WIAA / DAIRY FARMERS OF WASHINGTON/LES SCHWAB TIRES 1B, 2B STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Rotary Field, Ellensburg May 24-25, 2013 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION and WIAA REGULATIONS On behalf of WIAA, the Dairy Farmers of Washington, Les Schwab Tires, and the City of Ellensburg, welcome to the 2013 Washington State 1B and 2B Baseball Championships! Page 1
2013 TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Eric Davis Mailing Address: Phone: Email: Eric Davis 1203 East Capitol Ave. Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-899-3570 (Cell) 509-933-7610 (Fax) edavis@eburg.wednet.edu Semifinal pairings for Friday, May 24, 2013: Game Time Classification Team Team Field 1 1:00 PM 2B Region II vs. Region I Rotary 2 4:00 PM 2B Region IV vs. Region III Rotary Consolation and championship pairings for Saturday, May 25, 2013: Game Time Classification Team Team Field 3 10:00 AM 2B Loser 1 vs. Loser 2 Rotary 2012 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 1:00 PM 2B Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 Rotary 5 4:00 PM 1B Region II vs. Region I Rotary Each team will enter at the pass gate. Each team must enter as one unit. Individuals are not to enter without their other team members. Team parking: Teams will park in the reserved parking lot next to Rotary Field. Spectator parking and entrance: Fans and additional school personnel shall park in the West Ellensburg Park parking lot and enter at the main entrance. Batting Practice: Batting practice will be available on site. Selection of Home Team: The tournament manager will conduct a coin toss with the two coaches one hour before the listed time or upon the arrival of both coaches. The winner of the coin toss will have the choice of home team or visitor. The loser will have the choice of dugouts. Infield practice: Each team will be allowed 10 minutes of pre-game warm-up prior to their game. Infield practice will take place 25 minutes before the scheduled game time. The home team will take infield first. Players and coaches will be introduced immediately after infield practice. Game times: The first game of the day will begin at 10:00 AM. Each subsequent game will begin 45 minutes after the last out of the previous game or at the scheduled game time, whichever is later. No games will begin earlier than the listed times. Player introductions: Both teams will be introduced with each player and/or coach lining up on his respective baseline as his name is called. The National Anthem will then be performed while the teams are on the baselines. Page 2
Team pictures: Team pictures will be taken on the field by Northwest Sports Photography 40 minutes prior to each scheduled game on Saturday. Ticket Sales: The gates will open one hour prior to the start of the games each day. 5/24/13 Gates will open @ 12:00 pm (noon) 5/25/13 Gates will open @ 9:00 am Ticket Prices: ALL DAY: $10 Adults $8 Students $8 Senior Citizens ALL SESSIONS (both days): $16 Adults $11 Students $11 Senior Citizens Rotary Park Information: Locker rooms are not available on site Children s play area is next to the playing fields Concessions will be available on site (hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, candy, drinks) Hotel Information: Hotel Name Contact Phone Single Double Nites Inn Lizzy 509-962-9600 $76 inc tax $87.50 inc tax Quality Inn Vicki 509-925-9800 $70 plus tax $70 plus tax Super 8 Tom 509-962-6888 $74.88 plus tax $69.88 plus tax Motel 6 Linda 509-962-5585 $72.00 plus tax $72.00 plus tax Athletic Trainer: A WIAA medical authority will be on site at all times. Any school athletic trainer(s) must register with the onsite medical authority. Please bring supplies for taping. Souvenirs: Team and action photographs (4nsp.com), programs (wiaa.com) and tournament merchandise (gameplanstore.com) will be on sale throughout the tournament. Two (2) complimentary programs will be provided for each participating school. Rosters and Team Pictures: Roster and team pictures must be entered on-line through the AD center at wiaa.com by May 13, 2012. Local Restaurant Sponsor: *The Palace Café will be sponsoring the hospitality booth for coaches, umpires and game workers. They will also be offering the following special to each team participating in the 1B, 2B State Baseball Championships in Ellensburg, WA. Up to 4 coaches will receive a free breakfast, lunch or dinner entrée when accompanying their baseball team for team meal at the Palace Café from Thursday, May 24 Saturday, May 26. Call for reservations. The Palace Café, 323 North Main Street, Ellensburg, WA 98926 (509) 925-2327 Page 3
WIAA PITCHING RULES AND SITUATIONS 2012-13 WIAA HANDBOOK RULE 51.5.0 51.5.0 PITCHER LIMITATION - One (1) pitch constitutes an inning. The following examples indicate when a pitcher could pitch: Monday-Thursday, Tuesday-Friday, Wednesday- Saturday, Thursday-Monday, Friday-Monday, Saturday-Tuesday. 51.5.1 When a pitcher pitches four (4) innings or more in a contest which began and ended on the same day, the pitcher shall not pitch again until two (2) calendar days have elapsed. 51.5.2 When a pitcher pitches four (4) innings or more in two games played on the same day, the pitcher shall not pitch again until two (2) calendar days have elapsed. 51.5.2.A This rule applies during two regular games as well as when the first game is a continuation from a previous point of suspension followed by a regular game. 51.5.3 The pitching limitation rule applies during all regular season and postseason games, as well as to tied, suspended, discontinued or protested games. POTENTIAL SITUATIONS Situation 1: If a pitcher pitches in three or less innings in game 1, he could pitch every inning in game 2. Situation 2: If a pitcher pitches in four or more innings in game 1, he cannot pitch in game 2, but could play any other position. Situation 3: If game 1 is suspended in the bottom of the 4th inning and resumed on Monday, only a pitcher who pitched in three or less innings in game 1 could pitch again on Monday although he could play any other position. Page 4
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Bound for State Baseball Regulations 2012-13 Changes from the 2011-12 Baseball Regulations are indicated in bold type and shaded. State Championships Finals: May 24-25, 2013 Passes 20 players 5 designated school personnel (coaches, managers, statisticians, etc) 1 bat boy/girl 1 medical 2 supervisors Allocations - Allocations in baseball are made to the WIAA Districts. Game Balls - The Baden 3B-PPRO Perfection shall be used during all state championship contests. Team Registration Form All forms must be filled out online at www.mywiaa.com. Team Statistics & Pitching Summary - Team statistics and pitching summary record sheets are to be filled in by the coaches of the participating schools and exchanged between the coaches participating in the regional and state championships. Line-up Cards - Each coach must deliver the batting order to the umpire on a Line-up Card. Bat Boys/Girls Boys or girls of school age may be used as bat attendants provided they have been approved by the participating school principal. The attendants shall be properly insured and suitably attired. Coaches' Uniforms - Any coach participating in either pre-game or regular game activities must be in the uniform of the school at all times. The minimum uniform would be a hat, pants, appropriate socks, shoes, and either a warm-up jacket or regular uniform top. Coaching - Coaching boxes may be occupied by a coach, player, or eligible substitute (one school approved coach in each coach's box). The coach shall be in proper uniform. Protests - Baseball rules are designed to permit coaches to confer with umpires during the progress of the game pertaining to matters of rules administration. Umpires are instructed to permit such conferences when respectfully requested and conducted in a rational, reasonable and sportsmanlike manner. A head coach may protest a misinterpretation or misapplication of a rule before the next pitch is thrown. Protests must be ruled upon within two hours of the completion of the protest game by the tournament manager and the games committee. Decisions of the tournament manager or games committee shall be final. Page 5
Selecting Home Team In each team s first game at regionals, the home team will be designated on the tournament bracket. The visiting team will have the choice of dugouts. Prior to each team s second game at regionals, both semifinal games, the consolation and championship games, the tournament manager will conduct a coin toss with the two coaches to determine the home team. The winner of the coin toss will have the choice of being the home or visiting team. The loser may have the choice of dugouts. Batting Practice Each team will have 30 minutes of batting practice at a site selected by the tournament manager, if possible, preferably at a neutral field. Time will not allow teams playing in the second game of a doubleheader to take batting practice at the playing site. Infield Practice - Each team will be allowed ten (10) minutes of infield prior to the game. The home team will take the infield first. Re-entry, Designated Hitter and Speed-Up Rules - These rule provisions are in effect for all league, district and State tournament games (are optional, not required). Length of Game - A regulation tournament game shall be seven innings in length unless extended because of a tie score or unless shortened because the home team needs none of its half of the seventh inning or only a fraction of it, or because of weather or similar conditions. Run Rule - The NFHS ten-run rule will be in effect for regional, semifinal and final games. Inclement Weather Policy - The full policy is included in this packet. Due to action taken by the WIAA Executive Board, schools will no longer be asked if they are willing to play on Sunday if inclement weather prohibits play on Saturday. If fields are available, the games will be rescheduled for Sunday. If fields are not available, the games will be rescheduled for Monday. Event managers will no longer be collecting the Sunday waiver forms, but school districts will still need to determine if their teams will be allowed to play on Sunday. Continuing Suspended Game - Any game that is interrupted with teams having played less than the required number of innings will be continued from the point of suspension. The tournament manager shall determine when the game will be completed. The line-up and batting order of each team shall be exactly the same as the line-up and batting order at the moment of suspension, subject to the rules governing the game. A suspended game may be continued on Sunday with approval of all participating teams involved. Postponed Games - When necessary to postpone any tournament game, it shall be the responsibility of the tournament manger to re-schedule according to WIAA policy (please refer to Inclement Weather Policy in General Tournament Regulations.) The tournament manager shall have a plan for rain-outs worked out in advance. The manager shall keep everyone informed including the WIAA office. Postponed games may be played on Sunday, weather permitting, with approval of the school boards of the participating teams. Awards - The team trophy presentation will be at the conclusion of the consolation and championship games. Umpires - The selection of tournament umpires shall be the joint responsibility of the WIAA and the WOA. Three umpires will be assigned for all tournament games in all classifications. Umpires will be assigned to work both games of a double or triple header. In this case the umpires will switch positions (plate - bases) for each game. Tournament managers will make the initial Home Plate and Base assignments. Page 6
WIAA STATE BASEBALL DRAW CRITERIA 1. Due to the desire to prevent teams from travelling across the mountains, west side and east side teams shall not meet until the semifinals when possible. a. During each year of a two-year allocation cycle, districts from either the west side or the east side of the mountains will be rotated to determine which district(s) will travel across the mountains to play in the regionals. b. The team with the lowest seed from the traveling district will be selected to travel. 2. The eastside teams will be placed in the same quarter and/or half bracket when possible. 3. The "true" #1 teams from each WIAA District will be drawn first to determine in which half bracket they will be drawn, with an equal number or "true" #1 teams in each half bracket when possible. a. If there are four (4) or fewer "true" #1 teams, they will be drawn into different quarter brackets, when possible. The "true" #1 teams will be drawn into the bottom line of each quarter bracket. 4. Draw #1 teams from each district as home team for the first round games. a. If there are fewer than the required number of #1 teams, the #2 and possibly #3 team from the district(s) with the largest school factor will be used to complete the required first round "home" teams and placed in the opposite half bracket from their district's #1 team when possible. b. If there is a tie in the school factor between districts for additional #1 teams, the greater enrollment of the schools of the district shall determine the tiebreaker for the first year of the allocation cycle. The other district involved in the tie will receive the additional #1 team the second year. c. If there are more than the required number of #1 teams a draw will be conducted to determine which quarter bracket will have two #1 teams. 5. Westside districts with two or more entries shall have their #2 teams placed in opposite half brackets or quarter bracket from their #1 team when possible. 6. Should a district s #1 and #2 teams be drawn in the same half bracket the following year that district s #1 and #2 will be drawn in two different half brackets when possible. Should teams from the same two districts be drawn against each other the highest ranked team from one district shall be placed in the same contest with the lowest from the other district when possible. a. When a Westside district has more than 2 entries, the following should be in the same ½ bracket when possible: 3 entries: #2 and #3 in same ½ brackets With four (4) or more entries, #1 and #4 will be drawn into the same half bracket; #2 and #3 will be drawn into the same half bracket; any additional allocations may be drawn into either half bracket with an even number in each half bracket when possible. 7. Remaining teams will be drawn so that teams from the same district will not play each other during the first round when possible. a. When a District has five or more allocations, the 5 th, 6 th, etc. teams will go into the draw as potential opponents for the 1 st, 2 nd, etc, teams. b. The lowest seeded team from a District will be drawn to play against highest seeded team from a different District. 8. One team will advance from each regional for semifinals. The draws for the semifinals will follow the rotation below, with succeeding years in the same manner. 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 II vs I II vs IV I vs IV IV vs III III vs I II vs III Page 7
WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Championships INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY 2012-13 M. TEAMS/INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO ARRIVE FOR SCHEDULED COMPETITION AT A CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT [Inclement Weather (policy #51.13)] The WIAA Executive Board and executive staff believe that all teams/individuals earning the right to participate in championship events should have those rights protected as much as possible. The WIAA Executive Board and executive staff also recognize the efforts of all participants to attend the championship events. The participating schools must also realize that these events are held to certain restrictions with facilities, game officials, and all other game administration. A WIAA championship event shall be defined as regional and state competition. The competing school is responsible for notifying the WIAA office or the event manager, if the school is having difficulty traveling to the event site due to weather or a clear area-wide emergency and may not arrive in time for the scheduled event(s). Notification shall be made as soon as possible after it becomes evident that the team/individual is having difficulty. School personnel have the responsibility of making alternative travel plans to tournament sites based upon weather forecasts and any other pertinent information. As a common practice, input and recommendations are to be sought from the Highway Patrol and/or the Department of Transportation. Specific circumstances not covered by this policy are left to the discretion of the WIAA Executive Director or designee. 1. If a team/individual is unable to arrive at a championship event site for their scheduled competition due to circumstances beyond their control (e.g., an earthquake, all passes closed, roads closed due to flooding, etc), that team/individual will be allowed to participate in their scheduled event provided they arrive at the event site and are able to compete on the day of their scheduled event. The WIAA Executive Director, in cooperation with the event manager, shall adjust the schedule of the event for the purpose of allowing maximum participation for all qualified schools. If the team/individual is unable to arrive to compete on the day of its event, a forfeit is recorded and that team/individual shall move into the consolation bracket or be dropped from competition, whichever is applicable to the particular event. 2. There may be times in the interest of safety, weather, or conditions beyond the control of the participating schools and/or the tournament management that it becomes necessary to delay, postpone, or cancel such tournaments. The intent of this policy is to accommodate the participating school(s) by rescheduling if possible. a. The following practices shall be observed: 1) If severe weather conditions affect a participating school, but not the tournament, the principal must notify the tournament director. 2) If severe weather conditions affect the tournament, the WIAA Executive Director or WIAA staff designee will make the final decision concerning tournament postponement or rescheduling. 3) Play will resume on the next playable date. 4) Changing of sites, postponement or cancellation of events will be determined by the WIAA Executive Director or WIAA staff designee. b. Procedures to follow if contests are rescheduled: 1) The WIAA Executive Director or WIAA staff designee has the final authority on contest rescheduling. 2) If contests are rescheduled on the same day as originally scheduled but at a different site, the semifinal and championship contests will be scheduled at the same time or later than originally scheduled. 3) Time between contests may be shortened. Example: If contests were originally scheduled at two (2) hour intervals, they may be rescheduled at one and one half (1½) hour intervals. 4) Individuals/teams shall be granted a minimum of twenty (20) minutes for rest between contests. 5) Whenever possible, contests played on the final day of the tournament shall be scheduled to allow individuals/teams to return to their home community that day. Page 8
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