Softball Minors Schedule

• League Information: here
  
• Changes to the schedule are indicated by orange shading and are always announced via email.
• The Michigan District 9 website maintains maps to all the away fields: Lowell Creekside, Northeast Aberdeen (not Huff Park), Northview Airway.
  
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here: pdf html text.

Softball Majors Schedule

• League Information: here
• Changes to the schedule are indicated by orange shading and are always announced via email.
• The Michigan District 9 website maintains maps to all the away fields. We also have maps to the following fields: Lowell Creekside, Northeastern Aberdeen (not Huff Park), Northeastern FH Eastern, Northview Crossroads.
  
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here: pdf html text.

Softball Juniors Schedule

• League Information: here
  
• Changes to the schedule are indicated by orange shading and are always announced via email.
• The Michigan District 9 website maintains maps to all the away fields. We also have maps to the following fields: Caledonia Kraft Meadows, Lowell Cherry Creek, Lowell Creekside, Northeastern FH Eastern.
  
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here: pdf html text.

Playing Fields

Here is a map of our playing fields. Click the blue markers to see the name of each field.

View Southern Fields in a larger map

2009 Tryout Schedule

PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE NOTE

First off, keep in mind that the term "tryout" here is a bit of a misnomer. It's actually more of an evaluation to help determine the appropriate league for each child. No one is omitted from participation based on this evaluation. We use the term "tryout" regardless, so bear with us.

To determine your child's official Little League Age, use their online age calculator here. Please use ONLY this official Little League age when considering which tryout session to attend.

All of the time slots listed below are for baseball. There will not be a softball tryout session this year.

Please notice that only kids in certain situations need to come to tryouts. Read the conditions below carefully. If you find that your child does not fit into any of these situations, then there's no need to come to tryouts. Get it? If you're still not sure, you can contact the director.

Here is the schedule for tryouts:

• Date: Saturday, March 28th
• Location: East Grand Rapids High School Gym. Because of the construction, please enter at the front door on Lake Drive.
• Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time slot.
• 9:00am-10:00am: all 9 yr olds (baseball)
  
• 10:30am-11:30am: all 10 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the majors last year and who wish to try out for majors this year. (For 10-yr-olds who were in minors last year and want to play in minors again this year, you do not need to attend the tryout.)
  
• 12:00pm-1:00pm: all 11 and 12 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the majors last year
• 1:30pm-2:30pm: all 13 and 14 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the juniors last year
• 2:30pm-3:00pm: umpire sign-up and meeting

If you have any questions or concerns, or if you know your child will not be able to attend, please contact the director.

Sign Up In Person for the 2009 Season

You can sign up in person for the 2009 season. The in-person sign-ups will take place at Breton Village Mall, not at Southern as in prior years. The sign-up table will be located near the fireplace inside the mall.

• Where: Breton Village Mall (near the fireplace)
  
• When:
• Wednesday, February 4th, 6-8pm
• Saturday, February 7th, 10am-noon
• Wednesday, February 11th, 6-8pm
• Saturday, February 14th, 10am-1pm
• Wednesday, March 4th, 6-8pm
  
• A parent or legal guardian must be present at sign-up.
• The child need not be present.
• Please bring a birth certificate to the sign-up. (We just need to see it; we don't keep it.)
• Cost is $110, payable by check or cash only.
  
• You can fill out the form on-site, or save time and print your own form to fill out before you come. Click here to download the form. Notice that you can type your info directly into the form before you print it. Please do not mail forms to us.
• If you plan to coach or volunteer in any way, you will need to fill out a volunteer form. Click here to download the volunteer form.

Sign Up Online for the 2009 Season

• DEADLINE IS MARCH 15! Online sign-up will close after the deadline.
• The cost is $110. After the deadline, the cost increases to $125.
  
• You can sign up and pay online by clicking here.
• Please note: The online sign-up is hosted by a third party (active.com). There have been reports of high volume on their site. Please keep trying. There is nothing the Southern webmaster can do about this.
  
• There is no additional fee for online sign-up. The cost is the same as in-person sign-up.
  
• New players who sign up online will need to bring their birth certificate to their tryout. We just need to see it. We won't keep it.
  

Schedule Change for Majors/Minors Oct 12

The rained out games from September 14 will be moved to October 12 and will replace those games. Please review the changes to the schedule for October 12 as marked in orange.

Fall Juniors Schedule is Now Available

The Fall Junior League schedule is now available here. Any changes to the schedule from this point forward will be announced via the website to all email subscribers.

We're also keeping track of standings this Fall, so coaches, please remember to phone in your scores. You can read the instructions here.

All Games Canceled for Sun-14-Sep

Due to the bad weather and poor field conditions, all Sunday's games are canceled.

You can read our standard weather policy here.

Correction to Fall Majors/Minors Schedule

The Fall Majors/Minors schedule posted yesterday contained an error that we have now corrected and shaded orange on the schedule.

• On September 21, the 1:00pm Henkey vs Horjus game and the 3:00pm McCulloch vs Rohen game on the west field have been switched.

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.

Fall Juniors Schedule Coming Soon

The schedule for the Junior League this Fall is still being finalized. We have two teams in Juniors this Fall. The first game is Sunday, September 7, at 1:00pm. We will also be scheduling games with some teams from another league. Look for the schedule to be published early next week. If you're signed up to receive updates by email, you'll be automatically notified.

Fall Majors/Minors Schedule is Now Available

The combined Major/Minor League begins play on Sunday, September 7. You can see the entire schedule here. Any changes to the schedule from this point forward will be announced via the website to all email subscribers.

We're also keeping track of standings this Fall, so coaches, please remember to phone in your scores. You can read the instructions here.

Fall Juniors

This is the page for the Fall Juniors League.

• League Director:
  Bob Hams (633-5495)
  
• Schedule
  
• Standings (not tracked)
  

Not sure which league is appropriate for your child? Click here.

Fall Juniors Standings

• These standings are up to date to include all the scores that have been phoned in and appear on the schedule page. If you see a discrepancy in the standings, first check the schedule page to see if scores are missing. If scores are missing on the schedule page, contact your coach, NOT the webmaster.
• If you find this view of the standings inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here: pdf html text

Fall Majors/Minors Standings

• These standings are up to date to include all the scores that have been phoned in and appear on the schedule page. If you see a discrepancy in the standings, first check the schedule page to see if scores are missing. If scores are missing on the schedule page, contact your coach, NOT the webmaster.
• If you find this view of the standings inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here: pdf html text

Fall Majors/Minors

This is the page for the Fall Majors/Minors League.

• League Directors:
  Ethan Rohen (318-4647)
  Joe Mead (322-7299)
  Bob Hams (633-5495)
  
• Schedule
  
• Standings (not tracked)
  

Not sure which league is appropriate for your child? Click here.

More Fall Ball Sign-up Opportunities

The online sign-up link for Fall Ball is back up and working. Click here to sign up online. The deadline to sign up is August 28th. The cost for online sign-up is $65.00.

We will host another in-person sign-up session on Monday, August 25, from 7:00-8:00pm at Southern. The cost for in-person sign-up is $60.00. This will be the last in-person sign-up session.

Click here for more details in the original post.

Update on Fall Ball

You still have time to signup for Fall Baseball at Southern. This is a fun season consisting of 8 games played on Sundays. The time slots will be 1:00 and 3:00 and we will only use the 5:00 time slot if we absolutely need to. See the information and link on the website for more details and on-line signups.

NOTE: We have changed the start date to Sunday September 7th because many are still on vacation on August 25th and it is also the Finals of the Little League World Series that day. We will still play 8 games in 7 weeks, as every team will play 1 Double Header Sunday.

We will extend the on-line sign-ups until Wednesday August 28th. Make sure to sign up soon as slots are filling quickly in the younger ages. AGES 12 THRU 15 NEEDED. We still need players in that age group so call your friends and have them play some ball this fall.

Southern Little League Fall Baseball Information and Signups

Southern will again have a fall baseball league. These games are played on Sundays starting on August 25 and resuming on September 7. (No games on Labor Day Weekend.) Each team will play one game on Sunday with game times of 1:00, 3:00 or 5:00. The season will be 8 weeks of actual playing. The age breakdowns are as follows.
Players that were 8 to 11 this year will play on the small fields and teams will be divided by age and ability. Players that were 12, 13 or 14 this season will play on the Big Field and also will be split up by age and ability.

Online sign-ups is available here . The cost is $65.00. We will have an in-person sign-up on Wednesday night, August 13, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm at Southern. The in-person cost is $60.00.

NOTE: WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE AND ALL SIGN-UPS MUST BE IN BY AUGUST 18 SO WE CAN ORDER SHIRTS.

Included in the sign-up fee is a team t-shirt that each player will get to keep. If you have questions please call Bob Hams at 633-5495 or email him at bhams@roofmelt.com

The concession stand will be open for these games as well.

Sign up soon and we look forward to seeing you soon.