League All-Star Coaching and Player Selection Bylaws

Family Day All-Stars – Minor and Major Divisions – Each team’s players will vote for either two or three players from their team to represent at the Family Day All-Star games. As long as team numbers stay at 12 or below each team will select 3 players. The players selected will automatically be nominated for the National tournament(All-Star) at the end of the season. These players are not automatically a participant on the National Tournament team however they are nominated to be voted on by the managers at a later date.

Family Day All-Star Coaches – The first and second place managers will be the head coach of the respective teams. We encourage all head coaches to join the team on the field and participate.

Teams will be divided 1^st, 4^th, 6^th, 8^th, and 10^th on one side and 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th on the other side. In the case of 12 teams the 11^th place team will go to one side and the 12^th place team will go to the other side.

All players will play equal time or as close to it as possible. No player may pitch more than one inning. No extra innings will occur if the game is tied at completion. This is a showcase game and a tie would be great.

National Tournament Team selection – Commonly called Traveling All-Stars

Southern Little League is divided in to two geographical areas described in the boundary section on the website and managed by Little League Baseball Inc. These boundaries are strict. Each team will carry 13 players on their roster with the exception of Senior League which will carry up to 16 players.

Divisions – Minors - 9 and 10-year-old – Southern East and Southern West – In some cases 8 year olds.

                    11 year old – Southern East and Southern West – In some cases 10 year olds.

                        Majors – 11 and 12 year olds – Southern East and Southern West.

                        Juniors – 13 and 14 Year olds – Southern East/West combined.

                        Seniors – 15 and 16 year olds – Southern East/West combined

For Minors and Majors the Family Day All Stars are automatically nominated to the ballot and will be properly divided by East and West. The managers of each team will be asked if they want to nominate any additional players. The Junior League/Senior League coaches will nominate players from their team to the ballot. Once all nominations are in and ballots are sorted by East and West a meeting will be held. Each manager (coach if manager cannot attend) will have a couple of minutes to talk about his/her players and describe the players strengths etc. After that process each manager will vote for 13 players. When the ballots are tallied the top 13 vote getters will be elected to the National Tournament Team. If after the initial vote there are ties so that we cannot get to 13 the All-Star manager will sit with the directors to break the tie and finalize the roster. If the director has a son/daughter in consideration he/she will recuse themselves and another director will sit in.

Note: 10 year olds in the Major division will automatically be placed on the Minor ballot.

11 year old division – At the conclusion of the Major division selection the 11 year olds who were not elected to the Major All Star team will automatically be placed on the 11 year old ballot. The managers will be asked to nominate additional 11 year olds. The managers will then follow the same voting process to select the two 11 year old teams. NOTE: There are times with the 11 year old teams where we have to make calls to secure enough players for two teams. We will be flexible if that is the case and work with the team manager and coaches to finalize the teams. We are not allowed to combine East and West in any division Majors and below. We have already applied for and been turned down for a waiver.

In Senior League because there is no mandatory play in the National Tournament they will select 16 players. The final 3 to 4 players will be selected by the manager and directors and will most likely be pitchers and catchers. The committee will be responsible for selecting this team.

Notes: In the case of a player not being able to play for any reason the manager along with the directors will replace that player with any player in the respective division. We do ask each regular season manager to try to get a commitment from those nominated. Each All-Star player will be asked to pay an additional fee. The fee for 2018 will be $60. This fee helps to cover uniforms, umpires, balls, and tournament fees.

Selection of team Managers and coaches – The first place Manager will be given the first chance to be the manager of the All Star team. If there is a tie the directors will vote to break that tie. We will then go down the list in order of finish until all managers are selected. Coaches for the All Star teams will then be selected. The manager will have his/her choice of selecting one of his/hers regular season coaches and another manager from another team. If we have gone thru the list of managers and are still short any managers we will then go thru the list of assistant coaches in the same order as noted above.

Senior League Baseball – Due to the short season and players still playing High School Ball the manager and coaches of the Tournament team will be selected by the committee. In Senior League the committee along with the tournament manager will finalize the selection of the players.

2018 Standings

If you know of any errors, please email the webmaster. Links without highlighting are not available yet. Stay tuned.

• Baseball Minors
• Baseball Majors
• Baseball Juniors
• Baseball Seniors

No standings are kept for the following leagues:

• Baseball 78ers
• Baseball Big League

• Softball 78ers
• Softball Minors
• Softball Majors
• Softball Juniors
• Softball Seniors

2018 Schedules

These are the schedules for the current season. If you know of any schedule changes or errors, please email the webmaster. Schedules without highlighting are not available yet. Stay tuned.

Summer 2018

• Baseball 78ers
• Baseball Minors
• Baseball Majors
• Baseball Juniors
• Baseball Seniors

• Softball Coach Pitch
• Softball Minors
• Softball Majors
• Softball Juniors

Fall 2017

• Baseball Coach-Pitch
• Baseball Minors
• Baseball Majors
• Baseball Juniors
• Baseball Seniors
• Softball 10U

2018 Rosters

Parents, please verify that your child appears in the roster for the appropriate league.

Every year we have a few random clerical errors, so if you don't see your child in the appropriate league, please look through the other leagues before contacting the webmaster. If you don't see your child on any of these rosters, or if there's a typo in your child's name, don't worry. It's usually a simple thing to sort out. Contact the webmaster, and we'll get you squared away.

Also keep in mind that these rosters are continuously updated. You won't receive an email each time we update the rosters, but these links will always take you to the very latest updates.

Summer 2018

• Softball 78ers (coach pitch)
• Softball Minors
• Softball Majors
• Softball Juniors
• Softball Seniors (coming soon)

• Baseball 78ers
• Baseball Minors
• Baseball Majors
• Baseball Juniors
• Baseball Seniors

Fall 2017

We assign players to teams based on age for Fall Ball. Fall Ball is a league for the players to get extra games in so they get more experience for next season. It is much less competitive than the regular season. Even though it is called Minors, Majors, Juniors, etc. we divide the players up by age. Over the past few years we have found this system works much better with the limited amount of teams in Fall Ball.

• Baseball Coach-Pitch
• Baseball Minors
• Baseball Majors
• Baseball Juniors
• Baseball Seniors
• Softball

Sign Up for the 2018 Season

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about Southern Little League baseball and softball.

Here's what you need to know. Please take the time to read this information thoroughly. Please note that the deadline for signing up is earlier this year.

• Age Eligibility: Please use Little League's age calculator to determine your child's official league age. It's important that you do this and that you get your child's league age correct. Please don't just assume you know this. Please take the time to use the age calculator.
• Here are the divisions we offer: age eligibility and divisions
• Please note: We can only allow 6-year-olds to play coach-pitch baseball or softball if they have already played T-ball elsewhere. (Note: We do not offer T-ball at Southern.)
• Cost: $150 ($100 for softball) per player before the deadline. $175 after the deadline based on availability. (No player will be denied based on inability to pay. Please come to one of the in-person sign-up sessions for details on financial assistance.)
• How to sign up: Please sign up online (click here). If you are unable to sign up online, you may sign up at one of our in-person sign-up sessions at Blimpie next to Breton Village Mall (click here). The cost is the same either way. You cannot sign up by mail.
• Geographical boundary eligibility: See our official league boundaries here. Your child must reside or attend school within these boundaries or have played in Southern last year to be eligible.
• Tryouts: After signing up, players in certain situations MUST attend their player evaluation (aka "tryout") session. Click here for details.
• Umpiring: Anyone 13 years old or older who is reliable and passionate about baseball can earn some extra cash umpiring at Southern. Sign-ups for umpiring will be held after tryouts at 2:30 on Saturday, March 24, in the East Grand Rapids High School gym. Training will take place at a later date.
• Volunteering: Southern depends on volunteers for a wide variety of roles. You'll have a chance to fill out volunteer information when you sign-up. Learn more here.
• Important dates:
• In-person sign-up sessions: Saturdays, Feb 10 & Feb 17, 11a-1p
• Sign-up deadline: Saturday, March 3
• Player evaluation/tryout day: Saturday, March 24
• Practices begin: Monday, April 9 or later (depends on coach)
• Clean-up day: Saturday, April 14, 9am to noon
• Coach and Team Parent meeting: Wednesday, April 11, 8pm
• Games begin: Friday, April 20
• Family day: Saturday, June 9 (volunteers needed)
• Our website: We make all our weather and schedule announcements and we keep all our schedules, results, standings and other information here on our website. Make sure to stay on top of all the latest news by signing up for automatic email updates here. It really is the simplest way to make sure you don't miss an important announcement. You can also follow all our announcements by liking us on Facebook here.
• Questions? Call Mark Norton at 954-0504. Make your message only your name and clearly state your phone number twice.

Save the Date!

Saturday, February 24 is the date of Southern's Lead-off Party.

Purchase Tickets Now              1 Person $35.00 USD             1 Couple $60.00 USD             2 Couples $120.00 USD

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Make a Donation Now

Sign Up Online for the 2018 Season

• DEADLINE IS MARCH 3! (Deadline for Seniors is not until May.) Online sign-up will close after the deadline.
• The cost is $150. ($100 for softball.) After the deadline, the cost increases to $175. ($125 for softball.)
• You can read all the details here.
• 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.
• We have heard from several folks that they are having difficulty receiving confirmation emails from the sign-up provider. Please check your spam folder for these confirmations. We apologize for any inconvenience.
• There is no additional fee for online sign-up. The cost is the same as in-person sign-up.
• We no longer need to see birth certificates.

2018 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 the 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 only. 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 24th
• Location: East Grand Rapids High School Gym.
• Please plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to your scheduled time slot.
• These times are subject to change. We will announce all changes on the website and email all subscribers. Sign up for email notification here.
• 9:00am-10:00am: all 9 yr olds (baseball). If you have a league-age 8 year old who wants to move up to Minors, they must attend tryouts with the 9 year olds. No exceptions. No 8 year olds will be placed in the Minors if they do not attend this tryout. There is no guarantee any 8 year old will be placed in the Minors until all of the 9 thru 11 year olds are placed. There is a limit of one 8 year old per Minors team.
• 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. Also, any 10 yr olds (baseball) who are new to Southern this year must attend at this time. (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
• 1:00pm-2:00pm: all 13 and 14 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the Juniors last year
• 2:00pm-2:30pm: umpire sign-up and meeting. Details here.

It is mandatory that all players that will be entering a division or the draft be evaluated. We have three options for you.

• You must be at your assigned time on Saturday, March 24, to be evaluated.
• If you have a conflict at that time, you must contact the league director and make arrangements to be at the evaluations at a different time on Saturday March 24.
• In case of emergency or other unforeseen conflict, a parent or guardian of the player must call the league director and give a detailed evaluation over the phone to the director.

If none of these three options is completed, then the following will apply:

• If the player is 11 or under and trying out for Majors, the player will be placed in Minors automatically.
• If the player is 12 in Majors or any age in Juniors, the player will not be drafted but will be randomly placed on a team after the draft is completed.

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 2018 Season

You can sign up in person for the 2018 season. This is for folks who do not want to use a credit card to register online. If you'd rather pay by cash or check, come to the in-person sign-up sessions where we'll be able to accept your payment and provide you with access to a laptop so you can fill out the rest of the registration information online. There are no paper sign-ups this year.

The in-person sign-ups will take place at Blimpie next to Breton Village Mall.

• Where: Blimpie next to Breton Village Mall
• When:
• Saturday, Feb 10, 11:00am - 1:00pm
• Saturday, Feb 17, 11:00am - 1:00pm
• Signup is ONLY available at those times.
• A parent or legal guardian must be present at sign-up.
• The child need not be present.
• We do not need to see birth certificates.
• Cost is $150, payable by check, cash, or credit card. ($100 for softball.)
• You cannot sign up by mail.

All Games Canceled Today

All games are canceled for Sunday, October 15. This will conclude the Fall Ball season so we can winterize the complex. Thanks for making it a great Fall season. See you in the Spring!

2018 Bat Regulations

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Sunday Games Postponed

All games slated for this coming Sunday, September 24, have been postponed until Sunday, October 15, due to the heat.

Schedule Change in Fall Coach Pitch Sept 17

On Sunday, September 17, both coach-pitch games have been rescheduled to 4:00pm. Marshall vs Sage will be on the JC East field at 4:00pm. Ekkens vs Spoelma will be on the JC West field at 4:00pm.

Fall Ball Schedules Now Available

You can view the schedules for Fall Ball here. You can always find the schedules on the right sidebar of the SouthernLL.org website.

Fall Ball Team Rosters Now Available

You can view the team rosters for Fall Ball here. You can always find the rosters on the right sidebar of the SouthernLL.org website.

Fall Ball Update

Teams will be divided Tuesday or Wednesday and you will be contacted by the coach shortly after that.

Teams will be divided by age as follows:
6 and 7 year olds
8 and 9 year olds
10 and 11 year olds
12 and up will go to the big field (Henwood Field).

These are based on the players age from spring season. Example: If a player was league age 7 during the season he/she is 7 now even though he/she may have already turned 8.

6 and 7 will play coach pitch. 8 and 9 will play kid pitch as that is where they will have to play in the spring.

GAMES WILL START THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 27 SO PLEASE BE PREPARED TO PLAY. TIMES WILL BE  1, 3 AND 5. Schedules will be out by Thursday.

Lastly we have more teams than in the past. If you are contacted to coach a team please volunteer as we are in need of coaches to finish organizing teams. We will be emailing today or this evening.

Thank You

Southern Little League

Fall Softball 10U Schedule is Available

The schedule for the Fall Softball 10U season is now available here. You can always reach this schedule by clicking on the Schedules link on the right sidebar of southernLL.org.

Fall Ball Deadline Extended to Thursday Night

Please sign up for fall ball as soon as possible. The deadline has been extended to Thursday night, August 17, at 11:59pm.

Click HERE to sign up.

National Youth Bat Regulation Update

The new bat regulations and the actual bats will be coming out at the end of September. We will send another announcement when they come out.

For Fall Baseball please use last season’s regulations. We suggest NOT purchasing a new bat right now as none of next year’s approved bats are on store shelves yet.

Fall Ball Deadline is Sunday Night!

Please sign up for fall ball as soon as possible. The deadline is Sunday night, August 13.

Click HERE to sign up.

Register Now for Fall Ball

It's time to think about Fall Ball again!

• Fall baseball will be for ages 6-14.
• This is a fun and instructional season. There are no practices, and we don't keep standings.
• The 6-8 age group will play coach pitch. The 9-10 age group and the 11-12 age group will play on the East and West small fields. Ages 13-14 will play on the Henwood big field.
• Please note that if you played as an 8-year old in coach pitch this past Summer, you now move up and play in the 9-10 age group for the Fall. If you played as a 10-year-old in the minors this past Summer, you will move up and play as an 11-year-old for the Fall. If you played as a 12-year-old in the majors this Summer, you will play as a 13-year old on the Henwood big field for the Fall. If you played as a 14-year old in the Juniors this past Summer, you continue to play as a 14-year old on the big field for the Fall.
• The season will start on Sunday, August 27. We skip Sunday, September 3, for Labor Day weekend. The final games on Sunday, October 8. That's a total of six Sundays of play.
• All games will be played on Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm and 3:00pm, with some games at 5:00pm only if required by the number of teams.
• The cost will remain $60 this year and includes a jersey you can keep. This fee helps us cover the costs of umpires, baseballs, etc.
• Please note: You must live within or go to school within Southern's official boundaries to be eligible to participate in Fall ball. The only exception is if you used to live within the boundaries while playing baseball at Southern, you continue to qualify. If this is too confusing or if you're hoping for an exception, please contact Bob or Ethan.
• You can sign up online here. To help us organize teams, recruit coaches and order shirts, we ask that you please sign up online as soon as possible.
• The deadline for signing up is Sun-13-Aug.
• Bob Hams, league director (bhams@roofmelt.com) or Ethan Rohen, league director (erohen@rivercitymech.com)
• We need coaches! Please contact Ethan if you are interested in coaching. (No full teams will be allowed this year so we can achieve an even competitive balance.)

Southern Seniors' Run Concludes

Southern's Seniors finished their 2017 regional tournament run with a hard fought 3-1 loss to Ohio. Congratulations to our Southern Seniors Baseball All-Stars!

Here's the recap courtesy of Game Changer:

Southern Seniors Advance in Regionals

Here's a recap of tonight's win, courtesy of GameChanger. Tomorrow's game is at 7pm Eastern Time.

Follow Tonight's Seniors Regional Game Live

Use this link to follow Sothern's seniors all-stars in their regional matchup tonight at 8pm Eastern Time. 

https://gc.com/t/summer-2017/southern-ll-district-9-all-stars-seniors-595193fac7f55bc6a8000001/schedule/games

Southern's Seniors Conclude Pool Play With Loss

In regional pool play Sunday, Southern was defeated 2-0 by Ohio in a pitching duel. Nick Lambert, Joe Collins, and Micah Baerman pitched for Southern, allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits. Southern also had four hits by Jack Billo, Peter Kratt, Luke Passinault, and Luke Elzinga, but couldn't get a run across today.

Pool play is concluded with Southern having one win and one loss. Southern is now the #4 seed and plays District 20 Illinois host at 8pm Eastern Time Monday. If they win, they play Tuesday in the semis against the winner of the #1 seed Ohio vs the #8/#9 winner. The regional championship game will be Wednesday at 6pm Eastern.

Southern Seniors Advance in Regional Play

Southern's Seniors Baseball All-Stars defeated Kentucky tonight 10-1 in their first game of pool play. Myles Beale, Reilly O'Connor, Ryan Sullivan, and Keagan Batka combined to pitch a great game. All 16 players had an at bat with 13 hits and great defense. Southern plays Hamilton, Ohio, tomorrow at 3:00pm ET in the final pool game.

Seniors Regional Game Delayed

Today's game featuring Southern's Seniors Baseball All-Stars vs. Holmes, Kentucky, has been delayed and will now start at 6:15pm Eastern Time.

Interested in Fall Softball?

If you're interested in playing fall softball, please contact Wendi Moore at weemoore@comcast.net.

Register Now for Fall Ball

It's time to think about Fall Ball again!

• Fall baseball will be for ages 6-14.
• This is a fun and instructional season. There are no practices, and we don't keep standings.
• The 6-8 age group will play coach pitch. The 9-10 age group and the 11-12 age group will play on the East and West small fields. Ages 13-14 will play on the Henwood big field.
• Please note that if you played as an 8-year old in coach pitch this past Summer, you now move up and play in the 9-10 age group for the Fall. If you played as a 10-year-old in the minors this past Summer, you will move up and play as an 11-year-old for the Fall. If you played as a 12-year-old in the majors this Summer, you will play as a 13-year old on the Henwood big field for the Fall. If you played as a 14-year old in the Juniors this past Summer, you continue to play as a 14-year old on the big field for the Fall.
• The season will start on Sunday, August 27. We skip Sunday, September 3, for Labor Day weekend. The final games on Sunday, October 8. That's a total of six Sundays of play.
• All games will be played on Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm and 3:00pm, with some games at 5:00pm only if required by the number of teams.
• The cost will remain $60 this year and includes a jersey you can keep. This fee helps us cover the costs of umpires, baseballs, etc.
• Please note: You must live within or go to school within Southern's official boundaries to be eligible to participate in Fall ball. The only exception is if you used to live within the boundaries while playing baseball at Southern, you continue to qualify. If this is too confusing or if you're hoping for an exception, please contact Bob or Ethan.
• You can sign up online here. To help us organize teams, recruit coaches and order shirts, we ask that you please sign up online as soon as possible.
• The deadline for signing up is Sun-13-Aug.
• Bob Hams, league director (bhams@roofmelt.com) or Ethan Rohen, league director (erohen@rivercitymech.com)
• We need coaches! Please contact Ethan if you are interested in coaching. (No full teams will be allowed this year so we can achieve an even competitive balance.)

Thank You, Southern Volunteers!

Southern would like to thank all of the volunteers who came out over the weekend to make the Senior State Tournament a huge success. Without all those who graciously donated their time, Southern could not put on such a great tournament for the visiting teams, players, coaches, and parents.

THANK YOU!
Southern Little League

Southern's Seniors Capture State Championship!

Southern's senior baseball all-star team won the Michigan State Championship on Monday night with an exciting 13-3 win over a very good Taylor Northwest Little League team. Taylor defeated Southern 9-4 earlier in the day, forcing the final game last night. Luke Elzinga pitched a complete game in the final allowing three runs on only five hits in front of possibly the largest crowd ever to watch a game on Henwood field.

Also at Southern last night, Southern's east 9/10 all-star team defeated Holland and then moved over to the Henwood field to cheer on the Seniors. The atmosphere was electric as Taylor cut in to a 5-0 lead to make it 5-3 in the top of the 4th. Southern responded with a run in the bottom of the 4th to make it 6-3 and stall Taylor’s momentum. In the bottom of the 6th Southern finished it off with 6 runs for the 13-3 mercy rule win.

Congratulations to the team, coaches, parents and supporters. Good luck to the Senior Baseball team as they head to Peru, Illinois, for the Central States Senior League Baseball Tournament. That action starts Saturday with a two day seeding pool play. Southern plays Kentucky on Saturday at 2:30 and Ohio on Sunday at 2:00 central time. All teams are then seeded and advance to a 9 team single elimination bracket starting Sunday evening for the 8 and 9 seeds and Monday for the 1 thru 7 seeds. We will keep you posted here with the results. We will also let you know if you can follow online.

Congratulations 2017 Senior Baseball State Champions Southern Little League!!

9/10 All-Stars Advance, Play Again Tonight

Souther's 9/10 baseball all-stars play have advanced in the District 9 tournament. They take on Byron Township tonight at 5:30pm at Pinery Park. Come cheer on your Southern all-stars!

Follow State Championship Live!

For those of you unable to attend tonight's 5:30pm matchup between Southern and Taylor for the seniors state championship, you can flow the play-by-play action live at this link:

https://gc.com/g/seniorstatechampionships2017

Southern's Senior All-Stars Advance to State Championship!

• Sunday afternoon, Southern's seniors baseball all-stars defeated Commerce Little League by a score of 27 to 3. Southern moves on to face Taylor Little League in the state championship game Monday at 5:30pm at Southern. Don't miss this big game!
• Monday at 6:00pm on Southern's east field, Southern's 9/10 baseball all-stars take on Holland.

Seniors All-Stars Advance!

Southern's seniors baseball all-stars defeated St. Clair on Saturday evening by a score of 10 to 1. Southern now advances to the next round to face undefeated Commerce on Sunday at 4:00pm. The winner of that matchup will advance to Monday's finals. Come on out Sunday afternoon and cheer on your all-stars!

All-Star Update

• Friday night at Southern, Southern's seniors baseball all-stars defeated Onsted in their first round game by a score of 22-1. Southern plays again Saturday against St. Clair at 1:00pm at Southern.
• Southern's west juniors baseball all-stars take on Hamilton in the District 9 finals at Pinery Park Saturday at 10:00am.
• Congratulations to Southern's 9/10 baseball all-stars who advance to the finals round in the District 9 tournament.

Tonight's All-Star Action

• Tonight at 7:00pm at Southern, Southern's own seniors baseball all-stars take on Onsted in the first round of the state tournament. Southern is hosting the entire state tournament. You can follow the bracket by clicking the link on the right sidebar of our website.
• Southern's east juniors baseball all-stars take on Southern's west juniors all-stars tonight at 6:00pm at Pinery Park.
• Southern's east 9/10 baseball all-stars take on Grnadville at 6:00pm tonight also at Pinery Park.

Let's keep cheering on Souther's all-star teams!

Volunteers Needed for Seniors State Tournament

Southern is hosting the Michigan seniors baseball tournament this weekend (Fri-14-Jul thru Mon-17-Jul). We need some volunteers to help out staffing the tournament. Please visit our signup genius here to sign up for various tasks over the weekend. We appreciate all those who can help Southern run another top notch state tournament! 

You can see the tournament schedule and results here.

2017 Seniors Baseball Tournament Bracket

Congratulations Seniors District 9 Champions!

Southern's Seniors Baseball All-Stars captured the District 9 Championship today. Now it's on to the state tournament.

Manager: Jamie Billo
Coach: Jim Passinault
Coach: Pat Batka

Joe Collins
Luke Passinault
Nate Trudeau
Luke Elzinga
Ryan Sullivan
Nick Lambert
John Shelton
Kyle Tepper
Keegan Batka
Myles Beale
Micah Baerman
Peter Kratt
Jack Billo
Billy Bernecker
Reilly O’Connor
Matt Moore

Today's Action at Southern

• Seniors: 1:00pm at Southern, Georgetown vs. Southern for the District 9 Championship.
• 10/11: 1:00pm at Southern West: Southern East All-Stars vs. Hudsonville.
• Majors: 1:00pm at Southern East: Southern West All-Stars vs. Pinery Park.

It's a beautiful day, so come out and cheer on your Southern All-Stars!

Wind Damage at Southern!

Sadly, the storm last night took down our shade tree beside the concession stand. Thanks to all those who helped in the cleanup already, the fields will be ready for tonight's action. Stay tuned for a list of games at Southern tonight!

All-Star Action at Southern Tonight

10/11 Baseball:

• Southern West vs. Hamilton at Southern West – 5:30pm
• West Ottawa vs. Greenville at Southern West – 7:30pm

Major Baseball:

• Southern West vs. Byron Township at Southern East – 5:30pm
• Southern East vs. Northeastern at Southern East – 7:30pm

Junior Baseball:

• Southern East vs. Zeeland at Southern Henwood Field – 7:30pm
• Southern West vs. Northeastern at Forest Hills Eastern – 6:00pm

Senior Baseball (Winners Bracket Final):

• Southern vs. Georgetown at Southern Henwood – 5:30pm

Congratulations Team Dwortz Majors Class B Champs!

Southern's majors baseball team sponsored by Lambert-Edwards and coached by Rob Dwortz won the Class B District 9 team tournament last night. Way to go, guys!

Tonight at Southern: Seniors All-Stars at 6:00pm

Southern's Seniors Baseball All-Stars defeated Kelloggsville 16-0 last night at Southern in the first round of the all-star tournament. They play Pinery Park at Southern tonight at 6:00pm. Please come out and cheer on our seniors all-stars.

Congratulations Team Marshall Juniors Class F Champs!

Southern's juniors baseball team sponsored by Smitter Pest Control and coached by Tony Marshall won the Class F District 9 team tournament last night. You made all of us at Southern proud, boys!

Congratulations Team White Juniors Class G Champs!

Southern's juniors baseball team sponsored by Bleakley, Cypher, Parent, Warren, and Quinn, P.C. and coached by Mark White and Chris Burgess won the Class G District 9 team tournament last night. Great job, guys!

Congratulations Team Stadel Juniors Class D Champs!

Southern's juniors baseball team sponsored by Web Traffic Partners and coached by Nick Stadel won the Class D District 9 team tournament last night. Great job, boys!

Congratulations Team Kolk Juniors Class C Champs!

Southern's juniors baseball team sponsored by Caldwell Banker and coached by Tim Kolk and Perry Gooch won the Class C District 9 team tournament last night. Great job, boys!

Tonight at Southern: Seniors All-Stars vs Kelloggsville 5:30pm

Southern's Seniors Baseball All-Stars take on Kelloggsville tonight at Southern. The game starts at 5:30pm. Come out and cheer on your Southern All-Stars!

Congratulations, Coach Conway's Juniors Team!

Last night Coach Conway's juniors baseball team clinched the championship in the Class B Juniors Baseball District Team Tournament. Eddie Kuzner also coached the team on to victory. Their team sponsor is Hoekstra Transportation. Congratulations, boys, you made Southern proud!

Congratulations, 2017 Seniors Baseball Champions!

This year's champions of the seniors baseball division is Coach Billo's team, sponsored by Fox Motors.

Congratulations 2017 Seniors Baseball All-Stars!

Manager: Jamie Billo
Coach: Jim Passinault
Coach: Pat Batka

Joe Collins
Luke Passinault
Nate Trudeau
Luke Elzinga
Ben Joppich
Nick Lambert
John Shelton
Kyle Tepper
Keegan Batka
Myles Beale
Micah Baerman
Peter Kratt
Jack Billo
Billy Bernecker
Reilly O’Connor
Matt Moore

Congratulations 2017 11-Year-Old Baseball East All-Stars!

Manager: Steve Seth

George Bernecker
Ben Billo
Phillip Blackport
Luke Bertke
Frank Debartolo
Leland Whinery
Sam Tietema
Jackson Groen
Zeke Heerema
Logan McCahill
Parker Seth
Scott Millman
Rieden McIntosh

Congratulations 2017 11-Year-Old Baseball West All-Stars!

Manager: Greg Sova

Charlie Hoekstra
Levi Bodziak
Tommy Cavanaugh
Abram Eckley
Ethan Ogle
Andrew Sova
Nate Sova
Mark Vogel
Nick Southerington
Matt Stotts
Will Tewinkle
Isaiah Bos
Will Vanderboegh

Congratulations 2017 Juniors Baseball West All-Stars!

Manager: Chris Lee Coach: Jack Conway Coach: Tony Marshall Declan Lee Aidan Gardner Marcellus VanderKodde Aiden Stadel Jerry Crampton Thomas Edwards Ian Dana-Walshots Isaiah Hicks Jose Molero Peter Bos Luke Conway Dominic Vicari Mekhi James

Congratulations 2017 Juniors Baseball East All-Stars!

Manager: Tim Kolk
Coach: Perry Gooch
Coach: Kevin Burns

Grady Gooch
Alex Kolk
Nate Milanowski
Patrick Burns
Chris Baranoski
Kyle Kirk
Trevor Seth
Jake Passinault
Jake Myers
Jake Noordewier
Brady Plachecki
Luke Aardema
Sean Murphy

Congratulations, 2017 Minors Baseball Champions!

This year's champions of the minors baseball division is Coach Kuzner's team, sponsored by Betten Baker Chevrolet, with an undefeated 14-0 record!

Congratulations 2017 Majors Baseball East All-Stars!

Manager: Mark White
Coach: Joel Passinault
Coach: Peter Stuursma

Preston Bergstrom
Jack Bertke
Drew Caswell
Nick Collins
Ethan Deblecourt
Luke Gelderloos
JT Lamange
Aidan O’Connor
Liam O’Malley
Ben Passinault
Camden Seth
Mitchell Stuursma
Mitchell White

Congratulations 2017 Majors Baseball West All-Stars!

Manager: Rob Dwortz
Coach: Matt Vriesenga
Coach: Andy Vanderboegh

Robbie Dwortz
Zach Vriesenga
Kerry McCarthy
Daniel McIntyre
Peter Heintz
Ethan Rapoport
Christopher Tepper
Christian Burgess
Cole Knuble
Isaac Herford
Micah Daniels
Cole Miller
Landon Batch

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball: Batka/Passinault

Sat-17-Jun: The Batka vs Passinault game has been rescheduled to 11:30am. The Billo vs Sullivan game will remain at 2:00pm as originally scheduled.

Final Pairings for Majors Baseball Games This Week

The final games of the season in majors baseball are based on the standings. We have assigned those last games, and they are now available on the schedule page for majors baseball as follows:

• Monday: Bernecker vs Vanderboegh 5:30pm
• Monday: Dwortz vs Turner 7:30pm
• Tuesday: White vs Moore 5:30pm
• Tuesday: Sova vs Passinault  7:30pm
• Wednesday: Seth vs Gelderloos 5:30pm

All games on the east field.

Congratulations 2017 Minors Baseball East All-Stars!

Manager: Kip Doezema
Assistant: John VanGessel

Josh McCune
Daniel Klein
Sean Murray
Patrick O’Malley
Mark VanHekken
Ben DeYoung
Parker DeHoek
Luke VanGessel
Myles Gabridge
Gavin Buck
Cameron Maley
Tyler DeBoer
Will Doezema

Congratulations 2017 Minors Baseball West All-Stars!

Manager: Nick Stadel
Assistant: Jason Kehr

Carter Vriesenga
Quintin Thomas
Andrew Owings
Tommy Rosmarin
Carson Stadel
Tripp DeBoer
John Richards
Nigel Doyle
Zach Fouch
Theo Kirchgessner
Harris Kehr
Pierson Kortman
Max Gaiser

Game Added in Juniors Softball: Hurlburt/Huey

Thu-15-Jun: Hurlburt will play Huey at 6:00pm on the JC West field.

Congratulations, 2017 Majors Baseball Champions!

This year's champions of the majors baseball division is Scott Bernecker's team, sponsored by West Michigan Sports Commission.

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball: Batka/Billo/Sullivan/Passinault

Wed-14-Jun:

• Batka vs Billo has been rescheduled to 7:30pm.
• Sullivan vs Passinault has been rescheduled to 5:30pm.

Scheduled Change in Majors Softball

The Majors Softball game originally scheduled for Mon-5-Jun at 5:30pm has been postponed until Mon-12-Jun at 5:30pm on JC West field.

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball: Batka/Billo/Sullivan/Passinault

Wed-7-Jun:

• Batka vs Billo has been rescheduled to 7:45pm.
• Sullivan vs Passinault has been rescheduled to 5:30pm.

TODAY IS FAMILY DAY!

Saturday, June 3, is Family Day. Games start at 8:30am and continue all day. Lots of other activities will be going on all day long, so bring the whole family - Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, and uncles.

Join us for lunch or dinner, and enjoy our expanded menu:

• Marinated sirloin steak-on-a-stick
• Teriyaki chicken kabobs
• 1/3 pound jumbo hamburgers, jumbo hot dogs, and fresh brats
• Famous sauteed onions and all your favorite condiments
• Corn-on-the-cob

Activities for the kids:  free!

• Double water slide
• Bounce land

Raffle:

• Reminder: Please sell your raffle tickets and turn in the money and stubs before the deadline at 2:00pm on Saturday. Look for the raffle table near the concession stand.
• The big raffle drawing will take place at 7:00pm.

All-Star Games:

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

Volunteer:

• It's not too late to volunteer to help out: click here.
• We have a separate sign-up for grill volunteers here.

Weather Updates:

• Sign up to get notified by text message of any cancellations or schedule changes due to the weather. It is SO simple to sign up. Click here.

IMPORTANT! Raffle Tickets

Please sell your raffle tickets and turn them in by 4:00pm on Saturday!

The 4:00pm deadline is for those who wish to be eligible for prizes.

Otherwise, you can still turn in your raffle tickets until 6:00pm on Saturday.

We cannot stress enough how important the raffle fundraiser is for Southern Little League.
Thanks in advance for all of your support!

Volunteers: Please turn your team's volunteer form for Family Day in to the
concession stand sometime FRIDAY NIGHT so we can be organized.

Thanks again,
Sara Stadel
Kari DeBoer
Wendi Moore

2017 Fall Ball Coach Pitch Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Ball Coach Pitch League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

2017 Fall Softball Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Softball League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

2017 Fall Ball Seniors Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Ball Senior League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

2017 Fall Ball Juniors Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Ball Junior League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

2017 Fall Ball Majors Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Ball Major League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

2017 Fall Ball Minors Roster

These are the team rosters for the Fall Ball Minor League. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. You can also download this document as a PDF or CSV (to open with Excel).

You may need to scroll down inside this list to see to the bottom.

Did You Know? Southern Offers Fall Ball!

With the summer season in full swing, now is a good time to remind folks that Southern also offers Fall Ball. Fall Ball starts in late August with Sunday afternoon games for eight weeks. With leagues for players in coach pitch, minors, majors, and juniors, it's a great way to keep the summer fun rolling. You may have seen a notice from another league offering fall baseball, but that's only for leagues who don't offer their own fall program. We'll send out signup information in July, so stay tuned for more information on Southern Fall Ball.

Grill Volunteers Needed for Family Day

Saturday is Family Day, and we still need volunteers to take a turn at the grill. Click here to sign up.

Please Note: This is separate from the volunteer form that each team received. Those forms need to be completed and turned in by Friday.