Sherwood National Tournament Rules May 2-4
Tournament format will be pool play into bracket play. After pool play games all teams
will be seeded 1-10. Tie breaker will be; record, runs allowed, coin toss. All games will
be played at the Hopkins Elementary School Complex and Archer Glen Elementary.
Tournament Director- Scott Reed
Cell Phone- 503-869-9240
Email- [email protected]
There will be a board member or tournament staff person onsite throughout the weekend.
Check with the concession stand to locate tournament director, staff, or board member.
Tournament Director has the final ruling on all decisions.
Reporting game results
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Within 15 minutes of the completion of each game, the winning team must report
the game result to the tournament director via text message only to 971-8323814. No phone calls or voice mails for game results, please.
Include all relevant information: division, score, etc.
Example of a good report: “Senior division: Gladstone defeats Hillsboro 9-4”.
Innings pitched per player are not required to be posted, but scorebooks may be
inspected if there are reported issues with pitcher inning limits (details below).
Tracking game results
All game results will be posted in real-time to the @SherwoodJBO twitter feed,
which you can follow by doing one of:
a) Text “follow SherwoodJBO” to 40404. (text “unfollow
SherwoodJBO” to 40404 to suspend updates)
b) Via a web browser at http://twitter.com/SherwoodJBO
This only works if you text your results to the number above!
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Facility Rules:
Please convey these rules onto your families so they can convey them also to their guests
joining them at the fields.
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No parking on the grass at any of the facilities. The facilities are on school
property and the police will give out citations.
No pets at facilities, please keep them at home. This will be enforced!
No alcohol or tobacco products will be permitted.
No sunflower seeds are permitted at the Snyder facility as it has a turf field.
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Tournament Director or any other Sherwood Board member has the
authority to ask anyone who disregards these rules to leave the
premises.
Rules for all divisions:
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Home team will be determined by a coin toss, with the team residing closest to
Sherwood making the call. This will be done 15 minutes prior to the start of the
game.
Due to time constraints no infield will be taken prior to the game starting.
Home team will keep the official book unless designated differently by tournament
director.
Winning team will report the final score to the tournament director or concession
stand. This is done by texting as detailed above.
The 10 run-rule is in effect, this rule includes the championship. After 4 innings for
Midget and Junior. After 5 innings for Senior.
Time limit for the Championship games does not apply, but the game may be called
for darkness and safety reasons. At this time the team leading at the end of the
previous inning is the winner. In addition, the Tournament Director will enforce a
“no slow play” rule at his discretion if a team is purposely slowing play down to take
advantage of the time limit.
Midget
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All games will be 5 innings.
No new inning will start after 1 hour and 45 minutes.
There will be a hard stop at 2 hours.
In the event that an inning was not completed the score at the end of the previous
inning will be the final score.
If a game ends in a tie, additional innings may be played until the hard stop to obtain
a winner. If the game is still tied at the hard stop the score at the end of the last
complete inning will determine the winner.
A pitcher may not pitch more than 3 innings per game and no more than 10 innings
for the tournament.
Junior
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All games will be 6 innings.
No new inning will start after 1 hour and 45 minutes.
There will be a hard stop at 2 hours.
In the event that an inning was not completed the score at the end of the previous
inning will be the final score.
If a game ends in a tie, additional innings may be played until the hard stop to obtain
a winner. If the game is still tied at the hard stop the score at the end of the last
complete inning will determine the winner.
A pitcher may not pitch more than 4 innings per game and no more than 12 innings
for the tournament.
Senior
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All games will be 7 innings.
No new inning will start after 2 hours.
There will be a hard stop at 2 hours and 15 minutes.
In the event that an inning was not completed the score at the end of the previous
inning will be the final score.
If a game ends in a tie, additional innings may be played until the hard stop to obtain
a winner. If the game is still tied at the hard stop the score at the end of the last
complete inning will determine the winner.
A pitcher may not pitch more than 5 innings per game and no more than 15 innings
for the tournament.
Most importantly- Have Fun!