Saturday, April 30, 2011

Coaches: More Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Caoches: Reservations for Lakeside, Breton Downs, and Southern's batting cages are now open through May 14.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Softball Juniors Schedule Now Available

We have posted the schedules for softball junior leagues. Look for the "Schedules" link on the right sidebar.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Juniors Game Canceled

Due to poor field conditions on the Henwood Field, tonight's Juniors game between Hoppman and Vandenberg has been canceled. All other games on other fields are still ON.

Announcing the 2011 Raffle

Grand Prize: $2,000 cash
Second Prize: $1,000 cash
Third Prize: Apple iPad2
  • Tickets cost $20 each. They have been distributed to all coaches and/or team parents. It's important that we sell all these tickets to make the raffle a success.
  • The drawing takes place on Family Day, Sat-4-Jun, prior to the All-Star Game. (You need not be present to win.)
  • The individual player who sells the most tickets will also win an Apple iPad2. To track this, the player's name must be legibly written on the back of each ticket they sell and turned in by noon on Family Dat, Sat-4-Jun.
  • If you have any questions or need extra tickets, please contact Brendan O'Driscoll at 460-8624 or brendano@treadstonemortgage.com.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Wednesday Games are Canceled

Due to inclement weather and poor field conditions all games for tonight are canceled.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Games are Canceled

All games tonight are canceled.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Coaches: More Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Caoches: Reservations for Lakeside, Breton Downs, and Southern's batting cages are now open through May 7.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Help Ready the Fields Early Saturday!

The rain is expected to end during the night, so the grounds crew will have its hands full in the morning trying to get those fields ready for a full slate of games at Southern on Saturday. If any of you can come out early and help get those fields ready, it would be much appreciated. The first game begins at 8:30am, so it's all hands on deck at 7:30am!

Tonight's Games are ON

If the weather worsens and we need to cancel later on, we will announce that right here. In the meantime, report to the field for tonight's games.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Additional Umpire Training Scheduled

First-Year Umpires:
All first-year umpires are required to attend a full training session before working their first game. Please attend one of the following beginning umpire training clinics at Southern:
  • Thursday, April 21, 4:00-5:30pm, Henwood (Juniors) field
  • Saturday, April 23, 6:30-8:30pm, JC fields
Umpires wishing to move up from Minors to Majors:
You must attend the following intermediate training clinic at Southern:
  • Thursday, April 21, 7-8:30pm, East (Majors) field
In of the event of inclement weather, we will make every effort to post it on the website.

Additional training sessions will be conducted if necessary. Questions? Contact our umpire coordinator.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Coaches: More Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Coaches, we have opened up another week of reservation slots for Lakeside, Breton Downs and Southern's batting cages. Please continue to respect the one slot per week rule.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Umpire Training Postponed

Because of the weather, today's umpire training has been postponed until a later date.

Cleanup Day is Canceled

Cleanup Day is canceled due to bad weather.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Schedules Available for Baseball 78ers, Minors, Majors & Juniors

Look for the Schedules link on the right sidebar. Please bear in mind that we may fix some errors and make some other changes before the season starts. We promise to announce all schedule changes that take place after April 20 via our email subscriber list.

Coaches: Juniors Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Coaches only: You can now go to the coaches page on the right sidebar and reserve the juniors practice field at Southern. As always, please read the instructions carefully. The password is the same as last year. It starts with an F and was announced at the drafts. If you don't know it, email webmaster@southernll.org.

Coaches: Equipment Handouts

Equipment handouts for the following leagues will take place Friday, April 15, at 7:15pm at Southern's equipment shed:
  • Minors softball
  • Majors softball
  • Juniors softball
Another announcement will follow for other leagues' handout times.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Softball Majors and Minors Schedules Now Available

We have posted the schedules for softball minor and major leagues. Look for the "Schedules" link on the right sidebar. The softball juniors schedule is coming soon. We'll post it as soon as we receive it.

Coaches: Southern East & West Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Coaches only: You can now go to the coaches page on the right sidebar and reserve the east and west practice fields at Southern. As always, please read the instructions carefully. The password is the same as last year. It starts with an F and was announced at the drafts. If you don't know it, email webmaster@southernll.org.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Umpire Training

First-Year Umpires:
All first-year umpires are required to attend a full training session before working their first game. Please attend one of the following beginning umpire training clinics at Southern on the East (Majors) field:
  • Thursday, April 14, 6:00-8:00pm
  • Saturday, April 16, 3:30-5:30pm
Umpires wishing to move up from Minors to Majors:
You must attend one of the following intermediate training session.
Intermediate training clinics at Southern on the East (Majors) field:
  • Thursday, April 14, 4:00–5:30pm
  • Thursday, April 21, 7-8:30pm
In of the event of inclement weather, we will make every effort to post it on the website.

Additional training sessions will be conducted if necessary. Questions? Contact our umpire coordinator.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Saturday is Cleanup Day!

Please plan to come out to Southern Little League on Saturday, April 16th. We'll be working to clean up our facilities and prep the fields to get Southern ready to kick off the season. We need volunteers of all ages! The day will begin at 9:00am, and we expect to be done by noon. All help is greatly appreciated. Bring an extra rake if you have one. Also, please note that if we need to cancel due to the weather, we will post it on the website. So come out and pitch in!

(Our apologies to those of you who had heard conflicting announcements about the date of cleanup day.)

2011 Juniors Softball Rosters

These are the team rosters for the Juniors Softball League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

2011 Majors Softball Rosters

These are the team rosters for the Majors Softball League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

2011 Minors Softball Rosters

These are the team rosters for the Minors Softball League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

Coaches: Practice Field Reservations Now Available

Coaches only: You can now go to the coaches page on the right sidebar and reserve practice fields at Breton Downs and Lakeside elementary schools . We also have reservations available for the two batting cages at Southern. As always, please read the instructions carefully. The password is the same as last year. It starts with an F and was announced at the drafts. If you don't know it, email webmaster@southernll.org.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Calling All Umpires!

All Umpires:
Don’t forget to sign up to receive emails as an “insider.” Future umpire announcements will not be broadcast to everyone, just to that "insiders" email list. Click here to sign up for that.

Returning Umpires:
All umpires who plan to umpire this year must send an email to: umpires@southernll.org stating you wish to umpire this season. Please include:
  • your name
  • your cell or home phone number
  • number of years as an umpire
  • highest level umpired at Southern
  • your current grade in school
  • your current baseball level (school and little league)

Questions? Contact our umpire coordinator.

Majors Baseball Coaches: Equipment Handouts

Equipment handouts for Majors baseball will take place Tuesday, April 11, at Southern's equipment shed at 6:45pm.

Coaches: Equipment Handouts

Equipment handouts for the following leagues will take place Monday, April 11, at Southern's equipment shed:
  • 78ers baseball: 6:30pm
  • Minors baseball: 7:00pm
Another announcement will follow for other leagues' handout times.