North Story County Little League has kids in the Roland-Story, Gilbert, South Hamilton,and Colo-Nesco school districts. The league supports baseball teams in the 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14, and 15-16 age brackets.

It is All Stars Time! Here is the link to the Iowa District 3 Schedules and Results page.

July 1 scores: 12s North Story 10, Ames 5      11s Marshalltown 9, North Story 7      10s North Story 7, Dallas Center-Grimes 5

July 2 scores: 12s Beaver Creek 13, North Story 3    11s North Story 21, Central Iowa 10     10s Urbandale 15, North Story 1

July 3 score: 10s Beaver Creek 11, North Story 1

July 5 scores:  12s North Story 4, Dallas Center-Grimes 3    11s North Story 17, Ankeny 15

Records: 12s 2-1     11s 2-1     10s 1-2 

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2008 NSCLL TOURNAMENT BRACKET

LOCAL TOURNAMENT IS COMPLETE! Majors: The Cardinals defeated the Cubs 4-3 on June 17 in a well pitched game by both clubs. The A's are the Minors tournament champs with 5-4 win over the Pirates in a tight final on June 16.

Congratulations to the Minor Angels and the Major Royals, our regular season league champions. Both were winners in the first round of the District 3 Tournament of Champions in Urbandale/Ankeny on June 13. The Angels defeated Highland Park 22-2, and the Royals defeated Ankeny 4-0. The Royals season ended with a loss to Urbandale on June 14. However the Angels kept going with a 11-8 win over Pleasant Hill to reach the semifinals. However the Angels dropped the semifinal game to Ankeny. The Angels are the first North Story team in the league's history to win 2 games at the Tournament of Champions. Great job guys!

Click here for a great Youtube video See a Little Leaguer go off on his dad!

We need your help in getting game scores on the website this season. Please send scores to northstorybaseball@yahoo.com.

Don't miss our umpire's quiz on the News page. If you are interested in umpiring, please send an email to northstorybaseball@yahoo.com.

 

Here are the approved NSCLL rules for 2008. Definitions: Minors 9-10s, Majors 11-12s, Juniors 13-14s, Seniors 15-16s.

The visiting team in all divisions will have the field for infield practice from 20 minutes to 10 minutes prior to game time. The home team will have the field for infield practice from 10 minutes prior, to actual game time. When there is a following game, its official start time will be the scheduled time, or one half hour following the preceding game, whichever is later.

Minors: No inning may start in a minors game after 1.5 hours from first pitch. Games will have a hard stop at 2 hours. SEE EXCEPTION BELOW.
Minors score limitations: The NSCLL has adopted the new LL International rule, as printed in the rule book, of a 5 run limit per half inning. The 10 run rule still applies after 4 innings.
Majors and Juniors: No inning may start in a majors or juniors game after 2 hours from first pitch. Games will have a hard stop at 2.5 hours. SEE EXCEPTION BELOW.

Seniors: no time limit.

EXCEPTION: If the score is tied after the "no inning may start" time, play may continue in an attempt to break the tie, up to the "hard stop" time. For a winner and loser to be determined in this situation, a complete inning must be played with one team having scored more runs than the other. A home team taking a lead before making 3 outs counts as a complete inning.

If a complete inning is played, and the score is still tied, or if a full inning cannot be completed by the "hard stop" time, the game will end in a tie. For determining standings, ties are not counted in winning percentage, and W/W+L will be used.

Minors, majors, and juniors will use a continuous batting order. Due to all players being in the batting order, the special pinch runner will not be allowed in intra-league games.

All other rules as defined by the 2008 Little League rulebook.

Protests or ejections should be reported to League President Tony Gustafson, Umpire-in-Chief Roger Fritz, or the appropriate division Player Agent.