GRAFTON LITTLE LEAGUE: Welcome

GLL enters three baseball teams into the All Star tournaments at the end of the GLL season.  We enter a 10 – 11 year old team, 12 year old (Major) team and a Junior team.  Our teams participate in the District Tournament against other teams in our district (West Bend, Germantown, Whitefish Bay, etc.).  The District Tournament is composed of pool play (guaranteed to play x games) and single elimination games for teams advancing out of the pool play.  The team that wins the District Tournament represents our district (District #1) in the State Tournament.

The process to select the players for each team will begin around June 15^th.  Typically there is a tryout to determine the roster players and alternates.  The team managers are selected by manager selection committees.

Practices for the All Star teams could start before the GLL season is over.  The exact dates for the tournaments are not known at this time.  The Major District tournament will start soon after the 4^th of July, possibly as early as July 7^th.  The Major State Tournament will start around July 21^st.  The Junior District tournament will start the week after the 4^th of July, possibly as early as July 11^th.  The Junior State Tournament will start around July 26^th.  The 10 – 11 year old District tournament typically starts mid to late July.  The 10 – 11 year old State Tournament will start around August 4^th.  All players wanting to participate need to be available the majority of the month of July.

Each player on an All Star must provide information to be eligible to play.  Their original birth certificate is required to validate their age.  Also, three proofs of residency are required to validate their residency within the GLL boundary.  There is a document on the GLL web site in the “General Handouts” area that details valid proofs of residency – “Residency Eligibility Requirements”.

A few notes about the proofs of residency.  Utility bills (gas, electric, water, phone, cell phone) are one category and only one proof can be used from this category.  Also, each proof of residency must be dated or in force between February 1, 2011 and February 1, 2012.  So a utility bill dated in March, 2012 is not a valid proof of residency.  However, a Driver’s License that was issued a number of years earlier, but was in force between the dates noted, is acceptable.  Please review the “Residency Eligibility Requirements” document and retain any necessary proofs.