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Poynette Men's Softball League

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2009 Schedule

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Definitions of terms concerning schedule changes
Postponed = will not be played on this date - to be made up later
Cancelled = will never be played
Delayed = will be played on that date but will start at a later time

Team listed first is the home team!

Team in Blue indicates winner of that game!

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Date	6:15 Front	6:15 Back	7:15 Front	7:15 Back	8:15 Front	9:15 Front
5/19	6-7	2-11	3-10	4-9	5-8
5/26	1-11	5-6	2-9	3-8	4-7
6/2	7-2	6-3	5-4	10-1	9-11
6/09	8-10	7-11	9-1	5-2	4-3
6/16	2-3	1-8	9-7	10-6	11-5
6/23	9-5	10-4	11-3	8-6	1-7
6/30	10-2	1-6	7-5	8-4	9-3
7/7	4-6	3-7	5-1	11-10	2-8	Rain Date
7/14	5-3	9-10	1-4	8-11	6-2	Rain Date
7/21	3-1	2-4	11-6	10-7	9-8	Rain Date
7/28	5-10	9-6	4-11	7-8	1-2
8/4	Playoffs	Begin	This	Week
8/11
8/18
8/25

The Teams and Assigned Numbers

1 BP Amoco Foodshops -	7 Inn Cognito II (Morse)
2 Inn Cognito I (Huber)	8 Frontier Bar Red (Childs)
3 Xango	9 Madison Truck Sales
4 General Engineering	10 Frontier Bar Black (Struck)
5 Research Products Corporation	11 Lighthouse Family Ministries
6 Arlington Inn - Tim Rittmeyer

League Standings - after round 3
Head to Head Results determines Placings for Tournament

BP Amoco Food Shops --------------------------------- 5-0 -----------1.000
Xango --------------------------------------------------- 5-1 ---------- .833
Research Products Corporation ------------------------- 4-2 ----------- .667
Madison Truck Sales ------------------------------------ 4-2 -----------.667
Arlington Inn -------------------------------------------- 3-2 ----------- .600
Frontier Bar Red ---------------------------------------- 3-2 ----------- .600
Inn Cognito II ------------------------------------------ 3-2 ----------- .600
General Engineering ------------------------------------ 2-3 ----------- .400
Inn Cognito 1 ------------------------------------------ 1-4 ----------- .200
Lighthouse Family Ministries ---------------------------- 1-5 -----------.166
Frontier Bar Black ------------------------------------- 0-5 ----------- .000

Schedule Information There are 11 teams in the league in 2009. We have space and time for six games per Tuesday night Every team will play 10 league games. League entry fee is $300 per team. There are no specific player fees. You will play each team one time in a single round robin format. There will be an elimination tournament at the end of the league season that will be seeded according to the league standings and will proceed with the NCAA playoff format whereby the top four seeds get two lives and the bottom seven teams get just one life.. League Updates

The weekly standings will be posted on this web page. Game summaries will be published on this website as long as managers use first and last names of players on the lineup cards. No nicknames! League updates will not be saved on the website from one week to the next. Articles and standings will also appear in the Poynette Press.

League entry fees must be paid by Week #2

League Rules 1 - All Games will be 7 innings or one hour in length unless a team is ahead by 12 or more runs anytime after the fifth inning. Therefore there is a 12-Run rule this year.

2 - Teams can bat everyone that is at the game. If a player comes late, they may be added to the bottom of the batting order and they can go immediately into the field for defense. If a player is not there for the start of the game he must not be included on the lineup form turned in to the scorekeeper. If he is included and is not there to bat, that batting order position shall be an automatic out. If that player arrives after he has been an automatic out one or more times, he may still enter and play and bat where the manager had him listed. Managers should not include players who are not there at game time. If a player is injured or has to leave the game before it is over, that spot in the batting order is just skipped and an out is not recorded there. If a player is injured or can't run for himself once he is on base, the batter who made the previous out may run for him.

3 - A team must have 8 players to start a game. If players come late - see rule #2.

4 - Metal cleats are not legal

5 - No smoking on the field of play - clean dugouts out after last game of the night. Plastic bottles, cans etc. must go into the trash recepticles near or in the dugouts and bench areas.

6 - On the Back Diamond, a ball hit over the fence from the right field foul pole (yellow pole) to the end of the 10' high fence shall be a ground rule double. Any ball hit over the fence elsewhere shall be a home run.

7 - The pitch must be no lower than the batter's head. There is no rule on how high a pitch can be delivered.

8 - The pitcher's plate shall be 50' from the back point of home plate. Bases are 60' apart as per ASA and USSSA Rules. Both diamonds use 60' bases. Bring a tape measure with you if you don't think they are at 60'.

9 - Any pitch that strikes rubber shall be a strike. All of home plate and the strike mat is a strike.

10 - The ASA banned bats shall be banned in the league. The list of banned bats shall be upgraded as the season progresses. If a batter appears in the batter's box with an banned bat and the defensive appeals it or if the umpire notices that it is a banned bat, the team shall forfeit the game.

11 - Games will start as scheduled or right after a preceding game has ended. They could start earlier than scheduled in an attempt to get finished earlier than would normally be required. Have your players there, ready to play, at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled game time.

12 - Three balls constitutes a base on balls and two strikes of any kind consititutes a strikeout.

13 - A player ejected from a game shall miss the next week's game as well. Team Leaders must control the action and behaviors of their players. Team leaders are responsible for controlling all profanity or any inappropriate behavior. The park is filled with young, impressionable young people on Tuesday nights. There is no room for inappropriate behavior and language. Team leaders/managers/captains automatically assume and agree to police their own team.

14 - For game information or rain-out information check www.fastpitchchronicle.com/PoynetteSP.html and listen to WIBU radio (1240 am)

15 - All teams will play each other one time in the round robin league format.

2009 League Elimination Tournament Schedule
Higher Seed will determine home team for all tournament games

How the brackets are decided

At the conclusion of the regular season the final standings will determine the seeds for the tournament. The top four seeds in the tournament will be given two lives (they have to be beaten twice to be eliminated). The other seven teams will get one life. The top four teams will square off with the #1 taking on the the #4 and the #2 playing against the #3 seed. The losers of those two games will then fall down into the lower bracket with the other seven teams. The winners of those first two games will play each other in the next round with the loser then dropping down into the lower bracket. The winner of the lower bracket will then have to beat the unbeaten team twice to win the title.

Good Luck to All Teams

Week One Summaries
Men’s’ slowpitch league is underway

The 2009 Poynette Men’s Slowpitch League is off and running after getting the first week of action in last Tuesday night at Pauquette Park. The league features 11 teams this year.

Lighthouse Family Ministries and Inn Cognito I got things rolling on the back diamond in a 9-8 game won by Inn Cognito. The winner’s plated three runs in the first inning, added one in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the seventh to get the win. Lighthouse Family Ministries scored two in the third, three in the fourth, two in the sixth and got one in the seventh before losing it on a ground ball out fielder’s choice. Kasey Huber had three hits for the winners while Drew Olson had two. David Barnett had three hits including a double in a losing cause. Josh Friant had two hits as did Adam Long. Bob Latour doubled.

Madison Truck Sales put the hammer down on General Engineering in a 27-9 win. GE got four in the top of the first to put a scare into MTS but they came back with four of their own and added an eight-run second inning. They rolled in the fifth, scoring 11 runs before the inning was over. Shannon Robinson had four hits as did Travis Quamme for MTS. Carl Olson, Ron Millard and Dan Rapp all homered for the winners while Quamme had a triple in there.

On the front diamond Arlington Inn topped Inn Cognito II by the score of 11-6 with 10 runs coming in the first four innings. Jake Hawley had three hits for Arlington Inn while Tom McGowan had two and so did Marcus Zelinski. Kyle Baker had a pair of hits for Inn Cognito II as did Larry Bushie.

Xango, a team with a new sponsor after being sponsored by Frontier Bar last year rolled to a 26-2 win over Frontier Bar. TJ Struck had a pair of hits for the losing team as did Bob Wills. Chad Lewis went 4x4, Carter Teela had three singles, Dan Crawford had two singles, Andy Reigel had a double and two singles, Jason Flies had a two singles, Curt Wheeler homered and had three singles while Matt Hutchinson homered and had a pair of singles for the winners. Rob Barnharst turned in a 2x3 night as well.

The final game of the night was a 12-9 win for Frontier Bar Red over Research Products. An eight-run sixth paved the way for the winners who trailed 8-3 heading into that inning. Seven singles and one error led the decisive inning for Frontier Bar Red. Jesse Wilken had three hits for Research Products.