Below are brackets for this weekend’s Biloxi Invitational. We have an amazing 48 teams playing this year. It has to be close to a record. We are full to the gills and then some. That in itself poses some challenges… but there are a number of other conditions we have to manage around.
Fast Pitch games will play Saturday and Sunday. We can’t play enough on Friday to not play on Sunday. Tee Ball and Coach Pitch will be Saturday only. No pool games, sorry. With especially big brackets, it’s probably not wise to overwork the pitchers with a practice game anyway. We can use both the baseball and softball side; so that helps. Field 1-4 are on the softball side (left). Field 6-10 are on the baseball side (right).
By city ordinance, we cannot start a new inning after 10:00pm and we must suspend play at 10:30pm. With that in mind, our last scheduled game time is 8:00pm on Saturday night. If we run out of time on Saturday, we’ll re-start on Sunday morning.
Game times will be no new inning after 55 min in Tee Ball and Coach Pitch. Fast Pitch will play no new inning after 65 minutes. Given the limitations above.. we have to stay on time. If necessary games will be a two inning shootout in all age groups. TB and Coach will play two innings.. if it’s tied, they will play another inning until we have a winner. Fast Pitch will play the same format.. but using International Tie-Break procedure. This is an All-Star tournament and will use the rules for Tournament Play.. They can be found at https://usasoftballsouthms.com/?page_id=4084.
The address to the A.J. Holloway Biloxi Sportsplex is 765 Wells Drive, Biloxi. It’s supposed to be very hot on Saturday and Sunday. It’s imperative the girls star hydrating on Friday night. I’ll also ask everyone to watch out for grandma’s and grandpa’s too.. they don’t realize how hot it is out there. They get be highly sensitive to the heat.
Finally, I’ve had a number of emails, texts and phone calls this week about teams, eligibility and poor sportsmanship. Everything from she is too old, she isn’t on that team, she didn’t play in that league, etc… I ask everyone to 1) worry about your team and getting them better and 2) adhere to ethical coaching standards; not just doing whatever for a trophy.. 3) provide a role model for these young athletes. Frankly, I’ve got way too much going on to tolerate too much foolishness.
It’s been a really tough week for me personally. Both my mom and dad are in the hospital. The news isn’t good and and there will be more difficult weeks ahead. I’m stretched to the absolute limit. The good lord doesn’t give you more than you can handle.. Well the good lord thinks a lot of me… If you’re so inclined, please say a prayer for them.. They need all the support they can get.
Thanks for Playing USA Softball!