league.

Please call me if you have any questions or concerns - including requests for additional tickets, ideas on how best to succeed is your sales efforts, and information on how to return ticket stubs and money.

Thank you all for your efforts - John Belanger 520-3231

Softball Senior League Registration is Open

The Softball Senior League season is starting soon.

• Girls must be 16 years old or under as of 12/31/07 (calculate your official age here)
• Sign-up is open until June 13
  
• Season starts mid-June
  
• Teams play 12 games, mostly double-headers
  
• Cost is $110
• You can sign up and pay online by clicking here.

Softball Minors and Majors Schedules Finalized

The schedules for softball Minors and Majors are now complete and available on the schedules page. The softball Juniors schedule is not finalized yet. As soon as it is, we will post it and announce it.

Softball Majors and Juniors will be entered in the District 9 Team Tournament. Southern will be scheduling a tournament for the softball Minors after June 14. Steve Parks will have details on the softball Minors tournament in the next week or so.

Schedule Change for Majors VanScoyk and Danhof May 23

At the request of the coaches involved, we have made a change to the schedule for the Major league on May 23. The changes are shaded orange below and on the schedule.

• The VanScoyk vs. Danhof game originally scheduled for May 19, then rescheduled for May 23, has been rescheduled one more time for Saturday, May 31, at 7:00pm on the East field.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it via email to make sure everyone knows. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Raffle Update

Parents, Coaches and Team Parents:

All the tickets for the raffle have been distributed and the feedback so far has been very good. Thanks to you all for your efforts.

You may turn in your ticket stubs and money to John Belanger any time. You can usually find him at Southern most weekday evenings and most of the day on Saturday. Please feel free to contact him on his cell phone at 520-3231.

Remember, all tickets and money must be turned in to John before Family Day, June 7th.

Softball Schedules are Available Online

Schedules for the Minor, Major and Junior softball leagues are now available on the schedules page. These are still not the final schedules, so we will be augmenting these as we hear more.

Thanks, everyone, for your patience as our volunteers worked hard to resolve this as quickly as possible.

Schedule Change for Majors VanScoyk and Danhof May 19

At the request of the coaches involved, we have made a change to the schedule for the Major league on May 19. The changes are shaded orange below and on the schedule.

• The VanScoyk vs. Danhof game originally scheduled for May 19 has been rescheduled for May 23 at 5:00pm on the East field.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it via email to make sure everyone knows. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Announcing the 2008 Raffle!

Grand Prize: a weekend trip for four to Chicago

• Fri-8-Aug: Amtrak tickets to Chicago, tickets to the White Sox game, overnight at the Westin on Michigan Ave.
• Sat-9-Aug: Go Chicago Card (free admission to museums and sites in Chicago), tickets to the Cubs game, overnight at the Westin.
• Sun-10-Aug: Go Chicago Card, Amtrak back to Grand Rapids.
• Alternative prize is $2,000 cash.
  

Second Prize: $1,000 cash

Third Prize: $750 cash

Click here for a printable flyer with all the details. Click here for a flyer for the players detailing prizes they can win for selling tickets.

• Tickets cost $20 each.
• The drawing takes place on Family Day, Sat-7-Jun.
  
• Individual players who sell five or more tickets will win a Southern Little League sports bottle.
• The team in each division that sells the most tickets will win a pizza party.

John Belanger will be at Southern on Sat-10-May to hand out tickets to coaches and team parents who still need them. Please contact John with questions at john.belanger@att.net or 520-3231.

More News for Softball Players and Parents

We have struck a deal to play interleague play in softball with Pinery Park again this year. Sorry it took so long. The schedule posted yesterday for this weekend has been updated to reflect these two changes:

• The Minors game originally scheduled for Mon-12-May has been canceled because the new Minor schedule that will come out will start on Monday May 12.
• The following game has been added: Fri-9-May at 7:15 on the JC East field the Southern Majors will play one of the Pinery Park teams.

John Edgerle (District Administrator) will have the schedules completed in the next day or two so we can post them, but the Majors will play Friday whether schedules are done or not. Please check back soon for updates.

The Junior softball schedule will not start for a couple of weeks. However, we are scheduling a couple of games next week with another league and will notify the coach soon.

Thank you again for your patience in this matter.

Attention Softball Players and Parents

The Board of directors at Southern would like all of you to know that we are working feverishly to resolve the scheduling problems in our softball leagues.

We are including a schedule for this week for the Minors and a possible Minor/Major matchup. We will be working today and tonight to find other teams to play against and will have full schedules out in the next day or two. It is a possibility that our 3 Minor teams may play against each other for the year unless we can find other teams. Please accept our apologies and also know that we are working and willing to work to resolve any problems caused by this unfortunate circumstance.

Fri-9-May

• 5:30pm on JC East - Minors: Team Braun (Teal) vs Team Schipper (Red)
• 7:30pm on JC East - Majors: Southern vs. Pinery Park (TBD)

Sat-10-May

• 9:00am on JC East - Minors Team Rozell (Green) vs Team Schipper (Red)
• 11:00am on JC East - Minors Team Rozell (Green) vs MAJORS Team 1

Mon-12-May

• 6:30pm on JC West - Minors Team Braun (Teal) vs Team Rozell (Green) CANCELLED
• Official schedule begins

Coaches and Team Parents: Raffle Tickets are Coming

John Belanger, our volunteer in charge of the raffle, will be at Southern this Friday and Saturday to hand out raffle tickets to team parents and/or coaches. If you have questions, please call John at 520-3231.

We'll be making a general announcement about the raffle soon. The raffle drawing will be held on Family Day, Saturday, June 7.

Schedule Change for 78ers Embrey and Tipping

Because of conflicts, 78ers coaches Embrey and Tipping have agreed to move their game originally scheduled for Sat-3-May at 11:00am to be played instead on Fri-2-May at 5:00pm on the JC East field. Please refer to the revised schedule. The rescheduled game is now shaded orange.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it via email to make sure everyone knows. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.