Note of Thanks from a Visiting 9-10 State Tournament Team

Southern President Joe Mead received this email from the coaches of one of the visiting teams in the 9-10 state tournament:

Joe, I would like to thank you, your staff, the Southern LL, and all your Volunteers, for hosting a fabulous, classy State Tournament. You folks made us all feel welcomed and made the experience for our kids and parents something they will not soon forget. On behalf of the Grosse Pointe Woods Shores LL I salute the Southern LL for doing such a tremendous job in hosting not 1 but 2 State tournaments at the same time. Kudos to you and your community for a job well done you deserve a long break.
Respectfully
Bill Babcock
Manager of the GPWS LL 9 10 District 6

This speaks volumes for the great contributions from so many folks in the Southern community. Thanks everyone for helping to host two successful tournaments simultaneously!

Note of Thanks from a Visiting Seniors State Tournament Team

Southern received these kind words of thanks from one of the visit teams in the seniors state tournament:

We were just there for the Senior Baseball tournament, we came in second. I am the president of Taylor North Central, as well as one of the coaches. I wanted to say thank you for running an awesome tournament and welcoming our group the way you did. From the concession crew, to the umpires,to the best announcer we have heard in years, the tournament was top notch. The umpiring was second to none, very fair and professional. Just thought you would like to know, thank you and we hope to see you next year. -Doug Cloutier

Congrats and thanks to all our Southern volunteers for helping put together a "top notch" tournament!

Come Watch the 9/10 State Championship Game on Wednesday Night

Wednesday night at 6pm at Southern's east field, District 9 champion and Southern rival Western Little League takes on District 14 Essexville-Hampton Little League in the 9/10 state championship game. Both teams are undefeated in pool and bracket play, so expect a great matchup. It's a great way to show your support for Southern and to help us celebrate a successful 9/10 state tournament.

Welcome District Champions

Southern Little League welcomes you to the 2014 Seniors and 9-10 State Tournaments. Please click on one of links below to go to the website for your tournament:

• Seniors Tournament Website
• 9-10 Tournament Website

Congrats District 9 Regional Big League Champs!

The District 9 Big League team won the Central Region this week. They now advance to the World Series in Easley, SC. Good luck!

Junior and Senior League Players Needed for Scorekeeping and Announcing

Southern needs you to volunteer to keep score, pitch count and announce. This is a volunteer opportunity that is a great way to use service hours and also give back to Southern Little League. We will have an in person signup SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:00 AM at the office building behind Henwood field.

 

Players please volunteer and experience a great tournament next week!!

District 9 Big League Team Advances

The District 9 Big League team won 5-1 over Illinois Wednesday and plays Michigan District 16 on Thursday night at 8:00pm at Pinery Park. Come cheer on your Southern players and cheer on D-9 at Pinery Park on Thursday night!

Parking Shuttle, Raffle Sales, and Grilling VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

In addition to volunteers at the concession stand, we also desperately need folks to sign up for a few other jobs during the state tournaments:

Parking Shuttle: We need folks to drive fans between the far parking lots and the fields.
Raffle Sales: We need volunteers to sell 50/50 raffle tickets.
Grillmasters: We need people to staff the grill.

Sign up for all these jobs here.

Thank You!

Seniors State Tournament VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The 2014 Senior League Baseball State Tournament will be hosted at Southern starting July 24. The tournament features eight district champs from around the state and players age 15 and 16 years old. Southern will host games at 10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm and 7:30pm on Thu-24-July, Fri-25-July, and Sat-26-July and at 10:00am and 1:00pm on Sun-27-July. Southern’s Seniors won the state tournament last year and are just starting district play so we are hoping they can pull it out and compete again this year.

Volunteers are needed very badly. You have seen a few blasts about volunteering for the 9/10 tournament. We have a single sign-up sheet because both tournaments are running at the same time. If you can volunteer on Thursday, July 24, in particular, please sign up for that ASAP. We need grillers and concession stand workers. We also need volunteers to sell 50/50 tickets and 21 or older adults to drive the club cart to the back of the parking lot and assist people to our fields. We'll send out more information about signing for those jobs soon.

Sign up here.

This is going to be an exciting and very fun week at Southern. Please volunteer and bring out the whole family!

Thank You!

We REALLY need your help!

A group of Southern parents and staff have been working on the planning for the State Tournament for 9 and 10 year-olds July 24-30. Southern is the host for the state tournament this year. This is a wonderful opportunity for Southern Little League that only comes around once every 16 years. This has potential of being a HUGE money maker for our program if it is run well and staffed by many volunteers.

We will have 256 nine and ten year-olds and all of their families descend upon Southern for 6 days of games. We plan to have the grill going every day with daily specials. We will need help staffing the concessions stand, selling apparel and grilling. I know your child may not be playing in this tournament, but our organization is hosting and therefore we must fill all of the volunteer spots.

Come join us, bring your kids while you volunteer to watch some good baseball and support Southern Little League.

Please click on here to sign up for one or more volunteer spots...support our organization.

Please consider forwarding this on to other families who are part of the Southern family who may be willing to volunteer for an hour or two. (Children 16 and older can volunteer as well.)

Thank you!

Southern Needs Your Help!

Southern is hosting the state tournament for the 9-10-year-olds and for Seniors in July. We desperately need your help in staffing our concession stand! The sign up system is up and running. Please make your selection now. We need to fill ALL of the volunteer spots to make this a successful event. We are asking each volunteer to commit to a 90 minute time slot in the concession stand. Click here to sign up. Thank you!

Congratulations 2014 Seniors Baseball All-Stars

Jared Allen
Brennan Burke
Scott Boeve
Tanner Hoppman
Joe Ens
Mark Primus
Bryce Henkey
Mike Clifford
EJ Sullivan
Emmett Warners
Quinton O'Connor
Jonathan Winkle
Tristan Ogdahl
Will Berglund
Ben Burroughs
Sam Ward
Manager: Rob Henkey
Coach: Matthew Sullivan

Congratulations Juniors Baseball D Tournament Champs

Coach Jamie Billo's juniors baseball team won their class D district team tournament!

Congratulations Juniors Baseball C Tournament Champs

Coach Bernie Malewitz's juniors baseball team won their class C district team tournament!

Congratulations Juniors Baseball E Tournament Champs

Coach Murray's team won the district class E tournament!

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball Wed-2-Jul

Senior baseball for Wednesday July 2, Henkey vs. Vandenberge now at
5:30 at Southern. Kirchgessner vs. Grunewald now at 6:00 at Remington
Field. This change is being made so that Southern's Junior class C
championship game between Southern 1 and Southern 2 can be played at
Southern at 7:30.

2014 Fall Baseball Juniors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2014 Fall Baseball Majors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2014 Fall Baseball Minors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2014 Fall Baseball Coach-Pitch Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

Volunteers Needed for 9/10 Year Old State Tournament July 24-30

WE NEED YOU!!!!!! The sign up system is up and running. Please make your selection now. We need to fill ALL of the volunteer spots to make this a successful event. We are asking each volunteer to commit to a 90 minute time slot in the concession stand. Click here to sign up.

Congratulations to 2014 Baseball Juniors League Champions!

Congratulations to Team Law Weathers for taking the regular season championship in the Juniors Division at Southern.  Team Law Weathers was managed by Eric Lundeen, Jason Gardner and Roger Jacobsen.  They finished the regular season with a record of 13-2.  They also advanced to the championship game in Class A (top division) of the District 9 Team Tournaments, but fell short losing to Western LL.

From left to right; Front Row: Joey Diemer, Nolan Gardner, Michael Barnes, Maddox Lee, Shiloh Boosamra; Back Row: Eric Lundeen (Head Coach), Jack Tietema, Max Luke, Max Lundeen, Joe Huffman, Ethan Tipping, Peter Kratt and Jason Gardner(Asst. Coach);  not shown: Josh Jacobsen and Roger Jacobsen (Asst. Coach).