Montana/Alberta American Legion Baseball Class A South District

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1 Montana/Alberta American Legion Baseball Class A South District Anaconda A s Belgrade Bandits Bozeman Spikes Butte Muckers Deer Lodge Wranglers Dillon Cubs Gallatin Valley Outlaws Helena Reps Livingston Braves 2012 Scheduling Meeting January 7, :00 AM First Security Bank, Belgrade MT I. Introductions II. III. IV. Conference Schedule Overview & Questions (See Attached) Review Key Dates A. Class A Schedules Due... February 15 B. Winter Bozeman Gran Tree... March 30 & 31 C. Last Date for Conference Games... Sun, July 15 D. Class A District Tournaments... Thu-Mon, July E. State Class A Great Falls Electrics... Thu-Mon, July F. Regional Class A Burley ID... Fri-Tue, Aug Legion Rules A. Bat Rule for 2012 Season Legal bats are wood and bats stamped BBCOR (Bat Ball Coefficient of Restitution). Bats stamped BESR (Ball Escape Speed Ratio) are NOT legal. V. Winter Meeting & Team Registration Information VI. A. Letter from George Haegele (See Attached) Beginning this season all teams are required to attend the winter meeting. Teams not attending will face a fine and they will have an automatic 2 game forfeit. Team Scheduling (See Attached) Scheduling will be done in 9 rounds according to the attached schedule pairings. I set up the pairings for scheduling from the 2011 District tournament seeding. I added Livingston into the 9 th spot since they had no south district conference record. After each scheduling round is complete coaches or team representatives will move to the next round until all schedules are complete. After the 9 th round we will do an open round for any coaches that need to adjust their schedules. mtlegion.south@gmail.com

2 2012 Class A Southern District Sub-District Play Cross Sub-District Play # Team Sub-District Sub-District Play 1 Home /Away Games XSub-District Play 3 Home /Away Games Total Games 1 Belgrade East 3 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 12 5 West Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Bozeman East 3 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 12 5 West Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x GVO East 3 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 12 5 West Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Livingston East 3 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 12 5 West Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Anaconda West 4 Teams x 4 Games 2 H&A 2x7s 16 4 East Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Butte West 4 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 16 4 East Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Deer Lodge West 4 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 16 4 East Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Dillon West 4 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 16 4 East Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x Helena West 4 Teams x 4 Games H&A 2x7s 16 4 East Teams x 2 Games H&A 1x District Tournament 4 Thu-Mon July 19-23, 2012 will be hosted by the Livingston Braves 1. Sub-District Play for East Teams: East teams will play two double headers home & away and one 9 inning conference game. The location of 9 inning game will be determined by the coaches at the scheduling meeting this year and will then flip for next season. 2. Sub-District Play for West Teams: West teams will play two double headers home & away. 3. Cross Sub-District Play: Cross sub-district play will be a single 9 inning conference game played as both Home and Away games. A second game may be played as a Non-conference 7 inning game at the coaches descretion. 4. District Tournaments: All District tournaments will remain as an 8 team tournament format. Seeding for the tournament will be deternined from overall conference winning percentage. If teams are tied with the same winning percentage record the tie breaker will be head to head wins and losses, and then total runs if they split. The Host team for the District tournament will get an automatic spot in the tournament regardless of record.

3 2012 SCHEDULING MEETING FORMAT Seeding Teams Schedule Pairings Round 1 Belgrade Bandits Belgrade-Dillon 2 Dillon Cubs Helena-Gallatin Valley 3 Helena Reps Bozeman-Deer Lodge 4 Gallatin Valley Outlaws Butte-Anaconda 5 Bozeman Spikes Dillon-Helena 6 Deer Lodge Wranglers Gallatin Valley-Bozeman 7 Butte Muckers Deer Lodge-Butte 8 Anaconda A's Anaconda-Livingston 9 Livingston Braves Belgrade-Helena Dillon-Gallatin Valley Helena-Bozeman Gallatin Valley-Deer Lodge Belgrade-Gallatin Valley Bozeman-Butte Deer Lodge-Anaconda Butte-Livingston Dillon-Bozeman Helena-Deer Lodge Gallatin Valley-Butte Bozeman-Anaconda Belgrade-Bozeman Dillon-Deer Lodge Helena-Butte Deer Lodge-Livingston Belgrade-Deer Lodge Dillon-Butte Gallatin Valley-Anaconda Bozeman-Livingston Belgrade-Butte Dillon-Anaconda Helena-Anaconda Gallatin Valley-Livingston Belgrade-Anaconda Belgrade-Livingston Dillon-Livingston Helena-Livingston

4 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL An Investment in the Youth of America DEPARTMENT OF MO NTANA George A. Haegele Telephone (406) General Chairman Cell Phone (406) Fourth Street West Kalispell, Montana January 5, 2012 TO; MANAGERS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS OF MONTANA/ALBERTA AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL The Annual Meeting for Team Representatives will be held on March 31, 2012 in Bozeman at the Best Western Grantree Inn in Bozeman. The Inn is located at 1325 N. 7 th Avenue. We have some rooms set aside at a special rate. Call (800) and tell them you are attending the American Legion Baseball meeting. There is a Registration Fee of $30.00 per person attending and Universal Athletic Service will host a social at the Grantree on Friday evening March 30, Coffee, juice, and assorted donuts will be served and Registration will begin at 8:00 AM on March 31, The Regular Meeting will start at 9:00 AM. THIS MEETING IS MANDATORY; EVERY TEAM MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN ATTENDANCE. Every team has Managers, Coaches, Board Members and other interested members in your organization. One of these people will be able to attend. Severe penalty will be assessed any team not attending. Coach will be placed on probation, there will be a $ fine and your team will forfeit their first two home conference games. We have neither the time nor the resources to get out Rule Books, Schedule Books and other paper work and information necessary to participate in American Legion Baseball on a one on one basis. Therefore, attendance is mandatory.

5 If you receive this letter and are no longer associated with the American Legion Baseball program, I would appreciate your contacting me or getting this letter to a person who is involved. As in 2011, all registration, payment of National Registration Fee of $50.00, and payment of your Annual Insurance Fee will be done on the internet. This must be done prior to the deadline of March 15, Failure to meet this deadline could cost your team its eligibility to play American Legion Baseball in All teams must purchase Senior American Legion Accident and Liability Insurance. Seasonal Insurance is $ for Medical and $ for Liability Insurance. Annual Insurance is $ for Medical and $ for Liability Insurance. We will collect the Montana/Alberta Team Registration Fees at this meeting. I regret to inform you that we must raise these fees this year. Costs keep going up and we have not had a change in the Registration Fee in over 20 years. New Fees are Class AA $250.00, Class A $200.00, and Class B $ Each Class A Team also will pay an additional $ with $50.00 going to the State Champion to help pay expenses to attend the Regional Tournament and $50.00 going to the State Tournament Host to help with Umpires expenses. Bids will be accepted to Host the 2013 Class A State Tournament (Southern District Teams only). In order to compile the Schedule Booklet of all our team s schedules, I must have your schedule in my office prior to February 15, We get a great deal of exposure from this booklet as I mail it to over 100 College Coach s and Pro Scouts. I receive many Thank You s from these individuals. You must completely fill out Form 1A.Forms will be provided at registration. This is the only way I have to compile a decent phone and address list. A luncheon will be provided for all in attendance. Awards for Coaches of the Year will be presented and we will endeavor to have an interesting speaker. I look forward to renewing old friendships and welcoming new members to our Baseball Family. Best wishes to you all for a successful 2012 season. See you at the Social on March 30 and the Meetings on March 31. George A. Haegele General Chairman

6 Montana Southern District Contact List Updated: 1/7/ Team Category Name Home Mobile Work Fax Address Website Anaconda A's Admin Allan Clark Anaconda A's Admin John McHugh Anaconda A's Coach Kirk Forklan Belgrade Bandits Admin Russ Nelson Belgrade Bandits Coach Johnny Graham Bert Ct., Belgrade MT Bozeman Spikes Admin Ron Edwards Sycamore Lane, Bozeman MT Bozeman Bucks Coach Dave Legg Antler Trail, Ennis MT Butte Miners Coach Jeff LeProwse Butte Muckers Coach Jake Hogart Deer Lodge Wranglers Coach Jake Starr Dillon Cubs Admin Ken Walsh Dillon Cubs Coach Randy Shipman Gallatin Valley Outlaws Coach Duwayne Scott Helena Reps Admin Joe Mueller Helena Reps Coach Jon Burnett Livingston Braves Admin Schalene Darr Hwy 89 South, Gardiner MT Livingston Braves Coach??? Montana American Legion Montana State Chairman George Haegele Fourth Street West, Kalispell MT Montana American Legion Montana Class A Chairman Bill Houston hooter@bresnan.net william.houston2@va.gov Montana American Legion Eastern District Class A Chairman Gary Parry gparry@westmoreland.com PO Box 455, Colstrip MT Montana American Legion Western District Class A Chairman Ural Wayne Raymond South Eighth St. West, Missoula MT Montana American Legion Northern District Class A Chairman Jim Monteith jim.monteith@ypm.ca nd Avenue, Box 1780, Fort Macleod AB T0L 0Z0 Montana American Legion Southern District Class A Chairman Ron Edwards redwards@montana.net Sycamore Lane, Bozeman MT 59718