Below are brackets for this weekend’s 2021 Gulf Coast Championships. It will be held at the Long Beach Softball Complex at 780 Klondyke Rd, Long Beach MS 39560.
We have a total of 26 teams in this year’s event with teams from all over South Mississippi competing. The forecast calls for a hot weekend with some chance of precipitation. So have the players start hydrating as soon as possible and come prepared for anything. Also, please watch out for parents and grandparents. Some of us stay in the air conditioned space all day and aren’t able to handle the heat.
Unfortunately, it does mean we will have games Friday night. The option would be to play on Sunday and we really don’t want to do that. It’s a full schedule. It’s everything we can do to finish late Saturday night. Sunday will be held in case games get were to get interrupted. For Coach Pitch, 10U, 12U, we will play all the pool games on Friday night. Then we’ll come back Saturday for bracket play. Tee Ball will just be Saturday.
For this weekend, you’ll need to prepare a roster. You don’t need all the parent signatures this weekend. But we do need all the players listed on the roster. This helps ensure teams compete with who they brought the tournament. We could tell you stories…
Everyone must be USA Softball sanctioned to participate in this event. I believe most have already taken care of this. Team sanction is only $25 and good for the 2021 Playing Season. But if you need to do a Team Sanction, you can do that online at this website:
Look for the black covered trailer to check-in at the tournament. I’ll be setup there to check teams in before they play. I’ll check your roster forms at check-in.
Please remember it’s all getting to watch the kids play ball, umpires are human, and no scholarships will be given out this weekend… Let’s all just have fun.
Thank you for Playing USA Softball!