2015 SAN DIEGO CIF TOYOTA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP

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1 TO: FROM: BASEBALL COACH JERRY SCHNIEPP, COMMISSIONER JOHN LABETA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER DATE: APRIL 10, 2015 (REVISED ) RE: 2015 SAN DIEGO CIF TOYOTA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP 1. OFFICIAL PLAYOFF BASEBALL Rawlings has graciously entered into an agreement with the San Diego Section. Rawlings will be providing section playoff baseballs and will be the official baseball for the 2015 San Diego Section CIF Baseball Playoffs. 2. QUALIFYING All schools that field varsity teams will be placed into Divisions Open and I-V based upon a 5 year ranking. Division I thru IV will qualify 12 playoff teams. D i v i s i o n V and the Open Division w i l l q u a li f y 8 p l a y o f f t e a m s. League Champions (not Co-Champions or Tri- Champions in these cases, leagues shall designate which team shall have automatic entry) receive automatic entry. The Commissioner s Office will seed all teams (without regard to League Champions) using the CIFSDS power rankings and with input from the Baseball Pairings Committee and will determine all draws. The Pairings Committee Meeting will take place Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at the San Diego Hall of Champions, CIFSDS Office. Playoff entry information must be submitted via CIFSDS Home by Friday, May 22, 2015; 9:00 p.m. If your team is an automatic qualifier or if you anticipate being selected at-large, you must complete and submit in its entirety your team schedule, scores & results information via the CIFSDS Home site.. Pairings will be posted on the CIFSDS web site and announced May 23, 2015 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the San Diego Hall of Champions. Coaches do not need to attend and may view the brackets on our web site. 3. DATES, SITES, TIMES, AND HOME TEAMS Home site determination shall be made by the school with the higher seed unless the lower seed is a league champion (league champions are guaranteed a 1st round home game unless playing a higher seeded league champion) The home school s field may be the home site. Starting time for the first round contests shall be 3:30 p.m., unless home team has a lighted facility and both teams agree to an evening contest. Any deviation from the designated starting time must be approved in advance by the CIFSDS office. Open Division Round 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Round 2 Friday, May 29, 2015 Round 3 Saturday, May 30, 2015 Round 4 Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Round 5 Thursday, June 4, 2015 (If Necessary) Championship Saturday, June 6, Fowler Park. USD, 7:00 p.m.

2 Division I, II, III & IV Play-In Game Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (for all teams seeded 5-12) Round 1 Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Round 2 Friday, May 29, 2015 Round 3 Saturday, May 30, 2015 Round 4 Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Round 5 Wednesday, June 3, 2015; Division I and III (If Necessary) Thursday, June 4, 2015; Division II and IV (If Necessary) Championship Division I Friday, June 5, Fowler Park, USD, 7:00 p.m. Division II Saturday, June 6, Fowler Park, USD, 3:30 p.m. Division III Friday, June 5, Fowler Park, USD, 3:30 p.m. Division IV Saturday June 6, Cal State San Marcos, 2:30 p.m. Division V Round 1 Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Round 2 Thursday, May 28, 2015 Round 3 Saturday, May 30, 2015 Round 4 Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Round 5 Thursday, June 3, 2015 (If Necessary) Championship Saturday, June 6, Cal State San Marcos, 11:00 a.m. To review the brackets for the 2015 Baseball Championships, please click here or visit our website at under the Baseball homepage under Playoff Brackets. NOTE: AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CIF- SAN DIEGO SECTION THE ABOVE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE(S) MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANYTIME. 4. PLAYOFF GAME DAY BATTING HOME OR AWAY **There are no batting practice restrictions for playoffs. 5. OFFICIALS All game officials will be assigned by Arthur Gilbert (SDCBUA), sdcbuassignor@gmail.com at or Tim Fillmore (Pacific Umpires) at or tfillmore12@gmail.com or Mike Anchondo (IVOA-Baseball) at or anchondo@roadrunner.com. Coaches of teams entered in playoffs may submit a list of 6-10 preferred officials by mail, telephone, fax, or to the assignment secretaries by 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2015 (see Preferred List of Playoff Officials attached to the coaches copy of this bulletin). All umpires for the play-in, first round, and second round must be paid by the home school. Admission will be charged for all Fourth Round, If Necessary, and Championship contests BASEBALL UMPIRES PLAYOFF FEES *Preliminary Rounds $75.00 Championships $ TICKETS Home schools are expected to charge admission in the 2nd week of the playoffs (4 th Round and If Necessary games). Admission prices are below. Each school may submit a list to the home site for ten (10) complimentary admissions.

3 CIFSDS will host the finals. Ten (10) complimentary tickets for finals will be available to each participating school and may be obtained from the CIFSDS office. Schools may use a complimentary list for entry to fourth round, and fifth round/if necessary round games. Each school is allowed ten (10) complimentary admissions. The visiting school will fax a pass list to the home school, no later than noon on game day, or before noon on Friday for a Saturday game. CIFSDS is the host of the finals. Ten (10) complimentary tickets will be available to each participating schools and must be picked up at the CIFSDS office. NOTE: In the preliminary rounds the home school shall pay two umpires. Assigning of umpires will be as follows: The designated home team will use its designated association to work its game. 7. PASSES FOR FINALS No deviation from the following shall be allowed: Permitted -CIFSDS Courtesy Cards, CIFSDS Media Passes, CIF State Courtesy Card, CIF and CIFSDS Gold Life Passes (metal-engraved with recipient s name). Not Permitted -CIFSDS Scouting Passes, league passes, district passes, faculty passes, official s passes, college or university passes. 8. ADMISSION There are only two playoff ticket ranges: Adult Defined as anyone over 18 years old and Student/Senior Student defined as anyone age 5 through 18; Senior defined as anyone age 60 or over. Admission is free for Rounds One through Three. Schools are expected to charge admissions in the 2nd week of playoffs (Rounds Four and Five). Please see admissions prices below: Adults Students/Seniors Fourth Round, If Necessary $9 $5 Finals $11 $7 9. GAME EXPENSE LIMITS Allowable playoff expenses for can be found in the Policies and Procedures manual of the CIFSDS Green Book. The Green Book can be accessed under the Governance tab at: The expense caps for baseball are as follows: Fourth and Fifth Round (If Necessary) Open/Div. I & II $300 Div. III & IV $250 Div. V $ AWARDS Awards to be presented immediately following each Championship game: Divisional Championship team trophy - 20 individual Championship patches. Divisional Runner-up team trophy - 20 individual Runner-up silver patches. 11. PLAYOFF PARTICIPATION PATCHES Playoff participation patches can be purchased for $10.00 each. School personnel orders can be placed on the CIFSDSHOME website and accessing the Additional Forms link. Non-school personnel can place an order on: forms, miscellaneous forms, participation patch order form.

4 12. RUNNER-UP PATCHES Championship/runner-up patches are special order items. School personnel orders can be placed on the CIFSDSHOME website and accessing the Additional Forms link. The cost is $10.00 each. Special order items may take up to (3) three weeks to arrive. Non-school personnel can place an order on: forms, miscellaneous forms, championship/runner-up order form. 13. NON-FOOD CONCESSION The 2015 non-food concession has been awarded to The Kukulski Brothers. If you have any special requests, contact Dave Kukulski at Be sure to let your parents and athletes know that personalized souvenir items are available before, during, and after the contest for all participating teams. 14. SPIRIT SIGNS All signs, posters, banners, etc., by each competing school are to be utilized for the purpose of promoting its own team rather than downgrading its opponent. Therefore, no signs, banners, etc., will be permitted that refer to an opponent except in a positive manner. 15. NOISEMAKERS No noisemakers (cowbells, air horns, blocks, whistles, thunder sticks, drums without music, etc.) of any kind will be permitted at the site of any contest. Megaphones shall be used only by uniformed cheerleaders for the purpose of directing or controlling their own rooting section. 16. CHEERLEADERS A maximum of 25 uniformed varsity cheerleaders representing each of the two competing schools will be admitted free of charge to all CIFSDS playoff contests. 17. CLEAN UP Each team shall be responsible for the clean-up of its own bench area immediately following the contest. 18. OFFICIAL CIF-SAN DIEGO SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS Official CIF-San Diego Section Championship rings are now available from Jostens. Rings are available for participants, finalists, and champions. For information/orders, contact Mark Fitzner at or via at mark.fitzner@jostens.com 19. CIFSDS RECORD BOOK UPDATE CIF Record Book Information may be updated by school personnel through the CIFSDS Home Site under New CIFSDS Records tab. Please visit our website at to log in. Please contact Vanessa Fowlkes at vanessacifsds@gmail.com. Distribution: Varsity Baseball Coach Athletic Directors Conference Presidents/Schedulers Media Bob Hernandez, Arthur Gilbert- SDCBUA Nathan Thernes, Tim Fillmore, - Pacific Umpires Mike Anchondo IVOA-Baseball John Baumgarten Tournament Director Roger Blake, Ron Nocetti- State CIF Office

5 Partners, Sponsors of State CIF, CIF San Diego Section Title Sponsor CIF San Diego Section State CIF Sponsors State CIF Presenting Sponsor State CIF Supporting Sponsors State CIF Supporting Sponsors 5

6 Supporting Statewide Partner CIF San Diego Section Sponsors, Partners Official Apparel Sponsor Official Media Partner Preferred Radio Partner Supporting Sponsor CIF San Diego Section Official Ball Sponsors 6

7 CIF San Diego Section Official Restaurant Sponsor CIF San Diego Section Cymer Scholars Sponsor CIF San Diego Section Golf Sponsors 7

8 CIF San Diego Section Photographer CIF San Diego Section Official Partners CIF San Diego Section Supporting Sponsors Laces Running Co. Richard and Paula Davila Rob Bryson Torrey Pines Men s Club Carl Goff Terry McIntyre Liz Mullarkey Dale & Sehnaz Endreson HL Corporation North County Basketball Officials Pacific Baseball Umpires Laces 8

9 TO: RE: Arthur Gilbert (Assigner - SDCBUA); Tim Fillmore (Assigner- Pacific Umpires); and Mike Anchondo (IVOA-Baseball) CIFSDS Baseball Playoffs - Preferred Playoff Officials (NOTE: A list may be submitted to all associations.) School Coach Our baseball team is either a guaranteed entry or may be an entry into the 2015 San Diego CIF Baseball Championships. In either case, I am submitting the following list (1 to 10) of officials who I would recommend work any playoff contest (First Round through Championship) in which our team is a participant. In order to receive consideration, these names are being submitted to you no later than 12 NOON, MAY 23, I am also submitting the following list (1 to 6) of officials who I request not be assigned to any playoff contest in which our team is a participant Send or submit no later than 12 Noon, May 23, 2015 to: Arthur Gilbert Tim Fillmore Mike Anchondo 664 Melrose Ave. tfillmore12@gmail.com 520 Silverwood Chula Vista, CA Imperial, CA Phone Phone Fax sdcbuaassignor@gmail.com tfillmore12@gmail,com anchondo@roadrunner.com (baseball\officials preferred form-bb)