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Wednesday, August 6
2008 Wrap Up
2008 saw another successful year of baseball in the North Story County Little League. The NSCLL had the most teams ever, with 29, and again had over 300 players. There were 12 teams in the Minors (5 Roland-Story based, 4 Gilbert, and 3 South Hamilton), 11 teams in the Majors (5 Roland-Story based, 3 Gilbert, and 3 South Hamilton), 4 teams in the Juniors (2 Roland-Story based, 1 Gilbert, and 1 South Hamilton), and 2 teams in the Senior Division, which was kids from all school districts pooled together, including kids from Colo-Nesco. Minors are 9-10 years old, Majors 11-12, Juniors 13-14, and Seniors 15-16.
A rainy spring and flooding in Story City prompted the movement of many games from their originally scheduled locations and times. Fortunately the field in Zearing was available for some amount of makeups. Games were regularly scheduled in Story City, Roland, Jewell, Ellsworth, and Gilbert. The Senior Division played all their games in Ankeny. There were 212 regular season games scheduled for NSCLL teams.
Some of the new and news from 2008 include: An outfield fence was installed at the Story City Carousel, as well as receiving infield dirt work, including break-away bases. Jewell got upgraded dugouts and an outfield fence. The Juniors expanded their horizons and played several games against Ames LL teams. Gilbert set up their 90 foot bases diamond for the Juniors Division to also be measured out for 60 foot bases games in the Minor and Major Divisions, helping with field space. The NSCLL All-Star teams in 2008 tied for the best pool play record in league history, finishing 8-8. The 11 year olds fared the best, winning their pool, including wins over much larger rivals, Marshalltown and Ankeny. The Minors Angels had the best finish ever for a NSCLL team in the Tournament of Champions, winning two games to reach the semi-finals, before falling to the eventual champion.
With 212 games, and over 300 kids, it involves a lot of volunteer time by parents, and even some with no kids, for the league. The only paid people in the league are some (but not all) of the umpires. Coaches, some umpires, concession workers, league officials, and field maintenance people put in numerous hours to make the 2008 season go. Let's do it again in '09!
Wednesday, August 6
2008 Tournament info
2008 Year End Tournament info--All Stars, Tournament of Champions, and Local
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
July 6 scores: 12s Central Iowa 10, North Story 4 11s North Story 5, Marshalltown 1 10s North Story 14, Saydel 4 9s Marshalltown 7, North Story 4
July 8 score: Ames 17, North Story 12
July 9 scores: 11s Urbandale 14, North Story 1 9s Johnston 18, North Story 6
July 10 scores: 11s Altoona 12, North Story 11 9s North Story 17, South Dallas 7
Congratulations to the North Story 11 Year Old All Stars! They won their pool and finished that pool play with a 3-1 record. They won the right to advance to the next round of the District 3 tournament. They lost their first two in the double elimination tournament, and finished on Thursday night. However they are the 3rd team in North Story history to advance out of pool play.
In all age groups, North Story finished 8-8 overall in pool play. (12s 2-2, 11s 3-1, 10s 2-2, 9s 1-3)
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2008 NSCLL LOCAL 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!
Tuesday, February 26
Feb 2008 Board meeting notes
Volunteers and those bringing equipment for the skills assessment on March 1 were indentified. The NSCLL will again we sending a minors and a majors team to the District 3 Tournament of Champions. And the NSCLL will be sending an all-star team in the 9, 10, 11, and 12 year old divisions.
The Pre-Draft meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb 28 at 7PM at the Roland Middle School cafeteria.
Draft considerations were discussed. Those picking last in players, get first choice in team/uniform selection. Roland-Story based teams in the Minors will come from the A's, Rockies, Marlins, Red Sox, White Sox. In the Majors it will be the Brewers, Twins, Yankees, Cubs, and Braves. South Hamilton in the Minors will be the Cubs, Pirates, and Twins, and the Majors will be the Mets, Cardinals, and Royals. Gilbert based will have the Tigers, Reds, and Orioles, and the Majors will be the Pirates and Rangers. Number of teams in each geographic area, and age division are still to be determined.
Roland-Story based cleanup day is scheduled for April 5 at 9AM. The board approved an outfield fence purchase for the Carousel field, in a cost share arrangement with the City of Story City.
The League is partnering with the R-S high school baseball coaches to hold a camp for grades 3-6 on April 5. Cost will be $25.
The board reconsidered a special rule in the minors, and instead endorsed the new 5 run ruleto be the same as the official Little League rule-5 runs max scored per inning, with the 10 run rule also applying in the 4th inning and beyond.
Next meeting is 6-28-08.
Saturday, February 2
January 2008 Update
Roland-Story based registration is on Feb 10 and 16. The Skills Assessment is on March 1. Coaches pre draft meeting on Feb 28. March 27 or March 30 are mandatory coaches meetings.
Sunday, November 25
11-18-07 Board Meeting
Meeting highlights:
The folks from South Hamilton will be meeting to discuss field/dugout improvements in Jewell and Ellsworth, as well as prepping for 2008.
The Board reapproved allowing 3rd graders, who are not yet 9 on May 1, 2008, to participate in the minors program.
Mike Urbanek has accepted the Safety Officer role. John Wilson is resigning from the board and his replacement is Doug Mortvedt. Doug will also assume the equipment manager role.
The Board discussed rule changes for 2008, in particular the pitching rule changes. With LL HQ adopting the 5 run per inning limit in the Minors, the Board repealed the previous local rule regarding 5 run innings. The Board is going to lift the 5 run limit for the Minors in the 5th inning and beyond. It is expected the local time limit rule will catch any big innings after that.
Next meetings are 1-6 and 1-20-08 at 6:30 PM in the Roland Middle School lunchroom.
Monday, July 30
2007-2008 Board Members elected
Tony Gustafson-League President
Bob Ellis-Vice President
Roger Fritz-Umpire in Chief/Safety Officer
Tim Day-Secretary
Renee Twedt-Treasurer
Mike Urbanek-Minors Player Agent
Eric Weaver-Majors Player Agent
Charlie Good-Juniors Player Agent
John Wilson-Equipment Manager
Larry Ford
Renee Twedt
Tim Crouch
Next meeting will be on Sunday, November 18 at 6:30PM at the Roland Middle School. In 2008, player agents will be used in facilitating rain makeup games.
Monday, July 30
2007 wrap up
The North Story County Little League finished its 8th season in 2007 with over 300 players participating on 28 teams. The league played their games on fields in Roland, Story City, Jewell, Ellsworth, Gilbert, and Zearing.
The 9 and 10 year old division, known as the Minors, had 11 teams in 2007. There were 5 teams filled with Roland-Story kids, the most ever. Gilbert had 4 teams, and South Hamilton had two. The Cubs were the regular season winner, and represented the league in the tournament of champions in Ankeny, falling to the eventual champion in the first round. The Twins won the local post-season tourney.
In the 11 and 12 year old divsion, known as the Majors, there were 9 teams. There were 4 from Roland-Story, 3 from South Hamilton, and 2 from Gilbert. There was a 3-way tie for first in the regular season, with the Cubs, Twins, and Mets. Just like the Minors, the Cubs represented the league in Ankeny, and the Twins won the post season tournament. Both the Minors and Majors play on diamonds with 60 foot bases.
In the 13 and 14 year old divsion, known as the Juniors, the teams play on official sized diamonds, with the 90 foot bases. There were 6 teams in the league this year. Two were from Roland-Story, 2 from Gilbert, and 1 each from Colo-Nesco and South Hamilton. The Juniors have no post-season events, as their season ends when Junior High baseball begins. The Devil Rays took the regular season championship.
In the 15 and 16 year old divsion, known as the Seniors, two teams were formed with kids from all four school districts. They played in weekend tournaments in Ankeny.
The league sent its All-Stars from the 9, 10, 11, and 12 year old ages to participate in the Iowa District 3 tournament. District 3 is made of teams generally north of I-80, including the suburban Des Moines cities. The tournament consists of pool play, where a team plays 4 to 5 games in as many days against other teams in the district, with the pool winner advancing.
For the first time in the league's history, NSCLL teams finished with a .500 record in pool play. The 9s had the best success, beating Ames twice, as well as Ankeny, to advance out of pool play. The team also had the league's first win ever outside of pool play, defeating Urbandale, before falling to Marshalltown.
The 12 year old division is what is seen on ESPN in the popular Little League World Series. If a NSCLL team were to ever make it that far, they would first have to win their local pool, then win the District 3, then win the state of Iowa, and then win the Central Region before moving to the finals in Williamsport, PA. Teams from Davenport, Marshalltown, and Davis County, Iowa have all had good runs to Williamsport in recent years.
There were 190 league games this year, which needs a lot of support from coaches, umpires, parents in concession stands, and caretakers of the baseball fields. The league is a private organization which operates on money from the $25 player fee, concession stand income, donations, and financial support from the cities they play in.
Signups for next year take place in February, with drafts and first practices taking place in March. The league uses a continuous batting order to allow opportunities for players of all skill levels to participate, as well as having minimum inning playing requirements. For more information, see the league website at www.eteamz.com/nscll.
Monday, July 30
2007 All Star results
ALL STAR GAME LOCATIONS, POOL SCORES, AND STANDINGS are maintained here:All Star Scores
Thursday scores: 10s North Story 4, Central Iowa 2 11s North Story 11, Altoona 0 12s Ankeny 7, North Story 6
Friday scores: 10s South Dallas 11, North Story 7 11s DC-Grimes 7, North Story 4 12s North Story 14, South Dallas 5
Saturday scores: 9s North Story 16, Ames 6 10s Urbandale 11, North Story 0 11s Ankeny 10, North Story 2 12s North Story 3, SE Polk 2
Sunday scores: 9s Urbandale 12, North Story 10 10s North Story 21, SE Polk 3 11s Marshalltown 10, North Story 0 12s Bye on Sunday
Monday scores: 9s North Story 12, Ankeny 10 10s Pleasant Hill 16, North Story 6, 11s North Story 8, SE Polk 7 12s Johnston 7, North Story 5
Tuesday score: 9s North Story 10, Ames 0
9s advance, the following are District 3 final tournament action-double elimination
Friday July 13 score 9s playoff Urbandale 4, North Story 1
Saturday July 14 North Story 10, Urbandale 8
Sunday July 15 Marshalltown 18, North Story 8
Saturday, June 30
Local tournament results
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SCORES FROM ANKENY on Saturday
Major Cubs 0, Pleasant Hill 8 Minor Cubs 4, Johnston 10
Finals: Twins defeated the Mets in the Majors and the Twins defeated the Marlins in the Minors
Saturday scores:
Marlins 14, Reds 4 Twins 11, Orioles 3
The Marlins and Twins will face off in the Minors championship on Monday night in Story City at 5:30
Friday Scores:
Major Twins 10, Cardinals 0 Mets 15, Yankees 5
The Twins and Mets will face off in the Majors championship on Monday night in Story City following the Minors championship game.
Thursday Scores:
Minor Twins 14, Pirates 2 Marlins 10, Rockies 5 Orioles 10, Red Sox 6. The Reds were awarded a W over the A's, as the A's were unable to field a team of 9 players tonite.
The Marlins will host the Reds at 6PM in Story City on Saturday. The Orioles will host the Twins on Saturday in Gilbert at a time to be determined, probably 4PM, maybe 6PM.
Wednesday scores:
Twins 17, Rangers 1 Yankees 6, Braves 4 Mets 8, Pirates 7 Cardinals 8, Royals 7 (2nd hand score report, still no confirmation from coaches)
Tuesday scores:
Red Sox 11, White Sox 1 Reds 8, Tigers 5
Photo brackets will be updated tomorrow.
Major Twins will host in Roland on Friday at 6PM, Mets/Yankees will be in Jewell on Friday at 6PM
Sunday, June 10
Year end tourney update
The Majors tourney has been set. The NSCLL board chose to award the Mets a win for their unplayed game with the Rangers. That forced a 3 way tie for first place with the Cubs, Twins, and Mets all finishing 13-3. As all 3 teams went 1-1 against each other on the year, that forced the next tie break, a coin flip.
So at 8PM Sunday, Board President Tony Gustafson, Vice President Bob Ellis, and Umpire-in-Chief Roger Fritz met at the Roland pool, with various witnesses present for the tie breaking coin flip. The odd coin out was to be awarded the win. Gustafson flipped for the Mets and got a tails, Fritz flipped for the Twins and got a tails, and Ellis flipped for the Cubs and got a heads, awarding the 1st place to the Cubs, who will be heading to Ankeny for the Tournament of Champions.
The tie break for 2nd place went to the Twins, which was determined last Friday by the closing price of the US Cellular stock. The stock price was used as a virtual tie break. An odd finish price gave the win to the higher alphabetical team, an even finish price gave the win to the lower alphabetical team. The price closed at $86.06, giving the win to the Twins who were lower alphabetically than the Mets.
In our local Majors tournament, the Yankees will host the Braves on Wednesday at 8PM in Story City. The Cardinals will host the Royals on Wednesday at Ellsworth at 6PM. The Twins will host the Rangers at 6PM in Roland on Wednesday. And for now, the Mets will be the home team at Story City at 6PM against the Pirates. If field space and umpires become available, the game may be moved to Jewell, to give the Mets the game on their own field.
In the MINORS, the Tigers will host the Reds at 6PM in Gilbert on Tuesday. The White Sox will host the Red Sox at 6PM at Story City.
Then on Thursday, the Orioles will host the WS/RS winner at 6PM in Gilbert. The A's will host the Tigers/Reds winner at a field to be determined. The Marlins will host the Rockies at 6PM at Story City. The Twins will host the Pirates at Ellsworth at 6:30 PM. Note the later than usual start time.
All Friday and Saturday game locations will be determined by Wednesday and Thursday winners.
Remember pitch rest rules with games every other day!
Sunday, June 10
All-Stars news
9 year old manager is Kent Arnold of the Minor Cubs
10 year old manager to TBD
11 year old manager is Mike Urbanek of the Twins
12 year old manager is Bob Ellis of the Major Cubs
Sunday, January 21
January 7 NSCLL Board Meeting
The Roland field will be available in 2006, however the league will be installing a fence to separate the field from the construction going on at the middle school.
There will be no pre-season games with Boone this year due to conflicting schedules. Opening date is projected to be April 14 or 16.
An all-coach pre-draft meeting will be held on Thursday March 1 at 7PM at the Roland Middle School. All coaches must attend one of the following coaches meetings-Thursday March 22 at Roland Middle School 7PM, or Sunday March 25 at Story City American Legion at 1PM.
The league will distribute a coaches evaluation form to all parents at the conclusion of the season. This will be used to help league officials determine training needs for coaches, and if retention of a coach for the following season is appropriate.
All teams will be issued a pitch count form. Starting in 2007, due to new pitch count rules, managers, or their representative, will meet pregame to view each other's pitch count form. Each manager will announce who is ineligible to pitch for that game.
During the game, the home team scorekeeper will be the official keeper of the pitch count, though the visitors are also encouraged to keep count as well. The home team may provide a book-keeper and separate pitch counter if volunteers are available.
At the end of each half inning, or pitching change, the official pitch counter must announce the half inning and total game pitch total for that pitcher to both teams and to the home plate umpire. In case of disputes on pitch totals, the home plate umpire will make the final decision based on information presented to him/her.
After the game, the team pitching log must be filled in and signed by both managers.
Sunday, January 21
Pitching count rules
Here are the pitch count rules for 2007. For in depth rules, and the changes, go to the LLHQ rules change via "Links" on the left.
Maximum pitches in 1 day:
Juniors 95, Majors 85, Minors 75
Rest Periods
61 or more pitches-3 calendar days
41-60 pitches-2 calendar days
21-40 pitches-1 calendar day
1-20 pitches-may pitch the next day
Examples: 65 pitches on May 4, eligible to pitch on May 8
59 pitches on May 4, eligible to pitch on May 7
39 pitches on May 4, eligible to pitch on May 6
20 pitches on May 4, eligible to pitch on May 5.
Other changes or rules of note:
No limit on the number of 12 year old pitchers used
No pitch intentional walks are now allowed in minors and majors, must request before delivering a pitch to a batter. (Juniors previously were allowed to do so)
Innings per week no longer apply, pitching participation is strictly by rest periods, so a player will either be eligible or ineligible for a given game (previously a player may have been eligible for only X number of innings)
If a pitcher reaches his maximum pitch count during an at-bat, he is allowed to continue to pitch to that batter until that batter is retired, reaches base, or the inning ends.
Details here: 2007 Rules Changes
Click here for a very good document from LLHQ. Pitch Count Publication All teams in 2007 will be using a pitch tracking form similar to the one in this publication.
Saturday, November 25
November 2006 board meeting
The following dates are for upcoming meetings and events. January 7 NSCLL board meeting 6:30PM Roland Middle School. February 11 & 17 player registration. March 1 All coaches predraft meeting. March 3 Skills assessment. March 4 player draft. March 22 or March 25, coaches preseason coaches meeting-must choose one or the other. All dates except coaches meetings may differ for teams based outside of Roland-Story.
A reminder that league age is determined by a player's age on May 1, 2007. The board has allowed third graders who will be league age 8 to particpate in the minors.
Per the rules changes from Little League International, the NSCLL will be using a pitch count this year, instead of the previous inning limitations.
The league will be preparing a manager/coach evaluation form for parents to fill out at the end of the 2007 season.
Sunday, February 19
Baseball Tournaments
The league gets various emails and letters from organizations in and around Iowa requesting teams for baseball tournaments. These are almost always outside of the Little League banner, so are posted here for information only
Waterloo Father's Day Baseball Classic June 16-17 7th/8th graders $350 per team
319-291-4370 or optimistbaseball@hotmail.com
for more info
various weekends this spring and summer in Milwaukee for different age groups under age 14 www.metromilwaukeesports.com
Sunday, June 18
All Star Locations and Times
At all game sites----M-F games are at 6PM. Sat-Sun games are at 2PM. (Saturday and Sunday are July 8 & 9) There have been changes. All Iowa Falls games have been cancelled. For the 9s, Johnston has been moved to home, and Altoona has been cancelled.
12s July 5 Iowa FallsCANCELLED-now a bye. July 6 at Marshalltown. LOSS July 7 at Johnston. LOSS July 8 bye. July 9 Pleasant Hill at Story City.LOSS
11s July 5 Ankeny Nationals at Story City. WIN July 6 bye. July 7 at Beaver Creek (Granger area)WIN. July 8 at Dallas Center-Grimes. WIN July 9 at South DallasWIN
10s July 5 at Urbandale. LOSS July 6 Ankeny Nationals at Story City. LOSS July 7 at SE Polk. LOSS July 8 Beaver Creek at Jewell. LOSS July 9 Iowa FallsCANCELLED-bye.
9s. July 7 Johnston at Story City. LOSS July 8 Dallas Center-Grimes at Story City. LOSS July 9 at Urbandale. WIN July 10 CANCELLED. July 11 at Ankeny Nationals.
Sunday, May 21
League Tournament Dates set
The North Story Little League Majors and Minors Tournament dates have been set.
Majors and Minors each have 9 Teams. The regular season league champ from each divsion will go to Ankeny to play in the District 3 Tournament of Champions, leaving 8 teams in each division for our local tournament. So the 2nd place team will have the 1 seed, and the 9th place team will have the 8 seed.
Majors-quarterfinals on Wednesday June 14, semis on Friday June 16, and Finals at 8PM at the Carousel Field in Story City on Monday June 19.
Minors-quarterfinals on Thursday June 15, semis on Saturday June 17, and Finals at 6PM at the Carousel Field in Story City on Monday June 19.
The higher seed will get to play on a home field, if field space is available, in the quarter, and semi finals. The higher seed will be the home team, no matter where the game is played.
Regular season pitching rules apply--pitchers limited to 6 innings in a calendar week, 4 days rest (even into the next calendar week) needed if a pitcher goes 4 or more innings. Unless rain extends the tournament, a good rule of thumb is that any pitcher appearing in 4 or more innings in a game will not be eligible to pitch in the next round of the tournament.
Pairings and field locations will be announced on June 13.
Sunday, July 9
2006 Season NSCLL tourney results/brackets, and teams
NSCLL Majors Tourney Brackets with updated scores!
5Braves at 4ROYALS in Zearing at 6:00 p.m. Braves win 6-4
6Twins at 3RANGERS in Roland at 6:30 p.m. Twins win 6-5
1ORIOLES at 8Cubs in Jewell at 6:30 p.m. Cubs win 8-7
7Yankees at 2CARDINALS in Story City at 6:30 p.m.Cards win 9-3
Seedings are listed. Home team for all games is listed in CAPS. Field location does not matter-higher seeds are the home team.
Cubs at BRAVES in Roland at 6:30PM on FridayBraves win 8-7
Twins at CARDINALS in Story City at 6:30PM FridayTwins win 13-7
NSCLL Minors Tourney Brackets
8Twins at 1CUBS in Jewell 6:30 Thursday Cubs win 9-5
5Rockies at 4 MARLINS at Story City 8PMRockies win 9-1
7Tigers at 2WHITE SOX at Story City 6PMWhite Sox awarded a 6-0 forfeit win due to only 6 available players on the Tigers
5Reds at 4RED SOX at Roland 7:00PM Reds win 7-4
CUBS will host the Rockies in Jewell Saturday at 10AM Cubs win 3-2
WHITE SOX will host the Reds, at the Story City Carousel 9:30AM White Sox win 7-6
Here are the number of teams for the 2006 season...
Minors (9-10s) 9 teams-4 Roland-Story(Marlins, Red Sox, White Sox, Rockies), 3 South Hamilton (Pirates, Twins, Cubs), 2 Gilbert (Reds, Tigers)
Majors (11-12s) 9 teams-4 Roland-Story (Twins, Cardinals, Yankees, Braves), 2 South Hamilton (Cubs, Mets), 2 Gilbert (Rangers, Orioles), 1 Colo-Nesco (Royals)
Juniors (13-14s) 6 teams-4 Roland-Story (Diamondbacks, DevilRays, Indians, Cubs), 1 Gilbert (Padres), 1 Colo-Nesco (Royals)
Seniors (15-16s) 1 team from Roland-Story
All-Star info
All minor and major teams (except those based in Gilbert, who has chosen not to participate) should hold their all star voting during the week of June 4. Please turn in the selections to League President Tony Gustafson by June 12.
Every player on a minors team will vote for a 9 and 10 year old representative. Every player on a majors team will vote for an 11 and 12 year old representative. IMPORTANT: Age is league age, not necessarily current age. Coaches, you should have this info from your draft, if not, age is the players age on May 1, 2006.
The regular season champion manager in each division gets the option of choosing which, if any, age group he would like to manage. The 2nd place teams manager gets the remaining team if he wishes. This will continue down the line in the standings if any preceding manager declines the opportunity to manage. The manager can also choose his 2 other coaches. They may be different than his regular season coaches if he wishes.
All All-Star managers must attend the All-Star meeting in Ankeny. All-Star games start July 5, and continue each night that week, with some games on NSCLL fields, and others on the road.
The 11 and 12 year old All Stars will have 7 players on each team from team elections. The managers will then choose at least 5 at-large picks from any participating team in the league. The 9 and 10 year old All Stars will have 7 players on each team from team elections. The managers will then choose at least 5 at-large picks from any participating team in the league. Minimum team size is 12 players. At large picks and team size above 12 players is totally at the managers discretion.
Little League tournament play does not use continuous batting order and minimum play requirements are less than the regular season. Players will need to purchase an All Star jersey at approximately $20 and provide a birth certificate.
Sunday, April 23
TOC and All Stars opponents announced.
On April 23, at the District 3 Presidents meeting, the pairings for the Tournament of Champions and All Stars games were selected. The selections were literally drawn from a hat.
First the Tournament of Champions. This is a tournament for the teams that win our minors division, and our majors division. (All remaining NSCLL teams will play in a local year-end tournament).
Our NSCLL Minors division champ will play the Ames American League champ on June 17 at 1PM. The winner will advance to play another opponent.
Our NSCLL Majors division champ will play the Urbandale American League champ on the evening of June 16. The winner will advance to play another opponent.
About 2 weeks later will be the All Stars tournament. One player from each team in the NSCLL will be selected for each age category All-Star team, in a vote taken by that team's players. The All Star coaches will then select players at-large to fill out the remainder of the roster. Here are the opponents for each age category.
9s Ankeny National, Urbandale American, South Dallas, Dallas Center-Grimes, Johnston National
10s Iowa Falls, SE Polk, Beaver Creek (Granger area), Ankeny National, Urbandale National
11s DC-Grimes, Beaver Creek, Ankeny National, South Dallas
12s Iowa Falls, Pleasant Hill, Johnston, Marshalltown
Sunday, March 5
2006 Age change
The NSCLL board has set the policy for age and division assignment for the 2006 season. It is in alignment with the new policy from Little League International. So for 2006, with the exception of kids born in late April, their league age will match their actual age for the whole season. Because of this age change, some players will get 3 years in their current division.
For one year only, and in alignment with policy from Little League International, the NSCLL will allow players born from May 1 to July 31, 1997 to participate in the minors division.
For this year only, players born between May 1 and July 31 of 1995, 1993, and 1991 have the option of playing in the minors/majors, majors/juniors, or juniors/seniors respectively. Selection for All-Stars will be in the division chosen for the entire season. Parents and players must decide their chosen division at signup. Contact a board member, or email us for further clarification.
The press release and FAQs are here League Age Changed for 2006
January 29, 2006 Board meeting
Representatives from the areas of the four school districts in the league were all present for the meeting. Registration, skills assessments, drafts, scheduling, coaches, and umpiring were all discussed. Many details on these topics are on the front page of the website, or below on this page.
Depending on numbers of kids signed up, there may be coaching openings in all divisions. The board approved a tentative date of April 22 for exhibition games in Boone in the Minors and Majors divisions.
Tony reported on the President's meeting for the District. Several rule changes are in the works for future years regarding pitch counts and curve balls in the younger divisions. Iowa Falls has been added to our district. The Tournament of Champions will start on 6-24. All Stars play starts on July 5 for 10-12 year olds, and July 9 for 9 year olds.
The next board meeting will be February 26.
January 8, 2006 board meeting
There was more details worked out for the upcoming season. Assignments of some of the scheduling tasks were laid out.
Assignments of Board members for the different age groups -Scheduling of Umpires (minors, majors, juniors) -Scheduling of games (minors, majors, juniors) Tony and Bob Ellis will work with Dennis Neutzman to prepare the game schedules immediately following the 3-5-06 draft. Roger Fritz, Tim Crouch and Eric Weaver will schedule home plate umpires. The home team will be responsible for the base umpire. SH, Colo and Gilbert will schedule the home plate umpire for their home games.
The skills assessment for Roland-Story based players has been confirmed for March 4. The next board meeting is set for January 29 at 6:30 PM at the Heart of Iowa Coop in Roland.
November 2005 Board Meeting
The NSCLL Board met on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at the Roland, IA HOIC boardroom. Board members present were:
Tony Gustafson Tim Crouch Barry Muhlenburg Roger Fritz Renee Twedt Bob Ellis
Charlie Good Eric Weaver John Wilson Tim Day Boyd Brodie Scott Swanson
Items discussed:
Boyd Brodie gave an update on the status of the new fields projected for Story City. He had new site plans drawn up by Fox Engineering showing 6 fields to be implemented over a period of time; focusing on improving the 3 existing fields first. The board agreed to get a cost estimate from Fox in order to proceed with the project. Boyd has been the main contact for this project keeping the City of Story City involved and the schools and would appreciate not being the primary this year.
Decisions on player participation with new age date implementation this year were made to: have the kids play at league age by May 1; and: kids that would be the age of 9 by July 31 are eligible to play; Eric Weaver made the motion and Charlie Good seconded.
Guest Doug Darland from South Hamilton was present to update us on the status of their involvement. He is hoping to have 2 to 3 more teams for this season.
The tentative dates were selected for the following:
February 12, 2006 @ Roland & SC Legion -Player/Coach sign-up
February 18, 2006 @ Roland & SC Legion from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
March 4, 2006 (all age groups)@SC High School Skills Assessment/Parent Mtg
March 5, 2006 @ Roland Legion Draft (for all age groups)
March 2, 2006 7 p.m. @ Roland Middle School Coaches Meeting
March 22, 2006 7 p.m. @ Roland Middle School Coaches Meeting
March 26, 2006 1 p.m. @ Story City Legion - Coaches Meeting
April 1, 2006 Clean up/Field days
April 8, 2006 - Clean up/Field days
Roger Fritz is going to update the handouts for the 2006 sign up sheets
Renee Twedt handed out the income/expense sheets for the 2005 season. Boyd Brodie told us that we have a 7 year lease to continue farming the 20 acres west of Story City. All the farm work is donated however, we need to reimburse the help for the fuel cost incurred this last year.
Tim Day paid $400.00 towards the purchase of the Gilbert uniforms from last year and will make up the difference at the next meeting.
Old Business: players pool which was tabled for another meeting.
New Business: Roger Fritz agreed to contact the Boone organization for early season games like in the past keeping the same parameters and the games do not count in league standings. Charlie Good mentioned Marshalltown wanting to do the same with us and he will follow up on that as well.
The dues will remain the same as last year.
Barry Muhlenburg made it known, for thought, that he and Roger Fritz will need assistance with the scheduling and umpires tasks for this year.
The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 8, 2006, 6:30 p.m. @ HOIC boardroom in Roland.
Umpire Quiz
1. The batter squares around to bunt. The batter gets the bat on the ball but it goes foul. However his left foot is positioned in the middle of the plate when contact is made with the ball. IS THE BATTER OUT?
2. The batter squares around to bunt. The batter's right foot is touching the batter's box line AND home plate. The bunt is perfect and the batter reaches first safely. IS THE BATTER OUT?
3. Top of the first inning. The first batter of the game is at bat. The starting pitcher throws two wild pitches and his disgruntled manager goes out to the mound to change pitchers. Is that allowed?
4. Runners on 1st and 2nd. The batter smashes a ground ball past a diving shortsop. The ball hits the umpire who is positioned behind the infielder. IS THE BALL DEAD OR ALIVE-AND PLACE THE RUNNERS.
Answers below.
All Star info
Here are the games schedules for NSCLL All Star teams. Home games will be at the Story City Carousel, though on July 8, one game will be in Roland and one in Zearing.
Weeknight games are at 6PM, and weekend games are at 2PM.
9s July 9 at Ames, July 10 home vs Urbandale, July 12 home vs Dallas Center-Grimes
10s July 5 at Pleasant Hill, July 6 at Highland Park, July 7 home vs Altoona, July 8 home at Roland vs Ankeny, July 9 at Johnston
11s July 5 home vs SE Polk, July 6 at Ames, July 7 off night, July 8 home vs Beaver Creek, July 9 at Johnston
12s July 5 at Bondurant, July 6 home vs Johnston, July 7 off night, July 8 home at Zearing vs Ankeny, July 9 at Beaver Creek(Granger)
All Star tournaments play under a slightly different set of rules than our regular season. There is no continuous batting order-9 players in the lineup only. Players are only required to play 1 inning and bat once. A special pinch runner may be used once per inning. Pitching rest requirements are relaxed somewhat.
New NSCLL board elected
The annual meeting of the NSCLL was held on Saturday, June 25. The new board was elected and here are your volunteers...
Tony Gustafson President
Barry Muhlenburg Vice President
Renee Twedt Secretary
Tim Crouch Treasurer
Roger Fritz Safety Officer/ Umpire in Chief/ Web Master
Eric Weaver Juniors Player Agent
Charlie Good Majors Player Agent
Bob Ellis Minors Player Agent
Tim Day
John Wilson
Boyd Brodie
Scott Swanson
The next meeting will be Sunday November 20.
Review of teams and 2005 season
The teams for 2005:
Minors-8 teams. Roland-Story-Marlins, White Sox, Red Sox, Rockies. South Hamilton-Twins, Cubs, Pirates. Gilbert-Tigers. This division will play a 14 game schedule based on playing everyone twice.
Majors-11 teams. Roland-Story-Braves, Twins, Cardinals, Yankees, A's. South Hamilton-Cubs, Mets. Gilbert-Rangers, Orioles, Pirates. Zearing-Royals. The Roland-Story and Zearing teams will be in the East Division, and the Gilbert and SH teams will be in the West Divsion. Each team will play all others in their division twice, and the other division once. Due to an uneven amount of teams, East Division teams will play 15 games, West Division teams will play 14 games.
Juniors-7 teams. Roland-Story-Diamondbacks, Devil Rays, Indians, Cubs. Zearing-Royals. Gilbert-Dodgers & Padres. These teams will play a 12 game schedule.
Seniors-2 teams. Roland-Story-Americans, Nationals.
JUNIORS NEWS! Due to new sod on the field in Zearing, that field will be unavailable. All juniors (13-14)games previously scheduled for Zearing will be played in Colo. The map to the Colo field is on the locations link to the left. Also, no juniors games with Ames will be played this year due to schedule clearing difficulties.
Majors and minors play in Boone
The Roland-Story and South Hamilton major and minors teams played one game each against a Boone team, in Boone, on Saturday, April 9. These "Spring Training" games were a chance to have some fun, and get the kinks out before the regular season.
2005 Skills Assessment
On Saturday, March 5, the Roland-Story based kids attended a skills assessment at the high school gym. Approximately 100 kids attended, and participated in fielding, catching, throwing, batting, running, and pitching drills. Gilbert and South Hamilton kids also did so in their respective gyms.
The drafts are complete as well as the rosters of 28 teams and over 315 kids, another record number, for the NSCLL.
March 20, 2005 Board Meeting
The board met on March 20, here are the topics with the biggest discussions. The group reviewed the tentative schedule and number of games. There are a few equipment issues, and player hats should be available for most teams at the coaches meetings. The group reviewed the mandatory coaches meetings on the 23rd or 26th.
Team pictures will be set up for April 23 and April 30. Field clean up will be on April 2. Ted Hammes will be handling the East Diamond and HS Field, volunteers are needed for the Carousel and Roland Middle School fields.
February 20 board meeting
The board worked on estimating the number of teams this season, and determining coaching slots. The group also worked on helpers during the skills assessment on March 5 at the Roland-Story High School gym. 9/10s will be 9AM, 11/12s at 11AM, 13/14s at 1PM, and 15/16s at 3PM.
There will be a mandatory coaches meeting Wednesday March 2 at 7PM at the Roland Middle School. Coaches also need to attend a meeting either Wednesday March 23 in Roland, or Saturday March 26 in Story City (changed from the 27th-Easter).
Pictures for teams will tentatively be either April 23 or April 30.
Gilbert is working on to see if they can use the school's 90 foot diamond for 13-14 games.
13/14 Juniors will now have a time limit on their games. It will be the same as the Majors-no inning starts after 2 hours, and a hard stop will take place at 2.5 hours, with the score reverting to the last completed inning.
January 30 board meeting
Locations for signups and skills assessments have been confirmed. Gilbert and South Hamilton dates are being worked on.
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