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Summer League Organization is in progress

05/20/2013, 11:15am CDT
By Bob Tomlinson

Teams must confirm participation

The Capitol Area Summer Fastpitch Leagues for the Senior and Super Senior leagues is in the process of being scheduled. The Senior League (basically a 16-U or JV level league) plays doubleheaders on Tuesday evenings beginning at 5:30. It's a travel league where teams host some weeks and travel others. Teams entered for 2013 include: DeForest, Mt. Horeb, Poynette, Fort Atkinson, Sun Prairie with two teams, McFarland, West Madison Little League, Middleton, Cambridge.

The Super Senior League is intended for players at the varsity level and can included girls who have just graduated (current seniors). That league competes on Thursday evenings and like the Senior League includes home games and away games. Some teams actually travel each week if they do not have a home field available. Teams entered this year include DeForest, Mt. Horeb, Fort Atkinson, Monona Grove/Madison LaFollette, Poynette with three teams, Middleton, McFarland, Sun Prairie, Oregon, and Stoughton.

The league guidelines are as follows:

League Organization and General Guideline

There is a $25 league entry fee. Host teams assume all fees for that night's action. Visitors incur no expense.

There are no league officers or officials - only a league scheduler.

All league nights are intended to be double-headers. The number of innings is to be determined by the coaches before the first game begins. If it's a cloudy night and available light is a question, perhaps two five-inning games would be best or one ten-inning game non-stop. It's up to the coaches.

Players need not be from the same school.

Host venues must provide a home plate umpire that is registered with the WIAA or with the ASA. One umpire can call the entire game from behind home plate.

There are no standings kept, no championship awards, no scores reported - just play ball

Leagues use WIAA rules except for a few such as having the option to bat everyone who is at the game that night etc.

There will be eight  weeks in each of the leagues beginning the Week of June 11th and 13th.  If a night gets rained out, it can be made up if both teams can agree on a date to do so. It is not a requirement to make up the games. Rainouts must be handled between the contact people for each team. The host venue contact must contact the visitor contact person.

Tag(s): Capitol Area