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League Structure

There are two (2) conferences within Rancho Penasquitos Little League. Players are assigned to a specific conference based on their street address. We have tried to make the boundaries consistent with PUSD elementary school boundaries as well. All teams within a division will play each other, regardless of conference.

North Conference: If you live in the boundaries for Adobe Bluffs, Deer Canyon, Sundance, Sunset Hills, or Willow Grove, this is your conference.

South Conference: If you live in the boundaries for Canyon View, Los Penasquitos, Park Village, and Rolling Hills, this is your conference.

What are the differences in the Divisions?

Caps is Little League age 6, 7 and 8. To be a 6 year old in Caps the player MUST have played the previous year in T-ball for Little League. For players aged 7 and 8, no prior baseball experience is required. Caps too is very instructional but the players now hit off of a pitching machine (if the machine is not working they hit off an adult pitcher).

Minors B is Little League age 8, 9 and 10. This is a division for 9 year olds primarily and for 8 year olds that tryout and are drafted up to Minors B. Eight year olds who tryout are not guaranteed a spot in Minors B; draft is on a space permitting basis. Any Eight year olds that tryout for and are not drafted in Minors B will participate in the Caps draft. It is also for any 10 year olds who are not ready for Minors A. All players tryout for this division. It is instructional for the players to include pitching and catching.

Minors A is Little League age 9, 10, and 11. All players MUST tryout to be eligible in the Minors draft. Nine year olds are drafted on a space permitting basis, trying out does NOT guarantee them a spot in Minors A. If they are not chosen for Minors A they are put into the Minors B draft. Minors A is instructional still and here the players bat through the lineup.

Can my child play with his/her friends or siblings?

In the RPLL Lower Divisions (T-Ball, CAPS & Minors B) we will do our best to accommodate requests for friends and siblings to play together. Please understand the following:

1. Make sure to put the request on your child's RPLL Registration.
2. They MUST live within the same RPLL geographic boundary. Little League is very strict about playing in the conference where you live and there are NO EXCEPTIONS. We will not do any waivers from one conference to another.
3. When you request that friends play together, please know it is a REQUEST and we may not be able to accommodate what you have asked.

In the RPLL Upper Divisions (Minors A & Majors), please understand the following:

1. The Upper Divisions are intended to be competitive by design and drafting players becomes more strategic.
2. In Minors A we will do our best to grant requests for siblings to be on the same team. Make sure to put the request on your child's RPLL Registration. Some friend requests may be granted, however, please know that they become more difficult to grant at this level.
3. In Majors there are few requests granted, even for siblings. Make sure to put the request on your child's RPLL Registration and we will do what we can to accomodate sibling requests. No friend requests will be granted for Majors.

What is my child's Little League age?

http://www.littleleague.org/Assets/forms_pubs/AgeChartBB.pdf

When does the season begin and end?

Players should be notified by their manager of what team they are on in late January or early February, depending on when the draft for their division is held. Practices start in early February and games begin the first weekend in March. In all divisions except Majors and possibly Minors there will be only weekend games until daylight savings. (Majors and some Minors games will be played under the lights). The regular season will end mid-June.

When and where are practices and games?

Tryouts

Volunteering

Volunteering is a REQUIREMENT for your child to participate in RP Little League. Our little league is run only by volunteers. We count on our volunteers and we will hold you to your commitment on your registration form.

Player Placement

Below are the general guidelines that we will follow for placing players in a particular division. (Please note that the regular season placement is independent of winterball. Thus, for example, a player who was in Minors in winterball may still play Minors B during the spring 2008 season.).

• 12s will be placed in the Majors draft and drafted onto a Majors team.

• 11s be placed in the Majors or Minors draft as follows:

All 11s will be eligible for the Majors draft. Those not drafted onto a Majors team will be placed in the Minors A draft and drafted onto a Minors A team.

Note: In case of any vacancies during the season on a Majors team, 11s on Minors A teams may be called up to Majors to replace a player. Call-ups are mandatory -- an eligible 11-year old cannot refuse to be called up to Majors.

• 10's will be placed in the Majors, Minors A, or Minors B draft as follows:

Tens who wish to be placed in the Majors draft must sign a form at tryouts. This does not guarantee that the 10-year old will be drafted onto a Majors team; it only places them in the Majors draft. Only a limited number of 10s will be permitted in Majors (maximum of two per Majors team).  All 10s not drafted onto a Majors team will be placed in the Minors draft.

All 10s not drafted onto a Majors or Minors A team will be placed in the Minors B draft and drafted onto a Minors B team.

• 9's will be placed in either the Minors A or Minors B draft as follows:

Nines who wish to be placed in the Minors A draft MUST, no later than tryouts, notify the Player Agent in writing of his wish to play Minors A. This does not guarantee the 9-year old will be drafted into Minors A; it only places them in the Minors A draft.

All 9s not drafted onto a Minors A team will be placed in the Minors B draft and placed on a Minors B team.

• 8's will be placed in either the Minors B or Caps draft as follows:

To be eligible for the Minors B division, an 8-year old MUST attend tryouts. This does not guarantee the 8-year old will be drafted onto a Minors B team; it only places them in the Minors B draft.

All 8s who attend tryouts and are not selected for a Minors B team will be placed in the Caps draft and drafted onto a Caps team.

8s who wish to play Caps rather than Minors B DO NOT tryout. All 8s who do not tryout will be placed in the Caps draft and drafted onto a Caps team.

• 7s will be placed in the Caps draft and drafted onto a Caps team.

Sevens DO NOT tryout.

• 6s will be placed in either the Caps or Tball draft as follows:

Sixes DO NOT tryout.

Sixes who have played a year of Little League T-ball are eligible to play Caps (or, if they wish, they can remain in Tball). If your 6-year old is eligible to play Caps and you wish to place him in Caps, please check the "Caps" box on the application form. Those who check the Caps box on the application form will be drafted onto a Caps team.

All other 6s will be placed in the Tball draft.

• 5s will be placed in T-ball

Fives DO NOT tryout.

Equipment

Uniforms

Trophies

All Stars

• Have a certified birth certificate that will need to be presented at the time of placing themselves on the eligibility list and then verified at each level of All Stars.


• Have 3 valid proofs of residency approved by Williamsport


• Have played in at least 51 % of all the Teams games for the season


• Can be on a valid waiver approved by the League and Williamsport.


• Must be Little League Age 9, 10, 11, 12


• For the 9/10 team the player MUST have played in the Minors B, MinorS A or Major Division


• For the 11 year old team the player MUST have played in the Minors A or Major Division


• For the Little League team, the player must be league age 11 or 12 and have played in the Major division


• IF tryouts for All Stars are required the player MUST tryout (no exceptions)