Come Cheer Southern's Teams Tonight

Monday, June 29, is a busy night at Southern. We're hosting team tournament games in three different divisions. At 5:30pm and 7:30pm on both the East and West Diamonds, four of Southern's Majors Baseball teams take on competition from other District 9 leagues. One of Southern's Majors Softball teams plays on the JC West Diamond at 6:00pm. One of our Juniors Baseball teams plays on Southern's Henwood Field at 7:30pm.

Come on out to the park tonight and cheer on your Southern tournament teams!

Coaches: Equipment Return Night

Coaches, we have scheduled an equipment return night this Wednesday, July 1, from 7:00 - 8:00pm at the equipment shed at Southern. If you are unable to make it on Wednesday, we'll host another equipment return session at a later date.

Rescheduled Rain-out for Minors: Touchet & Kirchgessner

We have rescheduled a rained out game from earlier this season. The added game is shaded orange on the updated schedule:

• The Touchet vs Kirchgessner game that was rained out Monday, June 8, will now be played on Sunday, June 21, at 4:00pm at Southern's West field.
  

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. 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.

Juniors Team Tournaments Starting Wednesday

Because the district's team tournaments for Juniors will start this Wednesday, June 24, we are canceling all Juniors games on Tuesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 25. The schedule has been updated to reflect these changes. The canceled games are now marked with a line through them. The district manages the team tournaments, so consult their website for details.

Juniors Schedule for Remainder of Season

After Thursday night's games, the remainder of the Junior League schedule is determined by each team's place in the standings through Tuesday, June 16. The schedule page for the Juniors now reflects this. Please have a look at the schedule to see when your team plays.

Big League Schedule is Online

The schedule for the Big League can be viewed here. You can always find it from the main schedules page on the right side of the website.

Rescheduled Rain-Out for Minors: Kirchgessner & Schneider

We have rescheduled a rained out game from earlier this week. The added game is shaded orange on the updated schedule:

• The Kirchgessner vs Schneider game that was rained out Saturday, May 9, will now be played on Sunday, June 14, at 2:00pm at Southern's West field.
  

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. 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.

Rescheduled Rain-Out Game for Majors Vaughn & Weiss

We have rescheduled a rained out game from earlier this week. The added game is shaded orange on the updated schedule:

• The Vaughn vs Weiss game that was rained out Thursday, June 11, will now be played on Sunday, June 14, at 4:00pm at Southern's East field.
  

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. 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.

High School All-Star Game at Comerica Park

On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association East-West All Star Classic is coming to Comerica Park. This game showcases the top high school baseball players from across the state of Michigan. The Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association is in its 36th year and this is the 28th game that has been hosted on the Detroit Tigers home field.

Your hometown hero, Chris Blair, of East Grand Rapids High School has been selected to represent your hometown and the West All Stars. To help support Chris we are inviting all Little Leaguers in uniform to the game free of charge. Players just need to show up at the box office wearing their team’s full uniform and will be admitted free of charge. Parents and siblings of Little Leaguers may purchase additional tickets for $5.00. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and gates open at 6:00 p.m.

Congratulations Raffle Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of our Family Day Raffle:

• $500 - Linda Schwartz
• $1000 - Barb Gavinski
• $2000 - Mark Jablonic
• Costa Rica Trip - Joe Mead

Congratulations, too, to Bernie Malewitz's Tigers in the Minor League for selling the most raffle tickets (125). The Tigers will be heading to a White Caps game in July for an on-field experience with the team during the National Anthem.

John Belanger, our raffle coordinator, is eager to hear any feedback, comments or questions you may have about the raffle. Your opinion matters. You can contact John at:

• john.belanger@att.net
• 520-3231

Southern Little League really depends on success of the raffle every year as an important part of our overall fund raising activities. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make this year's raffle such a success.

Schedule Correction for Softball Juniors

We accidentally omitted a game from the original schedule for Softball Juniors. The following game is now on the schedule and is shaded orange:

• June 15, 6:30pm: Caledonia vs Southern on JC East
  

All games after 7:30pm cancelled

13th Annual Family Day

Family Day is this Saturday, June 6th. Thirty ball games and lots of other activities will be going on all day long, so bring the whole family.

Volunteers:

• We still need lots of volunteers of all kinds at various times on Saturday.
• Please sign up at the concession stand or contact Amy at volunteer@southernll.org.

Enjoy our expanded menu:

• Mom's Marinated Steak-on-a-Stick.
• Pulled Pork Sandwiches
• Hamburgers, Jumbo Hot Dogs and Johnsonville Brats
• Meal Deals
• Famous sauteed onions & jalapenos and and all your favorite condiments
  
• Corn-on-the-Cob

Activities for the kids: free!

• Water Run - a bouncy runway that leads to a shallow pool at the end
• Bounce Land - a place for kids to bounce around
  

Raffle:

• Reminder: Please sell your raffle tickets and turn in the money and stubs before the deadline on Saturday at 6:00pm.
• The big raffle drawing will take place at 7:00pm.
  

All-Star Games:

• Plan on staying for the Minor and Major Baseball All-Star Games at 7:30pm.

Hope for good weather! We'll see everyone out at Southern this Saturday.

A Message for Coaches and Team Parents

Coaches and team parents only (not parents of individual players):
The photo packets have been delivered to the concession stand. To minimize the chaos at the concession stand, we are asking that only the coach or team parent pick up the packets for the entire team, then distribute them to the players and their parents. Please, unless you are the coach or the team parent, do not go to the concession stand to pick up your child's individual photos.

Congratulations Major League All-Stars!

The Major League All-Star Game takes place on Family Day, this Saturday, June 6, at 7:30pm on the East diamond. Here are the line-ups for the National and American teams, as chosen by their teammates:

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(If you see any spelling errors, please email the webmaster.)

Come on out Saturday and cheer on your all-stars!

Congratulations Minor League All-Stars!

The Minor League All-Star Game takes place on Family Day, this Saturday, June 6, at 7:30pm on the West diamond. Here are the line-ups for the National and American teams, as chosen by their teammates:

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(If you see any spelling errors, please email the webmaster.)

Come on out Saturday and cheer on your all-stars!

Schedule Change for Minors Tim Sullivan, Oosse, Berglund & Sayfie

We have made two changes to the schedule for the Minor League. The modified games are now shaded orange on the schedule:

• The Tim Sullivan vs Oosse game scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, at 5:00pm has been postponed. We will announce a make-up date at a later time.
• The Berglund vs Sayfie game originally rained out on April 27, then rescheduled for Sunday, June 14, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 3, at 5:00pm on the West diamond.
  

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. 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.