“A” District 5 Baseball 2011

Rounds 1 – Tuesday, May 10 at Higher Seeds

Round 2 – Friday, May 13 at Higher Seeds

Finals – Saturday, May 14 at Yakima, WA

Bill Walker- Naches Valley HS, Tournament Director

Congratulations on making it to the district baseball tournament. Please remind fans that there is an admission charge. Attached you will find the bracket for the tournament.

For rounds 1 and 2:

• Admission: $5 adults / $4 seniors and students with ASB

• Home Team: Higher seeded team will be the home team.

• Baseballs: Home team will provide the baseballs for rounds 1 and 2.

• Reporting Scores: Home team will be responsible for calling and reporting scores to the media as well as informing Bill Walker (952-8663 or bwalker@nvsd.org) as soon as possible.
• Rosters: Visiting teams need to provide home sites with rosters and pass lists ASAP.

For Saturday at Davis HS Yakima, WA:

• Admission: $6 adults / $4 seniors and students with ASB

• Home Team: Coin toss to determine home team will occur as soon as both teams are present.
• Batting Cages: will be open for the home team one hour before game time. At twenty after, the visiting team gets the batting cages for twenty minutes. If a team is late, the tournament manager may assign the batting cage times.
• Infield: Thirty minutes before the game the home team will take infield for 10 minutes. Twenty minutes before the game the visiting team will take infield for 10 minutes.

Example for game starting at 10:00:

9:00 AM – Home team has batting cage.

9:20 AM – Visiting team has batting cage.

9:30 AM – Home team has infield

9:40 AM – Visiting team has infield

9:50 AM – Introduction of players

10:00 AM – Game starts

• Foul Balls: Teams should retrieve foul balls on their side of the field (home plate to center field).
• Ten run rule: The ten run rule will be used during all rounds of the tournament.
• Rosters / Pass Lists – Email rosters and pass lists to Bill Walker ASAP.

Regionals: Three teams will advance to regionals. Numbers 1 and 3 will play in Moses Lake, and number 2 will play in Wenatchee.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call Bill Walker 653 2342 (work) or 952 8663 (cell). Good luck, and let’s have a great tournament!