Illinois District 13: District 13 News

Saturday, October 3
Fall Presidents Meeting
District 13 Staff will be hosting a Fall meeting for all the League Presidents on Monday, Oct 19th at the American Legion in Elgin beginning at 7:00 pm. We will discuss the 2009 season and begin preparing for the 2010 season. All League Presidents are required to attend.

Saturday, October 3
District 13 Player Agent Clinic
District 13 will be hosting the 2nd annual League Player Agent Clinic on Saturday, Oct. 24th at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. This clinic is mandatory for player agents in all leagues and is also open to any board members from District 13 leagues. Cost is $15 and includes, books, material, lunch. The moderator at this clinic with be District Administrator from Indiana 10, George Glick. Please email Anita Powers, District Secretary at anitathemommy@aol.com for further details.

Thursday, July 30
Statebound - Bartlett National 10/11 Year Olds
The 10/11 Year Old Baseball District Champions, Bartlett National, defeated Mundelein in the Championship game 2-1 in Section 4 at Hampshire to advance to the State Tournament to be held in Moline, Il. Bartlett had to go thru the losers bracket and win their last 3 games to advance. They will have the bye in the first round this weekend and start their journey on Saturday. Good luck to and have fun this weekend and bring back a State Title to the District.
Section 4

Thursday, July 23
Heading to State - TriCities Little League
TriCities Little League Tournament team defeated River ForestĀ in an unbelievable Championship game in Melrose Park to advance to the State Tournament. TriCities had won their first game of the tournament against Libertyville then lost their second game to River Forest. Going thru the losers bracket they had to beat Libertyville once again to face River Forest. They won that game 4-1 then in the deciding game won 1-0 on a passed ball in the 5th inning. They now move on to the State Tournament to be held at Evergreen Park beginning this Friday. You can view this and all tournament results by going to the state website at www.eteamz.com/ilstatelittleleagueorg.
TC Sectional

Wednesday, July 22
9/10 Year Old Baseball District Champions - Bartlett American
9-10 Year Old DC

Thursday, July 30
9/10 Year Old Softball District Champions - South Elgin
south Elgin

Wednesday, July 22
10-11 Year Old Baseball District Champions - Bartlett National
10-11 Year DC

Wednesday, July 15
Little League Baseball District Champions - TriCities Little League
District Champs

Thursday, July 16
Little League Softball District Champions - South Elgin Little League
SB LL District Champs

Monday, July 20
Junior Baseball District Champions - Bartlett Little League
Junior Baseball DC

Saturday, July 18
Senior Baseball District Champions - Elgin American Little League
District Champs Seniors

Thursday, July 30
2009 Hamms Champion - Bartlett American Angels
Hamms

Friday, May 1
Eteamz Spotlight Site Winner
Spotlight
District 13 is pleased to announce that our website has been named a Eteamz Spotlight Site winner.

Saturday, November 8
Little League Coaches Resource Center

New to Little League Managers and Coaches is a online Resource Center. Click the heading and it will lead you to a website that has valuable information on drills, plays, etc.  



Tuesday, February 17
Dugout YouTube
Dugout YouTube

Click on the headline to visit Little Leagues mascot "Dugout" and his youtube site.



League Boundary Maps
Information for leagues on boundary maps for the 2009 regular and tournament season.

Volunteer Background Checks
Visit the website to look at the improvements for the Choice Point System

Online Coaches Courses
Online course for coaches thru Little League and Positive Coaches Alliance

Local League Rules
Your league's local rules, ground rules and bylaws are developed, maintained and approved annually by the Board of Directors and are not considered part of the Constitution.   NONE of the local rules should conflict with Little League Rules, Regulations, and Policies.

Sunday, July 8
Pool Play Guidelines
To find all the information on how the pool play format works including the tiebraking systems, please click the tournament link on the left. This will bring you to a handout that will supply all the data available.

Sunday, April 5
Labels on Certain Bats
Click on the above link to find out an important bulletin from Little League in regards to bats used in the TBall, Minor, and Major divisions of Little League Baseball.