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.

Big-League All-Stars Now 2-1 Play Tonight

The District 9 Big League baseball team returns to action tonight (Thursday) at 7:30pm against the South team from Greenville, SC. After suffering a tough loss against the West on field 3 which is only 300 feet all around, (D-9 and the Southwest were the only two U.S. teams to play 2 games on this field) District 9 has no way of advancing to the finals round, even though they could be 3 and 1. With this scenario already determined it has not lowered the spirits of the D-9 team, as they will decide who gets in the U.S. final with tonight's game. The game will be broadcast live on the radio and you can access the link by going to bigleagueworldseries.org.
Interesting note: Total runs scored per game on field 1 (Stadium) 7.3. Total runs scored per game on field 3 - 18.0. Tiebreaker: total runs allowed divided by innings played.

District 9 Big Leaguers Move to 2-0

District 9 Big Leaguers are now 2-0 with an impressive win over the East representative New Jersey. Kyle Schepel (GR Christian) was the starting hurler for D-9. He threw six innings allowing one unearned run in the first inning. Schepel struck out twelve in the impressive outing. Alex Beelen(Holland Christian) got the save when D-9 doubled off a runner on first with a 6-4-3 double play. JD Corey (West Catholic) and Tommy Okke (Union and GRCC) both homered in the game. JD Corey now has eight RBI's in the two games. Mike Slagter also doubled to knock in a run and then went on to score. It was a cool 101 degrees at game time, however a cold front is coming through and it should be around 96 at game time today.

District 9 continues action today at 4:00pm versus the West team from Anaheim, CA. Stay tuned to bigleagueworldseries.org for all of the action. Today's game is scheduled to be broadcast live on the bigleagueworldseries.org website.

Big Leaguers Win First World Series Game

District 9 Big League Baseball played it's first game Saturday against the Southwest(Louisiana) and won 12 to 7. Cody Westerhuis was the starting pitcher followed by 4 more pitchers with Tommy Okke getting the save in the 7th with a 1,2,3 inning. Back to back home runs in the 6th inning proved to be the final blow to a Louisiana team that had several very good hitters and would not throw in the towel. JD Corey led the inning off with a solo blast to make it 11 to 7, and with a new pitcher in for the Southwest, Kyle Schepel followed with another solo blast. Tommorrow is a day off for District 9, with the next game set for 4:00pm Monday against the East from New Jersey. Stay tuned to bigleagueworldseries.org for all of the action.

Congratulations Big League All-Stars!

With an impressive 11-0 win on Monday night, the District 9 Big League all-star team advances to the Big League World Series for the third time in the last five years. The team is currently in Easley, SC, set to open play at 1:00pm on Saturday. If you'd like to listen to the game or follow the scores, go to bigleagueworldseries.org.

Good luck, all-stars!

Fall Baseball is Coming Soon

We are planning another season of Fall Baseball. You can expect another announcement the week of August 4 with more details. We'll have on-line sign-up as well as a couple of in-person sign-up sessions. Stay tuned for more details.

Big League All-Stars Play Tonight for Championship

The District 9 Big League All-Stars with five players from Southern will be playing for the championship tonight at 8:00pm at Pinery Park for the chance to go to the World Series in Easley, South Carolina. The World Series will be played against five other US teams and six other Countries.

The five players from Southern are:

• Alex Luke
• Chris Blair
• Tyler Berger
• Kyle Schepel
• Ben Cok

Please come out and support our local team tonight at Pinery Park.

Congratulations Seniors Softball All-Star Team

Congratulations to Southern's Senior All-Star Softball team finished runner-up in the District 9 championship losing 8-3 to Pinery Park in the finals.